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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?

chimney deceive dissatisfaction hammer jewel lazy monkey pearl ray socks
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[001]     Every summer, as Washington gradually settles into  _____   August,  the Georgetown architecture firm of Bowie Gr     
[002] mparison? G: Oh  yes,  they've all heard stories about  _____  western students. They  always say,  'British students     
[003] much. We think that's  also partly because  we're  too  _____ . There's so much I'd like to do, especially  in the  p     
[004] o my left pocket again.  ***    STUDENT 5 - I am  very  _____ ! I don't do anything special at all  to learn new voca     
[005]  much more. I have to be careful  because I'm becoming  _____  and putting work off. But I'm lucky  that my friends a     
[006] ry quiet. The Honourable Mrs  Jamieson was too fat and  _____  to give  many parties and, without Miss Jenkyns to lea     
[007] uropean  seamen in the  port. Many of them had  become  _____ . They were used to the easy life of a white  sailor  i     
[008] tuguese, whose name was Cornelius,  was  dishonest and  _____ , so the  trading-post lost money.  Now that the woman      
[009]  were not so clever then. They just thought that I was  _____ !  'Why, you                                                
[010]                                           !  'Why, you  _____  boy, you,' they used to say. 'Get up and do  some work     
[011] ar. He woke  up.  'What,' he began.  'Get up, you fat,  _____  thing!' Harris shouted. 'It's a quarter to  ten!'  The     
[012] t door. It was  locked!  George said that Mrs G. was a  _____  old woman.  Then he unlocked the door and ran out into     
[013] done  all the work. He said that he had never met such  _____  people  as Harris  and me.  That amused Harris.  'Geor     
[014] o away,  but I think that your brother is selfish  and  _____ ,  and I should like to know if I am right.'  She looke     
[015]  He has never done anything, that is the problem he is  _____   and selfish and thinks only of himself.'  Oh, father,     
[016] s.  'I should hate,' said Simon's voffice in its slow,  _____ , way, 'to let  you  go without saying goodbye. I mean,     
[017] most of us anyway.'  'He never married, did he?'  'Too  _____  for that. Likes spending his free time in pubs, or  li     
[018] '  When I looked up, mother was by the door, smiling.   _____  Susan NANCY PICKARD  I want you to teach me how to sho     
[019]  'Oh,  well,' she was always saying,  'you know me...   _____  Susan.'  'How does it feel?' said Stan.  'It feels OK,     
[020] t the  sales of fice but he was  afraid his lovely but  _____  Susan might not try very hard to find  another job. 'Y     
[021] d I haven't got a large library. Unlike  you,  I'm too  _____  to spend much time reading.' 'What a delightful  libra     
[022] iled.  Hu was worrying about money.  'Lao Mao, you are  _____ , and you don't listen to me. Sit on  your  own chair!'     
[023] oked the tickets.  Three days in which they spent long  _____  hours in and out of  the sea, returning to Taka's flat     
[024]  to start the  dancing again 'Come, Emma, they are all  _____  you must  start!' 'Who is your partner?' Mr Knightley      
[025] k for  everybody, so people without work or money were  _____ .  Local  governments' offered these people a workhouse     


	
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[001] hiked to his nipples to  reveal long expanses of white  _____ . Elitists are appalled  that  his name evokes the oral     
[002] ull of  mineral water - a good place to take off your   _____  and  wash  your sore feet after a hard day's sightseei     
[003] nning  shoes you should have a pair of special running  _____   - thin  but  moisture absorbing. Most joggers have a      
[004] he smiles. 'He was  wearing  sandals and bright tartan  _____  - with a suit. I certainly  registered that.' They met     
[005] s to talk to  blackberries or go to bed with a pile of  _____ , I don't really  mind. The question of education for A     
[006]  shoes, then reached into  the water and pulled off my  _____  and shirt. The yacht, its  sails up,  was moving at a      
[007] e sitting in  some village back home, knitting woollen  _____ .'  'She knits here,' said the Pilot officer.  'I know      
[008] ut them round my neck.  I'd be much quieter in just my  _____ , I thought.  Soon I was pulling myself up into the spa     
[009] I've got one wallet for  underwear, another wallet for  _____  and so on.  However, it does mean that I do have to un     
[010] example, to find  the underwear, trousers, T-shirt and  _____  I needed now, I  would have to unzip four plastic wall     
[011] ,  from my neck to below my knees. I have thick, black  _____   on  and a pair of heavy boots.  I still believed, par     
[012] t had  an open neck. My trousers were short and my new  _____   were thin and cool. But I was especially proud of my      
[013] nd  trousers on, over his wet swimsuit, and put on his  _____  and  boots. In half a minute he was dressed. Then he w     
[014] were lucky that you didn't tear your trousers or your   _____ ,' he said. 'Or damage that nice green suit.' I agreed      
[015] ade me think me of my lies. So I put on my thick suit,  _____   and heavy boots.  At breakfast everyone talked about      
[016] d a piece of dry bread, an old shirt and two pairs of   _____ . He had a penny, too, that Mr Sowerberry had given  hi     


	
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[001] ow controlled the case. Two FBI detectives waited  for  _____  Foltrigo. One was Jason McThune, FBI Memphis,  and the     
[002] s, in its first season  under the noted pitching coach  _____  Miller, is now in fighting  trim. Yes, the Oriole reli     
[003]  game against. Pittsburgh. They  will miss  cornerback  _____  Buchanan (gone to Atlanta) but expect a big  season  f     
[004] cap. Ridden by Alex  Solis for  owners C. N. and Carol  _____ 's Evergreen Farm, the 6-year-  old  Rainbow Quest trai     
[005] y County. Judge  Brown is  overseeing Mr. (James Earl)  _____ 's latest effort in his 28-year  quest to be tried for      
[006] ho was shot in Memphis on April 4, 1968. In 1969  Mr.   _____  confessed and pleaded guilty to the killing, but recan     
[007] le found near the site where Dr. King  was killed. Mr.  _____ 's fingerprints were found on that rifle, but  he has a     
[008] es over the division of  the  criminal court where Mr.  _____ 's original guilty plea was  entered,  became involved      
[009] on the hook here - and stand over here  against  the X- _____  machine.  We'll have a look at your lungs and heart.       
[010]  of the worldwide  empire that  is Fame. 'Gene Anthony  _____ , who played Leroy, died of Aids  a  couple of years ag     
[011] nted last year when incoming  English  cricket supremo  _____  Illingworth dismissed him from the  unofficial  positi     
[012] mething like this is not good for his business.  The X- _____  showed bruising but the arm wasn't broken.  'I'm reall     
[013] ow controlled the case. Two FBI detectives waited  for  _____  Foltrigo. One was Jason McThune, FBI Memphis,  and the     


	
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[001] ose our words carefully.  Occasionally we even have to  _____  the young people in  our care.  There, I think I have      
[002] ong-room in the first  place?'  I said, confused.  'To  _____  us. So that whoever found the strong-room  would think     
[003] ay  here an hour longer as a punishment for trying  to  _____  us.' 'Oh aunt, please forgive me! I can't bear it! I       
[004] Mrs Reed and looked straight into her eyes.  'I do not  _____  people! If I told lies, I would say I loved you!  But      
[005] ind. He was afraid that the street boy  might cheat or  _____  him.  'So this is the boy, is it?' he said.' And where     


	
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[001] cartoon  showing a strongman, "Boss Rule, " swinging a  _____   marked  "Favoritism and Privilege " down onto the hea     
[002]  in the organization. I worked very hard to keep  the   _____  on them, because it's human nature to relax a little       
[003] spelled the priest's name, (Francis J.) Weber said.     _____ , 34, built the home six years ago on 12 acres with a       
[004] ool house,  guardhouse,  exercise room and two saunas.  _____  filed for bankruptcy  in 1996  with debts of nearly $1     
[005] ber, the only ones he used  with any  frequency were a  _____  (he had a theory that if you banged  on  something har     
[006] ht.  ***   Man: Could you just hold that nail while I   _____   it into this wall? Woman: Well, OK, but be careful...     
[007] h! Look what  you've done! You hit  my thumb  with the  _____ , you fool - just like last time  we did this!  ***         
[008]  I complained about this, one desk clerk  handed  me a  _____  and nails and told me to fix something up.  Another  g     
[009]   the nails ought to be. 'Now, Bill, you go and get my  _____ ,'  he  shouted. 'And bring me a  ruler, Tom. And Jim,      
[010]  a fourth gave him a nail, and a fifth passed him the   _____ . He took the nail... and  he dropped it!  'There,' he      
[011]  it At last we  found  the nail, but then he lost  the  _____   'Where's the                                              
[012]                                           'Where's the  _____ ? What did I do with the                                    
[013]                               ? What did I do with the  _____ ?  There are seven of  you there, and you  don't know w     
[014] re seven of  you there, and you  don't know where the   _____  is!'  We found the                                         
[015]                                     is!'  We found the  _____  for him, but then he lost the place on  the wall  wher     
[016] elf.  On his way down the hill Brat heard the sound of  _____  on  metal and  came to the workshop where the blacksmi     
[017] er.  The doctor turned to his bag and took out a small  _____ .  I    He ran it lightly along the left foot. No react     
[018] , twice. The toe moved upwards. The doctor rested  the  _____  on the floor for a moment, breathing heavily  himself.     
[019] pment for the long-jump,  high-jump, weight-lifting or  _____ -throwing,' said Paul.  We will say these events have a     


	
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[001] nd her waist, her head on his shoulder.  He called her  _____ . Pretty, isn't it? A strange name, of  course,  but it     
[002] f the  area had  discovered a very large  and valuable  _____ . As  he was often seen walking with a girl, behaving w     
[003] s her, it was  supposed that she  wore the white man's  _____  hidden in her dress. It was true  that  Jim took the g     
[004] f the story was just  imagination. He did not hide his  _____ ;  in fact, he was  extremely proud of it.  'I - I love     
[005] n's words  follow the dream, to the end. 'And  there's  _____ ,' he went  on. 'She's everything to me. When shall you     
[006] left their homes and  crowded into Jim's house,  where  _____  was in control. She also kept the ammunition,  while J     
[007] ammunition,  while Jim  was absent. Doramin, his  son,  _____ , the  Rajah's adviser Kassim, and all the local chiefs     
[008] nd  headmen met in  Jim's house to decide what  to do.  _____  and  Dain Waris wanted to drive away the white men, bu     
[009] , and a tiny lake. And at the heart of it all,  like a  _____  in a ring, stood the house. It was very small, but  ev     
[010] the edge of a  steep drop.  At the heart of it, like a  _____  in a ring, stood the  house.  Level 5 Bookworms 5jeric     
[011] What else but a staircase could so perfectly  show the  _____  she had  made of Elfine?  A handsome lady of about six     


	
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[001] e quintessential  fate of their characters'. With that  _____ , Chabon has got the  ending right at last. The Indepen     
[002] .  Claire Grafalk was wearing a grey dress and a heavy  _____   necklace.  She poured me a glass of  wine. 'Now. I mu     
[003]   neither too young nor too old. It shines like a blue  _____   because  so much of it is covered with water. I am gl     
[004] t to a plan.  The walls looked as if they were made of  _____ , and there  were no window openings. Plants grew close     


	
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[001] Toby.  'At dinner time today. I hid and escaped up the  _____ ,'  said  Charley.  'They will hang Fagin, and Sikes to     
[002] ilding.  He tied one end of the rope tightly round the  _____ . He  tied  the other end round himself.  'I can climb      
[003] he papers are in a bag, in a hole a little way up the   _____  in the sitting-room.' The night passed. Outside the  m     
[004] nk that every bit of coal smoke you send through your   _____  ends up as acid  rain somewhere. I: We were talking  a     
[005]  paddock, a creek and some trees. Smoke rose from the   _____ , and as I looked, a woman came out,  followed by a chi     
[006] getting stronger. We could  hear it whistling down the  _____ , and howling all around the  house. Suddenly there was     
[007] Toby.  'At dinner time today. I hid and escaped up the  _____ ,'  said  Charley.  'They will hang Fagin, and Sikes to     
[008] ilding.  He tied one end of the rope tightly round the  _____ . He  tied  the other end round himself.  'I can climb      
[009] he papers are in a bag, in a hole a little way up the   _____  in the sitting-room.' The night passed. Outside the  m     


	
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[001]  I call  'the great disconnect' - the fact that worker  _____   does not automatically translate into a desire for un     
[002]  school ones - but  they  may help to address parental  _____  with all-in  comprehensives and spread children of dif     


	
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[001] ued  slowly on our way, and we stopped for lunch  near  _____  Island.  We decided to have cold meat for lunch. Then,     
[002] eve it, madam? - I cut off all my  hair! What a little  _____ ! Grandfather went mad, he was so  angry. He picked up      
[003] and dark, with bent backs, tiny bright eyes and  long,  _____ -like arms.  Madmen!' cried Philbrick. This is where I      
[004] ing what animals can be  taught. Apparently there is a  _____  at the zoo who juggles  with an umbrella and two orang     
[005] were we talking about?'  Prendy was telling me about a  _____  who juggled with an  umbrella and two oranges.'  Why,      
[006]  'Goodness!' I said. 'What was that?' 'My  guess  is a  _____ ,' Ian said. . 'A howler                                    
[007]                               ,' Ian said. . 'A howler  _____ . Let's go and see  if  I'm right.' .  I followed him a