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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] ry and Misha watched this show with horror. Misha was   _____  because he recognised the man. It was Komarovsky,  the     
[002] he was gone, Lara's anger died,  but she remained very  _____ .  Lara believed that she was in an impossible situatio     
[003] thought of her as a daughter and would have been  very  _____  if they had known about Lara's concerns. In  desperati     
[004] oom, Yury had  decided not to mention these events and  _____  her further.  When she spoke to him, he said, 'Thank y     
[005] illy.' 'Don't worry, Tonya,' said Yury calmly. 'Don't   _____  him. It's so natural. The boy has never seen me.  Tomo     
[006] rtment for one of the labour  gangs. His wife was very  _____  by this and was sure that a  mistake had been made. Sh     
[007] ng Marina came running to Misha's house. She  was very  _____  because Yury had not come home the night  before. She      
[008] s of thousands of men because of  Alexander, were very  _____  when they heard that he had  died. King Darius's mothe     
[009]  Sept. 2.    Take Todd Martin. On Monday, he won in an  _____  against  Jim  Courier, his first match after a six-mon     
[010] oters are satisfied, the less incentive they have  to   _____  the status quo.    " This was not a close call, "said      
[011] of glory in  1969,  when Joe Namath led the team to an  _____  of the Baltimore  Colts  in Super Bowl III, but that w     
[012] of the end zone, almost a formality,  capping  a 32-31  _____  that the Wolfpack knew it had as soon as it hit  the       
[013]   second, as she popped her 110-mile-an-hour serves to  _____   eighth-seeded Anke Huber, 6-3, 6-4. It was the shock      
[014] e shock of the  day,  one that shoved Mark Woodforde's  _____  of third-seeded  Yevgeny  Kafelnikov into the backgrou     
[015]  and  then  fatally shooting a motorist because he was  _____  about the  toot  of a car horn was convicted of second     
[016]   night session at Arthur Ashe Stadium with a 6-3, 6-4  _____   victory over No. 8 Anke Huber - the biggest win of he     
[017] you  lose, it's the same. I  mean if you start getting  _____  every  time you lose, I think it's time to stop.  I: T     
[018] ary,  if we all work  together.  ***   Scots in Sweden  _____  by cheap jokes Scots  working  in Sweden have complain     
[019]  Her  niece, Mrs Charmian Pickford said, 'We  are very  _____ . We  are  going to fight the will. My aunt didn't know     
[020] for years. Beth irritated me  profoundly, and I wasn't  _____  when she died at all. I don't  recall many of the scen     
[021]   The Doctor spoke more gently. I am sorry that I have  _____   you. It's all for my poor Catherine. You  must  know      
[022] to  see that Catherine did not appear to be  angry or   _____  about what had happened. He wanted to be kind to  her,     
[023] our  plans,  this way or that way, and she will not be  _____  with you.'  Morris looked at her, but said nothing, an     
[024] her!'  It seems to make you happy to see your daughter  _____ !'  It does,' said the Doctor; because it shows I was r     
[025]  to him on the bed, and they drank  some whisky.  What  _____  you?' Rick asked again.  That last Nexus-6 female, Pri     


	
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[001] me something tasty? A: I think you're  being a  little  _____ ,  not to mention spoiled. Be a bit thoughtful of  othe     
[002] the agency frontmen said, was moving from stylish and   _____  to  open and authentic. (Translation: we've read all a     
[003] iss Brown  was dying.  Oh, Jessie!' she whispered. How  _____  I've been! God  forgive me!'  Sssh, love, sssh!' said      
[004] ach other!'  Godfrey thought the weaver was being very  _____ . I think,  Marner,' he said Firmly, that you  should c     
[005] ried that perhaps  Godfrey was right, and that it was   _____  of him to keep Eppie. At last he made himself bring  o     
[006]  tell me to go away,  but I think that your brother is  _____   and lazy,  and I should like to know if I am right.'      
[007] him in surprise. But how did you find out that  he was  _____ ?' she said. He hides it so  well.'  Then she turned he     
[008] ther  lives on you, takes your money, and is extremely  _____ .'  There were tears again in Mrs Montgomery's eyes. Bu     
[009] ver done anything, that is the problem he is lazy  and  _____  and thinks only of himself.'  Oh, father, don't say ba     
[010] le.  Simon, who had so much charm, but who was also so  _____ .  He seemed so  often to want help, but always with su     
[011] ing sensible about it. Bee had not believed that  the   _____ ,  money conscious Simon would behave so well.  Brat, t     
[012] eepest feelings. Simon, who was so self-  centred, so   _____ . Simon, who was like Timber.  If Simon felt so strongl     
[013] od friends and his beloved books and garden. Rather a   _____  man, really. He didn't do much for his king or his  co     
[014] ,  without reading it. I know what I am going to do is  _____ , but  I  just  can't bear life any more.  Anne Scott.      
[015] out to him to encourage him to leave.  'Miss is just a  _____  child, sir! You'd better ride home and  forget her!' B     
[016]  won't listen  when I tell him how happy I am! He's so  _____ !' 'He never  liked Heathcli,' I replied, 'and he'll be     
[017] rrow  morning.' I still wanted to make her realize how  _____  she  was being, although I was a little worried by her     
[018]  about Linton.  'He's often ill,' she told me. 'And so  _____ ! He has to have a  fire even in summer! He calls for c     
[019] !' he whispered  to me. 'Who would fall in love with a  _____  baby like that?'  He  went to the kitchen door and cal     
[020] er I would not allow her to visit him  agaIn.  'He's a  _____  child, Miss Cathy, and I don't think he'll live till       
[021]  was happy with  Linton, when he was cheerful and less  _____ , but most of the  time she was miserable. However, she     
[022]  doing when you're Linton's wife.  He'll make a cruel,  _____  husband, I think.' Heathcli took us  upstairs to Zilla     
[023] y yourself, but you won't pity her!  What a heartless,  _____  boy you are!' 'I can't stay with her!  She cries so mu     
[024] thinks much about me when I'm  not there. Perhaps  I'm  _____ , but in would like us to get married. You know,  Flora     
[025] , hated me. Why could I  never please  them? Eliza was  _____ , but was respected.  Georgiana had a bad temper, but s     


	
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[001] f the  large square stones on the floor.  'This sounds  _____ . It sounds as if there is nothing under it!'  he said      
[002] e and T-shirt. When he invokes  such  places as Bobcat  _____  and Blizzard, Ky., you tend to  believe  him. Having w     
[003] nd  the bottom of it hit the oak floor with a hard and  _____   sound.  As Moore watched it, he remembered the doctor     
[004] nly.  'I don't know, sir. It's a modern one, light and  _____ .  Very strong, too.'  'I asked you how much it cost, n     
[005] refully he  looked inside it. 6  'You see, Lewis? It's  _____  inside. Just the place to hide a  letter,  don't you t     
[006]  it, his hand trembling.  'Goodbye!' he said in a low,  _____  voffice, his face as white  as  a sheet. They walked a     
[007] uld understand. And nobody can make any sense of  this  _____  metal ball.'  'An artificial meteor built to visit us      
[008] es flashed with unnatural  brightness from their grey,  _____  faces. They had all grown  weaker. The weakest lay on      
[009] f the  large square stones on the floor.  'This sounds  _____ . It sounds as if there is nothing under it!'  he said      


	
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[001] ds. They told of strange flying machines, a  Valley of  _____ , and the secret of immortality.  Alexander's -legend w     
[002] of an automated teller  machine,  a supply of cash and  _____ , and electronic equipment in  what  were either brazen     
[003] hotographs of her 18-carat sapphire  surrounded  by 14  _____  that adorned her engagement ring. She  cultivated  her     
[004]  in  'Sleeping Beauty' where the seven dwarves  mined   _____ . There are also theme  parks you can explore  which sh     
[005] ing  Solomon's Mines. The only twist is that Solomon's  _____   are  wanted for their use in lasers. Pure science is      
[006] rent'. He  described  British industry as 'a number of  _____  swimming in a sea  of  shit'. And most famously, he wa     
[007] obably cost 250 dollars. Her make-up was perfect, and   _____  hung from her ears.  'Good afternoon, Mrs Phillips. I'     
[008] ere  robberies and murders, escapes from prisons, and   _____  as large as  hats. It sounds crazy,  but in the book i     
[009] carry that around with you?'  Only when I'm wearing my  _____ ,' said Philbrick.  Well, I hope that is not often. Goo     
[010] e long silk  legs, fur body, a tight little black hat,  _____ , and the  famous high voffice I hope you don't mind my     
[011] pub. Apparently his father made  a lot of money out of  _____ . There were two children,  young Philbrick and a daugh     
[012] ds. They told of strange flying machines, a  Valley of  _____ , and the secret of immortality.  Alexander's -legend w     


	
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[001] window there were  suits, jackets and trousers. Szabo.  _____ .  The                                                      
[002]                                                 .  The  _____ 's was getting a new sign. 'Szabo,' I thought.  Then I      
[003] 'Janos Szabo' out loud. . Then I thought, 'Janos  the   _____ . John the                                                  
[004]                                             . John the  _____ . John Taylor.' I stopped in the street.  Janos Szabo w     


	
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[001] mmonds, who left the game after again aggravating his   _____  left  heel. A sellout crowd of 48,068 - which pushed t     
[002] - a good place to take off your  socks and  wash  your  _____  feet after a hard day's sightseeing on foot.  ***    P     
[003] cold. She's  still got a temperature and a cough  and   _____  throat that she can't quite shake  off, no matter what     
[004] you'll see some improvement. You will have to  expect   _____   muscles and stiff joints to begin with. If soreness       
[005] ize should be  right. Too tight or too loose leads to   _____  feet and black toe-nails. And  inside the special runn     
[006]  but I'm sure I soon  will. My wife's off work  with a  _____  throat, cold, and fever - three degrees  above  normal     
[007] and the way they can be tender, both in  the  sense of  _____  and in the sense of delicate, pleasurable,  caressing.     
[008] e saw for the first  time that his eyes looked red and  _____ . He spoke gently to  her, telling her that the hospita     
[009] brother.  Soon she had finished. Her eyes were red and  _____  from  the smoke and her chest felt tight and painful.      
[010] ffice. She could not  answer; her throat was still too  _____ . Her chest felt heavy.  She pulled at her thin shirt.      
[011] e all right. Come on, let's  get some bananas for your  _____  throat. Mine is                                            
[012]                                        throat. Mine is  _____  too,  after all that crying.'  The rest of the day was     
[013] ed to  Aku-nna...  Ngbeke shouted until her throat was  _____ . Okonkwo  shouted until he felt thirsty. Then he sat d     
[014] ryone  laughed and pointed. Her whole face was sti and  _____  and  she moved like an old woman. 'This is the end,' s     
[015] m, but  she could not eat it because her mouth was too  _____  and  swollen.  At noon she heard a voffice outside the     
[016] ded by the dust. The pack-horse  was sick - with a big  _____  place on her back. She kept  stopping, looking too tir     
[017] aid Jim. 'Got any horse  medicine? One of them's got a  _____  back.'  'Wait a second.' The woman breathed deeply. Th     
[018] elfth -  but that  ought to be5  enough. I'm getting a  _____  throat from listing them.'  She took her chin off her      
[019] shed me every day. My  body  and my arms and legs felt  _____ , but I knew that the  punishment was my own fault. I s     


	
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[001]  the Smoky Mountains and  contemplates a  design for a  _____  scarf. In an increasingly techno-wired world,  arts an     
[002]  from Decatur with a 'serious avocation'  of  painting  _____  scarves. Surface design was her seventh  summer  class     
[003] ng that I got some tea on the sleeve of her  expensive  _____   blouse and it made made a big spot. Later I found out     
[004] , I  guessed who it was.  Miss Jenkyns wants the black  _____ ,' another shop-boy  called across the shop.  Mr Holbro     
[005] rather dierent all about  wedding clothes, and a white  _____  dress she desperately  wanted.  We must burn them, I t     
[006] fter  his  death, she reappeared as a widow in  black   _____ , and rented a large old house.  I remember that the la     
[007] amieson, you mean? She was wearing a rather old  black  _____  dress and she had bright black eyes.  She looked up an     
[008] had been waiting for this before buying herself a new   _____  dress. In our excitement we forgot,  for the moment, a     
[009]  half a pound of tea. We can buy that, and  choose the  _____  for my new dress. Then we  can go quietly upstairs, lo     
[010]   Miss Matty hesitated too. She would like a sea-green  _____ .  No, that lovely red. No, that bright  yellow...  Our     
[011] armer could not believe it.  Miss Matty forgot her new  _____  dress. Which bank did your  note belong to?' she asked     
[012]  and County is my bank, isn't it?'  Yes... This yellow  _____  will match the ribbons in your new  cap,' I continued      
[013] ery  pretty. Her  hair was light in colour and fine as  _____ . 'Home,' he  thought of her words, and felt happy.  'T     
[014]  and gold coloured eyes.  She  wore a fashionable grey  _____   suit, and I thought I'd  seen her somewhere before.       
[015]   pale brown hair and  pale brown eyes, wearing a grey  _____  summer suit. I disliked  him  immediately, perhaps  be     
[016] stretched into forty. At last she appeared in  a gold   _____  shirt and a white skirt.  She wore a gold and  diamond     
[017] pened the door. She was dressed to go out, in  a pink   _____  suit. Her eyes were  sharp but not unfriendly.  I hand     
[018] ross me. I heard her finger-nails scratch  a  woman's   _____  dress. 'Hullo, "Smee". How are you? Who  are you? Oh,      
[019] is afternoon?' asked  Heathcli. 'Why have you got that  _____  dress on? Nobody's  visiting you, I hope.' 'No-o, I do     
[020] s loose, and wet with snow and rain. She wore a  light  _____  dress and thin shoes, which did not seem at all  suita     
[021] hat day; stretching her long  lovely  body between her  _____  sheets - how bitter mother was about  those sheets! -      
[022] ,  and reached blindly towards a roll of snow-coloured  _____  that  a well-trained assistant put into his arms.  'Wh     
[023] reamed the Frenchman, seizing his  scissors to cut the  _____ . 'It is to wear white that  God, once in a  hundred ye     
[024] ched for an hour while he cut and tore and folded  the  _____ . She was pleased to see that Elfine  did not seem  ner     
[025] ath  of spring in Paris, came Mrs Beste-Chetwynde long  _____   legs, fur body, a tight little black hat, diamonds, a     


	
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[001]  opposition party stood below the podium and  donned a  _____   mask. He then unfurled a series of placards with cutt     
[002] nown, so  that opposition members don't have to put on  _____  masks in  order  to be heard. The question is whether      
[003] ence that counts. No amount of  practice  with 'guinea  _____ ' students can prepare a teacher for the  infinite  var     
[004]   me the money, but you let me go on! You're a hateful  _____ !' He  laughed. 'Come to my hanging, it will make you f     


	
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[001] e. It  is possible that they may turn into the kind of  _____ -up old  buffers who murmur indulgently, 'Boys will be      
[002] lborough, MacNeice  found that  however assiduously he  _____  his upper lip, however  ingeniously he 'played the foo     


	
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[001]  years later he even named a city in India after  his   _____  dog Peritas. A hunter also made a horse and  Alexander     
[002] r will be more  famous than ever before.        FIRST,  _____  2000      JOHN M'S UK NEWS SEEMS GOOD HERE  ----------     
[003] he  Japanese  company Bandai, not a knockoff or a Giga  _____ . With a shock,  I  realize I've become a virtual snob.     
[004] all 'the post-Watergate Ethics  Explosion' - one of my  _____  theories is that a tongue-twisting  title is a kiss of     
[005]  you to give some TLC to his or her 1990s  electronic   _____ . The pocketwatch-sized digital critters are diabolical     
[006] alimentary canal. Poor caregiving is punished with the  _____ 's  virtual death (which can be undone via the reset bu     
[007]  child the  chance  for a personal relationship with a  _____  without the continuing  expense of actual pets, withou     
[008] ys are important, their gardens  are  important, their  _____  animals are important, but an American  wouldn't admit     
[009]  the most ridiculous excuses not to  go to work -  My   _____  dog's got a cold, I heard the other day! Oh, come on.      
[010]  of news: I am pleased to  announce that Pickles - our  _____  cat - has  had kittens! Three  of  them. They're gorge     
[011] people,  stopped outside one of San Francisco's larger  _____  shops.  In the centre of the long shop window stood an     
[012] fresh in his mind.  He picked up the phone.  Happy Dog  _____  Shop,' a voffice answered and a tiny happy  face slowl     
[013] perly, and drove it in his truck towards  the Van Ness  _____  Hospital. The cat was making all the right  noises for     
[014] h  paintings.'  Did you ever hear of an android with a  _____ ?' Resch asked  as they walked to the museum.  Rick dec     
[015]  for...' He hesitated,  forgetting the name. ... for a  _____  hospital. The Van  Ness                                    
[016]                                hospital. The Van  Ness  _____  Hospital. Owned b-b-by Hannibal Sloat.'  Deckard said,     
[017] ion,' Rick  called. I d-drive a truck for the Van Ness  _____   Hospital,' he added. Would you p-p-please open the d-     
[018] id baby-sitting at night. She told him that  she had a  _____  cat called Lao Mao and that she liked music. .  .  and     
[019]  the deadly nightshade. But then, like some  dangerous  _____ , it had turned against its controller. It had  destroy     
[020]  years later he even named a city in India after  his   _____  dog Peritas. A hunter also made a horse and  Alexander