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Quiz 130

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]     Paul continued to write about new subjects and to  _____  new kinds of music.  'Eleanor Rigby' was a sad song      
[002]    mined diamonds. There are also theme parks you can  _____  which show what life's like in all the countries of      
[003]   IV. So it'll be fun to take a little tour tomorrow,  _____  the area, do some sightseeing - if the weather's not      
[004] cluding a rugged, lovely stretch of the Penine Way to  _____ . The clear, clean lakes and rivers provide some of     
[005]   Our Globe has gone.  While Iss had taken a group to  _____  the cave, the rest of us were on guard at the entrance     
[006]    anything of Birmingham yet.' She decided to go and  _____ .  An hour later she was waiting for the bus. 
[007] erself turn round to look.  'I'd really quite like to  _____  Polreath tomorrow morning,'  Anna said. 'It seems funn     


	
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[001] and went back inside. He breathed in the cool air with  _____ , undressed, had a shower, put on his pyjamas, and went     
[002]    to hurry away from his accusing stare. But it was a  _____  to know she would be able to eat the lunch.      
[003]    atmosphere is already tense, there will be a lot of  _____  when the parents divorce.     
[004] tulate you!' cried Flora, who was indeed overcome with  _____  and satisfaction.  'Charming,' murmured Claud, behind     
[005]    down a side road. Woods and Kani breathed a sigh of  _____ . At last, Kani turned off the main road, and then      
[006]    the row of dials on his chest, and then sighed with  _____ . She had not interfered with his air system.      
[007] mine to take me away and look after me. I sighed  with  _____  as I sat down beside her again on our seat, and we        


	
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[001]   can't move, or talk.  But the tests show no signs of  _____  damage.' He stopped and tried to fight against the      
[002]  stupid or something. Who should I talk to? I think my  _____  just isn't big enough to hold very much.   
[003]   a laser printer. How did he do it? Did it take a big  _____ , or just lots of hard work? Although David is no fool     
[004]       'Really?' said Morse. 'Well, I expect your rapid  _____  will have already discovered how the two deaths are      
[005]   very diicult case after all. You didn't need a great  _____  to solve a murder case, just careful investigation of     
[006]    During that time Catherine was dangerously ill with  _____  fever, and Dr. Kenneth warned us      
[007]   Dr Kenneth warned us that even if she recovered, her  _____  would never return to normal. However she did seem to     


	
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[001]           When I meet a cat, I say hello to it. Then I  _____  down and I stroke it gently, behind the ears and      
[002] opped a little perfume bottle, madam, and she tried to  _____  right down and pick it up herself - a thing she never     
[003]             But as he watched her slim figure turn and  _____  over the food, he suddenly felt depressed      
[004]     of the basket. It was at the bottom, and he had to  _____  down, lower and lower. At the same time, he was trying     
[005]           Suddenly, a dark blue Ferrari came round the  _____ , turned in at the gates, and stopped.     
[006]        one of Biko's closest friends - drove round the  _____  and saw the police lights of the road-block flashing      
[007]                   Then, as Mark and Colin came round a  _____ ,  they heard shouts, a scream from a woman, and then a     


	
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[001]  as most unpleasant. I was worried my false hair might  _____ , but it didn't. All those things you've been doing,      
[002]    to go to the shower and toilet - if you happened to  _____  on the way to the toilet in the dark in the middle of     
[003]    Rochester sternly. 'She and her magic made my horse  _____  on the ice last night.'  Mrs Fairfax looked puzzled an     
[004] drugs- most people smoke dope. People are beginning to  _____  behind with their work because of extra-curricular      
[005]    Mr Mybug jumped at this remark, which Flora had let  _____  unintentionally, and said eagerly, 'It would be great     
[006]   preacting with astonishment, however, when Lydia let  _____  the name of Mr Darcy. He had apparently been present      
[007]  little, but enough to make sure that the saddle would  _____  dangerously about half way round the race.       


	
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[001]                 But you can't send her away she's your  _____ .'  Well, we can't keep two girls here.'  Ethan couldn     
[002]  had got the sleigh ready in order to fetch his wife's  _____  from the station.  It was little more than a year ago     
[003]   misery the day after our marriage, because, my sweet  _____ , there must be no secrets between us.  But until then     
[005]                    When he was nineteen he married his  _____ , Princess Salleha, who was then sweet, pretty, and      
[006]   years, and then in 1836 he married her daughter, his  _____ , Virginia.  She was only fourteen.  At this time Poe      
[007] other woman?' 'My  dear father,' I replied, 'I love my  _____  very much.  She is the loveliest and most interesting    


	
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[001]        She nodded. 'I brought a suitcase with me. I'll  _____  up the clothes I left here and leave.'  She went into     
[002]       send that poor creature some of this food. We'll  _____  a basket. All those children will love it.     
[003]                  There was so much to do.  They had to  _____  and clean the house.  They had to put oil and water      
[004]   London and to visit his doctor.  His servant came to  _____  his clothes, and while he was doing this, he told      
[005]          then get her to hospital.  Is there a medical  _____  in the plane?' 'Yes - under your seat, Sven    
[006] cigarettes as ever. Seventy percent say the price of a  _____  of cigarettes would have to rise by more than $1      
[007]            Once the assessment is complete, a resource  _____  for teachers offers guidance on how to proceed in each       


	
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[001]  to the flowers and fruit are borne up the single main  _____ . Scientists found that when the wijcik was crossed wit     
[002] model, a rotating lip goes behind the fruit, clips the  _____ , and lets the fruit drop into the waiting receptacle.     
[003]    rather than a tree, for it was composed of a single  _____ , covered with a scaly bark, which bore leaves streaked     
[004] not mistaken!"  Herbert was not mistaken: he broke the  _____  of a cycas, which was composed of a glandulous tisseu     
[005] ntioned in the encyclical, assumes that only the brain  _____  needs to be dead. It would be interesting to know how     
[006]   leaders in Congress - it may avoid the problems that  _____  from situations like those of Cory Layton, who lives     
[007] simply ensured a balanced intake of pupils. He aims to  _____  the flight of pupils to private schools and to other  

	
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[001]   Authority heard a review of findings on the 10-level  _____  for the national curriculum from two of the initiative     
[002]  What's depressed him most has been the huge speed and  _____  of change that human beings are inflicting on the worl     
[003]     Friday at the Greek Theatre. Albums are rated on a  _____  of one star (poor), two stars (fair), three stars (goo     
[004] toward mixed-income housing as an alternative to large- _____  housing projects, the critics say that the 80-20 Pro     
[005]    tomorrow. Most of this new energy starts on a small  _____ . Often a few coworkers, partners, or shareholders      
[006]           New forms of visual entertainment on a grand  _____  will appear. Large enclosed stadiums and convention      
[007]            The pilot plant will be expanding into full- _____  production. And who'll buy all this abalone? If North           


	
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[001]     were unkind to me.  The law says that a person can  _____  himself.  Even if he is guilty.  Please listen to my       
[002]            But when it felt pain, the animal turned to  _____  itself.  That was interesting, but what did it mean?      
[003]   against King's peaceful protests.  He told blacks to  _____  themselves with guns against the enemy.  He believed      
[004] you have been accused, and you must have the chance to  _____  yourself.'  And so I told her the whole story of my      
[005]    hearing you insulting and bullying a girl who can't  _____  herself?  You've deliberately chosen not to teach her      
[006]   moved towards Carthage.  Hannibal was called home to  _____  the city.  The two armies met at Zama near Carthage      
[007]        disagreed with Memnon. Instead, they decided to  _____  their country in battle.  The Persian army grouped