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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] hey drove home through  the frozen streets of Moscow.   _____ , 1911  Yury, Tonya and Misha were in their last term a     
[002] ondering if  they should go to the Sventitskys' annual  _____  party that  night. It was always the best party of the     
[003] their elders, and  tables full of every description of  _____  food and drink.  Everyone was in evening dress and loo     
[004] would never forget her.  After the guests had left the  _____  party, Lara lay  feverish and half conscious in one of     
[005]  commit  suicide and once when she had shot a man at a  _____   party. By the time Lara returned to the room, Yury ha     
[006] d despite the family's  estrangement. Then in 1979, at  _____ , Michael and  Rena  appeared unannounced at his parent     
[007] Jackie come home, even  for a  short  visit, maybe for  _____  or Easter. But I won't allow my wife  to  mention it t     
[008] thought I'd write a little note  and send it with this  _____  card. The  most important  thing  to tell you is that      
[009] ce will last -  we'll see. He's bringing her home for   _____ . Maggie has  some  good news, too, to do with her danc     
[010]  what to do  with  them.  Do you want a kitten? A nice  _____  gift for the children... I  hope you're all well. Merr     
[011] ift for the children... I  hope you're all well. Merry  _____ ! Write soon. Bye bye  for  now.  Sincerely, James  ***     
[012] ived. I thought he was like the tooth fairy  or Father  _____ .' Peter Knowles, footballer Peter  Knowles  walked out     
[013]  kind of ad lie in part in the kind of proto-PC Unicef  _____   cards I remember from childhood. They showed children     
[014] ildhood. They showed children of  all  races united in  _____  niceness. The other root, of  course, is  that massive     
[015] wants to go home. First  ever  nice meal in the hall -  _____  dinner. We've already  decided  who's going to be in o     
[016] went there for a refresher course myself just  before   _____ , and found him addressing a class of junior  ministers     
[017] riend that whenever Ben  was  asked what he wanted for  _____  he replied 'aphids', my  friend  said: 'Count yourself     
[018]  haven't touched whisky since last year. Not even at7   _____ . And now I've got this terrible headache.'  'What did      
[019]   women, who were baking cakes and  preparing meat for  _____ , brought him presents of food.  Some of the men, who h     
[020] iece of meat, and going to  church. And Master Marner,  _____  Day will be here  soon! If you put on your best clothe     
[021] ng for you. I'm sure you'll like it. It's a  beautiful  _____  carol. Come,  Aaron, let's hear it.'  Little Aaron sto     
[022] ter Marner,' she said when Aaron had  Finished, that's  _____  music. The                                                 
[023]                                            music. The   _____  Day service is wonderful, with all the voffices and  t     
[024] suade Silas to go to  church. But in the end he spent   _____  Day alone in his cottage, looking out at the cold  gre     
[025] doctor, Dr Kimble, and his wife  were guests there for  _____  lunch, and the day passed  happily.  The servants, how     


	
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[001] ed in  the 1790s  by explorer George Vancouver for the  _____  Francisco  Dumetz, who  had been Vancouver's host at M     
[002] Dume and not Dumetz because  Vancouver  misspelled the  _____ 's name, (Francis J.) Weber said.    Hammer, 34, built      
[003] st, it was a 'baptism by  fire, with the press as high  _____ .' Diana resigned her  teaching post at a kindergarten      
[004]  centimetres.  ***   A  CHRISTIAN WEDDING  SERVICE The  _____  stands at the  front of the  church, facing all the pe     
[005] nfluenced how I think. My mother is training  to  be a  _____ , dad is a metallurgist. My social life is quite  restr     
[006] radise to the little boy. His father was the orthodox   _____  of the place, and Cioran loved the cemetery where he       
[007]   to its imposing church as orthodox protopope or high  _____ .  At  14, Emil was reading the great national poet Mih     
[008] 'from the Garden', and while her  husband's  work as a  _____  (Protestant) bound him into the community,  she  strug     
[009] t  I n the last days of December, Dr Hall, the village  _____ ,  was working in his study when his servant entered th     
[010] uire Bowles? What are you saying, woman?'  replied the  _____ . I saw him only  yesterday'  Yes, sir, I know,' said t     
[011] I must ask Mrs Bowles herself or Mr Joseph,'  said the  _____ . Bring me my coat  and hat, please. Oh, and tell Mr Wi     
[012] ?'  Yes, Wickem, it seems strange to me too,' said the  _____ .  But Mr Joseph tells me that his father,  or I should     
[013]  body?'  No, Wickem. That was not mentioned,' said the  _____ . No  doubt Mr Joseph will send for them if  he wants t     
[014] at her. What will people say here?'  You must tell the  _____  that we've learnt of some of the  Squire's money in Am     
[015] e had accused them of their crime, but  they  told the  _____  of their village what  they had done. The name of the      
[016]  have rushed o.'  Nancy Peck was the wife of the local  _____ . Before her  marriage she  had been Nancy Ledingham of     
[017] she  had married George Peck, a quiet, gentle country   _____ . That had been thirteen years ago, and Nancy Peck  was     
[018] Patrick and Simon with George Peck, who was the local   _____  and a very helpful person to talk to. She found him in     
[019] nning what she should wear when Patrick returns.'  The  _____  smiled. 'People like Ruth are the happy ones in  the       
[020]  not go  on with his life at Latchetts.  Chapter 14  A  _____ 's advice  It was Thursday morning and on the following     
[021] aid.  'Take off your coat and leave it here,' said the  _____ . 'Come  through  into my study and let me get you a dr     
[022]  don't mind.'  'I'm here to be talked to,' replied the  _____ .  'I want your advice about something very important,      
[023] something. I am not Patrick  Ashby.'  'No,' agreed the  _____ . And Brat stared at him.  'You mean you knew I wasn't      
[024] of his life.  'I've heard of your orphanage,' said the  _____ . 'It's a very  good one,  and it explains your very go     
[025] rries about the Ashby  family  and Latchetts.  But the  _____ , rather surprisingly, had no doubts about this. If  mu     


	
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[001] ch ladies. of Moscow. Amalia, Larissa's  mother, was a  _____  with a small amount of money. She  was  a frightened,      
[002] omers. She suggested I  grow  out my bangs and show my  _____ 's peak, told me my clothes  and  lipstick were wrong f     
[003] ed & Breakfast. The Cohens and Ms.  Collins, who  is a  _____ , have been operating their establishments five  years      
[004] ing bagpipes  played  "Amazing Grace. " Officer Dols's  _____ , Kim T. Kennaugh,  38, who  gave birth to the couple's     
[005] e to go there before I die. It seemed unreal. I  was a  _____  at 35, and looked about 25. Being called 'a                
[006]           at 35, and looked about 25. Being called 'a   _____ '.  God, I felt so stupid, and I felt so guilty after h     
[007] the town. Then, after  his  death, she reappeared as a  _____  in  black  silk, and rented a large old house.  I reme     
[008]  I asked when Miss Pole  had gone.  My dear, she's the  _____  of Lord Glenmire, and he was  Mr Jamieson's elder brot     
[009] ing sharp. Who is this Lady  Glenmire anyway? Only the  _____  of a  Scottish lord, and the fifth daughter of some Mr     
[010] ister  a  little. Her name is Mrs Montgomery; she is a  _____ , with five  children and not much money.'  What is his     
[011] ith his sister and her children on  Second Avenue.'  A  _____ , with five children? Do you mean he lives upon  her?'      
[012] ts to,' he  said kindly. 'It's bad enough that she's a  _____ . Why must  she be dirty as well?'  Okonkwo's three wiv     
[013]   behind his words. Okonkwo wanted his dead brother's   _____  to stay in the family, to be his fourth wife.  Traditi     
[014] married Mr  Heathcli's son.'  'Ah, so that must be the  _____ , young Mrs Heathcli at  Wuthering Heights!' 'That's ri     
[015] , and you, dear child, will join us.'  Cathy becomes a  _____   0-1  ON THE EVENING after the burial, Heathcli came t     
[016]  disagreeable young Irish  woman, who claims to be the  _____  of poor Captain Grimes.  The police, too, make frequen     
[017] gh to gain the  patronage of lady Catherine de Bourgh,  _____  of Sir Lewis  de Bourgh. This generous lady has given      
[018] ark, her ladyship's  home.' 'I think you said she is a  _____ ? Has she any family?'  'She has only one daughter, who     
[019] ch ladies. of Moscow. Amalia, Larissa's  mother, was a  _____  with a small amount of money. She  was  a frightened,      


	
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[001] ttuce feta cheese combination also passed muster. The   _____   Michelle's Kitchen in Ocean Beach (583-7505), a branc     
[002] rals a-go-go. 'I translated them!' He  speaks with the  _____  pride of someone who has finished  the  Telegraph cros     
[003] yet know what the future would bring, and she was too   _____  to expect anything. She was just  grateful  for the pr     
[004] t I fear that I have no special talents.'  You are too  _____ ,' said the Doctor. I know nothing of you  except what      
[005]  was about a tough, violent man called Hogarth, whose   _____  plan  was to hold the world in  one hand. There were       
[006] ing to  bed.  He entered the College and, in his usual  _____ , quiet way,  started to walk towards his rooms. What a     
[007] es, and I can't play any sport.'  You shouldn't be too  _____ ,' said Mr Levy. It's wonderful  what people can teach      
[008]  haven't  done anything to deserve one.'  'Don't be so  _____ ! I've been talking to Adele. -She's not  very  clever,     
[009] tier than any other woman in the room,  but you're too  _____  ever to expect admiration.' .  'I have to admit that I     
[010] r of seeing her again, I shall  certainly tell her how  _____ , economical and practical you  are.' 'Indeed, Mr Colli     


	
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[001]  know,  in detail, your travel plans, so he or she can  _____  in with  advice. If possible, get a doctor referral in     
[002] ew York Stock Exchange.    The textbooks say investors  _____  facts and look at track  records  to choose stockbroke     
[003]  aspect of our lives and store it on tiny  disks  that  _____  only a few ounces. If you were ever in  trouble  at co     
[004] r and risks injuring  him  is clearly going to have to  _____  up whether he can do that  with  a clear conscience,'      
[005] n lifted  Thomas  onto his shoulders. Thomas seemed to  _____  nothing.  Sean carried Thomas for another two hours be     


	
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[001] Gromeko house. Both of the parents were  kind and well  _____ , and their daughter, Tonya, became  Yury's closest fri     
[002] ? Bruce  Cox:  No, it's... it's um... Children must be  _____ ,  according to  the  1944 Act, but whether you educate     
[003] ther  lovely. I mean, I would have loved to  have been  _____  like that. But what  about the three Rs,  reading, wri     
[004] P: How was he different?  Lucy:  Well  - they were all  _____  at Eton. His brothers liked it. He  hated  it, all the     
[005] umphrey' Whitfield was born in  Wednesbury in 1906 and  _____  at Handsworth Grammar  School and  Magdalen College, O     
[006] r, are the people who had  the  connections to be well- _____  under the old regime. The  Independent on Sunday FOREI     
[007] t ugly, and  she's nice and quiet and intelligent. Any  _____  man will  be glad to pay a good price for her.'  'Is t     
[008] ions. Later events  showed, however, that it was these  _____  slaves who got  the top jobs. The sons and grandsons o     
[009]  will come to me, and  these days, people pay more for  _____  girls.'  Now his sons understood. 'So Aku-nna's name w     
[010] et that her mother was married in  the church. She was  _____  by the white men and she  knows their laws. Oh, you fo     
[011]  on the local  girls. They were not good enough for an  _____  man like  him. He enjoyed himself with them, but he di     
[012] gave a cruel laugh.  'You'll have a busy day today, my  _____  bride. Go and  find a gourd to take to the stream. The     
[013] right lights of the city. He was  a sensitive and well  _____  man and wrote some fine  books in English  and Latin.      
[014]  remember, the  person who wrote that  letter was well  _____  enough to pretend to be  uneducated. I wonder  if Mrs      
[015]  her  sitting room. She wasn't what  he called a well   _____  person.  'We'd like to know more about Mr Jackson, Mrs     
[016] ss the table at him. 'Of course you  can!  You're well  _____ . No!  Don't touch the letter! The  fingerprints on it      
[017] ay, and I don't want him to die  before that. He'll be  _____  as a gentleman. But I'm  bitterly  disappointed at hav     
[018] a similar custom  from friends of hers  who were being  _____  at that great centre of religious life,  Oxford Univer     
[019]  least,  Paul  knew himself to be an intelligent, well- _____ , well-  behaved young man, who could be trusted to use     
[020] , Ashton's personal servant. He spoke  with a gentle,   _____  accent but his  face looked as if he  had had far too      
[021] iness, it was the only  honourable way in which a well- _____  woman with little  income could provide a home for her     
[022] Gromeko house. Both of the parents were  kind and well  _____ , and their daughter, Tonya, became  Yury's closest fri     


	
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[001] resent-day southern Turkey), he became ill with a high  _____ ,  perhaps because of a swim in an icy river. His docto     
[002] ces and sports competitions. But Hephaistion  caught a  _____ , became rill and died. His death was a  terrible  shoc     
[003] was travelling on  Babylon's waterways.  He had a high  _____ , and after a week he could not talk. On  the tenth day     
[004] ill. My wife's off work  with a sore throat, cold, and  _____  - three degrees  above  normal  body temperature. This     
[005] rect into evil hands, children to slay with rheumatic   _____ ,  fires to ignite at the hearts of ancient houses.' Tr     
[006] g places at top Delhi schools is now a middle-  class   _____      By DAVID LOYN    Manoj Sadh claims that getting a      
[007] ential  book  of my childhood. I would guess it is the  _____  Pitch of most  girls. I both love it and hate it and I     
[008] ntment.  Apparently,  I'm not suffering from glandular  _____ , just from a lack of  vitamins. 14 December: I just ab     
[009] oadman. He took care of me  He  for ten days, until my  _____  had gone and my arm was much  better. He went out to w     
[010]  in  hospital. The one with the  broken arm had a  bad  _____ , and the chief engineer had been drinking brandy  for      
[011] r five o'clock when I awoke the next morning.  Mark's   _____  had gone. However,  Lambis had not  returned and I was     
[012] . Aku-nna  was often ill. If there was any sickness or  _____  in their street,  Aku-nna always caught it at once. Of     
[013] ed - but not from the bombs. They  died of disease and  _____  and poisonous insects.  Her father never talked about      
[014] . In the  morning we discovered that she had caught a ' _____ , as a  result of getting wet.  She became seriously il     
[015] range. Unfortunately old Mr and Mrs Linton  caught the  _____  too, and died within a few days of each  other.  Cathe     
[016] the window. I tried to force her back to bed, but  her  _____  made her surprisingly strong. We looked out  together      
[017] ng that time Catherine was dangerously ill with  brain  _____ , and Or Kenneth warned us that even if she  recovered,     
[018] is sister Isabella. She wrote  that she was dying of a  _____ , and asked him to visit her for  the first and last ti     
[019]  outside at night, sir. You'll catch  a  bad cold or a  _____ !' 'Leave me alone, Ellen,' he replied.  I began to wor     
[020] re than half the girls were seriously ill with typhus   _____ . As  a result of poor food and bad living conditions,      
[021] uried in the  local  churchyard.  Gradually the typhus  _____  left Lowood, but the number of  deaths made  the publi     
[022] rote back to him, telling him you  had died  of typhus  _____  at  Lowood. That was my revenge on you, for causing me     
[023] s spell, and I was soon successful. Two weeks later a   _____   hit the school. By the middle of June half the boys w     
[024] ould happen.  At home, my mother spoke to me about the  _____  at school.  'You'll probably be ill, too, Leo,' she sa     
[025] n as you don't feel well.' I smiled. 'I won't get that  _____ ,  Mother,' I said. 'I'm sure I won't.' I did not say t     


	
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[001] nal's Web site:  I'd  just whip out my laptop from its  _____ -fit pocket on the flap  of  my backpack, fire up the s     
[002] nues in a culture with the  invisible inevitability of  _____ : when omitted it causes a  tremor, though its absence      
[003]  lost your husband. He  married you according to local  _____ , and then again in  the Christian church. And now he h     
[004]  young men will come to visit  you.'  Aku-nna knew the  _____ . Now that she was a woman,  the young men of the villa     
[005] en the men will  come in and hold you down. That's the  _____ .'  'If that happens to me,' thought Aku-nna, 'I'll kil     
[006] ou take my arm,' he said. 'And,  you know, that is the  _____  here in Germany.' So she took  his arm and walked besi     
[007] Flora, a little  nervously. She had heard of a similar  _____   from friends of hers  who were being educated at that     
[008]  married?'  The priest paused for a second, as was the  _____ , but  before he could  continue, a voffice from the ba     
[009] ng you of cruelty in refusing me, as I  know it is the  _____  with elegant ladies in society to refuse  a gentleman      
[010] d always loved cricket, and Mr  Maudsley continued the  _____ . There was a big wooden  board which showed the score.     


	
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[001] rough the theater audience attest. But with his  black  _____  polish and cultivated angst, Harris' Mark is a long  w     
[002]   Mmm, all right.  ***   Man: Could you just hold that  _____  while I  hammer  it into this wall? Woman: Well, OK, b     
[003] ces together with wire  and rope.  He hammers a  thick  _____  through the monster's neck to keep  its  head attached     
[004]  this  moment by  some Michael Crichton figure for the  _____ -biting, blockbusting  movie of high-finance to come. N     
[005]  a third helped him to  get on it, a fourth gave him a  _____ , and a fifth passed him the  hammer. He took the           
[006]      , and a fifth passed him the  hammer. He took the  _____ ... and  he dropped it!  'There,' he said sadly. 'Now t     
[007]  and  he dropped it!  'There,' he said sadly. 'Now the  _____ 's gone.'  So everybody got down on the ground to look      
[008] wn on the ground to look for it At last we  found  the  _____ , but then he lost  the hammer  'Where's the hammer? Wh     
[009] ast. The  second evening they had learned how keys and  _____  scissors  could be  used as weapons. Now  they had lea     


	
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[001] e help spending  their  money. He didn't just wine and  _____  them at expensive  hotels-he  endeared himself to the