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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] ofession whenever necessary, and I  take great care to  _____  at all times with grateful respect  towards her ladysh     
[002]  however, and was  still worried about how Lydia would  _____  in an atmosphere  of greater freedom, and among the te     
[003] stening, said, 'Papa, if I ever went  to Brighton, I'd  _____  much better than Lydia has done.'  'You go t  Brighton     
[004] ut Gary then,' he  suggested, 'something that made you  _____  our of  character.' I smiled. 'He was very good-lookin     
[005] to see if this  was true, then she could decide how to  _____ . She did not  have to wait long.  As soon as the Churc     
[006]  not believe that someone like Scarlett a lady - would  _____   the way this man was saying she did in the end, the m     
[007] was red now. 'I'm very sorry,' he said, 'if we didn't   _____  well towards you.' I liked his saying 'we', and I  rem     
[008]   only on soup, as we do in the workhouse, he wouldn't  _____   like this.' 'Oh.' said Mrs Sowerberry. 'This is the r     
[009] e new government was not  kind to citizens who did not  _____  properly. The oicials  had their eyes on both Lara and     
[010] r staying together? JS: No, not  if the parents  can't  _____  in an adult way. Children are a very good  reason  for     
[011]  forget the good behavior of the day and  are free to   _____  any way that we want. Images from our past and  presen     
[012] spection increase teachers' stress and  make  children  _____  better. One parent noted 'an over-  enthusiastic  use      
[013] a big question for many parents. Watch the way  pupils  _____  as you go round the school, and listen to how  pupils      
[014] t he behaved exactly as  we would expect Lord Alloa to  _____ .'  'But I don't understand,' said Winstanley. 'Our ene     
[015]  Pole begged me not to. It was not the  correct way to  _____ , she said. So our  group was dull and quiet. Mrs Jamie     
[016] le , but you don't feel anything.'  I think people who  _____  badly don't feel anything,' said  Nancy sharply, forge     
[017] to me. I beg your pardon,' he said. A  strange  way to  _____ , I know. But there is a  very good reason for it.'  A      
[018] ieved that  the  selfish,  money conscious Simon would  _____  so well.  Brat, too, at the other end of the table, wa     
[019] That is not the  way well-brought-up Nigerian children  _____ . Nigerian  children respect their parents and do not q     
[020]  to cry, she had to do the same. 'If this is how  they  _____  in Ibuza,' she thought, 'I'd better do the same.  Afte     
[021] ther. I know my mother  was a slave, but I know how to  _____ . Tell me when she is  ready to be married, and I'll vi     
[022] u're a woman, that  friendship must die!'  'How can he  _____  like this?' thought Aku-nna. 'He's  been in love, and      
[023] gs to  Okoboshi. No one can possibly expect a slave to  _____   like  a free man, and no one can blame the girl if a      
[024]  and it was decided that Catherine would  be taught to  _____  like a young lady.  She stayed with the Linton family      
[025] him up,'  said Mr Edgar. . 'And  Catherine, try not to  _____  foolishly. Remember, he's only a  servant!' When Heath     


	
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[001] rd, cruel judge, sir real  hanging judge. He showed no  _____  to anyone. But as for  the  house  itself - well, I ca     


	
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[001] ned and walked, back to the main camp. In the biggest   _____  many of the officers were celebrating. There was wine      
[002] eath. The Emperor sat in a  chair in the center of the  _____  and received visitors. Two  senators, Falco and Gaius,     
[003] u  when you return to Rome."  When Maximus entered the  _____ , officers came forward to  meet him. Someone gave him      
[004] th said together,  laughing. Maximus moved through the  _____ , with Quintus and  some of his other officers followin     
[005] hero." He turned away to watch his father leaving the   _____  with his guards. "Caesar will sleep early tonight," he     
[006] ut Maximus.  Marcus's slaves helped him into the royal  _____ , Lucilla was  already there.  It's a pity I only have      
[007]  about  the  royal family.  Maximus walked to Marcus's  _____ . The Emperor's guards let  him through the entrance wi     
[008] apter 3 One More Duty  The only light in the Emperor's  _____  came from oil lamps.  Marcus sat with his back to Maxi     
[009] t his arms around Maximus.  Maximus left the Emperor's  _____  feeling anxious. One more  duty, one he did not want-b     
[010] er, loyal to Rome and to Caesar. He stood outside the   _____  trying to think clearly. Suddenly, there was a voffice     
[011] ' said Maximus, and then  he walked slowly back to his  _____ . Lucilla watched him go.  Her thoughts were confused,      
[012]  this man.  Maximus sat in front of a low table in his  _____ . On, the table  were small wooden figures of his famil     
[013] e," he said,  sadly.  Marcus Aurelius sat in his great  _____  lit only by the light of a  fire, and prepared himself     
[014] t  showed no emotion. Lucilla stood in a corner of the  _____ ,  looking down at the floor. Then Maximus saw Marcus l     
[015] said Commodus.  Maximus walked past him and out of the  _____ . Quintus  already had his orders from the new Caesar.      
[016] esar," Lucilla said  without emotion.  Back in his own  _____ , Maximus called to Cicero. 'I must talk to  the senato     
[017] his sleep."  Maximus looked toward the entrance of the  _____  and saw four  royal guards with their swords ready. Th     
[018] dy whispered to me.  'It's not their name.' We put our  _____  under a tree and built a  smoky fire to keep the mosqu     
[019] y and  the twins and Mother were already asleep in our  _____ .  'Why don't you sleep?' Mr Haddy asked.  Father said,     
[020] of Liberius's  favourites. He would invite Yury to his  _____  and keep him  awake with long, drunken explanations of     
[021] mies' power.  That night Yury was called to Liberius's  _____  for another  'conversation'. He pressed Liberius for n     
[022] s, so Alexander ordered his men to fill  their leather  _____ -bags with dried grass and use them to sail  across the     
[023]  about losing his temper  so violently. He went to his  _____  and refuse to come out for  several days. But the murd     
[024]  news: Alexander was  going to lead them home.  In his  _____ , Alexander was not as happy as his men. His  defeat ha     
[025] eddings were celebrated  for five days, in an enormous  _____  in Susa that had been richly  decorated with gold and      


	
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[001] ngers - some getting into the business after children   _____ , others to supplement their incomes. Most owners,  unl     
[002] he place. 'Radar goes a long way; that's what we call   _____ ,' he said. Radar detectors quickly and effectively  de     
[003]  Radar detectors quickly and effectively  detect  this  _____ , but, 'laser has no                                        
[004]                                   , but, 'laser has no  _____ ,' (Carl) Fors said.    It's been about 18 years since      


	
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[001]  screamed  and  shavings flew. The woman turned on the  _____ , washed my  hand first,  then both of hers and threw w     
[002] est thing to do is put the burnt area under the  cold   _____ , or slowly pour on iced water. I: I see. Dr C: This  s     
[003] der, then  very  hard, and then  he heard someone else  _____  on the door. He  opened  the door, and was joined in       
[004] up. He listened.  There was a noise. It was a sort of   _____ -                                                           
[005]                                                     -   _____  coming from the window. Someone  was moving in the  sh     
[006] e job  is anything to do with the computer - I like to  _____  away on the  keyboard and click the mouse. My least fa     
[007] L (U.S.) =  GAOL (U.K.) ELEVATOR  (U.S.)  = LIFT (U.K)  _____  (U.S.) = FAUCET (U.K) FREEWAY  (U.S.)  = MOTORWAY  (U.     
[008] de  the  public with a chance to use their facilities,  _____  into their  expertise and, in this way, to reach out t     
[009] ning a stay in a  most  agreeable city with culture on  _____  and the chance to learn  new  skills, pleasures and ac     
[010] e book police: White male  writers increasingly risk a  _____  on the shoulder by the  exponents  of political correc     
[011] pector appeared again.  'There's a water filter on the  _____  in your darkroom,' he said.  'What  do you use it for?     
[012] ater filter contains sulphide. Not salt. And when the   _____  was  turned on, out came the  gas. So it wasn't an  ac     
[013] as. So it wasn't an  accident, sir.'1  'But I use that  _____  all the time. I put salt in the water filter only  rec     
[014] ted the  creature from the table. He carried it to the  _____ , turned the  water on, and drowned it. His mind, his h     
[015] om Boom's bathroom.  I drank a glass of water from the  _____  and my stomach felt  calmer. I  used the phone in the      
[016] ht a small stick in from the yard,  turned on the cold  _____ , and started  scratching at the cold  dried porridge o     
[017] men washed the dishes, bringing water  from an outside  _____  and heating it on the cooker. Then, they  began to was     


	
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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] and wears oversize red-framed  glasses,  plaid shirts,  _____  shoes and denims hiked to his nipples to  reveal long      
[002] uld.'  Simon called a stableman over. 'Arthur, bring a  _____  for  Timber.'  'Yes sir.'  While Timber was being sadd     
[003] ce. Brat's leg  should  have  been crushed between the  _____  and the fence. But Brat  had moved as quickly as light     
[004] on Chevron when he thought that  he ought to check the  _____  belt once more. He had  already  fixed it  once, but p     
[005]  it.  Just a  little, but enough to make sure that the  _____  would slip  dangerously about half way round the race.     
[006]  the race. Another of  Simon's tricks!  Brat fixed the  _____  belt and went down to the start. As he  arrived,  he m     
[007]  be in two places at once  can do  better than a loose  _____  belt.'  'Oh much better. But I have to take any chance     


	
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[001] s beads, an old lace doily, gridded hot plate, bubble   _____ , a  bucket of rubber stamps on loan from a friend's pr     
[002] in, and this in fact  makes  the burn  hotter; or they  _____  tape of some kind on the burn,  which ends up pulling      
[003] ld stay dry all day, but there'll be quite a  wind, so  _____   up warm. If rain joins the wind later in the day, you     


	
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[001] a number of movies, from "One Flew Over the  Cuckoo's   _____ " (1975) to this summer's "Face/Off" - had inspected th     
[002] ent bankers in " The Takeover.  "Linda  Davies wrote "  _____  of Vipers, "about London foreign  currency  traders. T     
[003]  he said, 'Swans!'  We had left the boat near a swan's  _____ , and, soon after  George and I  had left, Mrs Swan cam     


	
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[001]  to the ladies, and Elizabeth was reminded by  her own  _____  in being with him, as well as by his  evident admirati     
[002] . When she heard this"Mrs BenDet did not show  as much  _____  as her children expected, considering  the anxiety she     
[003] on.  Bingley returns to Netherfield  Elizabeth had the  _____  of receiving a reply from her  aunt in the shortest ti     
[004] ucation, measurement of both  performance and customer  _____  is very primitive.  Most  service businesses have mont     
[005] wickenham, a  post  and a place which brought him much  _____ ; he retired  from  Kneller Hall in 1986, but continued     
[006] xplore,' he says. 'I'm doing this for my own personal   _____ .' This week is Adult Learners' Week. For free  and  co     
[007] torials and complete two  assignments to their tutor's  _____ , they receive a credit  which can contribute to degree     
[008] hose days.  Timber was  challenge, and excitement, and  _____ . Brat planned  to stop Timber brushing people off his      
[009] ace, Mrs Smiling was at  that moment reading with some  _____   a telegram saying:  WORST FEARS REALIZED DARLING. SET     
[010] re all damned!'  An expression of extreme interest and  _____  passed  over the Brothers' faces, as they coughed and      
[011] Flora was standing back, looking at Elfine  with great  _____ .  'Oh, Flora... do in look nice?'  'You look extremely     
[012]  cried Flora, who was indeed overcome with relief and   _____ .  'Charming,' murmured Claud, behind her.  'We're goin     
[013]  during the next six months.  It was with a feeling of  _____ , and something strangely  like aection, that Flora ret     
[014] ous. She glanced round the  kitchen, and observed with  _____  that  everybody was eating  much too hard and talking      
[015] awful of you!' said Paul, but he felt a great  wave of  _____  rise up within him. We must have  another drink on tha     
[016] n to  lunch in the hotel restaurant. It gave Paul some  _____   to notice that he was the centre of interest of the w     
[017] Gillian says it was a man.'  'Ah!' said Honnister with  _____ . A little more than half  the  population of Britain h     
[018]  to the ladies, and Elizabeth was reminded by  her own  _____  in being with him, as well as by his  evident admirati     
[019] . When she heard this"Mrs BenDet did not show  as much  _____  as her children expected, considering  the anxiety she     
[020] on.  Bingley returns to Netherfield  Elizabeth had the  _____  of receiving a reply from her  aunt in the shortest ti