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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] r becoming accepted and trusted by everyone, we  would  _____   them. Couignal seemed  to be the ideal place.  We had     
[002]  and Marina had once played a game with Tom's  nephew,  _____ , in front of this painting.                                
[003]                           , in front of this painting.  _____  was ten years old  and loved to be with them because t     
[004] e most ideas.  Tom won, of course, although Marina and  _____  did not like  some of his ideas.  'A chance to win Wor     
[005] er.' 'A bill from her garage.' 'A "Dear John" letter.'  _____   did  not understand this. Tom explained:  'It was dur     
[006] d them "Dear  '.  John" letters.' 'But she's a woman,'  _____  said.  'OK, maybe she's just written a "Dear John" let     
[007] es were the size of dinner plates and he said,  'Wow!'  _____  too, although he made a joke about shopping for  prese     
[008] r becoming accepted and trusted by everyone, we  would  _____   them. Couignal seemed  to be the ideal place.  We had     
[009]  and Marina had once played a game with Tom's  nephew,  _____ , in front of this painting.                                
[010]                           , in front of this painting.  _____  was ten years old  and loved to be with them because t     
[011] e most ideas.  Tom won, of course, although Marina and  _____  did not like  some of his ideas.  'A chance to win Wor     
[012] er.' 'A bill from her garage.' 'A "Dear John" letter.'  _____   did  not understand this. Tom explained:  'It was dur     
[013] d them "Dear  '.  John" letters.' 'But she's a woman,'  _____  said.  'OK, maybe she's just written a "Dear John" let     
[014] es were the size of dinner plates and he said,  'Wow!'  _____  too, although he made a joke about shopping for  prese     


	
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[001] es Richards an alibi at the  same time.  'Morse,' said  _____  rather desperately, 'have you got any ideas  about  th     
[002] g with his phone  call to Jennifer Hills. He even told  _____  about bribing the  locksmith  to hand over a back door     
[003] mber 9.  'If you can help me to solve this case,' said  _____  quietly, 'I'll be  grateful - you know that, don't  yo     
[004] ir,' suggested Walters.  'That's bloody obvious!' said  _____ .  Although his boss was clearly tired and depressed, W     
[005]  there wasn't a single book in  Jackson's  house?' But  _____  wasn't  listening.  Old Mr Parkes one of the members o     
[006] ng up the  police station at once.  'I see, sir,' said  _____ . 'Very interesting. Birthdays, was it?  Thank  you ver     
[007]  the phone down. What a useless piece of information!   _____  didn't know it at the time, but soon he wouldn't have      
[008]  Assistant Chief  Commissioner  had decided to remove   _____  from the case.  '                                          
[009]                                       from the case.  ' _____ 's a good man,' the ACC told Morse later that day, 'but     
[010] se, Morse.'  'I wouldn't want to take a case away from  _____  . . '2  'Don't worry about that, Morse,' said the ACC.     
[011] wis started looking through  all the  information that  _____  had  collected on the two  Jericho cases.  'Which case     
[012] ey were  talking  about birthdays. Old Mr  Parkes told  _____  that.  That's what no mother ever forgets, when her on     
[013] it again, stupid!' said a voffice as sweet as a silver  _____ .  'Read it correctly this time, or I'll pull your hair     
[014]  out. She went up  some steps to a  house and rang the  _____ .  She was in the house for almost an hour. But when sh     
[015]  spoke. His voffice cracked the silence like a broken   _____ . 'Ye miserable crawling insects, are  ye here again? H     
[016] in front of her  dying fire. She suddenly rang a small  _____ , which brought  Judith to her side.  'in mun go downst     
[017] e  in him,' replied Judith. 'It beats... like a  black  _____ . in wonder  you do not feel it.'  'Oh, well, we can't      
[018] ross the street to  the church door. He rang the rusty  _____  and immediately the  door opened.  A young black woman     
[019] d,  giving various excuses, and stared at Paul. Then a  _____  rang,  and  there was a loud noise of whistling and ru     
[020] k. Well, you must  do the best you can. There goes the  _____  for dinner. I won't  keep you. Oh, one other thing. No     
[021] ain material and got so friendly with the Bundles.'  A  _____  rang down a distant passage. He sighed. Well,  perhaps     
[022] s, there was silence until the break. By  the time the  _____  rang for the end of the lesson, Clutterbuck  had writt     
[023]  week, as Paul sat in the Common Room  waiting for the  _____  for tea, he found himself thinking that on  the whole      
[024] unds! Why, it takes me half a term to earn that.'  The  _____  rang for tea. In the dining-hall Paul showed the lette     
[025] on  he was making in fact, to be free. Every morning a  _____   rang, and he got up and dressed. There was no need to     


	
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[001] ly when  the  pressure's on. It's tempting to go home,  _____  up and say forget  it all. But you just have to take a     


	
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[001] ry sauce with a touch of cassis  brought up  the gamey  _____  of duck breast, and a crust of ground  hazelnuts  and      


	
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[001] received 20 a letter from  America. I saw the American  _____  on it.  When my wife read the letter, her face turned      
[002] because he innocently took the company's  endorsement   _____  home for the weekend, David Allister's splendidly  rat     
[003] ing, The  Memorandum  gets this reviewer's endorsement  _____ . Box-office:  0181-940 3633  The Independent Arts 29       
[004] received 20 a letter from  America. I saw the American  _____  on it.  When my wife read the letter, her face turned      


	
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[001]  careful voffice asked:  'You mean that we can neither  _____  nor land - is that it?'  Captain Winters looked at the     
[002] er things, Harnisch suggested that free  agents  would  _____  clear of the Mets because, in his opinion,  Valentine      
[003] lower and  lower. At the same time,  he was trying to   _____  the boat, and he pulled the wrong rope. The boat  turn     
[004] But go on! Don't stop!'  'Why not?'  'Because we can't  _____  the boat if you stop.'  Why not?'  'You must keep the      
[005] rris  said that  George and I should row, and he would  _____ . I  did not like this idea at all. I said that he and      
[006]  careful voffice asked:  'You mean that we can neither  _____  nor land - is that it?'  Captain Winters looked at the     


	
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[001] im. Woods got  out  of the pool and ran quickly to the  _____  which was in the  garden near the pool.  'I'm going to     
[002]  work,' Woods shouted to the boys as he turned on the   _____ .  As he came out of the                                    
[003]                               .  As he came out of the  _____ , his wife, Wendy, arrived  home with Jane, their eldes     
[004] pool for a swim before going back to the  house for a   _____ . He was  twenty five years older than I  was, but I wa     
[005] . On the screen the stars were shooting across like a   _____  of liquid fire.  The Captain unfastened his safety bel     
[006]   On the screen the stars were shooting across like  a  _____  of liquid fire.  Without having to try, he seemed to h     
[007] ouch with you soon. Blom.  She went to her room, had a  _____  and slept. It was early  evening when she woke. She go     
[008] on and do something else. Change your clothes, take a   _____ , put your feet up, turn the television on, maybe even      
[009]  were going to Cardi to meet Beth. He had the fastest   _____  ever, got dressed and was downstairs in the hotel  rec     
[010] o her room, feeling much better.  Now she could have a  _____  and change her clothes. But  first she must ring Hiros     
[011] rs in and out of  the sea, returning to Taka's flat to  _____  off the salt and  sand. They woke up late each morning     
[012]   Andrea and his friends were looking for us.  After a  _____  and change of clothes, we ate the usual  excellent Fre     
[013] ey hairs that morning when he was drying it after his   _____ . But he didn't mind too much; in fact, he rather liked     
[014] . It's all curly  like yours is when you've just had a  _____ , except his is  really blond.'  'OK, that's enough abo     
[015] en came into the bedroom drying his hair after a  cool  _____ . Anna looked at him and smiled. She  wondered  if he r     
[016] k to the hotel, I  was  hot, tired and desperate for a  _____ . ; The tour bus is  unbelievably basic; forget air con     
[017] l of hungry hunters?  Smiling to myself, I finished my  _____ , then wound one of  the hotel towels around myself and     
[018] yself  with the towel. 'It's so hot in here. That cold  _____  hasn't  made me feel any cooler.' Jennifer didn't look     
[019] ure enough, by the time I'd  unpacked my things, had a  _____  and made my way back  down to reception, the keys to b     
[020] didn't see her later on. I was an hour or so  having a  _____  and getting changed, Then, when I went to  the hotel b     
[021] jobs  in the fields or making things, we had to have a  _____  once  a day in the bath-house and wash our clothes eve     
[022] The story of how  Zeus  came to Danae in the form of a  _____  of gold was a  longtime  favorite with painters - Titi     
[023] ditioned, ocean-side room with  a  balcony, fridge and  _____  in an older hotel with two pools  set  about with mang     
[024] s, 'Take off that ridiculous perfume - go and  have a   _____  immediately!' So, last Saturday when she was out, I  w     
[025] ing. You had to climb up a steep  ladder to go to the   _____  and toilet - if you happened to slip on the way to  th     


	
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[001] th the key dropped on to his  knees, and then began to  _____  a metre above the floor.  The other man was still in t     
[002] s rivers. Some burn in wrought-iron braziers,  others   _____  in baskets. The experience is intoxicating and nearly      
[003] kable, made monstrous by  preservation. The body parts  _____ , drained of blood and  drained  of story, too: who wer     
[004] th the key dropped on to his  knees, and then began to  _____  a metre above the floor.  The other man was still in t     


	
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[001] ss. I saw Joseph by the back door,  caught hold of the  _____  he was carrying, and ran with it to the  gate. But the     
[002] t was raining hard now. I pulled  my chair  close to a  _____ , and put  sandwiches, books,  ashtray, gun and flashli     
[003] ealized it was Mr Mybug.  He had climbed  halfway up a  _____ -post in order to get a better view of the  guests. He      
[004] d. 'Don't  wake the children.'  There was only one oil  _____  burning, so Lemick and the  two other men used their t     
[005]  light moving on  the ceiling. It may have been from a  _____  outside, but in my  nervous  state I did not think of      
[006] o tired.  She looked around the room: a bed, a desk, a  _____ . She  wanted a bath, but she had no towel. She wasn't      
[007] ill see it  yourself, tonight!' he cried, picking up a  _____  from the table.  'Come: it is your own work. Why shoul     
[008] They walked softly, as  people always do at night. The  _____  made strange shadows  on the wall and stairs.  When th     
[009] and stairs.  When they reached the top, Dorian put the  _____  down on the  floor. He took the key out of his pocket      
[010] nfluenced my life more than you think.' Taking  up the  _____ , he opened the door and went in. . Cold air  passed be     
[011]  the door behind you,' he whispered, as he placed the   _____  on the table.  Hallward looked around the room in surp     
[012]  age and corruption. But who had  done it? He held the  _____  up to the picture. In the left hand  corner was his na     
[013] chair by the table and put his face in his  hands. The  _____  fell to the floor and went out.  'Good God, Dorian! Wh     
[014] a policeman walking down the street. He was  shining a  _____  in all the houses.  Closing the window, he went back i     
[015] e out of his life. That was  enough.  He picked up the  _____  and walked out of the room, locking  the door behind h     
[016]   beautiful again.  He would go and look.  He took the  _____  from the table and went upstairs. As he  opened the do     
[017] e began  laughing. It was dark now. Mr Haddy brought a  _____ . I stood  watching with Jerry.  Father was still laugh     
[018] nthusiastic.  'Come with me,' she said, taking a dirty  _____  and leading  him upstairs again. 'Your bed is in the s     
[019]  was  left alone in the shop full of coins. He put the  _____  down and  looked around him. The shapes of the black b     
[020] w.  'Now listen,' whispered Sikes to Oliver. He took a  _____  from  his pocket and lit it. 'I am going to put you th     
[021] ck and  lifted  Oliver through the window.  'Take this  _____ ,' he said.' Can you see the stairs?' 'Yes,'  whispered     
[022] ack.' Frightened by this  loud cry, Oliver dropped his  _____ .  A light appeared at the top of the stairs, and he sa     
[023] le, looking at the  piece of paper by the light of his  _____ .  Hello.' said a voffice from an old empty house.' Com     
[024]  rather heavy, self-confident man. He was  carrying  a  _____  which he placed on the table. The light woke up the  s     
[025] . Meanwhile, he put  the picture on the table, lit the  _____  because it was now  getting dark, and made the tea.  W     


	
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[001] 628 by Cossacks who built a prison on a Yenisei River   _____   called Krasny Yar. A city grew up around the prison,      
[002]  from  the  Solent: Calshot Activities Centre, Calshot  _____ , Fawley,  Southampton SO45 1BR (01703 892077). Island