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Quiz 127

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]   engineer agreed that he had cutting torches in the  _____   room.  'But we don't keep tools under lock and key.'      
[002]  drove the Mercedes straight at the wooden doors.  The  _____  screamed. The doors broke, and the Mercedes drove thr     
[003]   fisherman ? everything.  He had a small boat with an  _____ .  That was unusual in those days.  He worked for nobo     
[004] ds of smoke.  'Where's that coming from?' 'I think the  _____ 's too hot.  Has anyone got any water?' Tony, Jean's      
[005]  Rafael couldn't catch the soldier's boat.  It had an  _____ .  It was a very fast boat.' 'He killed someone,' said     
[006] and Tami gradually stopped the car and turned off the  _____ .  Woods heard the sound of rushing water.  'Where is      
[007]  and away down the road. The friendly sound of the  _____  began to fade away, until it disappeared completely        


	
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[001]  monster than man. He sews the pieces together with  _____  and rope.  He hammers a thick nail through the monste     
[002] When they connected, electricity would flow along the  _____  to the box that would set off the explosives.      
[003]  for strangers. Many people are building high barbed- _____  fences around their homes and gardens. Some are even      
[004] n the top of the cat's head. He took a thin,  straight  _____  from his pocket, and put it into the hole under       
[005]           and put it into the hole under the chin. The  _____  went through and came out of the other hole at the to     
[006] witched off the power at the wall, and pulled out the  _____  leading to the machine.  Inside it I found a small con     
[007] erstood what was happening.  She had already taken the  _____  off the battery and let the air out of the plastic ba  


	
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[001]    sea and waited for the sharks to come.  A shark can  _____  blood in the water when it is many kilometres away.       
[002]  must wear expensive after-shave because you can still  _____  it ten minutes after he's gone.     
[003] orning sky was grey with radioactive dust and he could  _____  death in the air. But it was not so bad  now. People      
[004]  I got earlier.'  You humans,' Rachael laughed. Goats  _____  terrible.'  Only male goats.'  You look really tired,'     
[005]       It moved softly through the trees, and we could  _____  beautiful flowers.  But when we arrived at the side of   
[006] touched the red-hot metal on the animal's back and the  _____  of burning was terrible.  'That's good.  It hurts him    
[007]     it seemed that kisses, voices, laughter, the fresh  _____  of the lawn were somehow inside her. She had no room   


	
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[001]  will she be back? A: At two o'clock. She's seeing a  _____  here in her  office. B: Ah. So what time can I phone      
[002]  Clerk: Hello, could I have your surname please?   _____ : Pardon?  Clerk: Your surname, sir, could I have your   
[003] powered rivals. So the company wants every potential  _____  thinking about phone service to think first of Bell     
[004] en o'clock in the morning, but Bee was now a regular  _____  at any hour.  Her life was shared between the hospital     
[005] ts. In education, measurement of both  performance and  _____  satisfaction is very primitive.  Most service busines     
[006]  'The Spirit of Delta.' As employee morale crashed,  _____  complaints climbed.  So when Delta's board of directo     
[007] ust be a restriction in the deed to provide that the  _____  may not be charged more than the current market pric 


	
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[001]  You must understand,' he said to Paul, that it is my  _____  to make personal contact with each of the men in my      
[002]  that I finally managed to convince them of my firm   _____  to carry out this plan. In the end they agreed that      
[003]  You must understand,' he said to Paul, that it is my  _____  to  make personal contact with each of the men in my      
[004] up with it, curse you.' But naturally, he had no real  _____  of blowing up the house or himself.  He went back to      
[005]  Elizabeth quickly, in some embarrassment, 'I have no  _____  of dancing. You must excuse me.' 'Miss Bennet, please     
[006] oped that he was beginning to believe that she had no  _____  of taking over the farm.  She sat down quietly by the     
[007]  writing.  A man of honour could not have doubted his  _____ , but Mr. Darcy chose to treat it as a recommendation       


	
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[001] like Foyle's should try to save your time for you, not  _____  it, so that you'll want to come back again and spend     
[002]   They had urgent work to do upstairs and were made to  _____  time instead! And if they were unlucky enough to just     
[003]     so good looking that people said it was a shame to  _____  such beauty on a boy. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio     
[004] bert Pringle: In my opinion, this strike is a complete  _____  of time - of my time and the shipbuilders' time.   
[005]     Mary.  The company can build machines to clean the  _____  products.  I'll start my report for David Wilson       
[006]  his father.  'Very well. But the girl - Aku-nna - why  _____  money on her?'  'It's not my money that is wasted,'      
[007]  reports on the Ashton case?'  'Yes. It seemed to me a  _____  of time, especially if I'm going to be there watching     


	
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[001]              'Every man has a wife; every animal has a  _____ !  Why do I have to be alone? Be careful, Frankenstein!     
[002]  I had to keep a terrible promise.  I had to  make the  _____  monster.  Then the two monsters could go  away togethe     
[003]  him, away from Pilgrim and the stallion.  Soon the  _____  horses and their young were gone.       
[004] sister of Mother's at Worthing, on the south coast. A  _____  cousin of Mother's lives in Kensington.    
[005]  am, on holiday to Ramsgate in Kent, in the care of a  _____  companion. Unfortunately, there was an  understanding      
[006]  think so either. There are other students involved,  _____  students. I've spoken to their  arents and some of      
[007]       and it was to be on the following Tuesday. Every  _____  in the Bennet family was looking forward to it,  


	
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[001]  fairly soon after the accident, even if you do not  _____  to  make a claim for repairs. If the accident happens     
[002]  Make certain that your home is really safe if you  _____  to spend some time away, even if only for a short ti     
[003] k-suit with a pair of long pants is essential if you  _____  to keep running throughout the winter in England or      
[004]  who listed a number of 'balance' points.)  Those who  _____  to settle in space have formed an L5 Society.       
[005]  taking it,  but I don't enjoy it that much. I don't  _____  to work here next summer if I get an opporunity for      
[006] care what you do. I have to accept you, but you  don't  _____   to accept me, do you? You did your best to kill me      
[007]   innocent as he looks. Why come to Paris if you don't  _____  to have  any fun?'  He lived at the top of a tall, ugl 


	
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[001] I'm too busy.  Go to Farnham on Monday.  Arrive early,  _____  near the road and watch.  Then ask about Charlington      
[002]  listened to my story.  He wasn't happy.  'Why did you  _____  in the park, Watson?' he said.  'You couldn't see the     
[003]  breakfast with me.  Let's go to St Mark's Square and  _____  from the others.'  'Vic, I need to talk.  to you.' 
[004] 'Good,' I said.  'Now I'll count up to ten and you can  _____ .' I turned my head towards the wall and began to count     
[005]   Poldy was hiding.  But  where  was he? You can't  _____  in many places in my room.                       
[006] .  One knock, then another and another.  'Where can I   _____ ?' I thought.  There was only one place: under the bed     
[007] other men round her, I was always jealous.  I couldn't  _____  my jealousy.  One day I spoke to her about it.     


	
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[001]  you've done! You hit my thumb with the hammer, you  _____  - just like last time we did this!      
[002] Get a receipt for any money you do hand over. Only a  _____  gives money to anyone who asks for it.      
[003]  So I had to join in and laugh too. I felt such a  _____  - it was extremely embarrassing. I wanted to go and      
[004] his big toe under Hoomey's chin.  'Come on, you stupid  _____ , or I'll hit you.'  Hoomey tried.  He didn't want to      
[005]  tell Eleanor that. He just said that everyone made a  _____   of themselves sometime or other when they had drunk      
[006] nvolved it happened in my cousin's apartment.'  'Don't  _____  around with me, Vic,' Bobby said. He didn't like me      
[007]    I created it.' The man laughed softly. 'It wouldn't  _____   a policeman, but no policeman saw it. It fooled the