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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] rooms are  in cold  basements, where  the beds are too  _____  to sleep in. Not one room we saw  had been  cleaned pr     
[002] ink the winters are fairly  quiet. It's quite cold and  _____  for winter camping in this  climate, and there's  not      
[003] ly to hide. 3) Peeling paintwork  and the odd patch of  _____  may not look pretty, but don't get  too  het-up. If th     
[004] ! No, sir, I  won't  let you risk your life in an old,  _____  bed.'  The landlady was obviously curious to see the i     
[005] n began to fall. Then, as he climbed higher,  a thick,  _____  mist came down and covered everything.  Soon  the mist     
[006] r than  outside. The air inside the coach smelt heavy,  _____   and... dead. I looked around at the other passengers      
[007] s still  sti with cold and tiredness, and the strange,  _____  smell  inside the  coach was making me feel sick too.      
[008] for the  strange  smell. Everything was dirty, old and  _____ . The floor  was almost breaking away under my feet. I      
[009] reenish light shone from their  terrible faces.  Their  _____  hair smelt of death. Their clothes smelt of  the grave     
[010] ill. She didn't answer.  Nudger stood up and wiped his  _____  forehead with the  back of his hand.  He felt hot and      
[011] re the huge bull, Big  Business, lived alone in  warm,  _____  darkness.  The farmhouse was a long, low building, whi     
[012] ken but  musical as flowing water,  hung in the thick,  _____  air.  The three other cows, Pointless, Aimless, and Ho     
[013] warn you - I'm - in have very few defences against-'  ' _____  weather?' she said, pleasantly. 'Then perhaps we  had      
[014] into the large room in the West Tower. It is a little   _____ , but I dare say Diana will arrange for a fire to be li     
[015] ch the doctor. You must wipe  away the blood  with the  _____  cloth, like this, and help him  to drink a  little wat     
[016] or,  but this time the air was cold and the ground was  _____ .  Next day I  walked from house to house again, lookin     
[017] tart, and the wonderful smell from the wet  leaves and  _____  ground instantly began to work its magic on  me again.     
[018] rooms are  in cold  basements, where  the beds are too  _____  to sleep in. Not one room we saw  had been  cleaned pr     
[019] ink the winters are fairly  quiet. It's quite cold and  _____  for winter camping in this  climate, and there's  not      
[020] ly to hide. 3) Peeling paintwork  and the odd patch of  _____  may not look pretty, but don't get  too  het-up. If th     
[021] ! No, sir, I  won't  let you risk your life in an old,  _____  bed.'  The landlady was obviously curious to see the i     
[022] n began to fall. Then, as he climbed higher,  a thick,  _____  mist came down and covered everything.  Soon  the mist     
[023] r than  outside. The air inside the coach smelt heavy,  _____   and... dead. I looked around at the other passengers      
[024] s still  sti with cold and tiredness, and the strange,  _____  smell  inside the  coach was making me feel sick too.      
[025] for the  strange  smell. Everything was dirty, old and  _____ . The floor  was almost breaking away under my feet. I      


	
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[001] s and grabbing 9 rebounds;  Weatherspoon captained the  _____ , dishing out 5 assists,  and  Hampton took over on the     
[002] aying power, speed and a knack for big  plays  on both  _____  and defense, the Hokies pounded Rutgers,  59-19,  befo     
[003] season with a  44-0 loss at Princeton. Virginia Tech's  _____  scored  touchdowns  on two 80-yard plays - an 80-yard      
[004] ow. OUTLOOK: Last year the Giants  were  last in total  _____ , passing, third-down efficiency and yards  per play. U     
[005]  Frerotte has  been handed the reigns to the team. The  _____ 's  consistency is  its biggest asset.    The psycholog     
[006] g  a pair of waiver-wire defensive tackles. There's an  _____   that  hasn't looked sharp. Coach Norv Turner believes     
[007] s and grabbing 9 rebounds;  Weatherspoon captained the  _____ , dishing out 5 assists,  and  Hampton took over on the     


	
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[001] d. There was nothing to see  except mile after mile of  _____  grass, with  the occasional purple flower or grey-gree     
[002] could hear the two younger ones laughing  at Hareton's  _____  way of speaking. I began to dislike  Linton rather tha     
[003] irt, with a few  spoons and bowls on it. A pot full of  _____   porridge hung over the  ?re, and, looking moodily dow     
[004] ning to feel  he's quite right. I suppose I'm a pretty  _____  sort of chap.  I don't know anything about art, and I      
[005] most of the day sewing postmen's  bags, made of thick,  _____  material, but Paul did not  consider this diicult or u     
[006] nd bag.  Paul noticed for the first time how rough and  _____  his  hands had become. For a moment neither of them sp     
[007]  I thought, 'he could never love anyone as  plain  and  _____  as she is. But then, I'm not beautiful  either, and I      
[008] as she  found that Bertha and I had nothing in common   _____  and stupid her madness also made her violent. I  lived     
[009] d. There was nothing to see  except mile after mile of  _____  grass, with  the occasional purple flower or grey-gree     
[010] could hear the two younger ones laughing  at Hareton's  _____  way of speaking. I began to dislike  Linton rather tha     
[011] irt, with a few  spoons and bowls on it. A pot full of  _____   porridge hung over the  ?re, and, looking moodily dow     
[012] ning to feel  he's quite right. I suppose I'm a pretty  _____  sort of chap.  I don't know anything about art, and I      
[013] most of the day sewing postmen's  bags, made of thick,  _____  material, but Paul did not  consider this diicult or u     
[014] nd bag.  Paul noticed for the first time how rough and  _____  his  hands had become. For a moment neither of them sp     
[015]  I thought, 'he could never love anyone as  plain  and  _____  as she is. But then, I'm not beautiful  either, and I      
[016] as she  found that Bertha and I had nothing in common   _____  and stupid her madness also made her violent. I  lived     


	
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[001] e trip at six in the morning, and left  camp with two   _____  carrying our equipment. It was hot, but Kamal  made me     
[002] oos in  North  America and Europe. We climbed onto the  _____ ' backs  to get a  better  view, but it is unusual to f     
[003]  teeth,  but I  managed to pull Kamal away. One of our  _____  ran  at  the tiger and made it  go back into the grass     
[004]   plane'.  ***   You want your children to see lions,   _____ , kangaroos, and all  the animals from the farthest  co     
[005] sorry I'm reading, ". . . two hundred and fifty  wild   _____ , twenty-five to thirty tigers, eight hundred species       
[006] sia; and Indians, riding their enormous,  armoured war  _____ . It seemed that no one could stop  the march of this e     
[007] hurt any horses that  ran at the enemy lines. They saw  _____ , a frightening  sight for men who had never met such e     
[008] turned right to an area where  there were no spears or  _____ . Darius's horsemen from  the centre rushed to meet the     
[009] s line. Alexander  attacked at this point, passing the  _____  and going  straight towards the chariot of the Persian     
[010] kings asked to be his allies  and sent him twenty-five  _____  to use in battle. But other  tribes were not as welcom     
[011] t. He positioned his  army and more than a hundred war  _____  on the far bank  of the River Hydaspes. Alexander's ho     
[012] iver Hydaspes. Alexander's horses were frightened  of   _____ , and because it was the rainy season the river was  ve     
[013] es away.  At the front of Porus's battle line were the  _____ .  Alexander's friends' Hephaistion and Perdiccas led       
[014]  led  horsemen to the far left of the line, beyond the  _____ , and  Porus men moved to meet their attack. Then Alexa     
[015] in a state of confusion, and many  fighters used their  _____  for protection. While  Alexander's archers shot at the     
[016] for protection. While  Alexander's archers shot at the  _____  drivers, his foot  soldiers cut at their legs. The         
[017]     drivers, his foot  soldiers cut at their legs. The  _____  went mad, picking  men up and throwing them violently      
[018]  and fight the powerful King of Maghada and  his 4,000  _____ .  Alexander was not especially worried by this news. H     
[019]  not especially worried by this news. He had  defeated  _____  before, and destroyed an empire greater  than Maghada'     
[020] y of the soldiers leaders and they were thrown to  the  _____ . It was agreed that rule would be shared  between Roxa     
[021] t Alexander had  conquered in India; they received 500  _____  for them.  Many years later, these lands were reconque     
[022]  computer and replaced the  armadillo with some wooden  _____ . A portrait of James  Michael  Curley, the notorious "     
[023] e trip at six in the morning, and left  camp with two   _____  carrying our equipment. It was hot, but Kamal  made me     
[024] oos in  North  America and Europe. We climbed onto the  _____ ' backs  to get a  better  view, but it is unusual to f     
[025]  teeth,  but I  managed to pull Kamal away. One of our  _____  ran  at  the tiger and made it  go back into the grass     


	
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[001] es where famous Disney movies were  made, such  as the  _____  in  'Sleeping Beauty' where the seven dwarves  mined       
[002] egan writing poetry it was kind of like going  into  a  _____ . But I did hear news of her through mutual friends.  A     
[003] horrible monsters  around us.  We are hiding in a dark  _____ . There are nine hundred and  sixty -  four of us. Ther     
[004]  We walked along the  bottom  of  the cli, and found a  _____ , which went a long way into the cli  and to both sides     
[005] a long way into the cli  and to both sides. Again, the  _____  was very regular in shape  and  height. Perhaps the ma     
[006] afe from monsters like the one that  killed Sunss. The  _____  is too narrow for those huge paws to  reach inside.  L     
[007]  has gone.  While Iss had taken a group to explore the  _____ , the rest of  us  were on guard at the entrance. We co     
[008] nly lighter and the  ground shook. I looked out of the  _____ , and saw something  that I  can still hardly believe.      
[009] e with Iss returned with a dreadful story. Behind the   _____  they had found a large number of wide tunnels, full of     
[010] gests  carrying a copy of your medical records.    THE  _____  I gazed up at during my visit to the bizarre Turkish       
[011] ks forbidding and  unapproachable. I wondered what the  _____  must feel like  from  inside, and briefly considered t     
[012] d and  modern  for my taste, but it is built in a faux- _____  style many guests  find charming.    So they say in No     
[013] plug my  fax-  modem into the jack at the corner of my  _____ . Or better yet,  I'd  trot my floppy down to the local     
[014] es where famous Disney movies were  made, such  as the  _____  in  'Sleeping Beauty' where the seven dwarves  mined       
[015] egan writing poetry it was kind of like going  into  a  _____ . But I did hear news of her through mutual friends.  A     
[016] horrible monsters  around us.  We are hiding in a dark  _____ . There are nine hundred and  sixty -  four of us. Ther     
[017]  We walked along the  bottom  of  the cli, and found a  _____ , which went a long way into the cli  and to both sides     
[018] a long way into the cli  and to both sides. Again, the  _____  was very regular in shape  and  height. Perhaps the ma     
[019] afe from monsters like the one that  killed Sunss. The  _____  is too narrow for those huge paws to  reach inside.  L     
[020]  has gone.  While Iss had taken a group to explore the  _____ , the rest of  us  were on guard at the entrance. We co     
[021] nly lighter and the  ground shook. I looked out of the  _____ , and saw something  that I  can still hardly believe.      
[022] e with Iss returned with a dreadful story. Behind the   _____  they had found a large number of wide tunnels, full of     


	
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[001] tionwide,  including well-known places like New York's  _____  Asian  Repertory,  San Diego's Asian American Repertor     
[002] s a kind of bean ball mixed with herbs and  fried in a  _____  until it's crispy. To drink, one of the best  things i     
[003] . 'It's white on both sides '  'Heat some ammonia in a  _____  and hold the paper over the  top. Don't get  it wet. J     
[004] to Samantha's house at about six o'clock with a  cheap  _____   and two bottles of  ammonia. I was very tired  and I      
[005] I opened the windows. Then I put more ammonia into the  _____   and began  to heat it on the  cooker. I held the piec     
[006] it on the  cooker. I held the piece of  paper over the  _____  and watched George's letter appear.  The letter was wr     
[007] remy, it's my fault.  I held a piece of paper over the  _____  and watched George's  letter  appear.  You know everyt     
[008] d do and to get you interested. Then  Harris  packed a  _____  on top of a  tomato and... well,  they had to pick out     
[009] n't eat,' he said, 'and they die.'  So we gave him the  _____ , and all the eggs which had not  broken. 'Go on,  then     
[010] lly, he managed to get about six  of the eggs into the  _____ . Then he sat down and started to  cook them. 6  It see     
[011] ed to be very diicult work. Whenever he went near  the  _____ , he  burnt himself. Then he dropped everything,  and d     
[012]  the  eggs.  Once Montmorency went and looked into the  _____ , but he  burnt himself.  Then he started dancing and s     
[013] help to wash the plates and things.' So I cleaned the   _____  with  some wood and grass - and George's wet shirt.  T     
[014] interesting, and we could put everything into one big   _____   together. George said he would show us how to do  it.     
[015] so we  washed  about six more. Then we put them in the  _____   without doing anything else to them. We also put in s     
[016] We did not  know if he  really wanted to put it in the  _____ , or if he  wanted to tell us what he thought about the     
[017] hat. . . ten  years after I'd left Wales. So Megan was  _____  of my past                                                 
[018]                                             of my past  _____   of another life.' Huw stood up and looked out of the      
[019] y dierences between them, but Huw knew that  Megan was  _____  of the problem. Josie always thought he  loved Megan m     
[020]  to eat the heavy nshima.  Flour and water cooked in a  _____  over the fire. But the  children loved it and so did B     
[021] tionwide,  including well-known places like New York's  _____  Asian  Repertory,  San Diego's Asian American Repertor     
[022] s a kind of bean ball mixed with herbs and  fried in a  _____  until it's crispy. To drink, one of the best  things i     
[023] . 'It's white on both sides '  'Heat some ammonia in a  _____  and hold the paper over the  top. Don't get  it wet. J     
[024] to Samantha's house at about six o'clock with a  cheap  _____   and two bottles of  ammonia. I was very tired  and I      
[025] I opened the windows. Then I put more ammonia into the  _____   and began  to heat it on the  cooker. I held the piec     


	
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[001]  ') Favorable book review.    Adam Worth, the greatest  _____  of the 19th century, could  have  furnished the basis      
[002] on of Crime-The Life and Times of Adam Worth,  Master   _____ ,' British journalist Ben Macintyre has given him a  bi     
[003] s by Vermeer and  Rembrandt. Mr.  Connor, a career art  _____ , helped recover both a $1 million  Rembrandt stolen fr     
[004] oods in the boot.  Ensure that nothing is visible to a  _____   who may be walking  by.  5 Take care with your luggag     
[005] n  your  wallet, purse, or handbag - anyone could be a  _____ . Warn  your  friends to  do the same. Don't let anyone     
[006]   HEADLINE: POST OFFICE ROBBERY Yesterday  afternoon a  _____   stole 500 from a post office in Preston, Lancashire.      
[007] ot of expensive  objects to be worth a burglar's or a   _____ 's attention. Even  poor people can expect a visit from     
[008] he  Rajah cried  out suddenly, 'It's Doramin  who is a  _____ !' His  weak old body shook with anger, and all around      
[009]  Search my  room , you won't Find the money. I'm not a  _____ .'  You were the only one in our dead friend's house la     
[010] e with the door  unlocked. He could not imagine that a  _____  would Find his  way through the mist, rain and darknes     
[011] stolen. Now he was beginning to think more clearly.  A  _____  has been here! If I can Find  him, he'll have to give      
[012] ing the cottage.' He wondered whether it was  really a  _____  who had taken his money,  or whether it was the same c     
[013]  his happiness once. But Silas  preferred to suspect a  _____ , who would perhaps return the  money. He began to thin     
[014] . Silas felt stronger now that he thought he knew the   _____ . I must go and tell the Squire, and  the police!' he s     
[015] g here  drinking with us all evening. So he's  not the  _____ .'  That's right,' said old Mr Macey. You can't accuse      
[016] age door recently. He hoped the  pedlar was indeed the  _____ , because the police could catch  him and make him give     
[017] ar, because so many people  suspected him of being the  _____ . But there was no sign of  him in any of the towns and     
[018] or that someone would come  with information about the  _____ . Tonight was New Year's  Eve,  and the villagers had t     
[019] e he was, in Anne's  house,  hiding in the dark like a  _____  or  a criminal. Why was  he behaving like this? He sho     
[020] i!'  'I don't care who you are,' I told her. 'You're a  _____  and a  murderer.'  Her white face became the face of a     
[021] ly woman opened it, but she must have  thought I was a  _____  or a beggar, because she refused to let  me speak  to      
[022]  agreed  and gave the notes to Hu. Now she felt like a  _____ .  Hu buried the notes right at the bottom of her shoul     
[023] Then he moved along the  line, naming each new slave. " _____ ... murderer.  Suddenly, he stopped and smiled. "Proxim     
[024] aid.  'Had someone been rude him? Had he been called a  _____  or  something?'  'No,' Lord Trimingham said. 'He fough     
[025] d.  'I think it's a woman's footprint,' I said.  'Or a  _____ 's,' Marcus said. 'I'll tell Mother that we've seen a       


	
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[001] the finger at them  until they give in. Make them feel  _____  of themselves.  Make  them regret it! There's no valid     
[002] er  kids my age,' she explains, 'and it made  me  feel  _____ . I really disliked the  way I looked'. Her mother,  Jo     
[003] imes and he wrote a work of  which he was later deeply  _____ , a youthful squib, The  Transformation of Romania (193     
[004] do this  kind of thing, but the captain was not at all  _____  of  himself.  Miss Jenkyns could not forgive Captain B     
[005] er laugh again at her childish pink  ribbons.'  I felt  _____  and spoke to Miss Jessie with twice as  much respect n     
[006] that no reply had ever come from India. I began to  be  _____  of my letter to the Aga Jenkyns,  and was glad I had t     
[007] ng man again, wanting to see him2  @@  angry, unhappy,  _____ . But he looked completely  unworried, and I  couldn't      
[008]   to  understand, then he looked  surprised, and then   _____ . The red of his fair, sunburnt skin deepened  suddenly     
[009] ut Tamb' Itam hesitated.  'Forgive me, Tuan,' he said,  _____ , 'but it is not safe for  me,  your servant, to go amo     
[010] h  'Bad luck,' they said in the weighing room.  I felt  _____  and sat down and stared at the floor. I  wondered if a     
[011] s at the  Red House dance. I don't care if  Godfrey is  _____  of me!' she thought bitterly. I want  people to know w     
[012]  Godfrey! I am sorry!' said Nancy. She understood how   _____  her husband must be. The  Casses were so proud of thei     
[013] is mad adventure - and she thought of Clyde, and felt   _____ .  What's the matter?' asked Leon. Are you cold?' He he     
[014] on.  Well,' he said, we've done it.' He sounded almost  _____ ,  and avoided meeting her eyes.  And now - how long wi     
[015]  that she did mean it,  and for the First time he felt  _____  of  himself. He had never meant to hurt her; he was ve     
[016] ody there.  Twenty minutes later, three figures and an  _____  dog  quietly left the nearest boathouse, and went towa     
[017] s  Townsend had called again though it  made  her feel  _____  and uncomfortable. She announced the  fact very sudden     
[018]   he had left town. I asked no more questions;  I was   _____ . Has he gone to New Orleans?'  Mrs Penniman had not he     
[019] excitement inside him. He had expected to feel rather   _____ , but his visit to Mr Sandal had, in fact, been one of      
[020] nly a girl. Also,  she was too  thin. Her parents were  _____  of their bony,  unhealthy looking daughter. And that w     
[021] before they eat. Go and wash your face.'  Nna-nndo was  _____ . He followed his sister obediently,  looking back long     
[022] ' Chike asked angrily. A boy stood up.  'You should be  _____  of yourself,' said Chike. All the  boys looked uncomfo     
[023] nly the pain became more violent, and she felt  deeply  _____ . She wanted to run away from Chike. How  could she let     
[024] ere out of the  garden in a moment, Lil red-faced and   _____ , with our Else hanging onto her skirt.  'Bad, disobedi     
[025] other's voffice. But it  sounded so silly that she was  _____ , and  asked, just like a little girl, 'Oh, have you co     


	
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[001]  I have, you'd never laugh again at her childish pink   _____ .'  I felt ashamed and spoke to Miss Jessie with twice      
[002] lady in Cranford wearing all the bonnets and caps  and  _____  that were left on her shelves.  And now Miss Betty Bar     
[003]  It's so very strange. I'm  certain that was one of my  _____  on his table just now...'  Suddenly, Miss Matty half-t     
[004] nk, isn't it?'  Yes... This yellow silk will match the  _____  in your new  cap,' I continued quickly, holding it  up     
[005]  I have, you'd never laugh again at her childish pink   _____ .'  I felt ashamed and spoke to Miss Jessie with twice      
[006] lady in Cranford wearing all the bonnets and caps  and  _____  that were left on her shelves.  And now Miss Betty Bar     
[007]  It's so very strange. I'm  certain that was one of my  _____  on his table just now...'  Suddenly, Miss Matty half-t     
[008] nk, isn't it?'  Yes... This yellow silk will match the  _____  in your new  cap,' I continued quickly, holding it  up     


	
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[001] 'Cream teas' are popular - you have scones  (a kind of  _____ )  with  cream and jam. The evening meal is the main me     
[002] he  22nd. B: Never mind, we'll save you some  wedding   _____ . Tell you what - I'll  bring along my tape recorder an     
[003] s to his mother at the end: Mother dear, do  send me a  _____ !'  Soon, poor Peter' was in trouble at school. There w     
[004] n!  Peggy the maid came in with a generous  trayful of  _____ . Did the ladies think this vulgar, I wondered?  Clearl     
[005] is vulgar, I wondered?  Clearly, they did not. All the  _____   disappeared. I saw Mrs Jamieson eat three pieces, slo     
[006] to play with some steak and chips - and  with a large   _____  that Mrs Poppets  had made.  When we had made ourselve     
[007] e went  on.  After some time, they came to  a piece of  _____  on  the ground. Harris's friend said that they had pas     
[008] rris's friend said that they had passed the  piece of   _____  earlier. Harris replied,  'No! Impossible!'  The woman     
[009] ound, eating their thick meat sandwiches and buttered   _____ . The little Kelveys listened, while  they ate their br     
[010] ice.  'Your ma won't know.'  Oh, impossible. Chocolate  _____ , and so soon after  breakfast? It was unimaginable. Al     
[011] , I advise you  to go to the nearest baker's and get a  _____  and some coee.  You haven't been abroad before, have y     
[012]  had discovered it was  his birthday and brought him a  _____  to celebrate. It had been  years  since anyone had  re     
[013] said. 'You haven't eaten all  day. Have some Christmas  _____ , do.' 'I can't eat anything;  he  growled, putting his     
[014] and  heavily ornamented,  looking like an old  wedding  _____  in a row of other old wedding cakes.  The Christiansen     
[015] in a pot to boil.  There was bread  and butter, but no  _____  or anything as lady-like as that. Just  as she poured      
[016] for the best.  A waitress brought her coee, a piece of  _____  and an  orange. Flora drank her coee, ate her              
[017]          and an  orange. Flora drank her coee, ate her  _____  and  started putting sugar  on her orange. Suddenly sh     
[018] film stars, Mr Neck?'  asked Mr Mybug, eating a little  _____  that  Flora had wanted  for herself.  'Yeah, that's ri     
[019] ank you,  sweetheart,' (to Flora,  who was feeding him  _____ ). 'You know, Mr Mybug, we gotta  responsibility to the     
[020] ug sat comfortably back in his chair and put a little   _____  in his mouth. He was looking forward  to seeing Mr Nec     
[021]  Mr  Mybug fell off his chair, and  swallowed too much  _____ . No one  noticed him. All eyes were on  Seth. His eyes     
[022] ht upset her.'  'She could stay in her room. A tray of  _____  can be taken up  to her. Yes, in think that would cert     
[023] it juice. At half-  past four you may bring up tea and  _____ .  If in am not down by  seven, please bring up a tray      
[024] . Then Elfine, gently urged by Flora, cut the wedding   _____ , and the party oicially began.  Soon they were all enj     
[025] ing  young man, was  presented with a piece of wedding  _____ , to his obvious  disgust. Aunt Ada said goodbye to her