097
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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?
anybody
coin
desert
disagree
extend
glad
golden
recognition
sail
weekend
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2. WORDS
anybody
coin
desert
disagree
extend
glad
golden
recognition
sail
weekend
[001] Tell them it's extremely important. If you know _____ who doesn't give blood, do what you can to make the
[002] they all have to find jobs! I can't imagine that _____ now is having as much fun as we used to have!
[003] experience for her. She was embarrassed every time _____ looked at her. When she was eleven, her mother
[004] find that incredible. I mean it's intrepid enough for _____ to set off on a long trip at any age on their own.
[005] letters and parcels to people in their offices. If _____ in the office needs any stationery, like pens or pape
[006] rant for lunch, but I was still feeling nervous. When _____ looked at me, I wondered if they were thinking about
[007] on with her daily life as usual, and said nothing to _____ . I am afraid you are in trouble, my dear,' Mrs Pennim
3. WORDS
anybody
coin
desert
disagree
extend
glad
golden
recognition
sail
weekend
[001] you throw them away and get another one for a 25-cent _____ . 'Aren't people sorry to throw away their old Biros?'
[002] hter on the hospital's turnstile, with half a golden _____ tied to a string round her neck. Two years later, a co
[003] hank you for telling me. Here, take this second gold _____ .'Nicolas was surprised. He could not speak. Dantes c
[004] into a larger square. He was delighted with every new _____ , but it made him want another. His gold became a habit
[005] to show me the treasure in his palm. It was a 100-yen _____ , worth a bit less than a dollar. I vowed to do the s
[006] top, after the pudding is cooked. Sometimes a silver _____ is hidden inside. One lucky person will find this ?
[007] "Well, I guess that's it. Shall we flip a _____ to see which of us goes first? Or would you rather
4. WORDS
anybody
coin
desert
disagree
extend
glad
golden
recognition
sail
weekend
[001] A solar pump was built in a poor, traditional _____ village in an area where the climate was particularly
[002] was particularly dry and dusty. The pump used the _____ 's most common resource, unlight, to increase its gr
[003] atest necessity, water. In other words, it turned the _____ climate into an advantage rather than a disadvantage.
[004] Juba looked down with a small smile on his lips. The _____ heat of Morocco was not like anything that Maximus ha
[005] Now they had to suffer the terrible heat of a stony _____ . They travelled eighty kilometres, with almost no wate
[006] Istanbul by the Orient Express, and then on across the _____ to Baghdad. It was an exciting journey for her, trave
[007] game in Africa, and ridden a camel across the Sahara _____ . He says that the most beautiful place that he has ev
5. WORDS
anybody
coin
desert
disagree
extend
glad
golden
recognition
sail
weekend
[001] been well said that the ordinary reader can admirably _____ a good general education by merely reading Needham's
[002] to come to terms with, he believes, is the need to _____ their reach beyond the traditional channels of academ
[003] superb mystery bookshops in London - and determined to _____ my stay, fictionally speaking, in the world of Briti
[004] privilege protecting such discussions did not always _____ beyond the grave. Ever since the Beatles popularized
[005] It was then perfectly dark, and their gaze could not _____ over a radius of two miles. Did the sea surround this
[006] carpeted with thick grass. But the vegetation did not _____ far, and a long, sandy plain, which began at the foot
[007] and that its shores to the north and the southeast _____ over a sort of Arctic sea." "You are right, my dear S
6. WORDS
anybody
coin
desert
disagree
extend
glad
golden
recognition
sail
weekend
[001] sound alike - would you agree with that? P: Oh no, I _____ completely. They all sound completely different from
[002] t at university and I respect myself less for that. I _____ with the attitudes of most students and really dislike
[003] homo- or heterosexual in nature. You may, of course, _____ with us. But what we do object to is being labelled
[004] pened to me was different.' I said nothing to agree or _____ with this, but I didn't know if he really believed
[005] very stupidly. The only thing that Montmorency and I _____ about is cats. I like cats. Montmorency does not.
[006] it may be an artificial meteor. But the other experts _____ . They say that if something was sent across space, it
[007] agreement over the objectives of family planning, but _____ over the methods to be used. The Roman Catholic Chur
7. WORDS
anybody
coin
desert
disagree
extend
glad
golden
recognition
sail
weekend
[001] walked to the door and turned on the lights. His _____ gun was pointing directly at James Bond. 'I've got a
[002] working in the fields. Then Frances saw some beautiful _____ flowers, which were growing by the wall of one of the
[003] moon, rose above the horizon, filling the beach with _____ light. And in that sudden brightness, Leon saw that
[004] engines seemed to burn less brightly, and now the soft _____ light of the moon Selene could be seen again in the
[005] the sun is shining, the river turns everything into a _____ dream. But when it rains, the river is brown and miser
[006] utiful woman in fashionable clothes with blue eyes and _____ hair. The man had intelligent eyes and a fiat face
[007] red lights, and at the stage, with its red carpet and _____ chairs, and the band ready to play, and she thought,
8. WORDS
anybody
coin
desert
disagree
extend
glad
golden
recognition
sail
weekend
[001] Roy avoids selecting subjects that require specific _____ of place for their enjoyment. His pictures generaliz
[002] new era. Modern times have changed the world beyond _____ . The early years of the twentieth century seem very
[003] frequently felt aggrieved that he received so little _____ , especially in Ireland; but whenever I expressed this
[004] For 40 years, no British government offered any _____ . On Needham's 80th birthday, celebrated quietly in his
[005] at the age of 65, Mr. Ranglin is belatedly earning _____ for the thousands of hours he logged in recording stu
[006] one of the world's best-known brands. It achieved that _____ by throwing billions of dollars into marketing, by g
[007] cal argument. Everywhere there seems to be a growing _____ of the fact that governments and religious instituti
9. WORDS
anybody
coin
desert
disagree
extend
glad
golden
recognition
sail
weekend
[001] shermen. You can't make stories out of them. I want to _____ up an African river, or live in an Indian village
[002] gave him the ammunition boxes. The ship was ready to _____ . Stein's captain, a half-caste, spoke to me. He did
[003] at we were sailing into some strange land. We did not _____ into some strange land. We went straight into that b
[004] ide them. Are you ready, sir and madam?' he asked. We _____ in less than an hour. My other passenger is waiting
[005] t. Lake Blu was a wonderful place to live. They could _____ on the lake and play tennis at the Maritime Club.
[006] day early, and we'll finish loading around four and _____ at five, to St. Catharines, at the other side of the
[007] spilling in from everywhere'. Two minutes later, their _____ was ripped apart, the deck was covered and the cabin
10. WORDS
anybody
coin
desert
disagree
extend
glad
golden
recognition
sail
weekend
[001] into the park, but they cannot go everywhere. On the _____ , they cannot go in at all. Tourists can: take a boat
[002] be very busy. We hardly ever stay in for much of the _____ . Er, you know I like to ... er ... have a good time.
[003] k and I ... I don't have any spare time, so when the _____ comes we like to really let loose and we try very har
[004] you're working up to the most popular meal for the _____ which is brunch. I: That's breakfast and lunch combin
[005] feathers from baby ducks. Most people go skiing every _____ , and if there's no snow you can still go walking in
[006] is expensive, but I work with a theatre group at the _____ . We teach dance to groups of children. I'm living wit
[007] Every Saturday, I go home for the _____ . At the beginning, everything went very well.