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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]                         So he worked for newspapers to  _____  a little money.  He moved to Baltimore and lived there     
[002]  ty years old and the captain of a great ship.  I will  _____  good money.  I can buy you a new house.       
[003]              He and his mother were poor, but he could  _____  enough money for them both.  Rafael was a fine boy.       
[004]  actresses are usually offered lots of work.  They can  _____  more for each movie, too! How did a little man called
[005]   I'll look for the lights. And then, after this, I'll  _____  my salary doing something else.    
[006]              People will look after the forest if they  _____  money from it.  And they need a healthy forest to          
[007] something, but dancing isn't a real job, and you don't  _____   much money being a dancer. We tried so hard to raise  


	
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[001]            In a rough sisterly manner she bent his head  _____  with one hand while she caught the insect inside his      
[002]  group of four or more. We didn't deliberate very long.  _____   from two salads, appetizers consist of five cheese      
[003]     since we were asked, and others were asked, to step  _____ , and I think the community deserves a status report     
[004]     to my maintenance. They have saved up and put money  _____  for our education. Dad works in the education departme     
[005]        of branches she had broken, those she had pushed  _____ ; and she walked easily now, and more slowly, until      
[006]   enthusiasm at the idea.  "But not immediately". I put  _____  my empty cup. She smiled all the way to her wise, sa     
[007]    the proviso that 20 percent of the apartments be set  _____  for low-income tenants while the remaining 80 percent


	
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[001]        'When is the  wedding?' asked Danglars.  Soon -  _____  or the next day, here at "La Reserve".   We hope that     
[002]     you coming back? Are you coming back today? B: No,  _____ . A: So you can't have a day return. You need a period     
[003] parents will be worried.  Good night, Milton" "See you  _____ , Jack."  That night...  "That's strange.  The ship has     
[004]   guards.'I will talk to you again,' said the voice.  ' _____ .' Edmond closed the opening in the wall, carefully hi     
[005]  and wetfrom the rain,' he answered.  'But can I come   _____ ? My name is Willoughby.' He was a handsome young man,     
[006]  see me.  No, but I can, Emma, I'll talk to you again   _____  morning.   Marian listens to my calls.  She's a spy!       
[007]                   I will do it tonight; you must do it  _____ .'  It is very good of you to do it first,' Morris answ     


	
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[001]           she said.  He moved his hands over her eyes,  _____  and mouth until he could see a picture of her in his     
[002]      neck to keep its head attached. The monster has a  _____  from one body, the ears of another, the hair of yet      
[003]   It looked like an elephant's tooth.  The mouth and    _____  were like holes in the face.  The face could not smile     
[004]                           'Very blue eyes, and a long   _____ .  She is not afraid of me, and she is not crying.       
[005]    called her 'Nutty'.  She was thirteen, had a broken  _____ , thick glasses, black hair and a big smile.  But you      
[006]  Her horse was walking with his head down, pushing his  _____  through the snow.  Every now and then he suddenly lif     
[007] appeared, carrying his newspaper, his glasses down his  _____ . He was a little annoyed at being disturbed.    


	
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[001]         the Titanic's front end was sinking fast.  The  _____  still played and the lights were on.  But everyone kn     
[002]     10 A.M., Wallace Hartley told the musicians in his  _____  to save  themselves.  All eight musicians chose to stay     
[003]       Suddenly, everybody loved the Beatles.  When the  _____  played in concert, police had to hold back crowds of      
[004]         Soon after that, people started to arrive. The  _____  began to  play; the hired waiters ran from the house       
[005]                     More people stood up to dance. The  _____  was getting ready to play again. But Leila didn't want     
[006]   I am not sure.  But at the house, I found this  hair- _____ .  It could not belong to a woman.  Sailors use this       
[007] could not belong to a woman.  Sailors use this kind of  _____  to tie their hair.  Maybe I am wrong.  But if I am rig     


	
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[001]    felt weak and unfit, yet I wasn't worried about the  _____  of a heart attack, because I was not a smoker      
[002]     you out of breath. For beginners, there is a small  _____  of unaccustomed stress causing a heart attack when a      
[003]    strike political, not industrial, and there is real  _____  of shipbuilders losing their jobs if this strike goes     
[004]                       M: I think you're taking quite a  _____ .  K: Well, we'll see. My goal is to be my own boss.      
[005]  'I hope to God I am right,' I said. 'I'm taking a big  _____  - a very expensive                                       
[006]  tonight,' he finished bitterly, and hung up. Why do I  _____  my life? he asked himself. She doesn't care about      
[007]  see who you are.'  The shadow came nearer. I couldn't  _____  using the flashlight, but I could just see a handsome     


	
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[001] dark, crowds of thousands watched the funeral on a big  _____ .  Many cried as they listened to the words, and heard     
[002]     and a tiny happy face slowly appeared on the video  _____ . Rick could hear the sounds of animals in the backgrou     
[003]   ages to buy an Amstrad with a hard disk and a colour  _____ . After that it was a printer'. It was only about     
[004]  he computer on and found a message from Robert on the  _____ .  He wanted to visit them this weekend, but he couldn'     
[005]  fastened his own safety belt. Then he switched on the  _____  in front of him, and saw the stars moving slowly acros     
[006]   ooks like this...' A colored picture appeared on the  _____ . It was of a little old lady who was carrying a shop     
[007] closing the door behind him.  l looked at the computer  _____ . On it was a message: No written notes to be made of     


	
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[001]      if you want any extra boots or anything. There is  _____  to be a lot of mud.'  However, on the third morning,      
[002]     the garden), and where there are sheds, things are  _____  to fall into ruin... Besides, from what in can see 
[003] came for you soon after you left,' Paul said.  They're  _____  to get me one day,' said Philbrick, but thanks for tel     
[004]  addy?' She frowned. 'If you become successful, you're  _____  to upset some people, so there must be some people      
[005]   one last journey. In search of a job, he took a ship  _____  for Florida, was taken ill on board      
[006]      with more than 600 East Germans left Warsaw, also  _____  for West  Germany. It was delayed because extra carri
[007] uerillas in San Salvador board a plane, believed to be  _____  for Chile, after they were evacuated from the Mexican     


	
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[001]   their own choice. We can only suggest, persuade, and  _____ .  Remember, no one really 'gives' blood, they just 'le     
[002]      of danger, anyone could be carrying a gun. Let me  _____  you that criminals  ook for lonely older people who      
[003]     leave on holidays, and cancel milk and newspapers.  _____  them again just before you leave. But NEVER leave a      
[004]    who you are and which book is yours, so you have to  _____  her. The books all look similar, and she gets themmi     
[005]    and protect its citizens and their property. Let us  _____  you that, whether we like it or not, the crime rate is     
[006]       but also think. The jokes are funny because they  _____  us of things we have forgotten about human nature.      
[007]      Cook began arranging them on plates.  'Don't they  _____  you of all the parties we had when we were children?'