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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?

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[001] the top from Canada or the USA, or you can take a boat  _____  and see them from below.  Together, Lakes Erie, Ontari 
[002] to see us.  As we told you, we need a tour guide for a  _____  from London to Istanbul.  We would like to offer you     
[003]  ing about her, Helen? This is a holiday, not a school  _____  for girls who haven't grown up yet.' Helen looked at      
[004]    'Oh, hi! Well, it's my job to help everyone on this  _____  to be happy.  But when I talk to Angela, she always      
[005]       I think I'll look for a different job after this  _____ .  I've always wanted to go to Africa.  Perhaps I can      
[006] group arrived.  They wanted to see Bill's video of the  _____  and Helen's photographs.  There was a knock on the do     
[007] one night, Rafael was coming  back late from a fishing  _____ .  He saw Anita running along the beach in the moonligh      


	
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[001]   she lay  somewhere between life and death: While one  _____   watched, the other slept.  Grace Maclean lay in her      
[002]   are born to unmarried parents.  The number of single- _____  families in Britain is increasing.  Single parents are     
[003] ren are happier and more successful in traditional two- _____   families.  The number of births in Britain      
[004] ffer when their parents get divorced.  When a divorced  _____  marries again, his or her children often find themselve
[005] afraid,' replied  Megan carefully. 'I've been her only  _____  all her life. Of course I've talked to her about you,     
[006]   prevent similar embarrassing tragedies. 'I'm like a   _____  who worries about kids on a big weekend,' said Dr. Jo     
[007]  ling class as Latin linked early medieval Europe. One  _____  explained: 'If you speak English, you are considered      


	
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[001]   to Edgar Linton, so I did not feel sorry for her, or  _____  her to talk.  'ElIen, will you keep a secret for me?'      
[002]              seldom so successful.  'Of course, if you  _____  people to think they're messy, they will be messy,'      
[003]            As a priest, moreover, I feel it my duty to  _____  all families in my area of influence to live peaceful     
[004] Prosecutor spoke again. 'So  your answer to this is to  _____  violence in the black  community?' .'  'No. We want to     
[005]      she was almost sure that if she wanted, she could  _____  him to propose to her again, she only had to decide      
[006]  change courses, developed over the past 30 years. 'We  _____  students to look at their studies  critically, and if     
[007]            to help sell British goods and services, to  _____  investment in Britain. Behind this view lies a feeling     


	
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[001]  all night in the blackness.  Mattie  took a few steps  _____  and then stopped,  looking down the icy slope of the      
[002] of monkeys came nearer, and Baloo and  Bagheera walked  _____ , too.  Nearer,' hissed Kaa, and they all moved             
[003]  the mare seemed to grow calmer.  She pushed her head  _____   to look at him, but when he moved, she  jumped back,      
[004]  the plane back home in one piece.  David Wyatt came  _____  to speak to Hansen and looked out at the sky.       
[005]  him.  At first, she did not  know him.  Then she fell  _____  with a cry.  'It is you!' she cried.  Then, taking his     
[006]  and out of his life.    After that, I was not looking  _____  to meeting Jenny's father.  She was his only child and     
[007] urther information regarding this robbery please come   _____  as soon as possible.    


	
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[001]  to provide a basic education and, where needed, food,  _____ , and medical care.  Over the years we have helped more     
[002]    After a quick breakfast, Rick put on his protective  _____  and hurried up to the roof garden. His electric sheet     
[003]   tory.  No one can go near them without  special safe  _____ .  You can come and see if you like.'  'I'm very please     
[004]      with them in our factory.  Everyone wears special  _____ .  We haven't  had  - a single  serious accident in thr     
[005] he took gold and some coins and hid them safely in his  _____ .  Then he covered the chest with earth, and put  sand      
[006]    victim. You should keep them warm, loosen any tight  _____ , and try to reassure them. They'll probably be sufferi 
[007] the Congo were required to furnish their employes with  _____  and adequate food. But instead of delivering the ratio   


	
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[001]  foot pulled him up out of the water and, with a quick  _____ , stood him up.  The water was half-way up his body.       
[002]  of those bombs has damaged this wall.  Perhaps we can  _____  some stones out and make a hole big  enough to climb      
[003]          'If the people won't move,' continued Favel, ' _____  them.  If necessary, you'll have to shoot a few.       
[004]  woman.  Did she fall in front of the train or did you  _____  her?'      
[005]          Then he hit me in the face!  Then he began to  _____  me.  He gave me a little                                   
[006]        Annie said quietly.  'That's OK.  Don't let her  _____  you away.  Keep trying, Annie.'  She watched them walk     
[007]         She and Robert belonged together.  He tried to  _____  that thought out of his mind.  It was raining heavily  


	
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[001]      you'll think, 'You're my man - you're the kind of  _____  we're glad we elected'".  He said, "We Democrats  
[002]      to the local government.  The council advised the  _____  that "large supermarkets, factory outlets and depart     
[003]   minutes later, he returned with four soldiers.  'The  _____  has sent orders,' he said.  He turned to the soldiers     
[004]    all replied.  The officer laughed and turned to the  _____ .  'Why do we come here?  We always hear the same thing     
[005] quiet, he had answered extremely rudely. As usual, the  _____  considered the case carefully, and was delighted to      
[006] from an inability to express  himself in his work. The  _____  therefore gave orders that the prisoner should be give 
[007]  strong encouragement to enter a candidate in the 1962  _____ 's race, a top official said Wednesday.  Robert S      


	
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[001]   when it's more grown up! Till then, please print, in  _____  capital letters.  Customer: When the computer is grown     
[002] rld until 1970.  The building fills one  complete city  _____ .  Tourists can enjoy the views of the city from the 8     
[003]        in the 21st century you'll be able to live in a  _____  of flats like that. Ohbayashi Gumi has designed a two
[004]   table at her. 'It's a dangerous  country.'  The road- _____  was put up at 10 p.m. The police changed the place      
[005] newspapers to the man at the entrance of the apartment  _____ . The two men laughed, and then the newspaper man waved     
[006]       I could see Mr  Maywit looking after an enormous  _____  of ice. The ice was tied to a sled, which Father had          
[007]  school with a girl named Gloriana, who lives down the  _____ , and has a car.  This is a way of getting to schoo     


	
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[001]     'We are in love...'  'Love? At your age? My God, I  _____  about you, I really do.'                            
[002]           People won't understand and they'll begin to  _____  and get afraid.  That's not good for the factory.'  
[003] OK.  You go home, Karen.  I'll phone you later.  Don't  _____  about me.  And thank you.'  The man and the woman took     
[004]  The manager there will explain the job to you.  Don't  _____  - it's very easy.'  He smiled his thin smile again.      
[005]      and touched her arm gently.   I don't want you to  _____ , Matt,' he said, looking down into her eyes with a sm     
[006]             if the babies are OK, we've got nothing to  _____  about.'  'Oh, John,' she said.       
[007]    evening alone with Mattie.  But there was still one  _____  -  the lie about the money from Andrew Hale.      


	
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[001] ough to hear everything I said?' he asked. 'Or shall I  _____  it for you?'  'I heard an invitation to go drinking      
[002] ions passports.'  Woods smiled and nodded to Richie to  _____  the message on the radio.  For a long time they contin     
[003]   by heart.  You can use them again and again.  If you  _____   these conversations every day for the rest of your lif     
[004]          He reads aloud from a book, the man and woman  _____  after him. They both say 'I do,' and that's it, they'  
[005]            I read the letter many times and could soon  _____  it from memory. Someone who did not know me wanted to     
[006]               said slowly and angrily, 'Don't you ever  _____  that rubbish again!' There was a moment of total silen     
[007]                   'Oh no!' I said angrily.  'I am not,  _____  not, going back to my father to ask for money!'