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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]  into the fire. Nancy  went  to the window to open the  _____ .  'Leave it.' shouted Sikes.  'Bill!' said the girl in     
[002]  floor carefully. No.  I  see nothing. What about this  _____ ? You put your clothes  behind it? Perhaps the student      
[003] othes  behind it? Perhaps the student went behind this  _____  when  you came in?' Holmes pulled the                      
[004]                  when  you came in?' Holmes pulled the  _____  open. There were  only a few clothes behind it. Then s     
[005] hings and ran into the bedroom and.  stood behind this  _____ .' 'Really? So you think that while I  was talking to B     
[006] n window. At the last moment her foot  caught in  the   _____  and the window banged shut with a noise like a  gunsho     
[007] om she disowned and  that  he had more mistresses than  _____  calls. Gaia Servadio  has gone  to great lengths to un     
[008]  thin man went white,  and the fat one whistled.'  the  _____  I saw two men in it, one thin, one fatter.  The young      
[009] ready for  tomorrow night. I was just going behind the  _____ , by  mistake, when a gentleman stepped forward.  He as     
[010]  could help me.  He didn't want me to see behind that   _____ , it seemed. So, most politely, he showed me out of  th     
[011] ull and quiet. Mrs Jamieson fell asleep.  Finally, the  _____  went up. We saw, at a little table, a  fantastic-looki     
[012]  who was sitting next to the window, pulled back  the   _____  and looked out into the street. It was still  raining,     
[013] y,'  he said.  Aku-nna hurried to the shelf behind the  _____  and  fetched her mother's best glass. She poured some      
[014] t up. As Grafalk  came through the door at me I tore a  _____  down and  dropped it on  the flame. It caught fire  im     
[015]   the flame. It caught fire  immediately. I waved  the  _____  around like a torch and the other curtains caught  fir     
[016] of an old green tablecloth of the Burnells, and a red   _____  that had belonged to the Logans.  Her hat came from Mi     
[017] n  knees.  I put out my hand and touched a soft, heavy  _____ . Then I  knew where  I was. There were tall, deep wind     
[018] ting  in a corner of one of the window seats, behind a  _____ .  'Aha!' I thought, 'I've caught "Smee"!' So I pulled      
[019] Aha!' I thought, 'I've caught "Smee"!' So I pulled the  _____  to  one  side - and touched a woman's arm.  It was a d     
[020] beside  me on the window seat, shut in between a heavy  _____  and  a window. I  was beginning to enjoy the game. I w     
[021] ps in the passage. Somebody  on the other  side of the  _____  brushed against my knees. The                              
[022]                         brushed against my knees. The   _____  moved to one side, and a woman's hand touched my  shou     
[023] ere with us!' I cried.  'Yes,' agreed Mrs Gorman.  The  _____  was pulled back and we sat looking into the eye  of Re     
[024] ting  room.  'I found the two of them sitting behind a  _____ , on a window  seat,'  said Reggie.  I went up to the t     
[025] dow.  He was delighted to  see a tiny movement of  the  _____  at number 10, opposite. So Anne's bedroom was  being       


	
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[001] ut  those who  starve for new song and dance shows are  _____  to  settling for  second-hand goods in second-rate for     
[002] aptism by  fire, with the press as high priest.' Diana  _____  her  teaching post at a kindergarten and moved into th     
[003] e  replaces the immensely popular Johnnetta Cole, who   _____  after  10 years and will teach at Emory University. Ma     
[004] losophy at  St  Louis University, Missouri. In 1952 he  _____  from St  Louis,  and after a couple of difficult years     
[005]  express trains to that part of the country,  so Flora  _____  herself to a long, dull  journey on several slow  trai     
[006] re agreed at once.  The business was soon arranged. He  _____  all claim to  the church post, and accepted three thou     


	
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[001] d at her face, at her large hat  and at her light blue  _____ . Suddenly I noticed that Trimingham  was following us.     
[002] rything was covered with oil. 'Oh, there's some on my   _____ .  What shall I do? It's a new                              
[003]                         .  What shall I do? It's a new  _____ , too. I've only just bought it,'  she would say. She w     
[004]  said nothing. She ran with wide, long steps,  and her  _____  was moving through the wet earth. It was soon  clear t     
[005] t the night. Another time, Sarah was wearing a  short   _____  in this Malaysian village - she was more daring than m     
[006] er. She  took two headache tablets and put on her best  _____  and her  new pink shirt. Already she could hear the vo     
[007] l these are for you.' They took off her short dancing   _____  and tied a new                                             
[008]                                         and tied a new  _____  round her waist.  Then they took her into a room with      
[009] us - slave-girl!'  spoke: 'Mother, have you got an old  _____  for this slave-girl?  I need this one!' She tore the n     
[010] r this slave-girl?  I need this one!' She tore the new  _____  off Aku-nna's body.  Her mother produced a dirty, torn     
[011] off Aku-nna's body.  Her mother produced a dirty, torn  _____  and stood there  while Aku-nna tied it around her wais     
[012] t last she appeared in  a gold  silk shirt and a white  _____ .  She wore a gold and  diamond necklace and her make-u     
[013] il went, our Else followed, holding  a  piece of Lil's  _____  in her hand. In the  playground or on the road to or f     
[014] . When she wanted something, our Else pulled on  Lil's  _____ , and Lil stopped and turned around. The Kelveys  alway     
[015]  at her very doubtfully. But then our Else  pulled her  _____  again. Lil stepped forwards.  Like two little lost cat     
[016] red-faced and  ashamed, with our Else hanging onto her  _____ .  'Bad, disobedient little girl!' Aunt Beryl said bitt     
[017] must have a needle and cotton! I've torn miles off my   _____ !' screamed a third.  Then a voffice said, 'Pass them a     
[018] must  have looked funny, with my hand rolled up  in my  _____  and my hair sticking out all over my head. People  mus     
[019] large double bed,  and all she was  wearing was a grey  _____ . He could not take his eyes off her  beautiful  body.      
[020] she  laughed. 'Be a  darling, and help me  fasten this  _____ .'  He managed to do it, his hands clumsy and trembling     
[021] said.  A little boy ran to her side, holding on to her  _____  and  staring shyly at the white man. 'I'm Steve's wife     
[022] he church.  The little boy, still holding his mother's  _____ , smiled at  Woods.  'And who is this one?' Woods asked     
[023] e sea.  She changed into her swimming things, put on a  _____ , picked  up her artificial gill and left the room.  Sh     
[024]  the water, and I was glad I'd decided to wear  a long  _____  with my bikini top. The soft material was blowing  aro     
[025] 'Hi,' he said, and to my pleasure, I saw him notice my  _____   and bikini top. .  'What are you up to all alone?' I      


	
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[001] s led there now by Quintus and the royal guards.  They  _____  his chains to the elevator and Quintus himself  checke     
[002] notices it first. 3 Keep your garage door closed  and   _____ ,  keep all downstairs windows locked, and secure any l     
[003] e a vehicle in this country without a seatbelt on  and  _____ ?' he asked.  ***   One hot sunny day in July, a  tramp     
[004] y  to  our conversations, keeping her  big clear eyes   _____  on our lips. Her love for Jim surrounded him  complete     
[005] this.  So he walked on. And when presently an icy hand  _____   itself upon his heart, he did not pause or  show any      
[006] ad to put the  cover on.  George took one end, and  he  _____  it over the  front of the boat. Harris stood in the mi     
[007]  dropped for a moment, and the window  banged shut and  _____  itself. Parkins lit the candles and  looked to see wha     
[008] , she lifted the  sleeping Samora on to the papers and  _____  the extra  nappy on. Samora did not wake.  At the wind     
[009]  found his or her compa  rtment and crawled into it. I  _____   myself into my compartment. Its plastic walls filled      
[010] ' The Pilot officer sat down in the control  chair and  _____  his belt. Captain Winters switched on the  public addr     
[011] e must put the ship straight now.'  He turned away and  _____  his own safety belt. Then he  switched on the screen i     
[012] s led there now by Quintus and the royal guards.  They  _____  his chains to the elevator and Quintus himself  checke     


	
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[001] nd him, but he  continued fighting. He found the Roman  _____ , still in the hand  of a dead soldier, and held it hig     
[002] aw  something. Over a hill, he could just see a battle  _____ , coming  from their direction. He shouted with excitem     
[003]  happiness and ran out of the field. He ran toward the  _____ ,  calling, "Father! Father!" The woman, too, looked to     
[004] , "Father! Father!" The woman, too, looked toward the   _____ . But there was something about it that worried her.  S     
[005]  the message must be one 25 word because there  was no  _____ . In this word I have got the E s coming second  and fo     
[006]  in Afghanistan still went into battle  carrying a red  _____  which, according to their legends, had  belonged to Al     
[007] otest against police brutality began waving a Jamaican  _____   an  inch from his nose.  "K. K. K., go away!" screame     
[008] ne of the buildings and held her  torch up high like a  _____ . 'They're in there, waiting for the  sign,' she whispe     
[009] ty marquee.  'Have a sandwich, Daddy dear. I wrote the  _____ .'  'Thanks.' Mr Sheridan took a bite and the sandwich      
[010] ion? It's there on the  right.'  Woods saw the British  _____  and began to run towards the  building. He ran up the      
[011] rom crime, I  used my share to buy a pub, the Lamb and  _____  in south  London. It was a comfortable life my wife ma     
[012] So  he  came here.'  Paul told them about the Lamb and  _____  in south London.  Do you think that story's true, or y     
[013] nd him, but he  continued fighting. He found the Roman  _____ , still in the hand  of a dead soldier, and held it hig     
[014] aw  something. Over a hill, he could just see a battle  _____ , coming  from their direction. He shouted with excitem     
[015]  happiness and ran out of the field. He ran toward the  _____ ,  calling, "Father! Father!" The woman, too, looked to     
[016] , "Father! Father!" The woman, too, looked toward the   _____ . But there was something about it that worried her.  S     
[017]  the message must be one 25 word because there  was no  _____ . In this word I have got the E s coming second  and fo     
[018]  in Afghanistan still went into battle  carrying a red  _____  which, according to their legends, had  belonged to Al     


	
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[001] ns were charged to Alan Mills, a pitcher who still can  _____   of  having allowed the opposition to score in only 3      
[002]  belief  in  quack remedies. When a prime minister can  _____  with  know-nothing  glee of 'understanding a little le     
[003] m agreeing with you about ladies in general. I  cannot  _____  of knowing more than six who are really  accomplished.     


	
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[001] cals  inside Fat Boy are dangerous. But if they didn't  _____   when  I was putting them in, they won't                   
[002]                when  I was putting them in, they won't  _____  now.' We waited.  Smoke started to come out of the top     
[003]  a  station or airport - it could be a  bomb  ready to  _____ !  ***   Businessman:  Hello. Could I speak to  Miss  A     
[004] h aching eyes and a bad  back. And my  head's going to  _____ !'  He was about the same age as me, and wore big black     
[005] ntists have just  discovered that your sun is going to  _____   three days from now - in seventy-four hours, to be ex     
[006] d was this  hallucination on details?  If the sun does  _____ ,' he asked, what would happen?'  Your planet would be      
[007] n! It disappointed the War  office people, as it won't  _____ . Now they're asking each  other what's the purpose of      
[008] someone had invented an underground bomb that did not   _____  until the seventh enemy lorry had gone over it. It  ga     
[009] ssian bomb had hit a Gergely utca  building; it didn't  _____ , but it destroyed the cellar, killing a  young mother      
[010] ing above the cellar shop in Gergely urea.  It  didn't  _____ , but it was heavy enough to destroy the cellar.  And s     
[011] cals  inside Fat Boy are dangerous. But if they didn't  _____   when  I was putting them in, they won't                   
[012]                when  I was putting them in, they won't  _____  now.' We waited.  Smoke started to come out of the top     


	
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[001]  five feet tall. It was bright and  strong and full of  _____ . I could almost see the                                    
[002]                               . I could almost see the  _____  that was  rising in it.  Atropa belladonna, the deadly     
[003] g out blankets and apples. Mordecai  was pouring fruit  _____  into paper cups and talking all the  time. A line wait     
[004] d.  "In a car," he whispered back. "You got more apple  _____ ?"  "Sure." I went to the kitchen and got him a cup of      
[005] ure." I went to the kitchen and got him a cup of apple  _____   and more cookies.  The mother was sleeping again. Lik     
[006] sed nets to keep the mosquitoes  away, but we used the  _____  of leaves.  One day Alice was worried about Drainy pla     
[007] nd the mosquitoes came out.  Jerry and I used the leaf  _____  to keep them away, but Father  said, 'If you're fright     
[008] urse found  him next morning. She gave him some orange  _____  and took  him to Ricky's room. 'Or Greenway is here,'      
[009] es  mixed with white wine, Kirschwasser liqueur, lemon  _____ ,  minced  garlic and spices. She tossed the combinatio     
[010] olts surging through that line.  Electricity. Poisoned  _____ . Silent death. Kelly can't forget.  His job takes him      
[011]  footmen, there was a four-  poster  bed, fresh orange  _____  and croissants in the morning - and a  fresh copy of t     
[012]  Welfare State, bred on 'all that free milk and orange  _____  and  cod liver oil'. But she was also a child of the f     
[013] juicy that she  had to take two bites of each one. The  _____  ran all over her  fingers. While she was eating them,      
[014] lock,  Mrs Beetle, will you kindly bring up some fruit  _____ . At half-  past four you may bring up tea and cake.  I     
[015] valina, their black servant, brought a glass of orange  _____   for Wendy and put it down on the table. Then she went     
[016] be champagne-cup you know, champagne mixed  with fruit  _____  and will you also help the men to put up the  tea-tent     
[017] he walls.  Vitjord offered Monika a drink.  'An orange  _____ , please,' she replied.  'Nothing stronger?' Virjord as     
[018] waited.  'Would you like some more coee, or a glass of  _____ ,  perhaps?' she said, standing up.  'No, that's fine,      
[019] eakfast.  Joyce wasn't hungry but she drank the orange  _____ . The sun  moved around the walls of the hospital room.     
[020]  to someone on her mobile phone. I bought some  orange  _____  and mineral water and went out to where the car  was s     
[021] ht anyway?' Jennifer poured herself a glass of orange   _____  with a slightly shaking hand. 'Oh,' she said, 'here an     
[022] a satisfied little smile and drank some of her orange   _____ , looking at me across the table through her sunglasses     
[023] er direction  and narrowly missing her glass of orange  _____ .  'Mary's just given it to me.' Jennifer looked at the     
[024]  picked up her  glass again and drank some more of the  _____ .  I looked at her, tapping my fingers on the table imp     
[025]   replaced it in the envelope and picked up her orange  _____   once again, her face looking very pale.  I felt like      


	
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[001] til they're  out there." He pulled a sword down from a  _____ . "Push this  into another man and the crowd will, chee     
[002] ied a stick under his arm. He had taken a book from a   _____  in front of the shop and he stood reading it.  Oliver      
[003] ly, which  has  unfortunately grown in tandem with her  _____  space in the  Library  of Congress. * I am married to      
[004] unsuspecting minor happen upon it on some  supermarket  _____ .  "Children and their parents in grocery  stores  shou     
[005]  saw  had been  cleaned properly. Every hard surface -  _____ , table - was dusty  enough  to write your name on with     
[006]  big  reader, too: when she gets a  book down from the  _____ , she usually reads it all  in one  sitting.  ***   She     
[007]  it opened.  There were a lot of things inside. On one  _____  there were  some matches, and I used them to look more     
[008]  I used them to look more closely. At the  back of one  _____  was a strong wooden box. I broke it open  and found, t     
[009] nife he kept  touching.  The place he chose was a wide  _____  of rock above the hut. I  sat down  at the back of it.     
[010] o eat some hard bread. Then we climbed up to the rock   _____  where  I had been with  Lambis the day before. It  too     
[011] mbis.'  But it was too late. He was coming towards the  _____   where we lay. Suddenly he stopped. He had seen the hu     
[012] Silence.  Then, suddenly, he was there, just below the  _____ . I  closed my eyes and waited until I heard him move a     
[013] thes aimed his gun at Mark.  He was coming towards the  _____  where we lay.  So this was Sofia. She looked so poor.      
[014] rary to read about  it. I took the book o  the library  _____ , and I began to read. After some time, I  turned over      
[015] g to Find out,' said Williams,  taking a book from the  _____ . If you  look at the back, you'll see it's Something H     
[016] usly. 'I'm thirsty,'  he said.  Aku-nna hurried to the  _____  behind the curtain and  fetched her mother's best glas     
[017] ng - the bowl of eggs, the cups and  the teapot on the  _____ , the books and the  lamp on the table. There was a red     
[018] ers in  Anne's desk. Then he  noticed she had a whole   _____  of books by classical writers, arranged in alphabetica     
[019]  the room. Looking inside the curtains I saw a  little  _____  full of books, just under the window. I put my candle      
[020] s, just under the window. I put my candle  down on the  _____ , and dropped thankfully on to the bed. I  closed the c     
[021] of burning. My candle had fallen on to a  Bible on the  _____  and was burning it. When I opened the  Bible to see if     
[022] There were all sorts of things here sixteen pipes on a  _____ ,  a walking stick and an umbrella in a corner, a typew     
[023] man, of course. By the way, those are my pipes on the   _____ . Remind me to show them to you after dinner.'  At this     
[024]   but it was clean and tidy.  On one wall there was a   _____  with forty or fifty books on it. I looked at them. Som     
[025]  loudly in  Russian. Ashton put  his book back on the   _____  and left the shop  immediately. He walked around the s