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Quiz 125

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]  way from Broadway and soon he found himself on Sixth  _____ .  He stopped in front of a shop window and looked at  
[002]    afternoon I moved to a quiet little hotel on Fifth  _____ .  One afternoon, in one of my favourite restaurants on  
[003]    Tildy's Moment Bogle's Family Restaurant on Eighth  _____  is not a famous place, but if you need a large cheap  
[004] as a different man.  We walked together to Serpentine  _____ .  Outside the house there were a lot of people who  
[005]      I'll give you the address. Now, it's 35 Chestnut  _____ ,  Walton. How'll you be coming?  A: By car.  L: Well,
[006]   He lives with his sister and her children on Second  _____ .'  A widow, with five children? Do you mean he lives  
[007]  moved into an old warehouse at the corner of Florida  _____ . It wasn't a bad place for a homeless person. 


	
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[001]  there was a pool of cold water in the room.  You could  _____  into it.  After this you could go for a swim in the      
[002]     Nutty.  She had cared for the horse, taught  him to  _____ , and now she and Midnight often won competitions.       
[003]    in, too.  'Bobo is in the water!' Roxanne screams.  ' _____  into the sea, Larry! Get Bobo!'  But Larry doesn't mo     
[004]   doesn't move.  'Why are you waiting?' Roxanne says.  ' _____  in!'  'But, honey,'  Larry says, 'I can't swim.' 'Can't     
[005]  adow began to move towards me very slowly.  I tried to  _____  out of bed, but couldn't mow in my fear.  I lay there     
[006]  soft pink.  It was the island of Monte Cristo.  'I can  _____  over the side of the ship,' Dantes thought,  'and swim     
[007]   hing her arm, and I trembled with horror. I wanted to  _____  up and run away. I prayed that someone else would co      


	
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[001]       lying in the sun ten metres of brown-and-yellow  _____ , beautiful and dangerous.  What news?' called Kaa when     
[002] sons.  Now you will be safe in the jungle, because no  _____ , no bird, no animal will hurt you.  You do not need to     
[003]    been in any danger?  Mrs G: Well, once in Africa a  _____  managed to get into my caravan, but it wasn't a poison     
[004]        And because he was a doctor, he knew that this  _____ 's poison is difficult to find in a dead body.       
[005]                         I looked and saw a huge brown  _____  crossing the road in front of us.  'Don't worry your     
[006]  forest, you might see what you think is a long green  _____  on the path ahead of you. But  when you get closer, yo     
[007]  was even smaller and dirtier than the rest. We saw a  _____  swimming in the river. Faces stared at us from the tr     


	
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[001] ook like each other so they all wear the same clothes:  _____  trousers, yellow shirt, green and blue jacket.       
[002]    Farm made it for me.  It's a small animal with long  _____  hair.  It sings like a bird and can speak too.       
[003]     in 1835, very late at night.  She wore a beautiful  _____  dress and her face shone with light.  But she had no      
[004]  fice workers can choose the kind of bread they want -  _____ , white, or a roll - and then all sorts of salad and      
[005]         Maybe she liked my face,' Nick thought.  Or my  _____  eyes.  But I'm not going to see her again, so it does     
[006]  picture began to form on the screen. There on a dry,   _____  hillside under a dark sunless sky was an old man in      
[007] ot oven (200c, Gas 6) for 7 - 10 minutes  until golden- _____ .  6.  Put the scones on a plate and offer them to you       


	
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[001] ver the burn very lightly with something clean like a  _____  or a, or a handkerchief, and then go straight to a      
[002]              Glendinning's face was now as white as a  _____ .  Everyone around the table started talking,     
[003] oducts, he said.  'Here, look at this.' He gave her a  _____   of  paper.  'Some of these rats have had the waste      
[004]   for a long time before she opened it.  Inside, in a  _____  of plain white paper, was the loop of rope.       
[005]     the bottom of the valley was covered with a great  _____   of water.  The Negrito river had flooded, and destroy     
[006]  maybe tonight or tomorrow talk to Dave.' He took the  _____  with the information about Polokov from Bryant.        
[007]     his police torch to look again at his information  _____ . The Voigt-Kamp test had been given to Polokov 


	
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[001]        Victoria loved Albert very much, and she was an  _____  wife and mother.  She wanted to show that they had a      
[002] he same time and joins the kids at breakfast. He's an   _____  father, very involved and protective towards them.      
[003]  hemistry was my favourite subject.  Mr Waldman was an  _____  teacher and I met the other scientists at the univers     
[004]   person's voice in the house again,  and Zeena was an  _____  nurse and housekeeper.  Old Mrs Frome finally died o     
[005]  out and salmon fishing in Great Britain, and there is  _____  sport on the coast for sea fishermen. Come and catch     
[006] which Northumberland is famous. Some of them  have an   _____  menu of evening meals. They are always full of  friend     
[007]   of the disease.  My hearing, more than anything, was  _____ .  I could hear all things,  things in this world and     


	
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[001]   was dead.  The royal family always travel with some  _____  black clothes in their suitcase.  Now Elizabeth had      
[002]   The ship was like a palace at sea.  They could hold  _____  dances and parties on it, and they could welcome offi     
[003]     side of the royal family.  Even the Queen, a very  _____  lady, was laughing and talking quite naturally in the     
[004]     which you have to protect.  There are hundreds of  _____  ceremonies.  Even when you are tired, you have to try     
[005]    about ten or twenty minutes.  Sometimes there is a  _____  meeting with government ministers before lunch.        
[006]      His expression was serious, and his manners very  _____ . Soon after his arrival, he said to Mrs Bennet, 'Mada     
[007] atives of the Irish Republican Army to participate in  _____  peace talks. That persuaded her to invite Sinn Fein,     


	
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[001]  see his face or his body.  He had an enormous black  _____  on his head, like a big box.  A grey cloth came down     
[002]  daughter, but don't tire yourself out.'  He put his  _____  on his shaved head. 'The key to the big cupboard is      
[003]   she wore a black suit and a small black and yellow  _____ .  She said, 'Reggie was always very interested in war     
[004] said to her sister, 'If you see someone with a funny  _____ , Margaret, you must not point at it and laugh.'      
[005]girl by the lake.  She was wearing a long coat, and a  _____ , and her long black hair hung down past her shoulders
[006]  cargo sheds in foggy weather, with a three-cornered  _____  and a black horse. Heathrow has been operating as an     
[007]  restaurant, they'll end up having to pass round the  _____  to pay for my meal. I've borrowed as much as I can       


	
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[001] beneath the trees as well, plants which help us fight   _____ . Forty per cent of our drugs, our medicines, are deriv     
[002]      to safe water, yet eighty per cent of the world's  _____  is caused by dirty water. Action Aid has started devel     
[003] like himself. In 1990 he was seriously ill with heart   _____ . He couldn't work, he was too weak to climb the stairs  
[004] scientists came from London to ask questions about the  _____  that was killing the seals.  Before he had gone    
[005] serious than that. Jenny is very ill.  She has a blood  _____ .  It is destroying her blood, and we can't stop it.       
[006]      and my need for alcohol soon grew into a terrible  _____ .  I was often angry and violent.  I began to shout at     
[007]    At least 600,000 people died in the battles or from  _____ .  The war began because the southern states kept slave    


	
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[001]  He was obviously a local man, not a tourist, and his  _____ , dark skin looked very attractive in the last sunshine     
[002]      The changeover to containers was expected to be   _____  and painless. The only major disadvantage the manager     
[003] rowds! In summer, you can enjoy bathing from miles of  _____ , calm, sandy beaches.  There are pleasant walks over      
[004]    bumpy, crowded roads when you can ride on our nice  _____  rails? Here is some train information British Railway     
[005]  guided by them. So, school was mixed with work in a   _____  and natural way. To replace this, a new, 'real' schoo     
[006] hirlpool.  The sides of the whirlpool  were perfectly  _____ , black, and shining with moonlight.  "The moonlight re     
[007]    2 Beat the eggs and sugar until they are thick and  _____ .  3 Mix in the flour and cocoa, and add the warm water