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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]   it would be a  thousand times more diicult against a  _____ .  '. . . And then there's his birthday dance,' Elfine      
[002] sed her,  but she had decided that she would not be  a  _____  to Elfine that  evening. She knew she did not look as      
[003] t Ballantyne might go after its largest  international  _____ , the projector maker Cinemeccanica S. p.  A.,  a priva     
[004] . (Biljana) Plavsic.  But police officers loyal to her  _____ , Radovan Karadzic, called  on supporters in the town t     
[005] t been  praised by  both Mr. (Ron) Carey and his chief  _____ , James P. Hoffa, for  her  neutrality. But during the      
[006] evements  and of a  teaching record few, if any, could  _____ ; when the history of  British music since the Sixties      
[007]   it would be a  thousand times more diicult against a  _____ .  '. . . And then there's his birthday dance,' Elfine      
[008] sed her,  but she had decided that she would not be  a  _____  to Elfine that  evening. She knew she did not look as      


	
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[001] t up the steps.  'May I talk to you?' I said.  She was  _____ . 'What about?'  'A murder,' I said. 'I think you know      
[002] othing wrong, nothing  strange, nothing even  slightly  _____ . 5  Ogilvie told me I had to attend a meeting with peo     
[003]  The next day I went to see Ogilvie.  He had been very  _____  of my ideas about the model  railway, but  he had agre     
[004]  who was now Lord Cregar.  I was getting more and more  _____  about Cregar. Why  did his name  keep coming up in the     
[005]  being  done there, or even who ran it. I was now very  _____   and finally  got Lumsden to admit  that Cregar was th     
[006]  you were a burglar.  They get very nervous. It looked  _____ .  Anyway, how is your poor head now?' She reached up a     
[007] the French side  of the border. I was starting to feel  _____  again. Her  behavior had not been normal for someone w     
[008] e said. 'I'm tired of all your questions.  Don't be so  _____ .' She wasn't so sweet to me now.  After that we didn't     
[009] hat's the matter with you, Paul?' she asked. 'You are   _____  of everything and everyone. I was just talking to  my      
[010] ternoon. She was angry with me, but even  that made me  _____ : why should she be angry if she had  nothing to hide?      
[011] ought that Sandras 'friends' would now be worried and   _____  because they hadn't been able to talk to her on  her m     
[012] to ask you to take me there in your car. You were not   _____  to the customs authorities, and we needed to get  it t     
[013] o Andrea? Was she going to give  me up? I was suddenly  _____  of her again. Any minute I  thought a light would go o     
[014] American  thought and literature. Both men were deeply  _____  of  the  urban model of the European city and the soci     
[015] unky house-  scarred by  smoke and water damage from a  _____  fire-was an  eyesore.  Thigh-high grass, blighted rose     
[016]  the department will change. "    Americans are highly  _____  of the proposed tobacco  deal,  saying it would not ac     
[017] re not  certain or cannot decide  whether something is  _____ , dial 999 anyhow. You  may  help  us catch a criminal,     
[018]   of people who, for various reasons, are labelled as   _____ ,  to expand  almost without limit'.  ***   Concorde, t     
[019] d told her why he was late.  Immediately his wife  was  _____  of her husband's  behaviour  with the young lady. She      
[020] teachers' need' - the teacher's  unions  remain deeply  _____  of anything linked with league  tables  and the notion     
[021]  his father or mother? Country people used to be very   _____  of all strangers and travellers.  They were also           
[022]       of all strangers and travellers.  They were also  _____  of clever people, people who  could do something they      
[023] ilas or believe his story. Most  people, however, were  _____  of  the pedlar who had visited Raveloe the month befor     
[024] ttle, Silas's  neighbours realized it was wrong to be   _____  of him. He was just a poor, simple, harmless  man,  wh     
[025] t up the steps.  'May I talk to you?' I said.  She was  _____ . 'What about?'  'A murder,' I said. 'I think you know      


	
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[001] e piece of mirror, and dried  her hot, wet face with a  _____ . What was the  matter with her that afternoon? She wan     
[002] indow and watches me  undressing... in have to hang  a  _____  over the window. in don't know what to do.'  Flora was     
[003] rlie  jumped  up at her.  Woods rubbed his hair with a  _____ . 'Well, he's like his  photographs: young, tall, hands     
[004] ing I had not done. They tied  me to a chair and put a  _____  around my neck. They pulled  this                          
[005]                      around my neck. They pulled  this  _____  tighter and tighter until I became unconscious. This       
[006] the State stood up. 'I really do find  this story of a  _____  around the neck rather like the articles  Miss Mtintso     
[007] pted. 'Perhaps Miss Mtintso could show  us?' He took a  _____  from his bag and crossed the court to  the  witness bo     
[008] witness box.  Tenjy looked surprised, but she took the  _____  and without  hesitation she threw it over her face fro     
[009] she began to  cough. Then she stopped and took off the  _____ . She  swallowed several times, staring at Schoeman col     
[010] ed, a desk, a lamp. She  wanted a bath, but she had no  _____ . She wasn't hungry, and  anyway she couldn't face goin     
[011] ng in bed. Sandra was sitting beside me. I  had  a wet  _____  on my head and a terrible headache.  'You're going to      
[012] got to get some sleep,' said Sandra,  putting down the  _____  and drying her hands.  'But Sandra...' I started.  'No     
[013]  went over to  my  case and took out my wash-bag and a  _____ , and walked out  to the bathroom. 1 looked at my face      
[014] Jennifer's bent head, starting to dry myself  with the  _____ . 'It's so hot in here. That cold shower hasn't  made m     
[015] a. 'Did you think he was really drunk?'  Melanie put a  _____  against Ashley's shoulder to stop the  blood. He opene     
[016]  she combed her hair and found a beautifully decorated  _____   in her basket. Then she set off in search of food, ca     
[017] ket. Then she set off in search of food, carrying the   _____  across her shoulder.  Girls and women from the local v     
[018] hese in a long time. You can have  half of it for your  _____ .' The woman showed Tonya a cooked  duck - fat and juic     
[019] just the thing for her family. She gave  the woman her  _____  and felt a bit embarrassed. Had she  cheated the woman     
[020] res! None  of the rooms we saw offered their guests a   _____  or  any soap. In one, there  were no sheets on the bed     
[021] en is  reported to  require  that her hair be dried by  _____ , as she dislikes sitting  under a  hairdryer. Every Tu     
[022] ry morning, I fill a basin  with boiling  water, put a  _____  over my head, and breathe the  hot steam down my throa     
[023] ael came out of the bathroom wrapped in a large white   _____ .  I've been in existence for two years now,' she said.     
[024] ,  Paige came down the hall  from the shower, a  white  _____  wrapped round her head.  'Vic! What are you doing here     
[025] e piece of mirror, and dried  her hot, wet face with a  _____ . What was the  matter with her that afternoon? She wan     


	
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[001] ng in Paris, came Mrs Beste-Chetwynde long silk  legs,  _____  body, a tight little black hat, diamonds, and the  fam     
[002] me a  photograph of a man  wearing a heavy coat  and a  _____  hat. There  was a lot of snow in the picture. 'Have yo     
[003]  ground, and lifted its head. A small  circle of black  _____  had been burnt away under the chin. In  the centre of      
[004] small gun, firing tiny bullets  from very close to the  _____ , might have made one of the  wounds. But a bullet does     
[005] ounds. But a bullet does not make a neat hole, or burn  _____ ,  as it leaves a body. So the two tiny holes could not     
[006] s "covenant  marriages " to make couples tough it out.  _____ ? Wear it at  your  own risk. The list goes on, and the     
[007] n creativity and participation.' He is wearing a  fake- _____  G-string, rubber boots and a Mickey Mouse mask.    **      
[008] ng in Paris, came Mrs Beste-Chetwynde long silk  legs,  _____  body, a tight little black hat, diamonds, and the  fam     
[009] me a  photograph of a man  wearing a heavy coat  and a  _____  hat. There  was a lot of snow in the picture. 'Have yo     
[010]  ground, and lifted its head. A small  circle of black  _____  had been burnt away under the chin. In  the centre of      
[011] small gun, firing tiny bullets  from very close to the  _____ , might have made one of the  wounds. But a bullet does     
[012] ounds. But a bullet does not make a neat hole, or burn  _____ ,  as it leaves a body. So the two tiny holes could not     


	
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[001] re a raincoat I can borrow?'  Brophy found me a yellow  _____  raincoat, then Hendrixson  and the  princess followed      
[002] ght in  our room. He was just a  large man in a black   _____  raincoat, and wearing a black mask.'  As we went downs     
[003] e Mrs Beste-Chetwynde was already seated at  the black  _____  table, beginning her lunch.  My dears!' she cried, put     
[004] uggle for me, and I've  become as  hard and tough as a  _____  ball. I only  have a little goodness left inside.' He      
[005] ace into a huge smile.  'No,' she said. 'My face isn't  _____  like an Earth face.'  '                                    
[006]                                 like an Earth face.'  ' _____ !' he repeated, very angry. 'I'll teach you not to  spe     
[007] ic bag. Now she stood anxiously with a thick  sheet of  _____  in her hand, ready to place it swiftly over  any hole      
[008]  ahead. I braked hard and fast, in a  cloud of burning  _____  and dust, but it was too late. The  Metro and I were n     
[009] ut.  'What's he doing?' Ricky whispered. The man had a  _____   tube. He put one end into the tail pipe of the car, a     
[010] pleaser  here. The crisply fried rings do not resemble  _____  bands. A  spicy rouille is a perfect dipping partner.      
[011] erve at  Naval Air Station Atlanta.    When the United  _____  Workers two years ago struck  Bridgestone-  Firestone      
[012] orist Mickey Katz, Byron poses on the cover  holding a  _____  chicken.    Finally, in 1997, Broadway had a comeback      
[013] e doily, gridded hot plate, bubble  wrap, a  bucket of  _____  stamps on loan from a friend's preteen  daughters, wir     
[014] nd participation.' He is wearing a  fake-fur G-string,  _____  boots and a Mickey Mouse mask.    ** NOW REAL OMAN ONE     
[015] re they refused to eat, and  so  prison officers used   _____  tubes to force food into them.  The  most shocking eve     
[016] nakes, volcanoes and special-  effect hippos ambushing  _____  rafts. If you've never actually  seen a tribe of homic     
[017] , with tissue paper, with crpy muslins, with the pale   _____  used for surgical gloves and with thicker black            
[018]        used for surgical gloves and with thicker black  _____   which she buys from a fetishists' outfitters, for who     
[019]   disconnected they couldn't take responsibility for a  _____   plant. But one doesn't know whether this figured cons     
[020] re a raincoat I can borrow?'  Brophy found me a yellow  _____  raincoat, then Hendrixson  and the  princess followed      
[021] ght in  our room. He was just a  large man in a black   _____  raincoat, and wearing a black mask.'  As we went downs     
[022] e Mrs Beste-Chetwynde was already seated at  the black  _____  table, beginning her lunch.  My dears!' she cried, put     
[023] uggle for me, and I've  become as  hard and tough as a  _____  ball. I only  have a little goodness left inside.' He      
[024] ace into a huge smile.  'No,' she said. 'My face isn't  _____  like an Earth face.'  '                                    
[025]                                 like an Earth face.'  ' _____ !' he repeated, very angry. 'I'll teach you not to  spe     


	
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[001] n evening boat. Then you can get into a  "Ladies Only"  _____  on the train next day, and that will be  much safer th     
[002] pped. 'Here?' asked the rude voffice.  'Yes, a Ladies'  _____ .' She opened her little purse to find  something small     
[003] is  horrible man, while he threw the bag into an empty  _____ .  There was a 'Ladies Only' notice stuck to  the windo     
[004] ght, too.' She looked out  from her safe corner of the  _____ . She was not frightened  any more, but proud that she      
[005] le girl in  the corner. Oh dear, they were in the next  _____ . She  heard them talking and laughing, and then there      
[006] ir, threw  open her door.  'We invite you to share our  _____ , Mademoiselle,' he said  in French. She could see the      
[007] id the man.  Then they all went laughing back to their  _____  and she  was alone again.  'Close the doors! Close the     
[008]  it wasn't dark. I wish there was another woman in my   _____ . I'm frightened of the men next  door.' The little gov     
[009] ice off the  window, while an old man climbed into the  _____ . 'But this  is for ladies only.'  'Oh, no, Miss. You m     
[010] r, so politely, 'Would  you like me to move to another  _____ , Mademoiselle?'  What, make him carry all those heavy      
[011] ional light on a hill or the shape of a tree. In  the   _____  next door the young men were  singing - the same song      
[012] e train flew on through the  night. It was warm in the  _____ . There were distant noises  of doors opening and closi     
[013] d  man sat frowning. 'Ha! ha! ha!' came from  the next  _____ .  'Such thoughtless young men,' said the old man. 'I a     
[014] ut his coat on. She smiled  back at him as he left the  _____ . While  he was gone, the little governess looked at he     
[015] ed at  him like an old friend as he came back into the  _____ ,  holding - a basket of strawberries!  'Mademoiselle,      
[016] ing because she couldn't go out with Mrs  Reed in the   _____  this morning,' suggested Bessie.  'Surely she's more s     
[017] '  'I'm not crying about that. I hate going out in the  _____ ,' I  said  quickly. 'I'm crying because I'm miserable.     
[018] ed a house and hired servants  for her. I gave her5  a  _____  and jewels, in fact I threw away a fortune on her,  ju     
[019]  waited on her balcony, smoking a  cigar. I  heard her  _____  arriving. Imagine my  horror at seeing her step out fo     
[020] r was out alone on business, a  stranger arrived  in a  _____ , and introduced himself  as an old friend of the maste     
[021] uried  Now, doctor is Mason ready to be moved I have a  _____   waiting  outside.  You'll take him home with you to a     
[022]  to see  Mason being helped  downstairs and put in the  _____ .  'Look after him, doctor,' said Rochester. 'Goodbye,      
[023] e done,' replied  Rochester,  shutting the door of the  _____ , which rolled  away. 'But I wish there was an end to i     
[024] l gone, and Mr  Rochester  had gone to London to buy a  _____  for his  wedding. It was clear that he would be gettin     
[025]  Jane Eyre!' he continued. 'Why didn't you send for a   _____ ? It's just like you to come on foot from  Millcote. No     


	
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[001]  strange beauty in her pale face. She  did not read or  _____  any more, but used to sit there silently,  staring int     
[002] e probably would be.  Rennet  could cook and clean and  _____ , so she  would look after Mr  Mybug, and love him very     
[003] nds  here  evenings knitting  jumpers and she likes to  _____  buttons on  shirts  and things like that. She's a big      
[004] egan to  discuss how she could earn some money.  I can  _____ ,' said Jessie, and I like nursing...'  Suddenly Miss J     
[005] Matty had fallen asleep and it was  too dark for me to  _____  even in front of the fire. When Martha  brought in the     
[006] She loved children, but she could not  sing or draw or  _____ . Perhaps she could  teach reading? No. When she read a     
[007]  strange beauty in her pale face. She  did not read or  _____  any more, but used to sit there silently,  staring int     
[008] e probably would be.  Rennet  could cook and clean and  _____ , so she  would look after Mr  Mybug, and love him very     


	
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[001] f the kitchen.  'Well!' said Mrs Beetle. 'What a nasty  _____ !'  Flora made up her mind to waste no time. She would      
[002] the black people of this land.'  Woods almost lost his  _____ . Then he sighed, sat back in  his chair, and threw his     
[003] a was selfish, but was respected.  Georgiana had a bad  _____ , but she was popular with  everybody because  she was      
[004] a companion. Her  appearance began to put him in a bad  _____ ... And so did  the way she moved... And the silly way      
[005] g  myself and everyone round me miserable with my bad   _____ . Anyway, I had decided to make myself wait until  ten      
[006] illa  was surprised that he was not still in a violent  _____ . When  he returned from the Colosseum he had, screamed     
[007] and then said: 'I'm sorry I was angry. I have a quick   _____ . I didn't know that you were from the Hall.' I thought     
[008] perhaps to bring her  closer. She almost hit me in her  _____ . I am sorry now that  she did not.  Then suddenly her      
[009] hard and straight and dangerous as his gun. I saw the   _____   in his eyes.  'Go,' he said. 'Go quickly, or you'll b     
[010]  his sister made me feel better. It  helped improve my  _____ . At the same time I believed that I  had not really hu     
[011]  will understand the  diiculty. I was wrong to lose my  _____ , as I do sometimes.  r ran after you to say sorry. Per     
[012] ry to tell you.  Please believe that I am sorry for my  _____ . And try t6  forgive me.  Your good friend, TED.  I re     
[013] er that I was not sure  about:  I was wrong to lose my  _____ , as I do sometimes. I decided  to ask Lord Trimingham      
[014]  about him?' Lord Trimingham asked.  'He's got a quick  _____ . He's had a few fights:  At that moment Mr Maudsley ca     
[015] white and thin.  Illness had not improved Bill Sikes's  _____ . When Nancy  helped him from the bed to a chair, he cu     
[016] e, Fagin,' she said unhappily. 'Bill  will be in a bad  _____  when I get back.' 'I couldn't help it, my  dear. Busin     
[017]  down, young Zhivago. There's no reason to  lose  your  _____ . I'll come straight to the point: I've been here in  Y     
[018] ate of  Epirus. She had a strong character and a quick  _____ . If  she had serious argument with someone, that perso     
[019] st fighter in the  Greek army. But he also had a quick  _____ . After an  argument about a female prisoner with his g     
[020]  the morning, Alexander felt terrible about losing his  _____   so violently. He went to his tent and refuse to come      
[021] f the kitchen.  'Well!' said Mrs Beetle. 'What a nasty  _____ !'  Flora made up her mind to waste no time. She would      
[022] the black people of this land.'  Woods almost lost his  _____ . Then he sighed, sat back in  his chair, and threw his     
[023] a was selfish, but was respected.  Georgiana had a bad  _____ , but she was popular with  everybody because  she was      
[024] a companion. Her  appearance began to put him in a bad  _____ ... And so did  the way she moved... And the silly way      
[025] g  myself and everyone round me miserable with my bad   _____ . Anyway, I had decided to make myself wait until  ten      


	
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[001]  did - but he never seemed as exciting, as strong, as   _____   as Charles. The brothers  looked very similar,  but h     
[002] emen, Scottish  landowners, smooth young  businessmen,  _____  lawyers and politicians to join  those who were curren     
[003]  to stare into  the distance, dreaming perhaps of some  _____  plan.  Once I heard  him speak at a church service in      
[004] k you'll stay long in the village.'  'Why not? I'm not  _____  although I think you are.'  He looked surprised. 'I kn     
[005] d in vain to enlist  official help. Ms. Moore plays an  _____  young Navy  intelligence officer who is selected to be     
[006] and  renters on former urban renewal land. Gone is the  _____   plan  of Rose Associates in the 80's to develop a con     
[007] ng  old and more militant tactics as they embark on an  _____   campaign to unionize new members. They are harking ba     
[008] nza comments. Favorable book review.    Edmund White's  _____  and elegiac new novel, 'The  Farewell  Symphony,' is a     
[009] ard work than anything  else. He says, 'You have to be  _____  if you want to get  ahead. You can get  to the top if      
[010]  Baby Swim and Baby Dance are the  bare  minimum; more  _____  parents join organised music  sessions  where children     
[011] te schools, the state sector is not an  option for the  _____ . State schools are under-resourced  and  engulfed by t     
[012] hortly on a Lambert disc on the NMC label). His  most   _____  project was the cycle Sea-Change (1978-94), five  cont     
[013]  did - but he never seemed as exciting, as strong, as   _____   as Charles. The brothers  looked very similar,  but h     
[014] emen, Scottish  landowners, smooth young  businessmen,  _____  lawyers and politicians to join  those who were curren     
[015]  to stare into  the distance, dreaming perhaps of some  _____  plan.  Once I heard  him speak at a church service in      
[016] k you'll stay long in the village.'  'Why not? I'm not  _____  although I think you are.'  He looked surprised. 'I kn     


	
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[001] mfort, and  anyone would have been right. 'That's very  _____ ,' she  observed.  'Aye, 'tes terrible. An' her madness     
[002]  London was a complete success. True, it was a  little  _____  travelling by train with Judith,  as she kept  referri     
[003] range friends of hers. It's not  good  for her. Damned  _____  situation to be in, a rich woman  without a husband! S     
[004]  of The Appearance  of  Impropriety. In style it is an  _____  mixture of the legalistic  and the lit'ry, but in subs     
[005] ot be deliberately destroyed, may in some cases  pose   _____  problems of definition, but the principle is rightly       
[006] ple are always  falling asleep. Seminars can be really  _____  and  embarrassing,  especially Literary Theory, which      
[007] mfort, and  anyone would have been right. 'That's very  _____ ,' she  observed.  'Aye, 'tes terrible. An' her madness     
[008]  London was a complete success. True, it was a  little  _____  travelling by train with Judith,  as she kept  referri     
[009] range friends of hers. It's not  good  for her. Damned  _____  situation to be in, a rich woman  without a husband! S