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Quiz 123

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? (Corpus=corpus_awl.txt)

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[001] in the dark.'  'Perhaps you could lend me a servant to  _____  me back to  the Grange?' I asked.  'No, I couldn't.   
[002] ecided that the stone had probably once held a sign to  _____  the local sailors back to their homes.  In the bar      
[003] pirits of his great-great-grandparents and ask them to  _____  us.'  But on this burning - hot day Aku-nna forgot all     
[004]  of the river.  We needed to take on board a native to  _____  our little  ship up the river to the trading-post at      
[005] ess and snow.  'I don't think I can get home without a  _____ : I said politely.  No  one answered me. I turned to  
[006] for coming  to see us.  As we told you, we need a tour  _____  for a trip  from London to Istanbul.  We would like    
[007]  to take the job with Global Tours.  So I'll be a tour  _____ . .  I'm going to take twelve people, between eighteen 


	
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[001] eople had to stop clearing the forest.  But they could  _____  fruit, medicinal plants, and rubber in these areas.       
[002]   if you want me.'  'Well, could you possibly come and  _____  me from the farm in your plane? We've had a wedding h  
[003]  cabbages, and turnips, of which it was  sufficient to  _____  the seed to enrich the soil of Lincoln  Island. "Capit     
[004]     repairing her garden wall. He went to her house to  _____  his tools, using the  key she lent him. He entered th     
[005]   him that I was busy.  I had to be alone.  I began to  _____  the things that I needed for the monster.  I hated the     
[006]    if you're lucky. Technology has made it possible to  _____ , store and retrieve almost limitless amounts of pers     
[007]  were moving up and down a little.  She went inside to  _____  her backpack from the cottage and went down to the       


	
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[001]         I sleep at five o'clock in the morning; I have  _____  for breakfast; I drink black                               
[002]    afternoon tea.  They are eaten with a cup of tea or  _____ .  They are easy and fun to make.  For 9 - 10 scones,     
[003]       The soldier and Rodrigo sat and talked and drank  _____  outside  the shop for about an hour.  When it got dark     
[004] a long moment there was silence.  'Would you like some  _____ ?'  'Oh.  No thanks.  I have to go.'  'OK.'  'Well.' He     
[005]     It was late at night, but I sat with him and drank  _____ .  My head was full of changing ideas.  I said very li     
[006] ast, and they must be  punctual  because she likes her  _____  at exactly the same time every morning. She takes he     
[007] staurant, and 00% more fun. You need a little stove, a  _____  pot and a stew pot; maybe a skillet, a basket of ess     


	
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[001]   Thomas Pynchon, Don DeLillo or John Barth. A former   _____  of the three-member Pulitzer Prize Committee for Ficti     
[002]  ig smile. 'Now why were the football team manager and  _____  meeting two young Swedes and a  South African? And wha     
[003] ose  behind Jackson.  The second death in Jericho  The  _____  of the Oxford Book Club was glad to see the light-blue     
[004] all reporter on Dagens Nyheter.  They are Harry Dixon,  _____  of Millham United, and Danny Worthington, the club's      
[005]   through Senator Thruston B. Morton ( R) of Kentucky,  _____  of the Republican National Committee, that the Kenne     
[006] statement of Senator J. W. Fulbright ( D) of Arkansas,  _____  of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He declar     
[007]     rule charter for the town.  William A. Martinelli,  _____  of the Citizens Group of Johnston, transferred the    


	
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[001] that very clear,' I replied. 'Well, goodbye. And good  _____ .'  As I looked back at Mark, I saw the grey look of wo     
[002]   you and Colin must get to the boat and leave.  Good  _____ , Mark. Goodbye.'  'Nicola! Wait, please. I...'  'Look,     
[003] awake until midnight, because it would bring him good  _____  if he saw the beginning of the new year. So tonight      
[004] looked up, disappointed. The captain smiled.  'Better  _____  next time,' he  said. 'This will teach you to move      
[005]  ayed with a couple of men to help here.'  'You're in  _____ ' I told him. 'See the old man across the street with     
[006]  duties of the West. They talked, not of work, but of  _____ , and chance, and money. At first,  Jim refused to lis     
[007] en you and me.'  'Oh, stop it!' I cried. 'I've had no  _____  since I left my ship in Edinburgh. I found a crashed      


	
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[001] the junta and no leaders of the Menderes regime now in  _____   would be pardoned.  Party leaders came out of th     
[002]   story during the 1950s, was sentenced to 14 years in  _____ .   Fourteen years is the maximum penalty now faced      
[003]     Carpentier. She had been sentenced to 180 years in  _____ , but former Gov. Stratton commuted her term to 75 ye     
[004] sentencing. Pohl could receive from 1 to 15 years in    _____  or probation.  Walker said he was considering fili     
[005]   usband, who was sentenced to 15 years in the federal  _____  at McNeil Island last April for robbery of the Hills     
[006]   swhich would carry a penalty of one to five years in  _____ , plus a $1,000 fine. It was one of a series of recom     
[007]     allowing convicts to pass on type of locks used on  _____  doors. In case of a deadlock between                       


	
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[001]   had once been slaves, and no free man would allow a  _____  to marry his daughter.  None of this worried Chike      
[002]    'What rich man is she going to marry? The son of a  _____ , who teaches at her school?  Can you be sure that her      
[003] warning her against. She did not know the history of ' _____ ' families. Although, under the white man's law, nobod     
[004] without special permission.  According to state law a  _____  had to be at least thirty years old before he could      
[005]  bondage. He had a short private talk with each adult  _____ . Only one objected, but Palfrey soon convinced him      
[006]  very, Lincoln was always willing to concede to each " _____  state" the right to decide independently whether to      
[007]   Law of Liberty-and-Union: "In giving freedom to the  _____ , we assure freedom to the free".  What Lincoln could  


	
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[001]  new members will hesitate to ask questions audibly.  _____  them to write out their questions for the box.       
[002]             Far from discouraging Henri, his parents  _____  him  on to greater and greater accomplishments.      
[003]  accountable,"  said  the engineer, "but we will not  _____  our companions to speak.  When he likes my friends,      
[004] emarks to reporters in the Far East, he is likely to  _____    a more efficient mobilization of Vietnamese military     
[005]       rather than trying to do this yourself.  Don't  _____  your builder to give you a little extra cooling capaci    
[006]  courage to measure the magnitude of the failure and  _____  some new approach. Otherwise, UN will march blindly     
[007]  ent as soon as the "Bonadventure" returned, and to   _____   Cyrus Harding to acquaint their companions with these


	
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[001]  were umbrellas, but now the rain washes out the good  _____ , which ends up as mud a thousand miles away in the      
[002]    Also, the hybrid corn grew well in the rather poor  _____   of the valley. In the first year, 1/2 the 84 farmers      
[003]  eached a level place, with very few trees, where the  _____   appeared volcanic. It was necessary to ascend by zigz     
[004] miles by the zigzags which they had to describe.  The  _____ , as it were, slid under their feet. The slope often      
[005] ituted the mountain system of the island, on to a dry  _____ ,  but the luxuriant vegetation of which indicated it      
[006] he middle of Europe and the north of Africa where the  _____  was absolutely unhealthy, and the sanitary condition      
[007] the Queen arrived from Entebbe to set foot on British  _____  for the first time as monarch.  Since those early days   


	
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[001] she must learn to be polite, and dress carefully,  and  _____  her hair.  And there was such a very short time to tea     
[002] allets!  Sighing, I sat down in front of the mirror to  _____  my hair, This didn't take very long, because my hair'     
[003]  I had ever seen him, but his wife had not bothered to  _____  her hair or change her dress. I had to explain to poo     
[004]  photographer at first, but suddenly George started to  _____  his trousers, and he fixed his hair and put on his     
[005] shing, particularly   when the individual knows how to  _____  his teeth properly.  The electric gadget is most help     
[006]  all of them," he said. His servant handed him a small  _____  with red paint on it.  "A thousand!" the slave-seller      
[007]    reflect heat.  Don't forget to buy a plastic pastry  _____  for basting with sauces. Clean it meticulously in bo