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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] ey have studied kung fu, lived in a three-story water   _____  with no telephone and traveled through India.    The c     
[002] ponse to the carriage house. Adapting a  defunct water  _____  to accommodate a reflecting pool seems  appropriate, b     
[003] ommodate a reflecting pool seems  appropriate, but the  _____  is not accessible to the public. The  problem is solve     
[004] ssler also  resurrects the unfortunate Texas Sen. John  _____  and his  reputation for roving eyes and hands. Then th     
[005]  deliberate. Science-fiction films  feature vast glass  _____   blocks and subterranean warrens, but real-life space      
[006]  him into  writing one  dramatic masterpiece (The Dark  _____ ) and several very  good ones  (Christopher Columbus, P     
[007]  garden there were some buildings, and one was  an old  _____ . I felt too ill to go very far, and that seemed the  b     
[008]   best hiding place.  The climb up the outside of that  _____  was the most  diicult thing I ever did. My head felt t     
[009]  buildings. They  came to the door at the bottom of my  _____ , and for a  minute I thought they were going to come u     
[010] lear water more than anything  in the world.  From the  _____  I could see all the moor around. I saw  two men go off     
[011] object to your  moving into the large room in the West  _____ . It is a little  damp, but I dare say Diana will arran     
[012] turned to the Castle.  A light was burning in the West  _____ .  There she is, waiting for me,' said Grimes. Now it m     
[013] very romantic sight to some men, a light shining in a   _____  window. I knew a poem about a thing like that once. I      
[014] les. The  London News  expert on architecture, Mr Jack  _____ , wrote with great  feeling that losing such a piece of     
[015]  young girl  she had been, many years before.  Mr Jack  _____  was busily saving another historic building,  Saint St     
[016] ound between two tall new buildings, the Royal  Luxury  _____  and Executive Mansion Apartments.  Their homes were ma     


	
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[001] 's  been in love, and knows what it's like. How can he  _____   me to see the man I love?' But she knew the answer. H     
[002] mach when he  was about seventy. The doctor decided to  _____  him to drink  whisky.  Poor old John, he had never dru     
[003] one?' she sobbed, suddenly  frightened. 'father didn't  _____  me to leave the Grange  garden! He won't scold me, Ell     
[004] me, and if you tell him you want to come  here,  he'll  _____  it.' 'Well, if I can't come here, Linton can come to       
[005] ful place. She'll  never manage it. Oh, why didn't you  _____  it? You could  have stopped her going.'  'Perhaps I co     


	
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[001] is question: Which would you like to  keep in your own  _____ ? Here, from the top down, is how  the  roadsters stack     
[002] h that they took  their  cars  back home! The first VW  _____  was opened in Britain  in the  50s by a man  called Jo     
[003]  might be a burglar who  notices it first. 3 Keep your  _____  door closed  and  fastened,  keep all downstairs windo     
[004] s a couple of  years since I got my bicycle out of the  _____   and repaired it, and now I use it  as much as possibl     
[005] reet. He was indoors asleep when I backed  out  of the  _____ .  I can't imagine why I didn't notice his car  there.      
[006]  traffic. However,  you'll  have no trouble finding a   _____  for petrol, or in case you  need  car repairs. And the     
[007] Malo and I got a job for a few weeks.  Helping in  the  _____  of a hotel.'  'Do you remember the name of the hotel?'     
[008] house on the shore of Lake  Michigan, with a three-car  _____ . A woman in her early  forties  answered the door. She     
[009] es Richards'  large house,  number 261. In the  double  _____  was a Rolls  Royce, a smaller car and a folding bicycl     
[010]   the car There's'  'There's a folding bicycle in your  _____ , sir. Look, I don't  think  either you or your brother     
[011] terrible fire just from  the gasoline that was in  the  _____ ...  She went downstairs, through the door that opened      
[012] ent downstairs, through the door that opened into the   _____ . The  gasoline tank was  three feet high and  complete     
[013] etely full. Despite its weight, she got it out of the   _____  and  rolled it across the garden,  making no noise on      
[014] . Nudger  followed through several narrow streets to a  _____ . The  sign said:  'Cli's Car Repairs'.  Nudger parked      
[015] eem to go  everywhere by taxi.'  'My car's been in the  _____  for repair,' she said.  'I guessed that, after I found     
[016]  surprised by how ready she was to answer.  'Under the  _____ . We secretly dug a place there some  months ago.'  I d     
[017] white hand on my  knee.  'There is wealth beneath the   _____ . You can  have whatever you ask.'  I shook my head. 8      
[018] into the nearest doorway.  There is wealth beneath the  _____ .  Cold Comfort Farm  Stage 6  Flora Poste  The educati     
[019] trap. On the way to the farm, they stopped  at a large  _____ , to  arrange for a car to collect Claud Hart-Harris fr     
[020] y and went out of the  kitchen through the door to the  _____ .  Woods paused. He fought back his tears, looking at t     
[021] e, his children.  Silently, he followed Wendy into the  _____ . Wendy opened  the back door of the Mercedes and Woods     
[022]  covered. Then she shut the  door and went to open the  _____ .  There was only one man watching from the other side      
[023]   The one security policeman was surprised to see the   _____   door open so early. He frowned and glanced at his wat     
[024] y train  and you hired a Ford Cortina car from Jolie's  _____ . Mr  Jolie was  very angry about the acid  damage to t     
[025] ets.' 'A letter from her old  lover.' 'A bill from her  _____ .' 'A "Dear John" letter.' Rob  did  not understand thi     


	
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[001] e after a  bitter divorce from Prince Charles, and her  _____ ,  Harrods  heir Dodi Fayed, died early today after the     
[002] ly snapped pictures of her embracing  her  millionaire  _____ , Dodi Fayed, aboard his yacht in the  Mediterranean. T     
[003] roller coaster fanatic. Once, Lanza relates, his seat   _____ ,  whom he'd never seen before, turned as they were cli     
[004] Chinese  civilisation. Then, in 1992, he was elected a  _____  of  Honour. When friends qualified their pleasure with     
[005] on their  two sons), appeared to become an even closer  _____   in old  age. She died on 9 February. Humphrey's heart     
[006] me down and use one  of them for a few days. I'll be a  _____  for you.'  Parkins gave a polite little laugh. I'm afr     
[007]  see how far he had come, he  saw that he might have a  _____  on  his walk home. A dark Figure, some way back, seeme     
[008] rkins thought, so he did not wait  for him. However, a  _____ , he began to think, would  really be very welcome on t     
[009] rthur Townsend sat and talked to Catherine, while his   _____  sat next to Mrs Penniman.  Catherine,  usually so easy     
[010] seemed to notice that Catherine was interested in his   _____ . My cousin asked me to bring  him,'  he explained. He      
[011]  I was not talking about you,' he said to  Catherine's  _____ . Though I can't pretend that  Miss  Sloper's name did      
[012] nt, she was, her father thought, a very unintelligent   _____ .  One day, at the end of the summer, they were walking     
[013] hard work.'  But you must have your last parting!' his  _____  cried.  For Mrs Penniman the last parting between  lov     
[014] unt Penniman,' she said, in a way that frightened her   _____ , what have you done?'  My dearest Catherine,' said Mrs     
[015] bout it. 'A good friend,' I thought,  'and  an amusing  _____ .'  Gien saw me looking, and smiled. 'I like having him     
[016] s  her brother Hindley let her run around with such a   _____ ?" wondered Mr Linton. "I remember now, he's  the  gips     
[017] s enough. Well, because he's handsome, and  a pleasant  _____ .' 'Oh, that's bad,' I said, shaking my  head.  'And be     
[018] d indoors the whole winter, so Cathy only had me as  a  _____  on her walks. She had become very quiet and  sad since     
[019]  best parties in London, with a lovely actress as his   _____ . One evening, however, after a card-game, he  was  cha     
[020]  week, but then, for some reason, Paul found that his   _____ 's place had been taken by a large, frightening-  looki     
[021] e spent with him. I  could not have  imagined a better  _____ .  One night I was woken by a slight noise. I felt sure     
[022]  you to walk through  life  with me, to be my constant  _____ .'  'You're laughing at me. You've already chosen your      
[023] '  'You're laughing at me. You've already chosen your   _____  for  life.' I was crying quietly, while Mr  Rochester      
[024] about us-'  'And take Adele with you, sir, she'll be a  _____  for you, I  interrupted. I knew I had to tell him soon     
[025] e your neighbour, your nurse, your housekeeper,  your   _____ . You will never be sad or lonely as long as I live.'       


	
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[001] d of showing up at tony  wine  events wearing clownish  _____  ties, painfully loud shirts and  sometimes a gorilla s     
[002] elieve we can hunt deer in just two weeks as  Maryland  _____  season opens Sept. 15. Virginians find  Marylanders  o     
[003] trees?' they ask. They're probably just jealous; their  _____   season  doesn't open till Oct. 4. For many years I di     
[004] galore, the place has valet attendants in  snappy  red  _____  ties and suspenders. The word 'bistro' conjures  visio     
[005]  combined government of the City of Butte  and  Silver  _____  County.    The Federal Aviation Administration began a     
[006] it in rows,  and before each lesson they  stand up and  _____  to the teacher, just as all  Japanese people               
[007]          to the teacher, just as all  Japanese people   _____   to each other when they meet. Politeness and respect      
[008] sman, a  brave fighter, and was very skillful with the  _____   and arrow. Robin Hood's                                   
[009]                                and arrow. Robin Hood's  _____   was so strong, the story goes,  that  only he could b     
[010] g moments, Robin shot a  final  arrow from his famous   _____ , and asked Little John to bury  him  where the arrow l     
[011] epe classes  presided over by John Baddely's hilarious  _____ -tied  enthusiast of  a tutor. He demonstrates, say, th     
[012]  can escape the fires  of hell if ye come with' me and  _____  down with' the rest, but  'tes too late! You ll burn w     
[013] ollars.  "More than a million?" Mister said to him. "I  _____  you.  You walk past me when I sit on the sidewalk ever     


	
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[001] k.  Early  this year, however, officials increased the  _____  to $5  million  from $1 million. And Mr. Youngsworth,      
[002] cket to its  owner and he was given $1,2 million as a   _____ ! Last Thursday, Mr Murphy,  aged 28 and  unemployed, f     
[003] aper. 'What an honest man!' he  said.  'You  deserve a  _____  - at least $1 million, I think'.  ***   BG: Have  you      
[004] ught  by rote, and learning is accompanied by risk and  _____ :  punishment can be severe; successful children are gi     
[005] 's suggestion. 'Kruger? He would probably  give them a  _____ !'  Woods lit a cigarette. 'Come on, Mamphela. Minister     
[006] emember, Jane, God calls us to work for Him, and will   _____   us for it. Say you will marry me, and earn your place     
[007] es of dead soldiers.  "Tell me," said Marcus. 'How can  _____  Rome's greatest  general?'  "Let me go home," replied      
[008] laughed. 'Scarlett, how do you think the Yankees will   _____  a man for keeping negroes off his women? By  hanging h     
[009] e police have seen his dog. There is a  hundred pounds  _____  for him.' 'I will give fifty more,' said  Mr Brownlow.     


	
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[001] with pointer sticks at New Dance, and despite worn-out  _____   shoes  hanging in clusters over the studio mirror, no     
[002] d  bandaged. If  someone  wearing sandals has banged a  _____  on something,  all you  can do is give them an  aspiri     
[003] . Too tight or too loose leads to  sore feet and black  _____ -nails. And  inside the special running  shoes you shou     
[004] , twisted my shoulder, and broke my right ankle and a   _____  on  my left foot. I also had several minor flesh wound     
[005] t foot. No reaction. He hit the  foot once, twice. The  _____  moved upwards. The doctor rested  the hammer on the fl     
[006] icial went forward and looked at the paper tied to the  _____   of one pair of feet. It read 'Biko'. He nodded toward     
[007] ched his pointed  brown beard with his finger, and the  _____  of his boot with his  stick. 'How English you are, Bas     
[008] pily. But he stepped back, as if realizing he had said  _____   much.  'I'm very sorry, Scarlett,' he said. 'I mustn'     


	
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[001] nian supplied me with all the fish and  chips I  could  _____  and bused me and a lively group of retirees all  aroun     
[002] arently, that readers  need a  slick coating of sex to  _____  a dry argument for campaign  finance reform. But the s     
[003] hirsty, he should wash his mouth with  water  but not   _____ . I: That's very useful. Now back to road  accidents. C     
[004] p kitchen knife. 'With the devil's help I'll  make you  _____  this, Ellen' And he pushed the knife  between my teeth     
[005] ix with it. It  could be eaten dry, but it was hard to  _____ , and tasted  most unpleasant.  He had to reduce everyo     


	
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[001] enth birthday. I hardly knew how to add,  subtract, or  _____  when I got my  first computer,' says  David.  'But fro     
[002] ers do not alter the  fundamental issues. But they do   _____  the risks. They allow  more data to be collected on mo     
[003] e more cars,  trucks, and vans to fill  them. Vehicles  _____  faster than  roads - it's a law of nature. How long  b     


	
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[001] . If they need to  convert inches to centimeters, they  _____  off to the store to  buy  a program to do that, even t     
[002]  has been on the road, a somewhat solitary traveller,   _____  to  no fixed school of thought. And now he has finally     
[003] iendships with other women had always been  very  much  _____  up with- being a dedicated feminist - going on  demons     
[004] in educational provision, we were an unjustly  class-   _____  and narrow society, and that something must be done  a     
[005]  one  last journey. In search of a job, he took a ship  _____  for  Florida, was taken ill on board and put off in Gr     
[006] Djen's father are themselves dwarfed  by the  reprint,  _____  in 1,500 substantial volumes, of The Complete  Collect     
[007] wed to  marry. He replied: 'It is an area which is not  _____  by  doctrine.  It is just an historical decision which     
[008] ing  round them addressing individual needs. There are  _____  to  be  fewer gaps if you work with smaller groups. I      
[009] nd while her  husband's  work as a priest (Protestant)  _____  him into the community,  she  struggled to keep her di     
[010]  and  seemed increasingly used to the idea that it was  _____  to  entail  domestic confusion. As a result, MacNeice      
[011]  or  if you want any extra boots or anything. There is  _____  to be  a lot of mud.'  However, on the third morning,      
[012] , the garden),  and where there  are sheds, things are  _____  to fall into ruin... Besides,  from  what in can see f     
[013] ation to be in, a rich woman  without a husband! She's  _____  to be talked about. What  Margot ought  to do is marry     
[014] came for you soon after you left,' Paul said.  They're  _____  to get me one day,' said Philbrick, but  thanks for te     
[015] addy?' She frowned. 'If you become successful, you're   _____  to upset  some people, so there  must be some  people      
[016]  And what with her feeling so  upsct :tboU{ you, she's  _____  to turn to someone who seems  to want to comfort her.