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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] -------------------------    IND 24 MAR 95 / Anger and  _____  for Blair's call to duty:  John  Rentoul reports on re     
[002] ish companies are reticent  about  trying to apportion  _____  but the rising export figures and the  keenness of lar     
[003] , when they deserved it,  he  could be generous in his  _____  and support, though these  were  more likely to occur      
[004] nd pure. It silenced all comment  except that of eager  _____ . Just as no human  being can deny the  beauty of a ros     
[005] s  delivered to the farmhouse after supper. It  read:   _____  the Lord! This morning in preached the Lord's word to      
[006] he market-place. in am now  going to  hire a Ford van.  _____  the Lord! Send my cotton shirts.  Fond  love to all.       
[007] h time  that morning, a  second postcard, which said:   _____  the Lord! in go to spread the Lord ,s word among the       
[008]  spread the Lord ,s word among the  godless Americans.  _____  the Lord! Tell  Reuben he can have  the old place. Sen     
[009] knew all the answers. I kept  expecting the teacher to  _____  her, but instead she suddenly  cried  out,  'You dirty     
[010] uch to make friends at Lowood, to be good,  to deserve  _____ . Now nobody would believe me or  perhaps even speak  t     
[011] that is my present. That's what a teacher wants most,   _____  of  her pupil's progress.'  Mr Rochester drank his tea     
[012]  young ladies went in together, and came back  full of  _____  for the gipsy's skill.  'She's old, and dirty, and ugl     
[013] ed hardly worth considering.  After listening to their  _____  of the officers one morning, Mr  Bennet said coolly, '     
[014] s Bennet would normally have been delighted with such   _____ , but she could not help thinking that he was perhaps       
[015] ins ins spoke enthusiastically for several minutes in   _____  of Lady Catherine. 'Never in my life have I witnessed      
[016] o leave. Mr  Collins, however, was enthusiastic in his  _____  of the  Bingleys'  hospitality, and Mrs Bennet invited     
[017] ical and practical you  are.' 'Indeed, Mr Collins, all  _____  of me will be  unnecessary.  Pay  me the compliment of     
[018] ny  share of blame, and deserve nothing but honourable  _____   for your behaviour. To continue - when I was in Londo     
[019] Darcy?' she wondered. This was the most  extraordinary  _____  for the man she had always thought so  disagreeable an     
[020] per's opinion of  him was totally favourable, and what  _____  is more valuable  than the                                 
[021]                             is more valuable  than the  _____  of an intelligent servant? As she stood in front  of h     
[022] s the hOtlse. Mr and Mrs  Gardiner  were loud in their  _____  of him, but Elizabeth said very little.  The very next     


	
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[001] azine, who recently took over for Bob  Guccione Jr. at  _____  magazine, which covers alternative  rock, put  it this     
[002] d often very goofy " by the likes of Rolling Stone and  _____   magazines and the Web magazine Salon.  "Oh, no! " sai     
[003] ters - Titian, among others - but Rembrandt  gave it a  _____  all his own. His Danae was not a Greek  princess  but      
[004] hole art museum idea a deliriously Northern California  _____ .    STAINLESS-STEEL laboratory cabinets are the stock      
[005] ative reaction from a variety of local officials, the   _____  on the Hernandez affair has been nothing short of  gen     
[006]  first time to any non- terrestrial  soil, because the  _____  produces a force that feels like gravity.  every space     
[007] Labour, but at a high cost. It sent the  Tories into a  _____ , led to Mr Howard's appointment, the sharp  rise in pr     
[008] e 16-year-old sister, has  already  been given her own  _____ -off series starting with The High  Cost Of  Living. Tw     
[009]  moonlight. In fact, it is the moonlight. They have to  _____  the  moon  down out of the sky, to  make sure that the     
[010] re that the world  gets its hours of darkness. As they  _____ , the ball of light gets  smaller. Then, at last, the m     
[011] the dials, and the stars  on  the screen, continued to  _____ .  After a long moment he got up and moved back to his      
[012] it.  When the left side rockets exploded, they made us  _____   head over heels. We're still doing that. It's not the     


	
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[001] sure of. He's still young, but he is  also a dangerous  _____ . l've been looking for 25 him for  years, but so far I     
[002] , perhaps you can tell us why  London's most dangerous  _____  wants to get into your  bank?'  'It is our French gold     
[003] weather. I am  happy  that we have stopped a dangerous  _____  from doing the  biggest bank robbery in England.'  A s     
[004]  one, so it wasn't something inside his house that the  _____   wanted. No, it was the house itself.  'Then 1 remembe     
[005]  that he was really John Clay, a  clever and dangerous  _____ .  'But what was he doing in Wilson's basement? Making      
[006] t want to hurt her in any way. At  home he felt like a  _____ . He knew he was putting his  family's happiness and sa     
[007] z. Police arrested five photographers and launched  a   _____  investigation. France Info radio said at least some of     
[008] ble, most successful  and  most dangerous professional  _____  known to modern  times. '  'Dangerous' needs to be def     
[009] , and on Monday will begin making  arrests and issuing  _____  citations. The transit agency has  always frowned on f     
[010]  Judge Colton, who presides over the division of  the   _____  court where Mr. Ray's original guilty plea was  entere     
[011] uspicious, dial 999 anyhow. You  may  help  us catch a  _____ , or even better help us prevent a terrible  crime.  He     
[012] lous  penal policy at Tony Blair's door. With the 1991  _____   Justice  Act came a more liberal policy under Douglas     
[013] ngs of a popular hero, too. Bad boys, until  they turn  _____ , are useful to society. It was his very  qualities as      
[014]   over the  country were saying, that it may have been  _____  but it was  clever. 'Not clever,' said a patrician vof     
[015] Paul Condon, said  this  week, 'technology has created  _____  opportunities beyond  Fagin's wildest dreams, both in      
[016] 's lights  disappear, I thought about my new life as a  _____ . I was  not a murderer, but I had developed a habit of     
[017]   about it.'  Well,' said Cooper, it can't be anything  _____  - not in  these times. So that leaves one big worry,       
[018] animal. It's not a crime now,  but I still feel like a  _____ .'  Barbour stared at the controls and then looked at R     
[019] you're not offering  me  anything. You're suggesting a  _____  plan between the  two of us to cheat this Simon Ashby      
[020] ed England  and wanted  to stay. But Loding's plan was  _____ , and he  wouldn't have anything to do with that.  'It      
[021] into this situation? How could he go on with Loding's   _____   plan?  He couldn't do it, that was all, he decided. H     
[022] . Of course I care. But I can't do  something  that is  _____ ,' replied Brat angrily.  'Can't you? What have you bee     
[023] rime secret.  But that for Brat, was not possible. The  _____  plan he had  agreed  with Alec Loding was one thing, b     
[024] f the family, and not accusing him of doing  anything   _____ . That will take most of the fun out of it for  anybody     
[025] k clothes, with his hat in his hand. He looked like a   _____  who had been caught stealing.  Aku-nna and her brother     


	
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[001] ageable hike to the falls and  back, we had a tailgate  _____  from the cooler and headed for  the  most intriguing d     
[002] of finding a pack large enough to carry books, tapes,   _____ , computer disks, money, makeup and at least one  chang     
[003] fficult person  to get hold of, isn't she?  What about  _____  time? Is she free  then? A: Yes, I'm awfully sorry. Ju     
[004] sorry. Just one  moment, I'll check.  No, she's having  _____  with a designer. B: Oh dear. What  time  will she be b     
[005] o find that we couldn't get a newspaper to read  over   _____ .  There isn't a single newsagent in all of Disneyland.     
[006]  the grass,  and  then it's usually time to go out for  _____ . Or maybe brunch, it  depends on the  time, but it's b     
[007] ular now to  have  brunch on Sunday. I: Yes.  H: After  _____ , maybe we'll go for a  walk on the beach, or play tenn     
[008]  the weekend which is brunch. I: That's  breakfast and  _____  combined, right? H: That's it. Brunch.  It's...  it's      
[009] Cairo  traffic  on two wheels! Don't forget to bring a  _____  with you - a picnic  under  the shadow of the Great Py     
[010] usually blue and  sunny, and  it's warm enough to have  _____  outside. You won't believe it,  but  you can actually      
[011] I finish early, so  I can go to the pub for a pint  at  _____ -time. I: Ah! L: It's  nice to look at other people goi     
[012] breakfast and a big, dinner about  six, we  don't have  _____ . So about that time I'm doing jobs around the  house.      
[013]  hot.  Everyone works from 8:30 to 3 o'clock, then has  _____ , then a  siesta,  and then goes out. I: So office hour     
[014]  Britain find this  coffee disgusting! For many people  _____  is  a quick meal. In  cities there are a lot of sandwi     
[015] ogether. On  Sundays many families  have a traditional  _____ . They have  roast  meat - either beef, lamb, chicken,      
[016] lish and Chinese, and they'll begin at seven  thirty.   _____  is at twelve and then there's a rest until three, and      
[017]  that pie after you'd had the  low-  calorie slimmer's  _____ '. Then, the next evening some friends  and  I  decided     
[018] e  children  can play and office workers can eat their  _____ -break  sandwiches,' explained Mr Shuzimo. How will peo     
[019] st celebrated her 103rd birthday. She planned a small   _____   party. But forty guests turned up and stayed until mi     
[020] her? B: No, never mind. When does she get back? A: At   _____  time.  Shall I have her call you? B: I'll call her at      
[021]  flesh torn open, still bleeding. This was the tiger's  _____ !  But no tiger. Suddenly I started to feel very fright     
[022] grass, so we quickly  escaped to let the tiger eat its  _____ .  That night it was  impossible to sleep! I kept heari     
[023] eone who has finished  the  Telegraph crossword before  _____ . Peter sings Amy to sleep  with  'California Dreamin''     
[024] d to write a screenplay  (originally it was called Hot  _____ ), then sold it to MGM (who,  wisely, changed the title     
[025]  perceptive analysis of the state of the nation  after  _____ , cheer up a jailed Brit in the afternoon and sort out      


	
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[001]  a moment of old fashioned romance and royal splendor   _____  seen in this century. Fifteen million people in Britai     
[002] rience with fresh-food retailing.    Supermarkets have  _____  been investors' sweethearts.  Their  stocks typically      
[003]  her death. (Her second novel, The Magic  Toyshop, has  _____  been out of print.) Later this year,  Chatto  will bri     
[004] s, the allegory, where concepts are given  wings,  but  _____  manage to fly. (In her only novel of the 1980s,  Night     
[005]  by the pungency of her essays. She  was a  writer who  _____  appeared on radio or television. In this,  and  other      
[006]  approach; they are perhaps larger organizations, but   _____  so successful.  'Of course, if you encourage people to     
[007]  daughter, who  spent most of her time reading and who  _____  joined in  family conversations, now remarked that in      
[008] ane's wishes, and from then on, Mr Bingley's  name was  _____  mentioned between them.  Elizabeth visits Mr and Mrs C     
[009] rstand why Mr Darcy came.  He did not often speak, and  _____  appeared interested in  the conversation.  Even Charlo     
[010] from her, next to Mrs Bennet.  Elizabeth could see how  _____  they spoke to each other,  and how cold and formal the     


	
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[001] nous topography: how, so many  millions  of years ago,  _____  bits of three continents collided to form  Cape Breton     
[002] the main unit was only 3. 3  pounds,  but throw in two  _____  batteries, a floppy drive and adapter,  power supply,      
[003] very busy during the week and I ... I don't have  any   _____  time,  so when the weekend comes we like to really let     
[004] t  belts, furniture, computers,  children's toys, even  _____  parts for the human  body. It is  added to other mater     
[005]  crisis. The degree is a full-time job, really. In  my  _____  time I've been active in the Labour Club. I've always      
[006] nnaire, which asked their  opinion on  statements like' _____  the rod and spoil the child'. In another,  Mrs Bajaj's     
[007] ook  for his cigarettes and not  finding them. 'Got a   _____  cigarette on you?' he asked.  The man gave him a cigar     
[008] get a job in a shop, somewhere by  the sea, and in my   _____  time I'll do some painting, and make things...'  'And      
[009] tarted to cry, but  fortunately Flora had brought five  _____  clean handkerchiefs,  which she passed silently along      
[010]  posters were given out in Cape Town. I've only  got a  _____  tyre back there.'  The car ahead of them was sent on b     
[011] . Mr Pennyfeather, perhaps  you will be kind enough to  _____  me a few moments of your  time after lunch?'  Good God     
[012] nly  you know, darling, I simply haven't one minute to  _____ .'  Paul did not have to travel alone. Potts was at the     
[013] re, an angel surrounded by flames, crying, "Kill,  and  _____  no one." I didn't see his meaning at first, but  sudde     
[014] lthough it  Was  still dark outside, I wrapped up some  _____   clothes in a parcel,. and put a little money in a pur     
[015]  the small rocket car  he had brought with him. In his  _____  time he continued to  teach Lellie. He did this not on     
[016] rgency packets contained  dried food, and he dared not  _____  water to mix with it. It  could be eaten dry, but it w     
[017] arriage,' Jane said.  'But, my dear, your father can't  _____  the horses, I'm sure.  They're needed on the farm, are     
[018] nts?' 'Some of them come to me at  the time, but in my  _____  moments I do occasionally prepare  a few words which m     
[019] joying  herself. He pointed out that Hu needed all her  _____  time for  studying, but left the decision to her. Afte     
[020] everyone else was in the  bus waiting for me. The only  _____  seat was at the front, next  to Mary. I didn't manage      


	
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[001] n from  under his  pillow, got quietly out of bed, and  _____  slowly along the wall  towards the window. Someone was     
[002]  saw a tiger, and  Kamal  told me to be very quiet. We  _____  nearer and found a  dead  deer,  its flesh torn open,      
[003] e ever saw Sherif All again, and when some of his  men  _____   back from the jungle later,  it was Jim, advised by       
[004] l Cornelius? I saw him and spoke to him  myself, as he  _____  around Patusan with evil in his heart, and  lying prom     
[005] l Cornelius? I saw him and spoke to him  myself, as he  _____  around Patusan with evil in his heart,  and  lying pro     
[006] son asked.  'He left her at home with me, of course. I  _____  out of the  house  while she was trying to make  tea.      
[007] uns.'  Staying close to the walls of the buildings, we  _____  towards  the  boat. It was about forty five  feet long     
[008]  'Stay here and talk!' I whispered to the general, and  _____   forward.  'He must have gone the other way,' the gene     
[009] eful, Flora silently woke Elfine, and  cautiously they  _____  through the door, which  Reuben closed behind  them. T     
[010] rangeness of enjoying  themselves in a  normal manner,  _____  off to their bedrooms for a rest. Mrs  Beetle started      
[011]  the light?'  said Mr Sniggs.  In darkness the two men  _____  to the window. The courtyard  below was already a sea      
[012] ep them there until after tea.  Understand?'  The band  _____  away. The Welsh character is an interesting  study,' s     
[013] at way. If you cannot  speak pleasantly, be quiet.'  I  _____  out of the sitting room and into the small room next       
[014] the garden too. Hoping to  escape back to the house, I  _____  quietly behind him while he  was  bending over to admi     
[015] in a parcel,. and put a little money in a purse. As I   _____   downstairs, I could hear Mr Rochester in his room,  w     


	
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[001] tching. They stared  at the feverish woman, covered in  _____  and talking wildly.  This was a world they did not kno     
[002] elves too  far from the court to make out the beads of  _____  on Andre  Agassi's brow, many spectators had to admit      
[003] st dropped the lamp. He stepped back at once, and  the  _____  of  fear was upon his pale face. His knees shook. His      
[004] r. He put it down. His forehead was wet with  the cold  _____  of horror, and his heart was beating very fast.  'Is t     
[005] e study lay a rope.  For a long time nobody spoke. The  _____  poured off the  doctor's face.  The chaplain was whisp     
[006] lowly sat down in the chair next to Hu. He  smelled of  _____ . He put his arm on the back of Hu's chair.  Hu sat as      
[007]  touched hers as he pushed past her. . He smelled  of   _____  and tobacco smoke.  'Sorry Hu, I'm a bit late. Had to      
[008] w she hated that!  And how she hated him, his smell of  _____  and cigarettes,  his laziness. She hated the way he la     
[009] d on, and footsteps  came down the stairs. I felt cold  _____  running down my  back  as they came closer. The light      
[010] tching. They stared  at the feverish woman, covered in  _____  and talking wildly.  This was a world they did not kno     


	
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[001] cooler and headed for  the  most intriguing dot on the  _____ , labeled 'Devil's Kitchen.' The  Kitchen is part of th     
[002] vely, after ugly old London! SB: Yeah, I see  on  the   _____  here that there are lakes and waterfalls and lots of       
[003] es had probably found it in the end.  Then I got out a  _____  of Britain. My plan was to find  some wild country. I      
[004] cotland. I  decided to go to Galloway, which, from the  _____ , seemed to  be the nearest wild part of Scotland.  In      
[005] le and tried a smaller  one. It was not easy without a  _____ , and I realized that I had  been stupid to steal the c     
[006] d do.  'Can you lend me some old clothes and give me a  _____ ?  And if the police come, show them the car in the riv     
[007] chance,' I said. 'Can I take a car, Sir Walter,  and a  _____ ? If Mr MacGillivray can help me, perhaps we  can prepa     
[008] e up the river,  or perhaps it was just  a name on his  _____ . Anyway, they left their ship at the mouth  of the  ri     
[009] aze once, to show a friend the way. He  had studied  a  _____  of the maze, and  so he knew it was  very easy to get      
[010] she added.  Harris got angry then, and he took out his  _____ . He showed it  to the  people, but one man said,  'A       
[011]  . He showed it  to the  people, but one man said,  'A  _____ 's no good  when you don't know where you are.'  So the     
[012] ccident.  Anyway, now they knew where they were on the  _____ , and it  looked easy.  So they all started  o again fo     
[013] they arrived back in  the  centre. Harris took out his  _____   again, but this made  the crowd angry. They told him      
[014] de  the crowd angry. They told him what to do with his  _____ .  Harris felt  that the crowd was not  very grateful t     
[015] village of Clare  with its church. Brat remembered the  _____  he had looked at  so often with  Alec Loding and began     
[016] o  the east  of the great Niger River, as shown on the  _____ . Aku-nna,  Nna-  nndo and  their  parents lived at fir     
[017] . Then he felt inside his long  cloak and pulled out a  _____ . He spread the                                             
[018]                                        . He spread the  _____  out on a  stone in front  of him.  Beverley's new hous     
[019]  him.  Beverley's new house was not, of course, on the  _____ . But  the  church of  Fablan Fawr was clearly shown. W     
[020]  thin old  hand the stranger pointed to a place on the  _____ . He spoke  again in  Welsh, then pointed again. 'He is     
[021] o make sure that Giles understood. Then he  pushed the  _____   into Giles's hands. Giles tried to refuse this gift,      
[022]  and smiled. Giles thanked him  warmly and  pushed the  _____  into his coat pocket. Then he set  out along the path      
[023] od one. From time to time he checked his  route on the  _____ . Soon the path led him down a very steep  hillside. In     
[024] stant crash as it fell over the cli. He looked at the   _____  again. There was no cli on the route that the old man      
[025] ad  man's pocket was a copy of a very old, out-of-date  _____ . It  showed a  long disused path over the hill. Of cou