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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]  plastic bag would increase in volume, making the bag   _____  up. As the bag swelled, the metal plate on it would ri     
[002] ust  as  the children of baby boomers are projected to  _____   enrollment by  2 million, to 16. 4 million, by the ye     
[003] st like  seasons through time. The tree offers song in  _____  and wane  until, in a mighty crescendo, it is felled t     
[004] les of church musicians, Organo Pleno  (1970) and Full  _____  (1972). He served the wider cause of  English church m     
[005] ble Ezekiel  again, and the other foot was starting to  _____  too. But  today he was wearing his work shoes, and his     
[006]  plastic bag would increase in volume, making the bag   _____  up. As the bag swelled, the metal plate on it would ri     


	
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[001] more wood to  the fire, and put some water in a pot to  _____ .  There was bread  and butter, but no cake or anything     
[002] I'll make you a cup of tea: he said. 'But I'll have to  _____  some  water first. Just wait here a minute.' He went o     
[003] a little water and pieces  of the plant in the cup and  _____  it at twelve o'clock exactly. At  the same time I inte     
[004] camp.' 'The Whites want to surprise you. They  want to  _____  you alive.  They'll cut your children into pieces. The     
[005] M: I thought he didn't know how to pick up a spoon or   _____  water, and now he's going to cook food for people to p     
[006]  Oh,  I see. Too bad. Well,  I'll put the kettle on to  _____  and we'll  talk about it over a nice cup of tea.  ***      
[007] er she's said her  prayers, to warm her up. I start to  _____  the water when she  kneels down, and I always say to t     
[008] more wood to  the fire, and put some water in a pot to  _____ .  There was bread  and butter, but no cake or anything     
[009] I'll make you a cup of tea: he said. 'But I'll have to  _____  some  water first. Just wait here a minute.' He went o     
[010] a little water and pieces  of the plant in the cup and  _____  it at twelve o'clock exactly. At  the same time I inte     
[011] camp.' 'The Whites want to surprise you. They  want to  _____  you alive.  They'll cut your children into pieces. The     


	
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[001] he middle we turned and  slid silently towards a great  _____  at the far end. Once we  were outside, we rose a littl     
[002] tning rod,  courageous artist, prolific pot-smoker and  _____ -sexist - were  offered by those who gathered for a tri     
[003] he middle we turned and  slid silently towards a great  _____  at the far end. Once we  were outside, we rose a littl     


	
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[001] the Daily  Dispatch, burst into the office and threw a  _____  of  photographs on to Woods' desk. He lit a cigarette      
[002] mother had made friends with a charming couple  called  _____ , and we were having supper with them one  evening, whe     
[003] train tickets and  lunch, including cigars, from a fat  _____  of notes he was  carrying. It was all very mysterious.     
[004] lectric battery, and the other to a box standing  by a  _____  of several sticks of explosive.  Duncan realized immed     
[005] the Daily  Dispatch, burst into the office and threw a  _____  of  photographs on to Woods' desk. He lit a cigarette      
[006] mother had made friends with a charming couple  called  _____ , and we were having supper with them one  evening, whe     
[007] train tickets and  lunch, including cigars, from a fat  _____  of notes he was  carrying. It was all very mysterious.     
[008] lectric battery, and the other to a box standing  by a  _____  of several sticks of explosive.  Duncan realized immed     


	
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[001] e Thompson, Self recklessly  throws  his edgy life and  _____ -pushing literature into a Cuisinart,  decanting a titi     
[002] ast, to apply to a school  across  a county or borough  _____ . But there was never any  guarantee  that this prefere     
[003] ssumption about what people 'ought'  to be  or do; the  _____  between acceptable, ev en admirable,  eccentricity, an     


	
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[001] beth came to say that it  was time for the  children's  _____ , and that Mrs Christiansen would be up to say  good  n     
[002]  he was searching for. It was a box hidden behind the   _____ . Inside  were seven hundred  dollars, and another  obj     
[003] ank some of her whisky. 'Wig?'  'In the box behind the  _____ ,' Nudger said. 'You're thin, and  with a  dark curly w     
[004] lora had discovered that capable Mrs Beetle had  a tin  _____ , which she allowed Flora to use  every other evening,      
[005]  I suppose I shall have to find some other time for my  _____ ,'  said Mr Prendergast sadly. Oh dear! I can see thing     
[006]  Paul thought about this conversation as he lay in his  _____ ,  and all the time while he dressed and as he tied his     
[007] aul, you're looking tired.'  But when Paul had had his  _____ , shaved and dressed, he  felt much better. Soon Alasta     
[008] ul a little pile of clothes. You'll be sent to have a   _____  next.'  Paul sat for ten minutes in twenty-five centim     
[009]  to get used to  the daylight. They walked over to the  _____  house, taking in  the  fresh air. For Huw this was the     
[010]  around the room: a bed, a desk, a lamp. She  wanted a  _____ , but she had no towel. She wasn't hungry, and  anyway      
[011] membered Bernard had her phone.  She decided to have a  _____  and lay for a long time in the hot  water. It wasn't u     
[012] d he was  leaving Hartsfield the next day and going to  _____  to spend a  few weeks with friends. There was no messa     
[013] d  left Highbury. .  'He is marrying a Miss Hawkins of  _____ . That is all I know,'  said, Miss Bates. 'Being for us     
[014]   . Emma only saw him once or. twice before he went to  _____   again, but Harriet always seemed to see him, or hear      
[015] rst. I shall organize some games. "I  shall have a hot  _____ ," said Lucilla.  The carriage stopped. Commodus steppe     
[016] her  up the stairs. She made me sit on the side of the  _____  and  took off my shoe and sock. She washed the cut and     
[017]  it. Ted Burgess's cloth was lying on the  side of the  _____ . It was covered with blood.  'Is that his?' she asked.     
[018] ns here, it  rains hard. We can have a pump here and a  _____ -house  there, and-' All this time the Zambus and Mr Ha     
[019] ing things, we had to have a shower once  a day in the  _____ -house and wash our clothes every day too.  The Maywits     
[020] Kennywick feeding  the chickens, Mr Haddy going to the  _____ -house.  'Mother,' Francis said, and pointed. She was h     
[021] idge and  found  that their lowest priced double (with  _____ ) goes for $117.    The biggest change over the last de     
[022] er married, and lives alone in a small  village  near   _____ . She's in her late fifties, but she's quite young in s     
[023] orning, seven people look after her.  One  starts her   _____ , one prepares her clothes, and one feeds the  Royal do     
[024] ght and  the  shower. They sat down on the side of the  _____ . Bond asked  again,  'What the hell are you doing here     
[025] rror,  I thought I looked very much like one.  I had a  _____  and shaved and put on the clothes. When i  had finishe     


	
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[001] ad to Hay last night, I almost thought  you had  put a  _____  on my horse! I still wonder if  you did. What about yo     
[002]  is it you and your magic?' he asked. 'Have you  put a  _____   on me again? Did you intend to drown me  this time?'      
[003] ious moods and  studies. 93  I fell under his freezing  _____ , obeying all his commands  without  thinking.  One eve     
[004]   come  with me to India as a missionary!"  a terrible  _____ ,  Was it a call from God? I felt as if I was under  an     
[005] or spelling mistakes. They didn't  have computers with  _____  checks then, you know.'  'No, no,' Marina said, and la     
[006] ntly. On the  next page of the diary I had written: ,   _____  THREE AFTER                                                
[007]                                            THREE AFTER  _____  THREE DEATH FOLLOWS  Written by my hand and in my BLOO     
[008] eryone wanted to  know if I was going to use the third  _____ . Many boys now  thought that Jenkins and Strode deserv     
[009] it mattered  you didn't do it.'  'Oh, I did. I wrote a  _____ .'  'It was not strong enough. You didn't put a             
[010]        .'  'It was not strong enough. You didn't put a  _____  on Mrs  Maudsley or her daughter or Ted Burgess or Tri     
[011] as the beings of the stars. If you had  put a terrible  _____  on them, I would have become a better  man.'  'Try now     
[012] ys asked  me to write more spells. I agreed to write a  _____  that would  result in a holiday for the school. I put      
[013] y for the school. I put all my magic power  into  this  _____ , and I was soon successful. Two weeks later a  fever       
[014]  They probably  thought  I was thinking about some new  _____ . But I just filled the  space  with red lines. I belie     
[015] that you  weren't ill.'  I went to my room and wrote a  _____ . I wanted red spots on  my  body. But after two days n     
[016] hool, everything is dierent.'  'Are you going to put a  _____  on us here?' she asked.  'Oh, no.' I remember that I f     
[017]  influence the  weather. That night I made up a strong  _____ . I hoped that it  would reduce the temperature. But I      
[018] ughing at me, and I hated it.  That night I made a new  _____ . I felt so unhappy that I could  not  sleep. My diary      
[019]  under the covers. I took it and managed  to write the  _____  in the darkness. 'It will be stronger: I thought,  'be     
[020] ought,  'because it's in writing.' I remember that the  _____  succeeded.  The next day the temperature did not reach     
[021]  you? Where would you suer?' I felt that he  had put a  _____  on me. 'Here: I said, and I put my hand over  my heart     
[022] have answered 'Nothing'. But Ted seemed to have put a   _____   on me again. He was not angry with me. Our conversati     
[023] red. I loved the  way she spoke my name. She had put a  _____  on me, but it  was not just the                            
[024]                        on me, but it  was not just the  _____  of her beauty. It was mainly, perhaps,  her quickness      
[025] had invited Marian  into his kitchen, and he had put a  _____  on her. I now wanted  to break that                        


	
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[001]  use out of that  gun.'  'I'm sure I will.'  At nine o' _____  that night, Edward Wright heard his back  doorbell rin     
[002] me over and looked at the book. 'We get up at three  o' _____ .  Would you read to us  now? Catherine always  read to     
[003]  feel  pleasantly  tired (although it was only  nine o' _____ ) instead  of being unable to sleep because of thinking     
[004] t in her room with the light on until after  twelve  o' _____ . She had her  cigarettes now, and allowed  herself jus     
[005]   people thought for the  prisoner to die.  At eight o' _____  that evening, Nudger was sitting at the tiny  table in     
[006] ing Nudger did helped Curtis  Colt at all.  At eight o' _____   Saturday morning, while  Nudger was preparing breakfa     
[007] m her bag.  I looked at my watch. It was only eleven o' _____ .  'We could go and look again,' I said. 5  She would n     
[008]  day it happened?'  'She had an appointment for four o' _____ . When I heard  what8  happened, I couldn't believe it,     
[009] er husband  found  her when he  came home at eleven  o' _____ . She had  been shot through the chest and was still no     
[010]   down to Beershorn station tonight to meet  the six o' _____   train. Robert Poste's child is coming to stay with us     
[011] What time is lunch?  And - er - who cooks it?'  'One o' _____ , Robert Poste's child. And Miss Judith, she  cooks the     
[012] afternoon in her room, arranging her books.  At four o' _____  she came downstairs, added more wood to  the fire, and     
[013] , but enjoyed being the centre of attention.  At one o' _____  one of Flora's friends, Julia, came to take  them to l     
[014]   Flora was going to introduce Seth to him.  At five o' _____  on the evening of the next day, the cousins  were begi     
[015] oment it was for their arrival.  It was nearly nine  o' _____ , and all the guests of importance had already arrived.     
[016] on it came, and Mark shut the door.  It was now four o' _____ , and Elfine had gone to sleep again.  So had all the f     
[017]   burned in them with a  fiercer flame, and by seven o' _____  most of them were up,  and, to a certain extent, worki     
[018] ayed in her room, where she had been  carried at six o' _____  that morning by Micah,  Seth, Mark,  Caraway, and Hark     
[019] ently, 'and in  will expect you to be ready by  nine o' _____ . You'll enjoy it,  Cousin Judith. You mustn't carry  o     
[020] w,' said Flora comfortingly. 'Just be  ready by nine o' _____  tomorrow.' And  after leaving Judith  she sent Adam in     
[021] nt Ada,' she announced. 'If in am not  down by three o' _____ ,  Mrs Beetle, will you kindly bring up some fruit juic     
[022] rly nine hours.  At three, half-past four, and seven o' _____  Mrs Beetle took up  the food and drink as instructed.      
[023] siastically for the rest of the morning.  By  eleven o' _____  everything was ready,  and as Flora looked  round at t     
[024] s who are forced to leave your white  streets at six o' _____  at night?'  It was not an empty challenge: Biko meant      
[025] in a few days.  But he was badly mistaken. At twelve o' _____ , when the  streets around the Dispatch were most busy,     


	
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[001]  Margaret would come  downstairs later, when Fred  was  _____ ,4  and go through those bills.  I was nearly home when     
[002] ndless as the wind itself, came from his lips. He was   _____ . He had been awake all night, wandering  in thought ov     
[003] o her room, undressed  and fell into bed, already half  _____   Sethes departure  The next day was Sunday, so fortuna     
[004] self.  Who cared, anyway?  As for Flora, she was still  _____  at half-past three in the  afternoon, and would have c     
[005] t take any up to  Aunt Ada. I've put her to bed. She's  _____ .'  There was a gasp of wonder from everybody. Flora sa     
[006] d sleepier, and the  glass fell from her hand. She was  _____ .  'Just like a little, tired child,' said Mr Mybug, wh     
[007] s there was not  a sign. She supposed they must all be  _____  upstairs, or  mollocking in Godmere. She hoped they wo     
[008] st song before nightfall.  The countryside was falling  _____ , and Flora looked up into  the darkening sky. She coul     
[009]  of silk as someone came into the room.  Paul, are you  _____ ?' The door was closed.  Margot!'  Quiet, dear! Don't s     
[010] shton and  Benson were definitely there, probably fast  _____  in their  rooms.  We booked into the hotel, too, and I     
[011]  share Miss  Miller's, but  I was so tired that I fell  _____  immediately.  In the morning the ringing of a bell wok     
[012]  not want to let  her go. We kissed goodnight and fell  _____ . In the  morning  Miss  Temple found me                    
[013]               . In the  morning  Miss  Temple found me  _____ ,  with Helen Burns dead in my arms. She was buried in      
[014] forgot my fears and  rushed into his room. He lay fast  _____ , surrounded by  flames and  smoke. Even his sheets wer     
[015] ng to find himself so wet.  7    Mr Rochester lay fast  _____ , surrounded by flames and  smoke.  'Is there a flood?'     
[016] nnocently.  'Well,  master was reading in bed and fell  _____ , so he  must have knocked the candle over. It set fire     
[017] stormy night I visited the dying woman. She lay  there  _____   in her room, neglected by her daughters  and servants     
[018]  in the middle of the wood. Jane, you must have  been   _____ . Your spirit and mine must have met to comfort each  o     
[019] perly enjoy feeling comfortable,  I knew I was falling  _____ .  When I opened my eyes, there, in front of me, was th     
[020] it and trying to see how it had been made when I fell   _____ .  When I awoke, I began to think hard. I was determine     
[021] d while he was awake. I had  to catch him while he was  _____ , so I continued to try at  intervals of four hours.  A     
[022] e evening, when Elizabeth was satisfied that Jane  was  _____ , she felt she ought to go downstairs again. She  found     
[023] n and the gold mines around  Johannesburg. Monika fell  _____ .  'Hi!' someone shouted.  Monika woke up. There were o     
[024] ir France 747 took o. Monika closed  her eyes and fell  _____ . She dreamed she was walking on  the wing of the plane     
[025]  So I did. I walked  home. When we got home, Kati fell  _____  on the sofa.  While  she was sleeping I made some tea.     


	
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[001]  only a few minutes walk to Al Sharp's bar, and I was   _____   for the clear winter air in  my face. Al was alone  b     
[002]  so loudly  please? I am so sleepy, and I would be  so  _____  if you  would be a little quieter.' Total silence foll     
[003] om. When Flora saw these beautiful stairs, she was so   _____  to the god of love that she could  have knelt down and     
[004]  soundlessly. ''Tes time ye  were in bed.'  Amazed and  _____ , Flora silently woke Elfine, and  cautiously they crep     
[005] d he would become very  comfortable, and would be very  _____   to her.  Mr Mybug walked across the yard and called u     
[006]  he should go on  a preaching tour, and  he was deeply  _____ .  She put out her hand across the table. Wonderingly,      
[007] ather with sudden fierceness.  At times, my dear, I am  _____  for any distance between  myself and humankind. But he     
[008]  United States  when her father was killed. I was very  _____  for this lie. It  made  it easier for me to avoid  tel     
[009] t  pays for your  food and clothes, and you should be   _____ . You have no other relations or friends.'  All my shor     
[010] in life.'  'Indeed she will, madam. I hope she will be  _____  for this  opportunity to improve her character. Little     
[011] on. And  'Oh no,' I replied quickly, 'I'm  really very  _____   to have a home, and work to do. After all  I had noth     
[012] ry, and I  take great care to behave at all times with  _____  respect  towards her ladyship. As a priest, moreover,      
[013] listening to him, for which all die Bennets were  very  _____ .  The next day a letter was delivered to Jane from Net     
[014]  duties too often, but Mr  Collins, although extremely  _____  for this sign of Mr  Bennet's cousinly aection for ,hi     
[015]  would make her feel  better.' Elizabeth was extremely  _____  to her aunt for this  kind suggestion, and felt sure J     
[016] orrect, in cases like this,' she  replied, 'to express  _____  thanks. So if I could feel                                 
[017]                             thanks. So if I could feel  _____ ,  I  would now thank you. But I cannot - I have never      
[018] with respect and a certain admiration, and was deeply   _____  to him, not only for having once loved her, but for st     
[019] he rest of my family knew of it,  they would add their  _____  thanks to mIne.' 'I had hoped to  keep it a secret,' h     
[020] nged so  considerably since that time that she was now  _____  and  pleased to accept his proposal. When Darcy heard      
[021]   the Gardiners. Darcy and Elizabeth were both warmly   _____   to the two people who, by inviting her to Derbyshire      
[022] Mr  Knightley led Harriet to the dance. Emma felt very  _____  to  Mr Knightley and when she looked for Mr Elton she      
[023]  touches  he poisons. I know he saved my life, and I'm  _____ , 'but I  wish it had been any man but him. And when I      
[024] d not hide the pleasure that mine gave me. But I  felt  _____ , too, and very surprised. I was.                           
[025]                      , too, and very surprised. I was.  _____  for the  kindness of my hosts because they had bought