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Quiz 131

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]    tucked away at the back of a building, flanked by  _____  and veg wholesalers, in the old Covent Garden.      
[002] and every centimetre was planted with vegetables and  _____  trees. Here and there, at the edge of the plain,      
[003]  we can take cold chicken legs, tomatoes, cold meat,  _____ , cakes, chocolate..  We can drink water.'     
[004]     a small bag, two baskets, several blankets, some  _____  in a brown paper bag, some pans, some umbrellas and      
[005]   so lovely, with their big, shiny leaves and orange  _____ . Must they be hidden by a marquee?  They must.     
[006]            Mrs Beetle, will you kindly bring up some  _____  juice. At half-past four you may bring up tea and cake     
[007]                     On the seat beside him were some  _____  and some very expensive cheese. They had cost two week        


	
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[001]   ceases to be a passenger if he or she can tie half a  _____  knots and hitches, knows how to read the lights of      
[002]     to go to the greengrocer's for the mushrooms and a  _____  eggs, and the butcher shop for the beef. And while      
[003]       thin but moisture absorbing. Most joggers have a  _____  or more cotton T-shirts, and you'll need several      
[004]       and next week, not what I've done in the past. A  _____  years ago, when the million was first offered to any     
[005]      studied the water and announced that there were a  _____  salmon directly opposite us well within range of my      
[006]       to this page rated each convertible based on two  _____  factors from the operation of its top to its value      
[007]      the opposition vote was split between more than a  _____  political parties.  Some of those in power would   


	
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[001]     She's still got a temperature and a cough and sore  _____  that she can't quite shake off, no matter what she doe     
[002]   I'm sure I soon will. My wife's off work with a sore  _____ , cold, and fever - three degrees above normal body      
[003]  towel over my head, and breathe the hot steam down my  _____ . So far, so good - no cold. 
[004]          Come on, let's get some bananas for your sore  _____ . Mine is sore too, after all that crying.'      
[005]  be stopped. If someone has a fish-bone caught in  his  _____ , it has to come out. If a woman has cut her thumb  wi     
[006]      direction of the voice. She could not answer; her  _____  was still too sore. Her chest felt heavy.  She pulled      
[007]  in the doorway, a little laughing sound came from her  _____ .  'Goodbye!' she said softly.  And I put a bullet in    


	
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[001]  out the cooked bread. At the end of the day I have to  _____  the floor, which of course is covered in a layer of      
[002]  bread and butter. Oh, never mind your boots. Adam can  _____  up the mud afterwards. Do come in.'  Defeated, Reuben 
[003]            Employed in houses, they can wait at table,  _____  rooms, brush clothes, clean boots, handle a knife,      
[004]     about all you had to do was haul out the broom and  _____  off your sidewalks and roof. Things aren't that simp     
[005]              Grosse quietly got a broom and started to  _____  up the sugar. Vince watched him. His mouth worked      
[006]    his eyes and let the unintelligible drift of voices  _____  pleasantly over him. Suddenly one young voice rose      
[007]             Sometimes a burst of aggressiveness   will  _____  over a man - or his wife - because he or she feels   


	
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[001]  alcohol until they are 21.  In many states you cannot  _____  in places like bars, restaurants, and places of work.     
[002]  gave the band new rules.  They couldn't eat, drink or  _____  on stage.  The four young men started wearing suits.      
[003] probably Noel, Martin and Richard.  'I hope they don't  _____  on the bus,' Helen thought.  And then there was a tall     
[004] problem!' Helen got out, too.  She could see clouds of  _____ .  'Where's that coming from?' 'I think the engine's to     
[005]                         My head felt terrible, and the  _____  had made me very sick, but in the end I managed it,       
[006]      shout "Fire!" very loudly.  The house was full of  _____ .  I walked away, and ten minutes later Holmes came      
[007]     to give it up,  but I think that every bit of coal  _____  you send through your chimney ends up as acid rain       


	
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[001]               Each person in the family should help to  _____  the pudding.  This brings good luck.  Many people put      
[002]    salt with your fingers. 2. Add the milk quickly and  _____  with a knife. 3. Take out of the bowl and make into      
[003]    until I have a serious injury? And I hate having to  _____  the heavy bread dough with a long stick, and reach in     
[004]                                     Sometimes I get to  _____  work and fun. Once I had to show a Korean visitor arou     
[005]                           The different classes didn't  _____  on the ship.  They slept, lived, and ate on different      
[006]    nationality, life would be quite boring. I like the  _____  of cultures. I'm curious about how people in other cul     
[007]      pupils by an entrance test and so ensure a better  _____  of pupils. Graham Stapleton is head of Graveney School   


	
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[001]   days of sunlight followed by 14 ofnight, which makes  _____  impossible. All plants need the sun to shine on them      
[002]  Government also is aiding farmers' income prospects.   _____  Department economists estimate the Government this     
[003]                   especially in respect of food. Would  _____  progress as rapidly as industry? This was something      
[004]      But now, state officials face new threats to the   _____  industry. The first is what an expert on plant viruses     
[005]                              They will be for teaching  _____  and community development in Southeast Asia, Africa,     
[006]  of broad sectors of the economy, such as transport,    _____ , communication, industry, and power; ... designing      
[007]       administered programs of vocational education in  _____ , trades, industrial skills and home economics.      


	
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[001]  to confess his crime. Linkworth refused to admit  his  _____ .  Now, on a bright September morning, the sun shone       
[002]    only six when she left, and felt not just grief but  _____ . 'It seemed,'  Stallworthy tells us, 'that she believe     
[003] the last word of our love, our trust, our sadness, our  _____ , our fight against the darkness.  I won't tell you muc     
[004]      felt a new sense of excitement which replaced the  _____  he had felt with Bee and the children.  The dangerous      
[005]    the man, saw the heavy eyebrows, the expression  of  _____  and fear. 'I have to have my stomach pumped, Doctor,     
[006]  suddenly realized that if she suspected I knew of her  _____ , she might attack me.  'No, in fact I locked my door,'     
[007]  religious man could soon kill me, without feeling any  _____  at all.  When he asked me again, we were alone in the   


	
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[001]  'My dear Victor,' he continued, 'you seem so thin and  _____  ? so ill.  You look tired.  Have you been awake all ni     
[002]  were deep blue circles round them.  His skin was very  _____ .  'Listen,' said Faria.  'I have a terrible illness.      
[003]  he arrived at the hospital, Annie noted her husband's  _____  face and the deep unhappiness in his eyes.      
[004]       At breakfast the next morning, Grace looked very  _____ .  Robert put his hand on hers.  'Are you all right,      
[005] his eyes were large and wet, and his face was terribly  _____ .  I felt sorry tor him.  My friend was acting as stran     
[006]    She was a tiny, thin kid, with white hair and weak,  _____  blue eyes.  'What do you do all day?' asked Jim.        
[007]  dressed beautifully.  He wore a light grey suit and a  _____  pink shirt.  'A businessman,' thought Helen.      


	
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[001]    is nowhere else like it. It's enormous! You have to  _____  the Americans for thinking of such an idea -      
[002]        are incredibly hardworking. I think you have to  _____  them for that.  The hard work starts at twelve when      
[003]   she felt sure that so great a man could not possibly  _____  her, she assumed that when he looked at her, he was      
[004]  crept quietly behind him while he was bending over to  _____  an insect, but 'Jane,' he said  suddenly, 'come and      
[005]                 put it on her own head, then turned to  _____  herself in the mirror. it was then that saw her      
[006]   But I would like to say that I have come prepared to  _____  the young ladies.  And perhaps when we know each other     
[007]    to any of the other ladies.'  'Yes, he does seem to  _____  her,' admitted the housekeeper.  'And she admires him