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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] riot. It  was tied to a piece of wood by a complicated  _____  that no  one had ever managed to untie. According to l     
[002] ld one day be ruled by the person who could untie the   _____ .  Alexander decided that he would untie the                
[003]           .  Alexander decided that he would untie the  _____ . In front of all  his soldiers, he moved towards the c     
[004] he moved towards the chariot. After some  minutes, the  _____  was broken. But there were two dierent  stories from t     
[005] watching. Some said that  Alexander's success with the  _____  was real; others said that  they saw him use his knife     
[006] e local people: Alexander, who had  untied the Gordian  _____ , was the future ruler of all Asia.  Chapter 5  Face to     
[007] riot. It  was tied to a piece of wood by a complicated  _____  that no  one had ever managed to untie. According to l     
[008] ld one day be ruled by the person who could untie the   _____ .  Alexander decided that he would untie the                
[009]           .  Alexander decided that he would untie the  _____ . In front of all  his soldiers, he moved towards the c     
[010] he moved towards the chariot. After some  minutes, the  _____  was broken. But there were two dierent  stories from t     
[011] watching. Some said that  Alexander's success with the  _____  was real; others said that  they saw him use his knife     
[012] e local people: Alexander, who had  untied the Gordian  _____ , was the future ruler of all Asia.  Chapter 5  Face to     


	
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[001] lgan is a suitable person for the Jockey Club, then I   _____ .'  'Please leave,' Lord White said angrily.  I stood u     
[002] zy, Leon told himself. What am I doing here? I  should  _____  and go - and leave this  girl to the peaceful world th     
[003]  'He doesn't really like people,' said Jane, trying to  _____   for her  friend.  But Brat kept his hand out, and aft     
[004] o you  when you came home from America, and I want to   _____ .'  'Oh Jane,' said Brat, wanting to hold the small bra     
[005] .  'I'm afraid I was drunk last night. And very rude I  _____ .'  And he  looked innocently at Eleanor and Brat, the      
[006] body gave a quick, nervous movement as she  smiled to   _____ . 'I'm Holly Ann  Adams, Mr Nudger. And  yes, you are g     
[007]   never spoken to him before. He told me he wanted to   _____   to you for getting you into such a mess, as he called     
[008] speaks so politely of Lady Catherine! And  why does he  _____  for inheriting Father's property in  future? We know i     
[009]  pardon immediately for oending her, and  continued to  _____  for about a quarter of an hour.  Mr Bennet had hardly      
[010] m.  He seemed astonished too, on finding her alone. 'I  _____   for disturbing you, Miss Bennet. I understood that al     
[011] tood that all the  ladies were at home.' 'Please don't  _____ , Mr Darcy. I  hope Lady Catherine and her daughter are     
[012] sorry that I have made you waste an  evening, Harry. I  _____  to you both.' 'My dear Dorian,  perhaps Miss Vane is i     


	
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[001]  not want  it, so they bring it back. Then they want a  _____ . It is about  twenty  minutes before they start  again     
[002] ot allowed to leave her hut, or have a bath, or cut or  _____   her hair. And the women had prepared an old, torn dre     
[003]  not want  it, so they bring it back. Then they want a  _____ . It is about  twenty  minutes before they start  again     
[004] ot allowed to leave her hut, or have a bath, or cut or  _____   her hair. And the women had prepared an old, torn dre     


	
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[001] Doster, from New York, who was glad to  donate 1,  840  _____  of his  blood between 1966 and 1986. That's an  averag     
[002] lood between 1966 and 1986. That's an  average  of 112  _____  a year. The  National Blood Transfusion Service  remin     
[003] sfusion Service now collects  a  minimum of 10 million  _____  a year. It's a crime not to help  them! Could you  exp     
[004] sick before that happens and stop - usually after  six  _____ . I go to the pub once or twice a week. The drugs, sex      
[005]  on. Brendan Behan was writing now  for money  and not  _____ . Donleavy relocated to the Isle of Man with the  'bulk     


	
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[001] y face was red, blood  everywhere.  My mouth was cut,   _____ . Two broken teeth. A  week, I thought. In a week I'd b     
[002] ndon. Samantha and Clare stared at my face. Black and   _____  and  yellow bruises.  'But it's worse!' Clare said.  '     
[003] going to  repay you the money.'  The Squire's face was  _____  now, and for a moment he  could not speak. You , you l     
[004] large lady in a blue dress and a black hat  covered in  _____  flowers looked at herself  in the mirror, and sang:  '     
[005]  in her face.  'Like the hat,' he said, looking at the  _____  flowers.  Miss Moss blushed a deep pink and her heart      
[006]  began to beat  very fast.  'I've always worn a lot of  _____ ,' she said.  The large gentleman looked at her for a l     
[007]  mile after mile of coarse grass, with  the occasional  _____  flower or grey-green bush.  Jo rode ahead. He wore a b     
[008] tory. He  came in, big and smiling, with his right eye  _____  and  completely  closed. Then he told me.  In the spri     
[009] th the  first cold light of morning creeping into  the  _____  sky. The  way to their beds lay clear before them - ro     
[010]  INFORMATION IS NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS LEVEL  TRY LEVEL  _____   Level                                                     
[011]                                                  Level  _____  was too high, too secret for me. All had  learned abou     
[012] ames  through the computer  until I lost them in Level  _____ .'  'OK. But you can't keep an eye on four people with      


	
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[001] seen in an  unusual place, had red hair.  I forgot the  _____  in my shoulder. I needed to find Mattingly. 8  Before      
[002]  three kilometres instead  of my normal eight, but the  _____  returned to my left shoulder.  I took  a long shower a     
[003]  tried to kiss her at a ball. And your poor heart will  _____ ,                                                           
[004]                                                     ,   _____ ' - he held her even closer, to show  how sorry he felt     
[005] h an eort.  'Do you think that every one of us doesn't  _____  as much  as you do for more food? I've never heard suc     
[006] apers. And my own, dreams for Rome are  making my head  _____ ." Lucilla prepared a drink for him,'  secretly mixing      
[007] seen in an  unusual place, had red hair.  I forgot the  _____  in my shoulder. I needed to find Mattingly. 8  Before      
[008]  three kilometres instead  of my normal eight, but the  _____  returned to my left shoulder.  I took  a long shower a     
[009]  tried to kiss her at a ball. And your poor heart will  _____ ,                                                           
[010]                                                     ,   _____ ' - he held her even closer, to show  how sorry he felt     
[011] h an eort.  'Do you think that every one of us doesn't  _____  as much  as you do for more food? I've never heard suc     
[012] apers. And my own, dreams for Rome are  making my head  _____ ." Lucilla prepared a drink for him,'  secretly mixing      


	
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[001] he Bollinger Club tie. The dierence  (Paul's tie had a  _____  one centimetre wider) was not one  that Lumsden of Str     
[002] re all the same. They were all white  with a thin blue  _____ . All his suits were dark grey and all his  jackets wer     
[003] Tom would not notice that one white shirt with a blue   _____  was missing. Marina did not have to worry about that.      
[004] ng a more modern Kalashnikov  to  match the corporal's  _____  on his shoulder. As always in  Algeria, however, thing     
[005] about Court-  ney  Pine in Arena.) Thus in the old Red  _____  commercial our  hero is  a young, white would-be jazz-     
[006] he Bollinger Club tie. The dierence  (Paul's tie had a  _____  one centimetre wider) was not one  that Lumsden of Str     
[007] re all the same. They were all white  with a thin blue  _____ . All his suits were dark grey and all his  jackets wer     
[008] Tom would not notice that one white shirt with a blue   _____  was missing. Marina did not have to worry about that.      


	
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[001] en if Miss Ashby is prepared to  recognize you  as her  _____ , you will understand that the matter  must be very ful     
[002] h of your time.'  'I suppose you want to know about my  _____ 's coming  home,' said Bee.  'Just that,' replied the y     
[003] s the Westover Times interested?' asked Bee. 'When  my  _____   disappeared eight years ago, there was hardly  anythi     
[004] ber of people  who come  back from the dead, like your  _____ , is very small.'  Chapter 8  Battle begins  After Mr M     
[005] evening Bee Ashby looked down the dining table at her   _____   Patrick and thought how well he was managing. It was      
[006] ee and  Eleanor.  Bee was well pleased not only at her  _____ 's return, but  also at the  kind of person who had ret     
[007]   'Yes?' said Bee, half rising.  'Oh, Miss Ashby, your  _____  is conscious now, but he  doesn't recognize  anyone or     
[008] tood a dirty  child. I realized he must be Catherine's  _____ , Hareton,  and  tried to shake his hand. But he greete     
[009] d died, and that he  was returning soon with his young  _____ . Cathy was wild  with excitement. She would see her de     
[010] y members.  Micah was the  biggest of the cousins. His  _____ , Urk, was a small, red,  cold-eyed man with pointed ea     
[011] anguage,'  he said; 'you know that the word we use for  _____  is "my  brother's son". Tenjy calls my wife not "aunt"     
[012] sisted on going to introduce  himself to Mr Darcy, the  _____  of his respected patron, and  was received very coldly     


	
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[001] d tried to pull him and Montmorency from the boat and   _____  them.  But, once again, Harris fought bravely, for  fo     
[002]  wind blew loud over the  black Fields; loud enough to  _____   all sounds of calling or answering - if anyone did ca     
[003] es may destroy you, where the  noisy rushing water may  _____  you! I am calm enough now,  calm enough  to like livin     
[004] 'Have you  put a spell  on me again? Did you intend to  _____  me  this time?' 'Please get up, sir. Someone has plott     
[005] e  sea to join the others.  'Don't blame me if you all  _____ !' Mary shouted, bUt I wasn't  really listening. The wa     
[006] ouse  in Urkel-watching, I can say - and may Ed Norton  _____  me in  a  Bensonhurst sewer if I am wrong - that Urkel     
[007] under water, people lose their farm  land  and  people  _____ . There is no pure water in the rivers to drink.  This      
[008] t would it be like, to  fall into that cold water  and  _____ ?  'Send the lifeboat out!' came the order. In the dark     
[009] he received another  message  that there were plans to  _____ , shoot or poison him, and he  realized he was in great     
[010] e received  another  message that there were  plans to  _____ , shoot or  poison him, and he realized he was in great     
[011] d tried to pull him and Montmorency from the boat and   _____  them.  But, once again, Harris fought bravely, for  fo     
[012]  wind blew loud over the  black Fields; loud enough to  _____   all sounds of calling or answering - if anyone did ca     


	
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[001] s silence, then the room  was filled with the sound of  _____ . Of all the  presentations, this would be the one ever     
[002] everyone would  remember. Joyce stood, waiting for the  _____  to stop.  She smiled once and then her face was seriou     
[003] s shut and she left.  Confused memories came and went.  _____  from an  audience. . . a man's angry face. . . someone     
[004]  their manicured, uncallused hands together in polite   _____ ,  but they have not ripped out their hearts and tossed     
[005] local actors  and designers. And let's give a round of  _____  to an  important  but unsung part of the theater web -     
[006] s silence, then the room  was filled with the sound of  _____ . Of all the  presentations, this would be the one ever     
[007] everyone would  remember. Joyce stood, waiting for the  _____  to stop.  She smiled once and then her face was seriou     
[008] s shut and she left.  Confused memories came and went.  _____  from an  audience. . . a man's angry face. . . someone