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Quiz 111

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] Before midday he was already in difficulty. 'I lost my  _____   and slipped off the edge of a steep rock. I landed      
[002]  combination of heart and head that is always a tricky  _____   with Mark,' says Michael Greif, the director of 'Rent     
[003]   rs Stadium, and showed the Scarlet Knights where the  _____  of power is in the Big East Conference.      
[004] much is in her bank account.  'Mom looks after my bank  _____ ,' Kimora explains, 'I don't even have a credit card      
[005]  directions coming from faraway offices and about the   _____  of expenditure between administration and health care     
[006]   to a quarter of the numbers we teach French to?  The  _____  of language in schools is totally wrong...'      
[007] vacation? 'No way!' says Kimora, who has found ways to  _____  the competing demands of work and school.        


	
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[001]   depressed and turned to food, alcohol, and drugs for  _____ . For the first time in her life her beauty left her a     
[002] on't save any money traveling first class, but you get  _____  and freedom instead, and you are sure of getting home     
[003]  let him see his sister alone. He brought her words of  _____  - and a letter from Chike, which she read eagerly.       
[004]   at the door.  'Have you everything you need for your  _____ ?' he asked.  'Yes, thanks.'  He said good night   
[005]      habits is not going to take place, you could take  _____  from the thought that it probably won't make a vast      
[006]          of course.' John put his hand on her arm, to   _____  her.  But it was the same hand - the hand that had hel     
[007]   blessed by God when I can give a message of love and  _____  to other men, and I would have it no other way:      


	
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[001]        About every seven kilometres there was a strong  _____ .  The wall crossed England from sea to sea and many      
[002]   was moving from place to place, the soldiers built a  _____  every night.  Near the end of the day, they found a      
[003]   ly will join them. As soon as they get to their base  _____ , Eureka, inside the Arctic Circle, they will have to      
[004]          He began to shake with cold, so he ran to the  _____   and put on a pullover and a raincoat.  Then he hurrie     
[005]  a bright sunny morning.  The boys went back to their   _____ , put the tent up again, and put everything out to dry     
[006]       "Take me to my father. And take my sister to the  _____ ."  Commodus reached out a hand to Lucilla. "Kiss," he      
[007]   work of a Greek historian that the Persians liked to  _____  some distance from their chosen battle ground and did      


	
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[001]  a girl called Fiona Richmond.  She was only wearing a  _____  winter coat, with nothing underneath.  All the players     
[002]   spend a lot of time in cold water, beavers have very  _____  fur.  When Europeans came to  North America, they want   
[003]   wet against his body.  It was dark here, deep in the  _____  forest, and the narrow path  was rough and difficult.      
[004]  someone can hear him, I thought.  But then I felt the  _____  walls of the underground caves.  Nobody could possib     
[005]   A big, tall man came in.  He had a sunburned face, a  _____  beard, and a long mustache.  He looked very nervous.      
[006]  mustache.  He looked very nervous.  He was carrying a  _____  wooden stick.  When he said "good  evening" in French,     
[007]  in the tin.  2 Beat the eggs and sugar until they are  _____  and smooth.  3 Mix in the flour and cocoa, and add         


	
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[001] think it will cost to build.  I inspect the documents,  _____  the site where the building is to be, and name a price     
[002]   with papers in them.'  I sat on the desk. 'I have to  _____  everything, so why don't you leave it to me? I promise     
[003] to face him.  She took her coat off and he was able to  _____  her properly for the first time. Rachael had, he noti     
[004]     boat. I pulled myself on to the deck and began to   _____  the deck, on hands and knees, like a real detective.      
[005]  Moore took no notice of the creature and continued to  _____  the picture.  The Judge was sitting in a great, high      
[006] perfect death. An hour later it was Teesdale's duty to  _____  the body, and again everything was normal. The prison
[007]    on the bed and ate.  When I'd finished I started to  _____  the room carefully. It was simply furnished - a bed,      


	
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[001]    beach.  'Take off those clothes,' I said quietly.  ' _____  yourself in the sea until you're clean.  Then go to      
[002]   Go quickly to the cafe, so people can see you.  I'll  _____  your clothes and the boat.  Nobody will know what you     
[003]         He pulled it half on to the sand, and began to  _____   the donkey's blood from the bottom of the boat.       
[004]       At night she's tired, too.  But she has to cook,  _____  clothes and put the children to bed.  And what does he     
[005] give Diana much time -  she only had twenty minutes to  _____  her hair and get ready! 'Maybe you'll be the next Quee     
[006]   no private time.  The morning began with a run and a  _____  in cold water, and the day was full of exercise, lesso     
[007]  with sadness. But she used some water from the pot to  _____  her face and mouth. Its coolness made her feel a littl     


	
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[001]    but I go to the dentist and he puts a filling in my  _____  that hurts a lot and  aches for hours afterwards.       
[002]           A: Well, apparently they've found a cure for  _____  decay. B: Really? I can't believe that's possible.      
[003]    ther to you in ten minutes.'   Carl felt his broken  _____  with his tongue.  The door of the Captain's cabin      
[004] dentist.    How long will this take? Straightening one  _____  that has come in wrong may take only a few months.       
[005] came down in front of his face, too.   An enormous red  _____  came out of his mouth, under his nose.      
[006]                           It looked like an elephant's  _____ .  The mouth and  nose were like holes in the face.       
[007]   it's nearly 2,000 grams.  'The British have a "sweet  _____ ".  They love cakes, chocolates and sweets. At my hotel     


	
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[001]             they go to school on Saturday too, so they  _____  school six days per week. They stay behind after schoo     
[002]            The Doctor, still pained and upset, did not  _____  the  ceremony. Everybody else, however, was there exce     
[003]            An dditional 100,000 or more local students  _____  community colleges. College is a big business, too.      
[004]   the Chaplain, who was new to the job. Do you wish to  _____  religious services? You must either                        
[005]  the ceremony. Why would Mr Darcy, Elizabeth wondered,  _____  the wedding of two people he must hold in the greatest     
[006] there was no letter from my mother. I did not  want to  _____  the dance. The long list of dances had  frightened me,     
[007]     even slightly suspicious. Ogilvie told me I had to  _____  a meeting with people from other departments the next     


	
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[001] ambridge Business College. The diploma, which combines  _____   business skills and academic study, was devised and      
[002]   be recognised by universities, but there is a lot of  _____   business training involved. So one option is to go on     
[003]   Council to the tune of pounds 1m, was set up to find  _____  solutions to classroom  problems.  It involved 10 mult     
[004]   them out. 'The final straw came when we were doing a  _____  in biology and genetics. The teacher gave us photocopi     
[005] vernacular, this cheap, well-illustrated, reliable and  _____  guide solves any number of  riddles. Why did Alexander     
[006]  I shall certainly tell her how modest, economical and  _____  you are.' 'Indeed, Mr Collins, all praise of me will      
[007]   It reminds me that the plastic  wallets are a really  _____  idea. Not only that, but, although Jennifer's never        


	
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[001]       will never forget.  The weather that morning and  _____  was fine.  The sun shone, and the wind came softly      
[002]    I sailed to the islands at about two o'clock in the  _____ .  We caught more fish that day than ever before.        
[003]  I saw as a boy.  I went down to the beach on my first  _____  in the village.  I wanted to see again the place where     
[004]    got to make thirty in the morning and thirty in the  _____ .   Sixty in one day! But I can't! You must.  And smile     
[005]  T        he two o'clock plane from Paris crashed this  _____ .  Everyone on the plane was killed.      
[006]   older than a child.' He left the village late in the  _____   before it got dark.  He walked through the water to      
[007] ever saw the soldier again.  He was here on the Sunday  _____  and evening.  He usually was.  He spent most of the ev