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Quiz 091

DIRECTIONS: Below, you will see 10 items. Each item contains 7 lines of text. In the middle of each line is a gap (a blank line). Which word fits in all of the gaps in each set? Use the drop-down menu to make your choice. If you choose an incorrect word, it will appear next to the drop-down list. Keep trying until you choose the right word. When you finish the quiz, you will see your score. Click START OVER to try the quiz again.
Which word/phrase fits all the gaps in each set?

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[001]                  George had a new idea.  Mother, I can  _____  in North America.  I know it! Go, George.       
[002]  No young man should ever give up hope. If he does not  _____  in one thing, he can try another.'  Morris Townsend      
[003] American dream - if you have the determination you can  _____  - but it is also a reflection of the city.     
[004]      was worth a try. It was simple and almost sure to  _____  - an opportunity not to be missed.      
[005]   had been done to make certain that the project would  _____ . However, in the end the introduction of the solar p     
[006]    for the North Pole.  I will not return home until I  _____ .  'You have hope,' he said to me.  'You have no reason     
[007]    in law. They were all very intelligent and hoped to  _____  in their professions. A large part of their view of      


	
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[001] rtably, painfully shy. In fact, she was a very gentle,  _____  girl.  Slowly Catherine realized that she was changing     
[002]      after our fishing. He looked like an intelligent,  _____  man, completely happy with his life. Was it my imagina     
[003] smelling of leaves and freshness.  The intelligent and  _____  reader will no doubt have wondered during this story      
[004]   loudly, Oh, sir, you've hurt his feelings. He's very  _____ . It's his Welsh blood, you know. Say "good morning"      
[005]    And really the Giens have hearts of gold.  They are  _____  and kind, and somehow very innocent.  They know so li     
[006]         Diana and Mary were curious about my past, but  _____  enough to avoid asking questions which would hurt me     
[007]  not know the reason for my journey, they were far too  _____  to my feelings to bother me with questions.       


	
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[001]     f a shipping company was interested in using large  _____  containers for the company's cargo, instead of the      
[002]     the M25 in both directions.  It is a solid ring of  _____ . If you are driving to work, we advise you to go back     
[003] rains which can travel at hundreds of miles an hour on  _____  rails, we can build them. The problem is a question  
[004]    bow room between the tables. The gleaming stainless- _____  open kitchen at the back, bordered by a row of stools,     
[005]             I got lost trying to find my way past some  _____  factories and a Ford warehouse, and it was nine thirty     
[006] ptain, John Bemis. The ship was enormous, held down by  _____  cables eight centimetres thick. I looked down at the   
[007]     behind a cupboard in Ashton's bedroom, was a heavy  _____  door with the sort of lock you usually see only in ba     
 

	
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[001]   my heart, my life.' It was a clear night with a full  _____ . Yury picked up his things and walked further into th     
[002]  of the room.  She was wearing a dress and shoes.  The  _____  was very bright that night, and I couldn't sleep again     
[003] ing out of the window.  I cried quietly.  There was no  _____  and it was very dark.  I heard music playing in the      
[004] The seven days of the week were taken from the sun and  _____  (Sunday, Monday) and from the old gods of Northern Eur     
[005]  was a parade for Neil Armstrong, the first man on the  _____ .  Parades in the city usually start at the south of      
[006]    When Apollo 11 made the first famous landing on the  _____  on 21 July 1969, the spacemen were not alone.       
[007]  Some of them have even left the earth and visited the  _____ .  Then human species is the most powerful of all the    


	
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[001]  him, 'Congratulations. It's a son. Be very loving and  _____  with your wife. She has had a bad time.' 'She's safe.     
[002]   But I see you look more like your mother.  She was a  _____  dreamer, and a great beauty.' 'Excuse me, sir,'  Yury      
[003]   of them describing Monsignor Dunn, 76, as a kind and  _____  person, incapable of violence.   Scores of Federal      
[004]   to rain, so he took shelter in a barn - only a soft,  _____  rain, but he was already a bit sick with cold and fl     
[005]     healthy and feel well, you can begin as I did with  _____  jogging until you are out of breath, then pause and    
[006]                   She touched his arm with her small,   _____  hand.  'Don't touch me!' he shouted angrily.  He pushe     
[007]  had lost one of its eyes.  My wife, who was the kind,  _____  person that I had once been, only loved the cat mor     


	
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[001] scones, you will need: 200 grams flour, 1 1/2 teaspoon  _____ , 50 grams butter, 1/2 cup milk. 1.  Put the flour and       
[002]                     for Shepherd's Pie. We've got some  _____  and pepper, and there's lots of flour.      
[003]     they used as a fishing line, and a machine to make  _____  water into drinking water. These two things saved the     
[004]          Then a big wave hit the side of the ship, and  _____  water flew into his face.  'The wind is getting strong     
[005] All water for photographs must be clean,' I said. 'The  _____  in the  ilter cleans the water.' My eyes, my mouth,     
[006]    the sea, returning to Taka's flat to shower off the  _____  and sand. They woke up late each morning, the bedroom     
[007]    had tested it all over the world.  Neither acid nor  _____  water could damage it, and cars came back from both      


	
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[001]   the stars. But now it's only dust. Nobody has seen a  _____  for years at least not from Earth. Maybe I'll go to a     
[002]   late evening, the Magellan could be seen as a bright  _____  in the  sky above. And even when it could not be seen,     
[003]    make a movie a big success.  It can make an actor a  _____  immediately.  Most movie-makers think that Oscar night     
[004]                     Albums are rated on a scale of one  _____  (poor), two stars (fair), three stars (good) and four     
[005]                  Everybody's looking for the new young  _____  of the future, because there's a lot of money to  be     
[006]     history is the Best Picture in 1960, Ben-Hur.  The  _____  of the movie was Charlton Heston.  The movie was very     
[007]  certain defensive line, an unstable offensive line, a  _____  player who can't crack the starting lineup, a 'franch     


	
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[001] also staying there.  He was not handsome, but he was a  _____ , clever young man.  He and Elinor were often together     
[002] Are you happy with this type of work? Do you work with  _____  people? Would you recommend your job to a friend?      
[003] quiet children.' 'Quiet children can sometimes be very  _____ ,' Elinor replied.  'Do you like Devon, Miss Dashwood?     
[004] house was large and comfortable.  The girls had a very  _____   bedroom, and Elinor immediately began to write a lett     
[005]  I'm allowed a 1/2 hour break). The work itself is not  _____ . I stand up nearly all the day. I work near hot ovens     
[006]  from miles of smooth, calm, sandy beaches.  There are  _____  walks over the hills, including a rugged, lovely str     
[007]      a good drink; with lemon and sugar it tastes very  _____ .  But then the British decided to put cold milk and      


	
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[003]  r  pale English skin! But you shouldn't take anything  _____  to the beach or someone will steal it. As for money,      
[004]               And there's nothing more important, more  _____  than beauty.  When your youth goes, your beauty will  
[001]            . Lock your car, or other vehicle, and hide  _____  items or goods in the boot.  Ensure that nothing is vi     
[003]   rafters once the victory was sealed. The game's most  _____  player, Houston guard Cynthia Cooper, finished off      
[005]      working for a while. For older people, their most  _____  asset may be their retirement plans, or their investm     
[007] who defected to the United States in 1968 and provided  _____  intelligence on Communist military activities, died a     


	
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[001]                              Police do not have a good  _____  of the man, but they know that he escaped in a red Fo     
[002]          The FBI found the killer's gun and they got a  _____  of a white man.  James Earl Ray was arrested on June      
[003]          also other reports of a strange thing of this  _____  in the sky that night.  Valensole, France, 1965  Farme     
[004] telling her about his life in the Canadian woods.  The  _____  in his letter was wonderful, and Kittie sent it to an     
[005] ecause we have known about her for so long.  The first  _____  of a monster in Loch Ness, Scotland, was more than 40     
[006]      gave me a book, open at the right page.  I read a  _____  of the East Indian orang-utan.  These animals are larg     
[007] you think I'm on it?' Rick asked.  It's possible. This  _____  of me is correct except for my job. Yes, it's certain