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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] ult  to accept in the future. He had himself written, ' _____  of  course is possible anywhere, but its value stands      
[002] e  Boulevard  of My Father' - who would know all about  _____  and the lack  of  it. It was also in these mountains t     
[003] kable by any standards, and  inspired a  corresponding  _____  in them. Although in later years his  reputation as a      
[004] eloise, so that  she could prove her great courage and  _____ . She would be  seriously  wounded herself,  perhaps wi     
[005] ed. 'We won't talk about  whatever honesty I have, or   _____  to my employers.  You might doubt them, so we'll forge     
[006]  believe it!' Cregar seemed  almost proud of  Benson's  _____  - even though it had led to Ashton's  unnecessary  dea     
[007] im and held out his hand.  "Your Emperor asks for your  _____ ," he said. "Take my  hand,  Maximus." Maximus understo     
[008] . She told  her guards to step back. "This is for your  _____ , soldier,"  she  said. Cicero took the coin and kissed     
[009] drank it immediately without  questioning his doctor's  _____ , and after several weeks he  got better. In Alexander'     
[010]  have always made a point of demonstrating  home-team   _____  when it came to releasing slightly offbeat material. T     
[011]   who  displeased him. And his tenure had shredded the  _____  and  exuberance of employees who had once been so prou     
[012] ult  to accept in the future. He had himself written, ' _____  of  course is possible anywhere, but its value stands      
[013] e  Boulevard  of My Father' - who would know all about  _____  and the lack  of  it. It was also in these mountains t     
[014] kable by any standards, and  inspired a  corresponding  _____  in them. Although in later years his  reputation as a      
[015] eloise, so that  she could prove her great courage and  _____ . She would be  seriously  wounded herself,  perhaps wi     
[016] ed. 'We won't talk about  whatever honesty I have, or   _____  to my employers.  You might doubt them, so we'll forge     
[017]  believe it!' Cregar seemed  almost proud of  Benson's  _____  - even though it had led to Ashton's  unnecessary  dea     
[018] im and held out his hand.  "Your Emperor asks for your  _____ ," he said. "Take my  hand,  Maximus." Maximus understo     
[019] . She told  her guards to step back. "This is for your  _____ , soldier,"  she  said. Cicero took the coin and kissed     
[020] drank it immediately without  questioning his doctor's  _____ , and after several weeks he  got better. In Alexander'     


	
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[001] both unsociable and  unwilling to speak, unless we can  _____  and impress the  whole room.' 'I am sure you aren't li     
[002] both unsociable and  unwilling to speak, unless we can  _____  and impress the  whole room.' 'I am sure you aren't li     


	
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[001] on camps'. A  single  paragraph about 'The fate of the  _____  Jews' was  immediately  followed by another paragraph,     
[002] the world. All such may,  however, prove academic. The  _____  Pope has been telling  his  staff that he has every in     
[003] act me,  the funeral had  already been arranged by our  _____  relations. Boom Boom  had made me  his executor, but I     
[004]  house filled  with cigarette smoke, with the smell of  _____  cooking, with  the  noise of children. Some of my  rel     
[005] . That was an interesting talk this evening  about the  _____  voting system,' he said.  Yes, wasn't it?' said Paul.      
[006]  the theater audience attest. But with his  black nail  _____  and cultivated angst, Harris' Mark is a long  way from     
[007] ay live for such customer affirmation as  they work to  _____  a company image tarnished over the last  six  years by     
[008] shing Mr. Bush's image, has been hired by Don King to   _____   Mike Tyson's image.  "I will handle it with the same      
[009] her  is half  Malaysian, half Portuguese. My mother is  _____  - her family  came  to  England when she was five, jus     
[010] ome. It's my first  language, but my  mother taught me  _____ , so sometimes I spoke                                      
[011]                                 , so sometimes I spoke  _____  with  her.  And we often had                               
[012]                           with  her.  And we often had  _____  food, and I learned                                        
[013]                                    food, and I learned  _____  dancing -  my  aunts in Poland  sent me wonderful, col     
[014] and, but we might go this summer. I'd love to meet my   _____   relatives. PRESENTER: And now we meet Lionel Varley,      
[015] on camps'. A  single  paragraph about 'The fate of the  _____  Jews' was  immediately  followed by another paragraph,     
[016] the world. All such may,  however, prove academic. The  _____  Pope has been telling  his  staff that he has every in     
[017] act me,  the funeral had  already been arranged by our  _____  relations. Boom Boom  had made me  his executor, but I     
[018]  house filled  with cigarette smoke, with the smell of  _____  cooking, with  the  noise of children. Some of my  rel     
[019] . That was an interesting talk this evening  about the  _____  voting system,' he said.  Yes, wasn't it?' said Paul.      


	
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[001] ol secretary will tell you whether you  have a chance.  _____  in to the local grapevine for others'  opinions of the     
[002] d  by  the Economic and Social Research Council to the  _____  of  pounds  1m, was set up to find practical solutions     
[003] ourse, that's what all young women say. Go and play a   _____  on the  piano in the library.' I did as he asked.  'Th     
[004] records, too, Do you listen to music?'  'I like a good  _____ ,' said Duncan.  'Hmm. They can drive you crazy after a     
[005] f  the museum there came, softly and sadly, a familiar  _____ . It  brought back memories of my world, and the hopes      
[006]  have  personal beliefs. Everyone had to sing the same  _____  and  follow the same leader. Everything was touched by     
[007]  house  directly into living rooms across America. The  _____  is a  happy,  bouncy one - the musical equivalent, one     
[008] ol secretary will tell you whether you  have a chance.  _____  in to the local grapevine for others'  opinions of the     
[009] d  by  the Economic and Social Research Council to the  _____  of  pounds  1m, was set up to find practical solutions     
[010] ourse, that's what all young women say. Go and play a   _____  on the  piano in the library.' I did as he asked.  'Th     
[011] records, too, Do you listen to music?'  'I like a good  _____ ,' said Duncan.  'Hmm. They can drive you crazy after a     
[012] f  the museum there came, softly and sadly, a familiar  _____ . It  brought back memories of my world, and the hopes      
[013]  have  personal beliefs. Everyone had to sing the same  _____  and  follow the same leader. Everything was touched by     


	
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[001] ions was now to be found enjoying life  in  his remote  _____  at Catacol-on-Arran which remained for  him a  treasur     
[002]  Marner was one of these weavers. He lived in a small   _____  near the village of Raveloe.  Every day he worked at h     
[003] ge of Raveloe.  Every day he worked at his loom in the  _____ . The small  boys of Raveloe had never heard the  sound     
[004]  the town.  At Raveloe, Silas shut himself away in his  _____ . He did  not  want to think about the disaster he  had     
[005] saw the shoemaker's wife, Sally  Oates, sitting at her  _____  door, and he  realized she had all the signs of the il     
[006]   But little by little, the piles of gold coins in his  _____  grew  higher. The harder he worked, the less  he spent     
[007] gan to think  the coins were his friends, who made the  _____  less lonely  for him. But it was only at night, when       
[008] reddish water. Opposite the quarry was Silas Marner's   _____ . Dunstan suddenly had an idea.  Everybody in Raveloe t     
[009] ver's money , he must  have a lot hidden away in that   _____ ! Why doesn't Godfrey borrow some money from him,  and      
[010] f him. At  last he saw light coming from the  weaver's  _____ , and he decided to knock at the door. Why  not ask the     
[011] ead, and he wanted Silas's money. He looked round the   _____  again. There was very little  furniture, just a bed, t     
[012] s.  Where is Silas's gold?  When Dunstan Cass left the  _____ , Silas Marner was only a  hundred metres away. He was      
[013]  was not at all worried about  leaving his gold in the  _____  with the door  unlocked. He could not imagine that a t     
[014] way through the mist, rain and darkness  to the little  _____  by the quarry.  When he reached his                        
[015]                    by the quarry.  When he reached his  _____  and opened the door, he did  not notice that anything      
[016] otten about it? He searched every corner of his small   _____ , until he could not pretend to  himself any more. He h     
[017] hort time, and there's no sign of  anyone entering the  _____ .' He wondered whether it was  really a thief who had t     
[018] n about Silas's  money, and who sometimes visited the   _____ . Silas felt stronger now that he thought he knew the       
[019] enly in the  doorway. He had run all the way from his   _____ , so he could not speak for a moment. He stared  silent     
[020]  can  my gold be?'  Perhaps some stranger came to your  _____  while you  were out,' said the farrier. But we must  r     
[021] r the  quarry, and steal the money when Silas left his  _____ .  Several villagers thought they remembered  his evil-     
[022] as himself remembered that the pedlar had come to his   _____  door recently. He hoped the  pedlar was indeed the thi     
[023] t kindly.  Old Mr Macey, the church clerk, came to the  _____  one day,  to explain how his opinion of the  weaver ha     
[024] ven, to visit the  weaver. As they came closer to the   _____ , they heard the sound of the loom.  Oh dear! Working o     
[025] g, perhaps,  Master Marner?' Dolly asked gently. This   _____  is a long way from the village.'  Yes, I heard them,'      


	
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[001] or.'  I looked up at him. He was tired and he needed a  _____ , and  that awful eye was getting blacker. But he was b     
[002] rang, and he got up and dressed. There was no need to   _____ , no hesitation about which tie to wear, none of the  w     
[003] '  Well, perhaps a little, darling. Don't they let you  _____ ?'  No discussion of the prison system is permitted,' s     
[004] f this.  He was given back his clothes, and allowed to  _____ , so that  when he left the prison, with a warder, he l     
[005] the scenes,  meanwhile, store operators are working to  _____  pennies off  the  cost of stocking chicken-noodle soup     
[006] tle moustaches and beards, but I don't even  need  to   _____ . I bought a razor just in case, but nothing grows. The     
[007] ibly well-dressed, and he  must wear expensive after-   _____   because you can still smell it ten minutes after  he'     
[008] or.'  I looked up at him. He was tired and he needed a  _____ , and  that awful eye was getting blacker. But he was b     
[009] rang, and he got up and dressed. There was no need to   _____ , no hesitation about which tie to wear, none of the  w     
[010] '  Well, perhaps a little, darling. Don't they let you  _____ ?'  No discussion of the prison system is permitted,' s     
[011] f this.  He was given back his clothes, and allowed to  _____ , so that  when he left the prison, with a warder, he l     


	
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[001] in the basement. Typically, his day  begins  at around  _____  with three hours or so of 'fuffing around the  house d     
[002] at it because her mouth was too sore and  swollen.  At  _____  she heard a voffice outside the hut. It was Nna-  nndo     
[003] the potential to be just as exciting. Next  Sunday  at  _____ , the season officially begins with 'Broadway on  Broad     
[004] in the basement. Typically, his day  begins  at around  _____  with three hours or so of 'fuffing around the  house d     
[005] at it because her mouth was too sore and  swollen.  At  _____  she heard a voffice outside the hut. It was Nna-  nndo     


	
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[001]  Jim  could leave that same  day, and save himself the  _____  of the final day in the  crowded  courthouse. I was im     
[002]  father well. I would not like a son of  mine to bring  _____  on his daughter. I saw the way you  were looking at he     
[003]  felt that  Aku-nna had behaved very badly and brought  _____  on the  whole village. He became very ill, but the med     
[004] 't speak like that about our Hopeless, Master Reuben!   _____  on 'ee, counting every mouthful o'  grass the cows eat     
[005]   'Aye,' whispered Judith suddenly, 'look at him - the  _____  of  our house. A curse on the day he was  born, and a      
[006]  curse on  his silver tongue, that leads weak women to  _____  and ruin.'  She stood up and looked out into the  stea     
[007] engaged to my elder daughter. I had not expected  such  _____  to descend on my family. I could have forgiven  him hi     
[008] ly displayed as an  ugly  example of evil. Feelings of  _____  and anger  boiled up inside me, but just as I felt I c     
[009] oor of his house. It was a look of  disgust, pain  and  _____ . I could not understand what he  meant, and wanted to      
[010]  a selfish claim. Her eyes met his, but there was  no   _____  in them, and, strangely, she no longer seemed  nervous     
[011] cy's comments on  her family's behaviour, her sense of  _____  was very great,  and she  could not deny the justice o     
[012] uch a girl to be  my nephew's sister-in-law, and bring  _____  on the ancient  name of Darcy?' 'You can now have noth     
[013] ded that for him. The portrait was going to  carry his  _____ : that was all.  An hour later he was at the theatre, a     
[014]  at  that horrible thing. Only he . would ever see his  _____ .  'It's very heavy, sir, said one of the men, as they      
[015] n who had painted the  portrait was going to share his  _____ . The painter would  suer for the rest of his life with     
[016] olen.' 'Oh! I remember. You never got it back?  What a  _____ ! It really was wonderful. I remember I wanted  to buy      
[017] rlett never remembered how she got out of the office.   _____  and fear hurried her home to her empty house. It was       
[018] had been! She could not forget  Ashley's face, full of  _____ . 'Will he hate me now?' she  thought.  'Now that Melan     
[019] that wild night with Rhett which still filled her with  _____ !  But for the first time she was glad, because now she     
[020] could not break away from  Komarovsky's power.  Lara's  _____  was her secret. Her mother must never know  the awful      
[021] would have been a bigger blow. The  defensiveness and   _____  many minorities feel when seeing prominent ethnic  fig     
[022] bued with  the singular power to bring either honor or  _____  on the  entire  group. Of course, Latinos are also suf     
[023] e for Oscar Micheaux's silent film classic,  'Scar  of  _____ .' 'I've been thrown out of the club,' he'll say, only      
[024] ned  CNN, and Ira Rosen, who is still at ABC News.    " _____  on you,                                                    
[025]                                                on you,  _____  on you," the marchers chanted as  they poured  off the     


	
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[001] ur  smaller ships,' Bledsoe said.  Grafalk dropped his  _____ . 'We're satisfied with the  engineer's  explanation,'      
[002] e from the table and left the room, still  holding the  _____  with which he had been eating.  Otto has such original     
[003] ohn.  'What's this?' shouted Thomas, pointing with his  _____  at a  small pool of wet brown stu.  'Food, Mr Kuhlauf,     
[004] oss in 12 innings to the Orioles tonight, jabbing his   _____  at a sliver of onion.  "Hmmm," the Mets manager  groan     
[005] lted in a  pot, and you put pieces of  bread on a long  _____  to get it out.  It's very, very good. If the weather's     
[006] ur  smaller ships,' Bledsoe said.  Grafalk dropped his  _____ . 'We're satisfied with the  engineer's  explanation,'      
[007] e from the table and left the room, still  holding the  _____  with which he had been eating.  Otto has such original     
[008] ohn.  'What's this?' shouted Thomas, pointing with his  _____  at a  small pool of wet brown stu.  'Food, Mr Kuhlauf,