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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] about Sunday? H: Well, on Sundays we get  an  enormous  _____  of newspapers delivered, and we just sit in the  garde     
[002] he duck. Soon he was sitting by the pond with a  large  _____  of white  feathers beside him. Just then he heard a  s     
[003]  horses and went up to his room.  Tom looked through a  _____  of old magazines.  He was looking  for something to he     
[004] .  It was like no animal on earth.  Next  to it was a-  _____  of gold.  On the wall above it was a metal  sign  that     
[005] de him.  The sky went dark.  He couldn't move.  In the  _____   of  meat and fish in the bottom of the boat there was     
[006] about Sunday? H: Well, on Sundays we get  an  enormous  _____  of newspapers delivered, and we just sit in the  garde     
[007] he duck. Soon he was sitting by the pond with a  large  _____  of white  feathers beside him. Just then he heard a  s     


	
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[001] be  narrow-minded,  but I still find that very hard to  _____ . Sometimes I just  want to shake her until she sees re     
[002] t through it tomorrow.  Tonight I will pray for God to  _____  you.  Your wife  Anne Boleyn And was Anne beheaded the     
[003] ower of London  11th February 1541  Dear Henry  Please  _____  me! I didn't want to make you unhappy  and  angry.  Be     
[004] e  thing to do.  I cannot do it.  The world will never  _____  me!' I  was shaking with fear.  I looked up.  By the l     
[005] per.  'Oh, Frankenstein,' cried the monster, 'will you  _____   me? But you cannot answer me ? you are cold and dead.     
[006] rs  Ferrars wants to see Edward again! She is ready to  _____   him.' 'Yes, but she doesn't know about our engagement     
[007] Well, why don't you tell Mum  you're sorry? Ask her to  _____  you.  Has she got a  boyfriend? Well...  there's  Stev     
[008] e always a foreigner.  Maybe some  English people will  _____  you.  They will be polite to you.  They will ask you i     
[009] be  narrow-minded,  but I still find that very hard to  _____ . Sometimes I just  want to shake her until she sees re     


	
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[001] izens. No one pays any  tax. There is little crime or   _____ , and people seem to get  along with each other very we     
[002] grew worse, and soon even Pluto  was not safe  from my  _____ .    One night I arrived home late.  I was very, very d     
[003]  African-Americans to use love against their enemies.   _____  was always wrong.  People around the world read  about     
[004] m on TV.  Many  people were angry when they saw police  _____  against  him and his followers.  His peaceful fight fo     
[005] y won the long, hard fight.  PEACEFUL FIGHTERS AGAINST  _____  Many of  King's ideas about protest marches and boycot     
[006] hat men should love their enemies.  They  should fight  _____  with peace.  Gandhi was born in India  and studied law     
[007] Y'S FAMOUS PREACHER The year 1956  ended with terrible  _____  against blacks in Montgomery.  The KKK was shooting at     
[008] s too late  and newspapers printed the photo of police  _____  against  King.  Many Americans were very surprised and     
[009]  Freedom Rides  resulted in some of the nation's worse  _____  during the  civil rights years.  On May 15, a Freedom      
[010] ot  believe their eyes.  President Kennedy watched the  _____   on TV, too.  He said, "The black people of Birmingham     
[011]  people." He told Kennedy his plan.  There will be no   _____ ,  he promised.  But on the day of the march, Kennedy p     
[012] e problems, he said.  It is  necessary  to end war and  _____  between nations.  We can solve  problems through peace     
[013] ggest march of the campaign.  They were met with  more  _____  from whites.  Newspapers and television  reported it.      
[014] eported it.  Americans were sick of these pictures of   _____ .  On February 18, student marchers saw worse               
[015]         .  On February 18, student marchers saw worse   _____  when a policeman's gun killed a young black man in  fr     
[016]  march without King.  He was in Atlanta.  The  police   _____  was worse than in Birmingham.  News reports on  TV  an     
[017] them.  They  wanted voting rights and an end to police  _____ .  Wallace  refused to protect the marchers.  So Presid     
[018] .  Many people  watched the marchers, but there was no  _____  along the  way.  At night the marchers slept in tents.     
[019] resident's Room in the nation's capital.  DEFENDERS OF  _____  King's peaceful marches  gave African-Americans a way      
[020] ns a way to protest.  But they paid a  terrible price:  _____  and many deaths.  Peaceful protests  grew more and mor     
[021] ried.  Carmichael and his  followers were prepared for  _____ , but King did not want  more riots.  More and more bla     
[022] ore than one hundred  cities.  King did not agree with  _____ , but he understood  the rioters' feelings.  He wrote t     
[023] ds seven times more often than other drivers.  Police   _____  against blacks in American cities is seen on TV too  o     
[024]  hearts and minds of many people  today.  But hate and  _____  still stand in the way of their  dream for a better Am     
[025] izens. No one pays any  tax. There is little crime or   _____ , and people seem to get  along with each other very we     


	
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[001]  and then you can also have all sorts  of salads, and   _____ , and pies, fruit, lots of fruit, it just  goes on and      
[002] onal lunch. They have roast  meat - either beef, lamb,  _____ ,  ham, or pork - with potatoes,  vegetables, and gravy     
[003] s nervous about the food.  He and  Christine cooked a   _____  because they thought it was easy.  But  the                
[004]            because they thought it was easy.  But  the  _____  was tasteless and the rice was too soft.  Mary smiled,     
[005] eek, but now it's less than 250 grams.  People prefer   _____  and fresh fish.  And more people are interested in  he     
[006] .  They opened the first  restaurant in the world, The  _____  House, and their  markets were open for twenty-four ho     
[007]  and then you can also have all sorts  of salads, and   _____ , and pies, fruit, lots of fruit, it just  goes on and      
[008] onal lunch. They have roast  meat - either beef, lamb,  _____ ,  ham, or pork - with potatoes,  vegetables, and gravy     


	
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[001] r, Camilla Parker-  Bowles.  Many people began to feel  _____  for Diana.  She  was  just a young girl, full of hope,     
[002] g  daughters and a loving husband.  They need me.  I'm  _____ ."  But as Odette listened to her own voice, she knew.      
[003] he innkeeper is shaking his head.  1st Innkeeper:  I'm  _____ .  We have no room for you.  Scene 5  At another inn.       
[004] y! Scene 6  Outside a third inn.  This innkeeper looks  _____  that he has to  give Joseph and Mary bad news.  3rd In     
[005] o  give Joseph and Mary bad news.  3rd Innkeeper:  I'm  _____ .  I'd like to help, but all my rooms are full.  Joseph     
[006] without an interview  and no job description...  Wife:  _____  to interrupt, darling. I  think the baby's crying. Do      
[007] oken. Can you  change them?  Salesman: Oh dear. I'm so  _____ . I'll just see if  we've got another pair for  you.***     
[008] ecretary: Oh yes, Mr James.*** First Man:  I'm awfully  _____  to  bother you. I'm sure people are always asking you      
[009] d get another  one for a 25-cent coin.  'Aren't people  _____  to throw away their old Biros?' a  salesman  for the B     
[010] out lunch time? Is she free  then? A: Yes, I'm awfully  _____ . Just one  moment, I'll check.  No, she's having lunch     
[011]  pulling the  skin off. And the other thing... I: I'm   _____  to interrupt. What should we do  about burns, then? Dr     
[012] s I just  want to shake her until she sees reason. I'm  _____  how it's all  turned out.  I used to get along with Ja     
[013] ursed  again. Mary Goodnight whispered, 'I'm  terribly  _____ , James'. 'Sh! Sh!'  said Bond, and quickly led her  ac     
[014]  your pencil on your  desk,  please. Student: Oh - I'm  _____ , Miss! I didn't realize I was  doing it!  Teacher: Tha     
[015] see the paper  over there? Could you get it for me? M:  _____ , where  is it? D:  On the television. M: OK.*** Charle     
[016] or  one minute? I have to make a phone call. B: No I'm  _____ , sir.  It's  not allowed. D: It's only for a short tim     
[017]  for the  cancellation of this service. Bus conductor:  _____  - full up. Bus  passenger: Hey - no need to push! Hove     
[018] hop's closing now.  You can come back tomorrow.'  'I'm  _____ ,' I said.  'But I would like to see him now.  I have n     
[019] .  'Can you get  in?'  'Elpmyupasteps,' he said.  'I'm  _____ ,' I said.  'I don't understand.'  For a minute he stoo     
[020] cab,  and he could not get up them.  'Yes, I see.  I'm  _____ ,' I said.  'Let me help you.'  I took his left hand an     
[021] hen  he said,  'Who are you, sir?'  'Who am I? Oh, I'm  _____ .  My name is Dr Treves.  Here, this is my card.'  I ga     
[022] bout it, but he was not  very angry.  I think he  felt  _____  for the girl.   'People don't like looking at me.  I k     
[023] k, and he had no money.  The readers of The Times felt  _____  for him, and they gave  me a lot of money for Merrick.     
[024] riends.  We liked to talk to him, and we  are all very  _____  because he is dead.  A lot of people are  going to rem     
[025] gan to cry.  Hey!' said a woman behind Nick.  I'm very  _____ !' said Nick.  He got up and helped the boy to  his fee     


	
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[001]  thousands of years.  Some of their mouths have grown   _____ .' People could see their hearts moving through their t     
[002] than ours  here, and in the States only the banks are   _____ . Everything else  stays open, so it makes life much ea     
[003]  me a length  of rope and told me I could tie the door  _____ .  In one room, there was  nowhere to wash except a bro     
[004] her foot caught in  the  curtain and the window banged  _____  with a noise like a  gunshot. Bond cursed  again. Mary     
[005] n, or for  not  shutting the gate, or because you have  _____  the gate, [laugh] or  they park  their cars so that yo     
[006]  don't  you? Why  can't I bring my boyfriends?'  3      _____  up girl! he shouted.  He was very angry.  Sometimes  h     
[007]  was the King sad?'  Oh yes.  He was very unhappy.  He  _____  himself away in the  palace for weeks.  All England wa     
[008] e to Matty.  'Three things to remember, right? Always   _____  gates behind you.  Don't light fires in the  woods.  A     
[009] s  now,' Ruth Hale went  on.   And there they all are,  _____  up in that one kitchen.'  Then she looked at me and sa     
[010]   seconds the  girl stopped firing and  shouted.  'You  _____  up! You                                                    
[011]                                                up! You  _____  up and sit down or I'll kill you all! I am a  soldier      
[012] ob.' Then he hit Carl in  the  face.  'Keep your mouth  _____ !'  be said.  'Think about  your wife instead.  Do you      
[013] plane.  He  was thin, with very  short hair.  The girl  _____   the door, the lights came on, and the man                 
[014]              the door, the lights came on, and the man  _____  his eyes in  the bright  light.  The girl and the  bea     
[015] at the plane.  'Come on,' she said.  'Why is that door  _____ ?  Where are the passengers?'  45    'The hijackers won     
[016]   They're not strong enough.' He smiled unkindly, and   _____   the window again.  'I hate that Sebastian,' Nutty sai     
[017] on Nutty.  'Is that what you want,' then?' he cried.  ' _____  up, Nails.  You frightened him.  Don't get angry.  You     
[018] of the  castle is    'Stay with me and be king here!'   _____ , and that great wall  will stop you.  My men are ready     
[019] King went with  Merlin through a dark wood.  The trees  _____  out the light from  the sun and Arthur could not see t     
[020] ll window.  He did not know this  place.  The door was  _____ , so he could not get out.  There  were three knights i     
[021] n you say the magic words, the mouth of the cave will   _____ .' 'I know these magic words.  But which words will ope     
[022] he shouted the magic words, and the mouth of the cave   _____  loudly.  Merlin was inside and could not get out.  Som     
[023]  had any children.  So when  she died, I was alone.  I  _____  myself in my house.  I did  nothing  except work.  At      
[024]  flew right past my face.  Sometimes  Poldy opened and  _____  my bedroom door.  He did this very  quickly a number o     
[025] nt back  into the wardrobe quickly.  The wardrobe door  _____  with a  loud  noise.  I picked up the light and put it     


	
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[001] rbala,' Katherine  Woolley told Agatha.   Nejef is the  _____  city of the dead,  and Kerbala has a wonderful mosque.     
[002] ll him.  But let's go to his house tonight.  We'll put  _____  bread in the coffins, and then the Count cannot  get b     
[003] found the coffins.  From his bag Van Helsing took some  _____  bread.   We must  put a piece of this in each coffin,'     
[004] It took a long time to break open each  coffin and put  _____  bread inside.  We were just opening the  last  coffin      


	
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[001] e!  Kiss  me!' I thought.  Suddenly there was a cry of  _____ .  It was the Count! He  pulled the woman away from me,     
[002] m me, and her bright blue eyes  turned red with a wild  _____ .  I looked at the Count and his  eyes were burning wit     
[003] it saw us and stopped.  It gave us a look of  terrible  _____ , and Arthur gave a little cry.   It's Lucy!'  She smil     
[004] nd stood back from it.  Then, with a look of terrible   _____  on her face, she went to the tomb and through the  doo     
[005] ittle of the next few days.  I was wild with fear  and  _____ .  We learnt that the Count's coffin was  travelling by     
[006] life.'  'But .  .  .  you killed him!' I screamed.  My  _____  was terrible.  'And now  you're stealing his money too     
[007]  '  Zeena!'  The darkness between them was filled with  _____ .  It was  their first moment of open fighting in their     
[008]   Then suddenly Zeena was back, her face  burning with  _____ .  In her hands she held the broken pieces  of the red      
[009]  could feel the hot  blood beating in his head, as the  _____  burned inside  him.  He hurried through his work, then     
[010] lowly, and loudly.  She filled her  voice with all the  _____  she had in her body.  'Listen, you  murderer.  I need      
[011] right, bit me on the hand.  At once, a wild,  terrible  _____  filled me, and I could feel nothing except  burning  h     
[012] front of me.  I almost fell on my face  and,  mad with  _____ , I took hold of an axe and  tried to  kill the animal.     
[013] imal.  But my wife caught my arm to stop me, and  then  _____   exploded in my mind.  I turned and  drove the  axe de     
[014] ace  became white  with fear.  Then his fear turned to  _____   and  he shouted out, 'Who is that? Who is mad enough      
[015] ne tried to  stop him.  Then Prince Prospero, mad with  _____ , hurried through the  six rooms,  with a sword in his      
[016] et it there to die.  It was the shape of the gallows.   _____  exploded in my mind.  Outside the castle lay the Red D     
[017] coats team all disappeared fast.  Nutty  was wild with  _____ .  Then it was Hawkwood's turn to swim.  Four minutes o     
[018] ed my friends' kind  faces and I felt calmer.  Then my  _____  came back.  I was  alone and I could not take revenge      
[019] ll  exists.  I must destroy him.' My face was red with  _____  while  I  spoke.  The judge looked at me.  He thought      


	
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[001] 'm glad I'm not a turkey!' 2 'Christmas is a time for   _____ , Watson.  Think about it.  Families come together, and     
[002] ither party; if someone has been, not to  report is  a  _____ . (Remember that a small pain at the time of  the accid     
[003] rts - too many  planes, too many people,  and too much  _____ . It is the centre-  point of the great air routes betw     
[004]  never  had any problems at all, but when there was a   _____ , it was  horrendous. A lot of people in New York seem      
[005] s are turning into jails  and yet we are guilty  of no  _____ . Let's not hide our problem from society -  let's  tel     
[006] ollects  a  minimum of 10 million pints a year. It's a  _____  not to help  them! Could you  explain to an accident v     
[007] or all citizens. No one pays any  tax. There is little  _____  or  violence, and people seem to get  along with each      
[008] a criminal, or even better help us prevent a terrible   _____ .  Help us stop trouble before it happens. 5� Women: If     
[009]  out at all hours, and there's never any  problem. The  _____   rate is low. I don't know anyone who's had a  break-i     
[010]  London, known as  Islington-  Haringey. In this area,  _____  is on the increase, as much as 15%  yearly, sometimes      
[011]  sure that you  are doing  everything you can to fight  _____  and protect your home, ask at  your  police station fo     
[012] otect your home, ask at  your  police station for your  _____  Prevention Officer. Why  guess, when you can know  for     
[013] et us remind you that, whether we like it or  not, the  _____  rate is going up in nearly all areas. This is a  simpl     
[014] nd prevented from  turning more people into victims of  _____ . It's the least we can  do. We trust  you to help us.      
[015] n  police  couldn't get to the bottom of some terrible  _____ , they called on  Holmes.  Holmes used his extraordinar     
[016]  used his extraordinary skills to see facts about  the  _____  that the  police had not noticed. *** AT PASSPORT  CON     
[017] ories, thirteen plays, six novels that were not about   _____  (using the name  Mary Westmacott'), and two  books abo     
[018] ust take them secretly - no one will know.'  'That's a  _____ , Al,' I said.  'People go to prison for that.  Is  tha     
[019] s!' I cried.  'I begin to understand! What a terrible   _____ !'  'Yes, this doctor is a very clever man.  But we can     
[020] l  the need to write, to explain to you how my life of  _____   began.  Most men become evil slowly.  They start with     
[021] bigger ones.  But I am  different.  I  moved into real  _____  with just one big step.  Has any man  lived a life  as     
[022] s a  problem with dirty air; in some parts of the city  _____  is a  problem too.  But visitors still come to see pla     
[023] Some of the greatest films of  the  time came from the  _____  stories of the famous Californian  writers Dashiell Ha     
[024] try singer Kinky  Friedman, who also writes very funny  _____  books.  The  holiday islands of Hawaii are a long way      
[025] illed the ladies.  But I know that he was  part of the  _____ .  The man will come very soon.  We will have  to keep