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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] ug, who like most  daring intellectuals was as soft as  _____   underneath, and he  was just reaching out to stroke F     
[002] ust be hungry, so I have ordered a lunch of  bread and  _____  for you all.' The teachers looked at her in  surprise.     
[003] which surprises me, I find that a lunch of  bread and   _____  has been served  to the girls recently. Why is this? T     
[004] een crying.  'John,' she said, as I got some bread and  _____  to eat,  'what is the matter?' I said nothing as I ate     
[005] s of mineral water, some French bread,  some Camembert  _____  and two bars of chocolate. sat  down on the bed and" a     
[006] and the guard had gone to bed. I ate  some more bread,  _____  and chocolate. At ten 0' dock  there was another visit     
[007] guard lent it to me last night to cut up my bread and   _____ ,' she answered. 'I cut all four tires on both cars, so     
[008] He showed me the bread, the butter, the meat, and the   _____ .  "It's real complicated. You do ten with meat and the     
[009] l complicated. You do ten with meat and then ten with   _____ . OK?"  "Yeah."  "You learn fast." Then he disappeared.     
[010] weaker and weaker. A man  gave him a meal of bread and  _____ , and an old lady gave  him food and some kind words. W     
[011]  beside  the station office, selling fresh vegetables,  _____ , meat and  hot bread. The soldiers and sailors were th     
[012] ng. Aside  from two salads, appetizers consist of five  _____  fondues.  We  ordered a traditional Kirschwasser and o     
[013] d  wrapping bread and the other ingredients in the hot  _____ .  There  are seven entrees to choose among, as well as     
[014]  mushrooms sharing a plate with a wedge of fried goat   _____  and a  clump of salad. Crisp, cornmeal fried oysters s     
[015] s was especially impressive. A  shredded  lettuce feta  _____  combination also passed muster. The  modest  Michelle'     
[016] t  for  me, so every night all I eat is vegetables and  _____ .  Last  night my dinner was a plate of peas! I don't t     
[017]  we  did that last time. And we gave  them cauliflower- _____  the  three times before that! B: They must be getting      
[018]  mince beef and  vegetables with a  mashed potato  and  _____  crust on top and baked in the  oven. B:  Great idea. H     
[019]  And there isn't any butter, and we haven't  got much   _____ . B: Well, we don't need much                               
[020]                          . B: Well, we don't need much  _____  - the recipe  only  tells  you to stir in about eight      
[021] y did 400  years ago.  You must try 'fondue,' which is  _____  melted in a  pot, and you put pieces of  bread on a lo     
[022] oat in the barn that produces milk, which I make into   _____ . And I keep honey bees outside in the garden. I: I  th     
[023] at beside him were some fruit and some very  expensive  _____ . They had cost two weeks' salary,  borrowed from Mr Sl     
[024] so perhaps we'll  have babies one day. And we can make  _____   from her milk.'  Iran put her hand gently on his shou     
[025] ug, who like most  daring intellectuals was as soft as  _____   underneath, and he  was just reaching out to stroke F     


	
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[001] smelled of wet clothes and  face powder and the bag of  _____  potatoes she had brought in  for supper the night befo     
[002] rn-out  sofa. The air  smelled of food which  had been  _____  too long. 3  Holly Ann moved a pile of magazines from      
[003]  to a shooting range.' Susan piled two tomatoes  and a  _____   egg on to her bread so that  she could eat it like  a     
[004] ded  back the local newspaper.  The edges touched his   _____  egg. 'That just proves what I've said. You should neve     
[005] he hostel. She walked in shyly. There  was  a smell of  _____  food and a sound of quiet talking. She looked  around      
[006] glass  greenhouse extension have added sophistication.  _____   calamari is  the standout appetizer. This often-drear     
[007] ten-dreary dish is a crowd  pleaser  here. The crisply  _____  rings do not resemble rubber bands. A  spicy rouille i     
[008] eed  exotic  mushrooms sharing a plate with a wedge of  _____  goat  cheese and a  clump of salad. Crisp, cornmeal        
[009]    goat  cheese and a  clump of salad. Crisp, cornmeal  _____  oysters surrounding a  centerpiece of curry mayonnaise     
[010] l,' which is a kind of bean ball mixed with herbs and   _____  in a pan until it's crispy. To drink, one of the best      
[011]  is  eggs  laid  by our own hens, home-cooked tomatoes  _____ ,  vegetarian  sausages, cereals and  whole wheat bread     
[012] they only2  gave me a small plate of rice and a bit of  _____  fish to eat!  They  took my gun away, of course,  but      
[013] smelled of wet clothes and  face powder and the bag of  _____  potatoes she had brought in  for supper the night befo     
[014] rn-out  sofa. The air  smelled of food which  had been  _____  too long. 3  Holly Ann moved a pile of magazines from      
[015]  to a shooting range.' Susan piled two tomatoes  and a  _____   egg on to her bread so that  she could eat it like  a     
[016] ded  back the local newspaper.  The edges touched his   _____  egg. 'That just proves what I've said. You should neve     
[017] he hostel. She walked in shyly. There  was  a smell of  _____  food and a sound of quiet talking. She looked  around      


	
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[001]  drank some of her  coee, but the cup  slipped and she  _____  some of the coee on the cloth.  'Piggy!' laughed Heloi     
[002] atory were broken and  the contents  of the dishes had  _____   on the floor. Cregar  tried to push past me to get ou     
[003] ts of seeds, and dierent kinds of powders,  which were  _____  when the ball was cut open. Lastly there  was a ten-ce     
[004] s ballooned  eighteenfold in  five years. Then the wok  _____ , and many investors got  burned.  The crisis began in      
[005] , 65-51, becoming the  league's first  champion. Music  _____  out of the arena's speakers and red,  white and blue c     
[006] vity'  shows how aerospace and missile technology have  _____   over into  the design and dynamics of roller coasters     
[007] er tea started to stir it with a spoon, and  somehow I  _____   it all over the table. It was all a sticky  mess. I t     
[008]  drank some of her  coee, but the cup  slipped and she  _____  some of the coee on the cloth.  'Piggy!' laughed Heloi     
[009] atory were broken and  the contents  of the dishes had  _____   on the floor. Cregar  tried to push past me to get ou     
[010] ts of seeds, and dierent kinds of powders,  which were  _____  when the ball was cut open. Lastly there  was a ten-ce     


	
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[001] was 19, she had had emergency surgery  resulting  from  _____  from pregnancy. Because of what she  calls a  clerical     
[002]  28, as the best time to take a trip. If  there are no  _____ , the risk of pre-term labor is slight  and there is ge     
[003] cialists cite the risk of  miscarriage and undiagnosed  _____  in the first  trimester  and the possibility of early      


	
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[001] f of our boat-house was terrible. All our  plants were  _____ , before they had had a chance to grow.  And every day      
[002] horses. They also noticed that uneven  ground had been  _____  to help the drivers of the famous  Persian war chariot     
[003] f of our boat-house was terrible. All our  plants were  _____ , before they had had a chance to grow.  And every day      
[004] horses. They also noticed that uneven  ground had been  _____  to help the drivers of the famous  Persian war chariot     


	
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[001] tform,  carrying baskets of strawberries. Oh, she  was  _____ ! She was very                                              
[002]                                         ! She was very  _____ !  The old man got up, smiling, and put his coat on. Sh     
[003] quite old enough to travel by herself. But she  was so  _____ ! She opened the window, and the fat woman  with the st     
[004] per-room. Leila's face felt hot, and she was terribly   _____ .  How sweet the ice-creams looked on  their little gla     
[005] a long walk to wherever he's staying tonight, and I'm   _____ .' But Catherine was too excited, and Mr Edgar too  ang     
[006] y less cheerful.  Head hurting?' asked Grimes. Feeling  _____ ?'  Well, yes, as a matter of fact.'  Poor old Prendy!      
[007] adies.  I could not stop looking at him, rather like a  _____  man who  knows  the water  is poisoned but cannot resi     
[008] ake in  the  morning, abandoned, my life dark, my soul  _____ .'  'I'm alive and I'm not a dream. In fact I'm an inde     
[009]  Africa. She  needed something to drink - she was very  _____ .  'Mother!' she called. 'Father!' They couldn't be far     
[010] s not as bad, but she had a  headache and she was very  _____ .  The door opened and a woman came in with breakfast.      
[011] ng, 'I need to go to the  bathroom, and I'm hungry and  _____ , too.' 'Wait,' came the  answer. 1 could hear Andrea a     
[012] e her. He could only see the faces of people who  were  _____  for blood.  Chapter 8  The Colosseum  The gladiators w     
[013] ng a clean shirt. He was comfortable and  not  hungry,  _____  or tired. An angel was sitting beside his bed,  holdin     
[014] torm. They drank all their water and soon became very   _____ . But suddenly there were clouds in the sky and it  sta     
[015]  But their  prisoner king was not with them. Tired and  _____  after the  long and unsuccessful chase, one of Alexand     
[016] n. Occasionally they came to a  watering-place. There,  _____  men dived into the water and  drank so greedily that t     
[017] ere only just leaving  India. They too were hungry and  _____  on their journey, but  Nearchus led them well and they     
[018]  city of  Krasnoyarsk with more than 180 other hungry,  _____ , tired  travelers (mostly Western Europeans) who had c     
[019] merica we  missed good old English tea. We were always  _____  for tea.  We  would always order it in cafes, but they     
[020] alcoholic drinks. If the patient  complains that he is  _____ , he should wash his mouth with  water  but not  swallo     
[021] rong! The fruit juices  are fantastic any time you're   _____ . In the evening, go to the piano bars  along the sea       
[022] ey had no drinking water, and were becoming  terribly   _____ . Then suddenly it was all over. A fishing boat  that h     
[023] oor3  All afternoon I lay on that roof. I was terribly  _____ ,  and, to make it worse, I could see and hear a small      
[024] verything was  quiet. There was no moon, and I was too  _____  to wait, so  at nine o'clock I climbed down. Halfway d     
[025] two bags, under the  floorboards near the loom. Like a  _____  man who needs a  drink, he took them out every evening     


	
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[001] ething,' I interrupted. 'We won't talk about  whatever  _____  I have, or  loyalty to my employers.  You might doubt      
[002]  would soon grow to love Elfine for her sweetness  and  _____ . Flora took the opportunity to advise a short  engagem     
[003] gressively.  'Nothing,' Peter answered, with desperate  _____ .  Another policeman approached Biko's side of the car.     
[004] nson.  If anyone has any doubts or questions about his  _____ ,  his actions  or his motives, please  contact  me imm     
[005] rs is  comfortable or not, I gladly agree.'  'You have  _____  and feeling. There are not many girls like  you. But       
[006] ant to hear this,' he said, not at all shocked by  my   _____ . 'I shall allow myself fifteen minutes to  think about     
[007] y  dear aunt, Jane and I both know that he has neither  _____   nor honour. He has falsely accused Mr Darcy, and has      
[008] laughed as she replied, 'Yes, you have experienced my   _____ . After scolding you so rudely to your face, I was  obv     
[009] nds. Instead you have lost all belief in  goodness and  _____ . You have filled those poor young  men  with a madness     
[010] iam Murphy, from Montreal in  Canada,  now  knows that  _____  pays. Last Sunday he returned a lost  lottery ticket t     
[011]  Silas knelt with them, sure  that God would prove his  _____ . There was silence, as the  minister took one of the p     
[012] ething,' I interrupted. 'We won't talk about  whatever  _____  I have, or  loyalty to my employers.  You might doubt      
[013]  would soon grow to love Elfine for her sweetness  and  _____ . Flora took the opportunity to advise a short  engagem     
[014] gressively.  'Nothing,' Peter answered, with desperate  _____ .  Another policeman approached Biko's side of the car.     
[015] nson.  If anyone has any doubts or questions about his  _____ ,  his actions  or his motives, please  contact  me imm     
[016] rs is  comfortable or not, I gladly agree.'  'You have  _____  and feeling. There are not many girls like  you. But       
[017] ant to hear this,' he said, not at all shocked by  my   _____ . 'I shall allow myself fifteen minutes to  think about     
[018] y  dear aunt, Jane and I both know that he has neither  _____   nor honour. He has falsely accused Mr Darcy, and has      
[019] laughed as she replied, 'Yes, you have experienced my   _____ . After scolding you so rudely to your face, I was  obv     
[020] nds. Instead you have lost all belief in  goodness and  _____ . You have filled those poor young  men  with a madness     


	
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[001] nce. I gave him a bright  smile. 'I'm  Niels Grafalk's  _____ . He's  expecting me to join a  party on his yacht.'  '     
[002] ike all centres, completely alone.  in will not see my  _____ ... Keep her away... Make  some  excuse. Shut her out.      
[003]  Dear Mrs Reed,  Please inform me of the address of my  _____ , Jane Eyre. As  I  am  unmarried, with no  children, a     
[004] deira and stayed with Mr Eyre, who mentioned that his   _____  was  going to marry a Mr Rochester.'  'Yes, I wrote to     
[005] rovided them with an explanation. They observed their   _____   and Darcy carefully during the visit, and could not d     
[006] es. Mr and Mrs Gardiner were very curious about  their  _____ 's feelingsJor Mr Darcy, but were careful not to  quest     
[007] e possible. She sat down eagerly to  read it.  My dear  _____ , I must confess I am astonished by your  request for i     
[008] me every bit as  enthusiastically as she we/corned her  _____ , and somehow,  within a few minutes of us' arriving, a     
[009] ing to find yourself a good man, Mary?' she  asked her  _____ , and Mary rolled her eyes towards the  ceiling.  , 'Do     
[010] just received a letter.  Jane Fairfax was Miss Bates's  _____ . Her parents had died  when she was young and she had      
[011] said Mrs Weston. 'How do you  think Miss Rites and her  _____  came here tonight?' she  asked, 'I suppose they walked     
[012] sky to take  Lara.  Komarovsky introduced Lara as ills  _____ , but after several  elegant evenings in the finest res     
[013] iety knew that  Lara was something very dierent from a  _____ . .  Lara' could not control the events in her life. At     
[014]  is that?' asked Dudorov.  'He thinks he has found his  _____ , the child of Yury and  Larissa Fyodorovna Antipova. H     
[015]  In  some areas, they preferred to marry their sister,  _____  or  granddaughter than to join their family with the f     
[016] million. Miss  de Beaumont's family are furious.  Her   _____ , Mrs Charmian Pickford said, 'We  are very upset. We       
[017] ess it. I'm good  at guessing.' Mrs Penniman gave her   _____  a  soft little kiss. You must be very nice to him.'  C     
[018] announced the young man's  name. Mrs Penniman sent her  _____  into the  parlour  alone.  This time it's for you for      
[019] on the other  side  of  the city. She had not told her  _____  about this meeting, and  so was a little embarrassed w     
[020] enniman got up quickly from her chair and went to her   _____ . Are you going to give him up,  then?'  For some time      
[021]  disappointed to see that there were no tears in  her   _____ 's eyes when she came down to breakfast.  That afternoo     
[022] the journey will make you forget Morris,' she told her  _____ .  Catherine could not decide whether to obey her fathe     
[023] to her sister, and on  Catherine's return she told her  _____  that she had  taken  good care of her lover while she      
[024] y dearest Catherine,' said Mrs Penniman, avoiding her   _____ 's eyes, just wait until you see him!'  Catherine had f     
[025] ' Rachael said to Rick fiercely.  I can explain why my  _____  failed your empathy test,' the old  man said. She was      


	
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[001] nd it was  still  winter. I took a cab to the  Holiday  _____  and slept late  after the long flight. My shoulder fel     
[002] s and I left  the  bridge.  I went back to the Holiday  _____ , repacked my little bag, and  had some  lunch. I loade     
[003] rong about him. , .  They stopped to look at the Crown  _____ , a hotel in Highbury,  and Mrs Weston told Frank about     
[004] at do you think of having our little ball at the Crown  _____ ?'  he asked.  They discussed the idea and decided it w     
[005] n the end,' Mrs Weston replied.  The Ball at the Crown  _____   '. Mr Highbury wanted to entertain Mr and Mrs Elton.      
[006] ame. Emma and Harriet travelled  together to the Crown  _____  and arrived just after the group from  Randalls:  Fran     
[007] ow!' He helped Oliver to stand up, and took him  to an  _____ . There he bought some bread and meat and  something to     
[008] e country roads. In the  afternoon they came to an old  _____ , and Sikes ordered some  dinner by the kitchen fire.       
[009]  have written a letter to him. Will you take it to the  _____  for me?  From there someone will ride at once with it      
[010] r ran off immediately across the fields. He  found the  _____  and arranged for the letter to be taken to Dr  Losbern     
[011] e away with it on his horse.  He was coming out of the  _____  when he almost fell against a  tall man in a black coa     
[012] ared at the madman for a moment and then ran into  the  _____  for help. Some men came and carried the person  inside     
[013] er or fear, stood the man who  had met him outside the  _____ .  It was only a second - and then they had gone. But t     
[014] sberne.  'The man that I told you about. He was at the  _____ ,' said Oliver.  'This is very strange,' said Dr Losber     
[015] o see  him. It was the man that Oliver had seen at the  _____ , and later  outside his window with Fagin.  'Mr Bumble     
[016] g that you know about Monks.'  Nancy told him about an  _____  where they might find Monks.  Then she began to descri     
[017] At nine  o'clock, he came to a village and went to the  _____ . He sat  alone, throwing a few pieces of food to his d     
[018] nt the first  two relaxing at the minimalist Duck Cove  _____  in Margaree  Harbour,  weighing the natural options -      
[019] at a  B  & B in Kinderhook ($69) and two nights at the  _____  at Green  River  in the Berkshires near Hillsdale (for     
[020] ). For the sake  of  comparison, I called the Red Lion  _____  in Stockbridge and  found  that their lowest priced do     
[021]  although  inside we found the country conceit at this  _____  a bit tired:  decorating with a plethora of wreaths, p     
[022] ul of diners  on  a slow weekday night. Begin with the  _____ 's luscious  quesadilla  filled with smoky chicken and      
[023] y and charged him with the  armed  robbery of a Ramada  _____  in late July. Word of the arrest  spread  quickly, and     
[024]  finding it - you'll see a sign for it, The  Middleton  _____ . SB: OK, it sounds simple enough. I'll follow you  -       
[025] ished hotel in Ulan Bator - the Genghis  Khan  Holiday  _____ . The scourge of Russia and much of eastern  Europe up      


	
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[001] as  a strangely thin girl in a dark dress, with a pink  _____   tied over her hair.  'Yes, it is warm enough. It will     
[002] d to do. She always wore the same dark  dress and pink  _____ .  Who did she live with? Nobody else came to the windo     
[003] erness, shaking  so violently that she had to hold her  _____  up to her  mouth.  'How should I know?' cried the wait     
[004] ush.  Jo rode ahead. He wore a blue shirt and a white   _____  round his neck, with a red pattern that  looked like b     
[005] g. It was full as usual: make-up, money,  notebook, a   _____  marked with  lipstick, some pieces  of dress material      
[006] , Louise,'  She sat  down and wiped her face  with her  _____ .  'She must have slipped on the floor, Lou. It would b     
[007] found I was crying. It was all horrible. He got out  a  _____  and dried my eyes.  'It's all over now,' he said. 'You     
[008] 'Excellent!' He wiped his stained face with a stained   _____ ,  and turned to look at the  boat. 'That's  Hendrixson     
[009]  the tail out of Pointless's mouth, and  gave her his   _____  to eat instead. She chewed on it while he was  milking     
[010] roken, and that had  started the explosion.  I took my  _____  out and put it across my mouth and  nose, and walked a     
[011] cry. He pushed his chair back  and stood up. He took a  _____  from his pocket and  wiped his forehead. He tried a ne     
[012]  us?' he  asked, drying his big black moustache with a  _____ .  'No. . . I... sorry, Mr Rodriguez.' Hu felt embarras     
[013] t three.' Mr Rodriguez touched his  moustache with his  _____  and said something quietly  in Spanish. Some of the st     
[014] urned to face Dorian.  'Yes,' he continued, taking his  _____  out of his pocket,  'his painting seemed to me to have     
[015] efore.  He shut the door, tied up his few clothes in a  _____ ,  and sat down to wait for morning.  When the first li     
[016] s very hard,  especially the hand in which he held his  _____ . One  young man was anxious to hang up his hat for him     
[017] his trousers, a purse in the other, and a watch and  a  _____  in his coat pocket.  He then walked round and round th     
[018] t they  took from him the silver box, purse, watch and  _____  If  the old gentleman felt a hand in his pockets, he c     
[019] 'unless they find more work while they are  out. Is my  _____  hanging out of my pocket? Yes, sir,'  said Oliver.  'S     
[020] he bottom of the pocket with one hand, and pulled  the  _____  out of it with the other hand.  'Has it gone.' cried F     
[021] put his hand into  the old man's pocket and take out a  _____ . Dawkins  gave it to Charley Bates and they both ran a     
[022] leman put his hand in his pocket. He did not find  his  _____ , so he turned round. When he saw Oliver  running away,     
[023] way, he thought of course that the boy had stolen his   _____ .  'Stop, thief! 'he shouted, and ran after Oliver.  Ev     
[024] ntleman. 'I am not really sure  that this boy took the  _____ .' The constable pulled  Oliver along the street to the     
[025] ne.  Mr Brownlow was reading and another boy took his   _____ .  This boy did nothing. He watched and looked surprise