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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] ough she was still angry with him for the  proud, over- _____  way in which he had proposed, her  anger turned agains     
[002] iour.  Elizabeth was quite disgusted by their relaxed,  _____   appearance, and determined not to show any interest w     
[003] o liked Lucretia's warm smile, her green eyes and her   _____  English. . She talked so quickly that Ikuko could  har     
[004] hool had a swimming pool and in six  months she was as  _____  in water as on land.  She soon moved from the swimming     
[005] ducation to get!' Mary  sounded so certain. She was so  _____  and sure aboUt  what she wanted in life, and I felt re     
[006]  and Emma was happy to see  Harriet looking pretty and  _____  when she came into the  room. Frank spoke to Jane for      
[007] pment and armor. The Germans were not as good as  the   _____  Roman army and fina11y they began to tire.  Maximus sa     
[008] his method of attack.  He chose the strongest and most  _____  man first. When  that man went down, the others would      
[009] and fast.  Maximus was the younger man and he was very  _____ .  He believed that he would not be killed that day.  A     
[010] hool; and the other boys thought so, too. I felt very   _____  of my power. If I wanted something to happen, it  sure     
[011] r  husband's for advice.  The friend was the handsome,  _____  lawyer who had  been Zhivago's advisor: Victor Ippolit     
[012]  into the room. It was a  handsome, rather heavy, self- _____  man. He was  carrying  a lamp which he placed on the t     
[013] Memnon and his  knowledge of Greece, they did not feel  _____  that they  could fight a war successfully against the      
[014] ly that the ordinary Macedonian  soldiers were feeling  _____  before the battle.  The following morning Alexander sp     
[015]  with bungee cords to the  top of  my backpack - I was  _____  that technology would triumph.  Shaken but still optim     
[016] . 'I think we've had a  good week of practice and feel  _____  we're going to play  well,' Turner said. 'I don't know     
[017] t of the time, both (Jim) Clay and (Larry) Coburn are   _____  the deer they shoot will succumb quickly and  relative     
[018] ings. If your  house is  large, it means you are quite  _____ , with a high opinion of  yourself. If it is filled wit     
[019] ited about your future. If you want to swim, you feel   _____   and want to take risks. If the water is a stagnant  p     
[020] how good are they  at  doing those things, and are you  _____  that they're keeping  up  with their  school peers? B:     
[021]  removed the sleeping  child  from his bed. Police are  _____  that the  kidnappers will  soon  make contact and ask      
[022] ng,  no one will tell you. After three years I am more  _____ .  Academic qualifications are really important. I chos     
[023]  Britain than  anywhere  else. The French are the most  _____  they teach traditional  subjects well while the Swedes     
[024] communications - I  can  now give a presentation, feel  _____  in an interview and  write  a CV. And I very much enjo     
[025] o worked with six children  at a  time. Rebecca was so  _____  with her maths; she is less  so  now.' Parent quoted i     


	
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[001]  front of daytime telly while her kids systematically   _____  the house around her. (Probably in retaliation for all     
[002]  lawn. I  went after it, hoping that the others in the  _____  were dead.  I was about ten yards behind the running m     
[003] future than twenty years  more of it. I'm not going to  _____  that!'  She shook her head slowly, looking at me with      
[004] ormy  wind was blowing, and in the garden I passed the  _____  of  the great  tree. Then suddenly I saw him riding to     
[005] imes, and although I lived, I was  nothing more than a  _____  in a wheel-chair. 'Don't take so  much of the drugs,'      


	
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[001]  fifty pounds! No, Kitty, I have at  last learnt to be  _____ , and you will feel the eects of it. No  officer may ev     
[002] tical calculation that makes him at times appear  more  _____  than Portillo about how far and how fast the  Conserva     
[003]  his own'. Some liberal Catholics are  more  wary. 'Be  _____  about the level of substantial change that  would take     
[004] nfield  Hall was completely silent again, there  was a  _____  knock on my door.  'Are you awake, Jane?' asked the vo     
[005] ack in my wheel-  chair again.  Hymorell had been very  _____  and clever. He must have  seen the extra wires to the      
[006] y daughters - and could say more about this, but I  am  _____  of saying too much too soon. But I would like to  say      
[007]  fifty pounds! No, Kitty, I have at  last learnt to be  _____ , and you will feel the eects of it. No  officer may ev     


	
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[001] g of olive oil, shallots and balsamic vinegar and  the  _____  Brie he rings with pears. He has added new  appetizers     
[002] y busy woman. I  think you should  cook  for yourself.  _____  potatoes are very easy! Another idea  would  be for yo     
[003] les with a  mashed potato  and cheese crust on top and  _____  in the  oven. B:  Great idea. Have we got  everything      
[004] and  whole wheat bread. During the bread  strike  Paul  _____  the most beautiful bread!  Quite often Paul  comes wit     
[005]  rather shaky on her  legs, so the captain carried her  _____  meat and potatoes  home for her! Cranford people did n     
[006] everal customers that  afternoon got tears with  their  _____  potatoes.  Hammersmith phoned Nudger that evening.  'C     
[007]  from London. Chairs and tables were moved, bread  was  _____ , flowers were arranged in vases,  and at half-past eig     
[008] ry day the sun shone on  the green  fields, the white,  _____  roads, and the  cool, dark woods. One evening, after A     


	
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[001] ughout Southeast Asia, felling currencies and markets   _____ .  Just this week, Malaysia curbed the selling of stock     
[002] rs of the avant and the  somewhat  more arriere gardes  _____  can refine their definitions at the  seventh annual Ta     
[003] ave become a  lightning  rod for lenders and creditors  _____ , and seem likely to  provoke  an all-out lobbying batt     
[004] ration was asked. His reply: 'No, all Bic  Biros  are   _____ , and people soon get used to their new one'. In  1948      
[005] eans to make them  look  'interesting'. Boys and girls  _____  wore a string of beads  around  their necks.  They use     
[006]  people over  forty, say that  these  groups all sound  _____  - would you agree with that? P:  Oh no,  I  disagree c     
[007]  be honest with you,' Len said. 'Me and Curtis looked   _____ . So,  to confuse any witnesses if  we got caught, I us     
[008] . woman's nonsense,' said Seth softly. 'Women are  all  _____ , always making' a fuss over this an'  that, making' me     
[009] t recognize you,' said Mr Prendergast. People look  so  _____  in those clothes. This is most disturbing,  Pennyfeath     


	
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[001] ct of keeping the Trie-related donations  quiet was to  _____  until late in the election cycle the  controversy over     
[002] on clothing this year, the  State Legislature voted to  _____  a repeal for two years.  But  shoppers are still getti     
[003] r?' she said, pleasantly. 'Then perhaps we  had better  _____  our walks until the weather  is finer. It would  be sa     
[004] l listen to black opinion. Prime Minister  Vorster can  _____  some problems, but as black voffices  grow louder, he      
[005]  please. You may unfasten your safety belts.  We shall  _____  adjusting the ship's course. You will be  warned when      


	
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[001] y began to build their winter  camp. He was losing all  _____  with Liberius and was  almost sick with worry about hi     
[002] nly  got Liberius's aimless political ideas. Yury lost  _____  and  stood up.  'Why are you putting on your coat? Whe     
[003] ls has  created  a new sensation among Jets followers:  _____ . They know  Parcells knows how to get a team to the Su     
[004] ways  approachable and friendly, he did not extend his  _____  to  suffering fools gladly. After a close marriage of      
[005] m made in the Philippines?'  Why?' Rick was losing his  _____ .  Because they ate dog with rice in the Philippines. I     
[006] ess also the young  That they may carry the  land with  _____ ,  In their youth, bless them.  Bless our eorts  To wor     
[007] ess also the young  That they may carry the  land with  _____ ,  In their youth, bless them.  Bless our eorts  To wor     
[008] d all young ladies are. How do they have the  time and  _____  to learn all these skills?' 'Certainly people  use the     
[009] y began to build their winter  camp. He was losing all  _____  with Liberius and was  almost sick with worry about hi     
[010] nly  got Liberius's aimless political ideas. Yury lost  _____  and  stood up.  'Why are you putting on your coat? Whe     


	
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[001] into the  sitting-room and looked at Komarovsky with a  _____  that he  could not hide. This was the man who had stol     
[002] isogyny, I  dread the  easy cry that it is only my own  _____  of women that blinds me  to  his sin. Perhaps we white     
[003] ' she said, 'and  was told that life is too  short for  _____ . So when he comes to me, I'll forgive him.'  I reached     
[004]  Celia turned to look at me.  There was  such terrible  _____  in  her face that I  desperately wanted to get out of      
[005] thers, his face  wearing an  expression of the deepest  _____ , mixed with a godlike  sorrow and pity. It was an exce     
[006] ame face to face with Biko. He studied  him  with cold  _____ . 'You're lucky, Biko - lucky.'  Biko was still held fi     
[007]  by the two detectives, but he did  not respond to the  _____  in De Wet's voffice. 'I just expect to  be treated in      
[008] ll see how human you are.'  De Wet wanted the depth of  _____  in that threat to be  dearly understood by Biko. He wa     
[009] man shook off Woods' hand and looked at him  with cold  _____ . 'There are no charges,' he said, getting into  the po     
[010]  the community centre, but no one showed any  anger or  _____  towards them. The crowd simply ignored  them, as thoug     
[011]  realized it was nine years  since I had  left it. my   _____  of the Reeds.  .    In that time I had made some frien     
[012] s, gained much self-  confidence, and  finally lost my  _____  of  the Reeds  old friend Bessie again. She had marrie     
[013] .  Poor  woman! She died soon afterwards, keeping her   _____  of me alive in her heart, and  no one at Gateshead cri     
[014] lding looked at the scene and felt  a fierce, hopeless  _____  for the ship and all the inventions  of  men.  Then sh     
[015] into the  sitting-room and looked at Komarovsky with a  _____  that he  could not hide. This was the man who had stol     


	
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[001] o look for Oliver. In clean clothes and with  a little  _____ , she looked very sweet.  'Oh, my poor, dear little bro     
[002] r hair and found a beautifully decorated towel  in her  _____ . Then she set off in search of food, carrying the  tow     
[003] ccoli florets was  brought  to the table, along with a  _____  of bread chunks and long-  handled fondue forks. We th     
[004] you choose  what you want, put it  all in a trolley or  _____ , then take it to the cashier  close to  the exit. The      
[005] ge,  if he didn't like it, it went into the wastepaper  _____  and he  started again.  P: Did he ever meet Sean Conne     
[006] ed them.  They packed soft things at the bottom of the  _____ , and  then put  heavy things on top of them.  Then it      
[007] that the oranges were rats, and he  got into  the food  _____  and killed  three of them.  The packing was completed      
[008] e  seat  and he bent down to get the bottle out of the  _____ . It was at  the  bottom, and he had to bend down, lowe     
[009] into the  bank of the river, and  Harris fell into the  _____ . He stood there on his head, and  he held  on to the s     
[010] . When we got to  Datchet, we took out of the boat the  _____  of food, the two  bags, and  the coats and things. The     
[011] se along the  road.  We did not wait. We picked up the  _____ , the bags and the  coats, and  we ran along the road.      
[012] back along the road. Suddenly Harris sat  down on the   _____ . He said he was not going to move. He  added that it s     
[013] or the  tin opener. We took everything out of the big   _____ . We took everything out of the bags. There was no  tin     
[014] you got a spoon?' Harris asked. 'I need a spoon.'  The  _____  was behind us, and George and I both turned to  get a      
[015] that the oranges were rats, and he  got into the  food  _____  and killed three of them.  Harris in the maze at Hampt     
[016] who were  coming towards them. Each was carrying a big  _____  of  cassava on her head. Ma Blackie called out to them     
[017] rsdays he saw her  at the window in a coat, carrying a  _____ . The next  Thursday, at the same time, he ran down the     
[018] w her buying an egg. She took it carefully  out of the  _____  - a brown egg, a beautiful  one, the one he himself wo     
[019] nd that poor creature some of this  food. We'll pack a  _____ . All those  children will love it. And I'm sure all th     
[020]  to  have some extra food ready. Laura! Get me the big  _____   from the kitchen cupboard.'  'But mother, do you real     
[021] us being  sympathetic.'  Oh well! Laura ran to get the  _____ . Her mother heaped  food into it.  'Take it yourself,      
[022] s,' said Jose.  That was true. Just in time. 'Only the  _____ , then. And  Laura!'  - her mother followed her out of      
[023] iny path and knocked at the door. I'll just leave the   _____   and go, she decided. I won't even wait  for them to e     
[024] , 'I don't want to come in. I only want to leave  this  _____ . Mother sent-'  The little woman in the dark passage s     
[025] an? Why was a stranger standing  in the kitchen with a  _____ ? And more tears fell from those  poor red eyes.  'All