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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] y heavy loads  up off the floor and carry them about -  _____ , metal  pans and  trays, and other baking equipment -      
[002] the  floor,  which of course is covered in a layer of   _____ . And while I am  doing all this I am forced to look ri     
[003] We've  got  some salt and pepper, and there's  lots of  _____ . Would you  like  to help me with the shopping? B: Sur     
[004] cause  angry crowds came and threw tomatoes, eggs, and  _____  at  them.  Many  women went to prison. There they refu     
[005] ce that she found it diicult to eat the heavy nshima.   _____  and water cooked in a pan over the fire. But the  chil     
[006] y heavy loads  up off the floor and carry them about -  _____ , metal  pans and  trays, and other baking equipment -      
[007] the  floor,  which of course is covered in a layer of   _____ . And while I am  doing all this I am forced to look ri     
[008] We've  got  some salt and pepper, and there's  lots of  _____ . Would you  like  to help me with the shopping? B: Sur     
[009] cause  angry crowds came and threw tomatoes, eggs, and  _____  at  them.  Many  women went to prison. There they refu     
[010] ce that she found it diicult to eat the heavy nshima.   _____  and water cooked in a pan over the fire. But the  chil     


	
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[001] ny  films in her adult career, including  Cat on a Hot  _____  Roof in  1858 and Cleopatra in 1962. Her private life      
[002] me, but I couldn't open  them because I didn't have a   _____ -opener. All this survival  equipment, but I only had a     
[003] equipment, but I only had a little penknife to  open a  _____  of  beans with! It was too blunt to do the job. I forg     
[004] . Newman went on to make  films such  as Cat on  a Hot  _____  Roof, The Hustler, Butch Cassidy and  the  Sundance Ki     
[005]  generosity of Tan  Chin  Tuan, a Singapore banker, KP  _____ , a Hong Kong  businessman, the  Kresge Foundation of t     
[006] at for lunch. Then, after that,  George  brought out a  _____  of fruit. We love tinned fruit, all  three of us. We l     
[007] uit, all  three of us. We looked at the picture on the  _____ . We thought  about the  fruit. We imagined the taste o     
[008] , and Harris got out a spoon. Then we looked  for the   _____  opener. We took everything out of the big  basket. We      
[009] ket. We took everything out of the bags. There was no   _____   opener.  We pulled up the boards at the bottom of the     
[010]  by the river, and we  shook  everything. There was no  _____  opener!  Then Harris tried to open the                     
[011]                 opener!  Then Harris tried to open the  _____  with a little knife, and he cut  himself badly. George     
[012] ly hit him in the eye. I tried to make  a  hole in the  _____  with the sharp end of a piece of  metal. But I missed.     
[013] ut I missed. As a result, I fell in the water, and the  _____   flew away and broke a cup.  Then we all got angry. We     
[014]  and broke a cup.  Then we all got angry. We took that  _____ , and we put it on the  grass by  the river. Harris wen     
[015] e. I got a long, thick piece of wood. George held  the  _____ ,  and Harris put the sharp end of his stone against  t     
[016] Harris was not hurt too badly.  After that, I took the  _____  away. I beat it until I was exhausted  and  miserable.     
[017] he piece  of wood. Then the three of us sat round that  _____   on the grass, and we looked at it.  There was one big     
[018] d at it.  There was one big line across the top of the  _____  that looked  like a  mouth. It seemed to be laughing a     
[019]  Heavens! Old J. s gone in! Harris said.  We beat that  _____  into every shape there is - but we could not  make a       
[020] events of the evening  before. But when she lifted the  _____  cover, she was surprised  to find it full of cool wate     
[021] ntil his face was red. Other men had empty bottles and  _____   teaspoons. They knocked the spoons against the bottle     
[022] had written to Chike. 'I've bought a  new house with a  _____  roof.'  Ben Adegor was a small, strong, dark man who l     
[023] r, Flora had discovered that capable Mrs Beetle had  a  _____  bath, which she allowed Flora to use  every other even     
[024]  built a room for them out of wooden  boxes or bits of  _____ . White employers benefited from the low  wages the ill     
[025] ar apart the houses made of wooden  boxes, and bits of  _____ .  Woods suddenly smiled. I'll print them,' he said. 'I     


	
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[001] for unauthorized trading in British stock  options.     _____  prices climbed to their highest level in more than thr     
[002] roduction and on the expectation that Egypt would buy   _____  from  the United States. In other markets, coffee pric     
[003] ny  reduced its  estimate of the 1997-98 crop surplus.  _____  prices rose on  concern that El Nino, a climate change     
[004] eaten our  food. The funguses and moulds  that  attack  _____ , for example, are continually  growing stronger.  But      
[005]   But  they only evolve to match specific varieties of  _____ .  So  plant  breeders beat the funguses by changing th     
[006] all our food plants. With rice,  with potatoes,  with   _____ , with barley, all that applies. And if we lose those       
[007] atoes fried,  vegetarian  sausages, cereals and  whole  _____  bread. During the bread  strike  Paul baked the most b     
[008]  rice paddies in transparent tanks on the top  layer;   _____  below; vegetables, soya, and maize below that. The  po     
[009] h the sun-warmed Spanish field, his  hand touching the  _____ . He looked past apple trees to a  farmhouse.  He heard     
[010] " Maximus said. "To my wife, my son, and  my fields of  _____ ." "Maximus the farmed" Quintus said,  laughing. "I sti     
[011] home and farm were burning, completely  destroyed. The  _____  and the apple trees were burnt black,  and smoke still     
[012]  paying," Lucilla answered. "He's started selling  the  _____  we have saved. In two years time the people will  die      
[013] y," he said, "I purposely told them  about selling the  _____  to pay for the games. And what  happened?" "Nothing,'      
[014] doorway of a pink stone house... There was a  field of  _____  behind the house.  Commodus stood over Maximus with hi     
[015] oward  something, a pink stone wall with a gate. . . a  _____  field. .  .  the sound of a child's laugh. . .  Commod     
[016] "Go to them. You're  home." Maximus walked through the  _____  field... The  beautiful woJ1lan stopped and turned. Sh     
[017] ed  running back along the road, toward the man in the  _____   field, toward his father, who was corning home at las     
[018] for unauthorized trading in British stock  options.     _____  prices climbed to their highest level in more than thr     
[019] roduction and on the expectation that Egypt would buy   _____  from  the United States. In other markets, coffee pric     
[020] ny  reduced its  estimate of the 1997-98 crop surplus.  _____  prices rose on  concern that El Nino, a climate change     
[021] eaten our  food. The funguses and moulds  that  attack  _____ , for example, are continually  growing stronger.  But      
[022]   But  they only evolve to match specific varieties of  _____ .  So  plant  breeders beat the funguses by changing th     
[023] all our food plants. With rice,  with potatoes,  with   _____ , with barley, all that applies. And if we lose those       
[024] atoes fried,  vegetarian  sausages, cereals and  whole  _____  bread. During the bread  strike  Paul baked the most b     
[025]  rice paddies in transparent tanks on the top  layer;   _____  below; vegetables, soya, and maize below that. The  po     


	
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[001]  more concrete, a multicolored  tapestry  of brick, or  _____  pine.    Reports of rabid foxes threatening people and     
[002] out, Lee-Oh!' was an  absurd phrase to bawl; it seemed  _____  and  longwinded. I  would mutter it under my breath an     
[003] times. Nine. It's a useful  weapon.'  The idea is very  _____ ,' Rick said and started  landing the hovercar. I'm goi     
[004] ! He was in such  a hurry. He  behaved almost like an   _____  father  with a pregnant daughter.'  'You know what I t     
[005] r. At least, that's what  would have  happened in the   _____  kind of story we all  used to read when we were childr     
[006]  usually they're quite small and very detailed. A bit   _____ , I suppose.'  'They sound nice,' he said.  I lifted my     
[007] d listening to the  voffices of individuals. It became  _____  to have  personal beliefs. Everyone had to sing the sa     
[008]  more concrete, a multicolored  tapestry  of brick, or  _____  pine.    Reports of rabid foxes threatening people and     
[009] out, Lee-Oh!' was an  absurd phrase to bawl; it seemed  _____  and  longwinded. I  would mutter it under my breath an     
[010] times. Nine. It's a useful  weapon.'  The idea is very  _____ ,' Rick said and started  landing the hovercar. I'm goi     
[011] ! He was in such  a hurry. He  behaved almost like an   _____  father  with a pregnant daughter.'  'You know what I t     
[012] r. At least, that's what  would have  happened in the   _____  kind of story we all  used to read when we were childr     
[013]  usually they're quite small and very detailed. A bit   _____ , I suppose.'  'They sound nice,' he said.  I lifted my     
[014] d listening to the  voffices of individuals. It became  _____  to have  personal beliefs. Everyone had to sing the sa     


	
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[001] enes,  meanwhile, store operators are working to shave  _____  off  the  cost of stocking chicken-noodle soup and oth     
[002] l:  'Prague Spring'. The Gipsy violinists  playing for  _____  on  the  street corners will bring tears to your eyes.     
[003] ng to do with this princess, her house  or my father's  _____ .' 'All right, Yury. I will leave that  decision to you     
[004] ive objects from their past  because they needed a few  _____  to buy bread.  The carriage came close to Yury's house     
[005] enes,  meanwhile, store operators are working to shave  _____  off  the  cost of stocking chicken-noodle soup and oth     
[006] l:  'Prague Spring'. The Gipsy violinists  playing for  _____  on  the  street corners will bring tears to your eyes.     
[007] ng to do with this princess, her house  or my father's  _____ .' 'All right, Yury. I will leave that  decision to you     
[008] ive objects from their past  because they needed a few  _____  to buy bread.  The carriage came close to Yury's house     


	
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[001]  small. From the standpoint of a city swimming in red   _____  and barely able to help its neediest citizens, however     
[002] arrative of the Civil War was written  completely with  _____  pen, 500 to 600 words a day, Foote  dipping  his pen i     
[003] pocket or purse. They  work well until they are out of  _____ ,  then you throw them away and get another  one for a      
[004] e try our best, Mr Smith. Ah -  and  also Mr Smith, in  _____  please, not in pencil. The computer  doesn't  like  pe     
[005] his age. At  school he was just starting to write with  _____ , and he  was proud of this. However, although he was v     
[006] Nna-nndo was very slow at book work.  There was always  _____  on his fingers and on his school  uniform. Sometimes h     
[007] ingers and on his school  uniform. Sometimes he rubbed  _____  on his woolly hair. When  people asked him why, he alw     
[008]  hair. When  people asked him why, he always replied, ' _____  makes my  hair blacker!' He loved a joke, just like th     
[009] orked hard on the essay and now it was covered in red   _____ .  'OK, Hu,' said Mr Stanyer. He smiled. Hu didn't like     
[010] is good,' said John. 'But I've never seen so much  red  _____ .' John read from the essay: "'Wu Xi, My Home Town.  Th     
[011] 'I'll soon write this letter.' He brought a  bottle of  _____ , a pen and a sheet of paper. But he was not  used  to      
[012] d read it. 'What's this at the bottom?' he asked. 'The  _____  is  dierent. It says "Mark, Mark where are. . . but I      
[013]  small. From the standpoint of a city swimming in red   _____  and barely able to help its neediest citizens, however     
[014] arrative of the Civil War was written  completely with  _____  pen, 500 to 600 words a day, Foote  dipping  his pen i     
[015] pocket or purse. They  work well until they are out of  _____ ,  then you throw them away and get another  one for a      
[016] e try our best, Mr Smith. Ah -  and  also Mr Smith, in  _____  please, not in pencil. The computer  doesn't  like  pe     
[017] his age. At  school he was just starting to write with  _____ , and he  was proud of this. However, although he was v     
[018] Nna-nndo was very slow at book work.  There was always  _____  on his fingers and on his school  uniform. Sometimes h     
[019] ingers and on his school  uniform. Sometimes he rubbed  _____  on his woolly hair. When  people asked him why, he alw     
[020]  hair. When  people asked him why, he always replied, ' _____  makes my  hair blacker!' He loved a joke, just like th     
[021] orked hard on the essay and now it was covered in red   _____ .  'OK, Hu,' said Mr Stanyer. He smiled. Hu didn't like     
[022] is good,' said John. 'But I've never seen so much  red  _____ .' John read from the essay: "'Wu Xi, My Home Town.  Th     
[023] 'I'll soon write this letter.' He brought a  bottle of  _____ , a pen and a sheet of paper. But he was not  used  to      
[024] d read it. 'What's this at the bottom?' he asked. 'The  _____  is  dierent. It says "Mark, Mark where are. . . but I      


	
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[001] ape - and transferred from an area for  'internees' to  _____  11, reserved for those serving actual  sentences. His      
[002]  Belfast newspaper  Republican  News, are collected in  _____  Eleven (first published in 1990  in  Ireland). One of      
[003] can  working-class parents, Adams describes himself in  _____   Eleven as  someone who grew up in a 'perfectly normal     
[004]  the Hollywood Turf Handicap last May 26.    (Nicolas)  _____  has no intention of making a career out of  muscle  mo     
[005] ition of 'It's a Wonderful Life.' ' Having interviewed  _____   10 years ago when the circus first blew into town for     
[006] tes that  success becomes him. The skittish bravado of  _____  at 23  has  ripened into a dignified professionalism,      
[007] tically acclaimed film of 1988, 'City of Angels' finds  _____   cast as Seth, an angel who yearns to lead a mortal ex     
[008]  house - except birds, so long as they  stay  in their  _____  and don't make too much noise. A: I see L: As  for  gu     
[009] ld. But you don't want them to  see wild  animals in a  _____ , so you won't take them to a zoo. Further,  you  don't     
[010] long shop window stood an ostrich in a  heated plastic  _____ . It was, Rick knew, the only  ostrich on the West Coas     
[011] kiss her, or  even touch  her in her protective glass   _____ , but we began to  talk about getting married. She said     
[012] h, and speak freely. You're like a  restless bird in a  _____ . When you get out of the                                   
[013]                              . When you get out of the  _____ , you'll  fly very  high. Good night.'  Mr Rochester's      
[014] s of a bird, a free, wild  being  Even if I break your  _____  I can't reach you, beautiful. ,  creature! You'll fly      
[015]  chest rose, as if his heart wanted to fly  out of its  _____ , but he said nothing, and after a pause Miss  Oliver       
[016] , I'm not strong enough!' I cried. The iron  bars of a  _____  seemed to be closing in around me.  Jane Eyre  will be     
[017] s and which would die.  Maximus sat at the back of the  _____ , taking no notice of  them.  He could hear Proximo tal     
[018] ape - and transferred from an area for  'internees' to  _____  11, reserved for those serving actual  sentences. His      
[019]  Belfast newspaper  Republican  News, are collected in  _____  Eleven (first published in 1990  in  Ireland). One of      
[020] can  working-class parents, Adams describes himself in  _____   Eleven as  someone who grew up in a 'perfectly normal     
[021]  the Hollywood Turf Handicap last May 26.    (Nicolas)  _____  has no intention of making a career out of  muscle  mo     
[022] ition of 'It's a Wonderful Life.' ' Having interviewed  _____   10 years ago when the circus first blew into town for     
[023] tes that  success becomes him. The skittish bravado of  _____  at 23  has  ripened into a dignified professionalism,      
[024] tically acclaimed film of 1988, 'City of Angels' finds  _____   cast as Seth, an angel who yearns to lead a mortal ex     
[025]  house - except birds, so long as they  stay  in their  _____  and don't make too much noise. A: I see L: As  for  gu     


	
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[001] tners. They were involved in the import and export of   _____  furniture, furniture that looks like antiques.  They h     
[002] ea. He had very good  connections in America where the  _____  furniture  business was still good. It seemed that And     
[003] the truth came out. He started off buying and selling   _____  furniture for the company, but then he started to  cha     
[004] re for the company, but then he started to  change the  _____  furniture for real antique chairs and  cupboards. Thes     
[005] stolen, but  'Customs  authorities thought it was just  _____  furniture. He was  taking large amounts of very valuab     
[006]  paintings were found and Mr. Rovello  returned to his  _____  furniture business.  As you may have guessed, Sandra a     
[007] tners. They were involved in the import and export of   _____  furniture, furniture that looks like antiques.  They h     
[008] ea. He had very good  connections in America where the  _____  furniture  business was still good. It seemed that And     
[009] the truth came out. He started off buying and selling   _____  furniture for the company, but then he started to  cha     
[010] re for the company, but then he started to  change the  _____  furniture for real antique chairs and  cupboards. Thes     
[011] stolen, but  'Customs  authorities thought it was just  _____  furniture. He was  taking large amounts of very valuab     
[012]  paintings were found and Mr. Rovello  returned to his  _____  furniture business.  As you may have guessed, Sandra a     


	
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[001] xotic  mushrooms sharing a plate with a wedge of fried  _____   cheese and a  clump of salad. Crisp, cornmeal fried o     
[002] imals yourself, here in your  house? J: Yes, I  have a  _____  in the barn that produces milk, which I make into  che     
[003] id him his money for the three androids.  What about a  _____ , sir? Three thousand is a good first  payment on a         
[004]    , sir? Three thousand is a good first  payment on a  _____ . The advantage of a                                        
[005]                                   . The advantage of a  _____  is that you  can teach it to attack thieves. And, unli     
[006] ing  radioactive, it dies. A cat's the same. But not a  _____ , sir.  This  one's female a very beautiful black Nubia     
[007] y.  Employees of the animal dealer helped him load the  _____   into his hovercar. I own an animal now, Rick said  to     
[008] angry, he thought, because we're responsible  for this  _____  now. And she'll have to look after it since she's  at      
[009]  felt depressed. He  landed on the roof and lifted the  _____  out. It looked at him  with  bright eyes but made no s     
[010]  They were outside now, and he pointed silently at the  _____ .  Oh, my god!' Iran said softly. A black Nubian            
[011]       .  Oh, my god!' Iran said softly. A black Nubian  _____ . Is it  real?'  Yes,' Rick replied. It's real, and it'     
[012] r Bill Barbour called to  them.  That's a nice-looking  _____  you have there, Deckard.  Congratulations. One baby ho     
[013] s. Like you did this morning.  That's why I bought the  _____ . Maybe it was a  depression. I never understood yours      
[014] harply. Your job,' she  repeated. I'm glad you got the  _____ , but now we've  got all those monthly payments. Don't      
[015]  Iran greeted the caller. Yes, he's here. We bought a   _____ . Come and see it, Mr Bryant.' There was  a pause while     
[016] ated. To save their lives.  I'll come and look at your  _____  after you've killed them,'  Bryant said. Oh, and I spo     
[017] e  to try alone and I won't manage it. I just bought a  _____ ,' he  added, with the money from the three I got earli     
[018] they headed towards the suburbs of San  Francisco.  My  _____  is probably asleep by now,' Rick said. Or maybe it  do     
[019]  won't be able to kill the  others. So go home to your  _____ . You love that                                             
[020]                                       . You love that   _____  more than me. More than you love your wife, probably.'     
[021]  it's finished and I can go back home to  Iran and the  _____ . And we'll finally have enough money.  He sat down on      
[022] fe said. I have to tell you something. I'm sorry.  The  _____ 's dead.'  For some reason it did not surprise him; it      
[023] y. By killing the androids? By Rachael's murder  of my  _____ ? He did not know. Suddenly he fell on the stones,  and     
[024] mans and  androids. If I had killed her last night, my  _____  would still be  alive. That's when I made a wrong deci     
[025] xotic  mushrooms sharing a plate with a wedge of fried  _____   cheese and a  clump of salad. Crisp, cornmeal fried o     


	
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[001] ing  . . .'  'Well,' said the old man after a moment's  _____ . 'There is  a  coach. It goes along the old coach road     
[002] . wouldn't be able  to see me.'  Morse had noticed the  _____ .  'Did you like her?' he asked simply.  'Yes, I did.'      
[003]  looked surprised, but she took the towel and without   _____  she threw it over her face from behind and pulled it       
[004] aland, was called into the office. Without a moment's   _____ , he agreed to make the flight.  Woods and Bruce waited     
[005] he got up and dressed. There was no need to  shave, no  _____  about which tie to wear, none of the  worries  that oc     
[006] ing  . . .'  'Well,' said the old man after a moment's  _____ . 'There is  a  coach. It goes along the old coach road     
[007] . wouldn't be able  to see me.'  Morse had noticed the  _____ .  'Did you like her?' he asked simply.  'Yes, I did.'      
[008]  looked surprised, but she took the towel and without   _____  she threw it over her face from behind and pulled it       
[009] aland, was called into the office. Without a moment's   _____ , he agreed to make the flight.  Woods and Bruce waited     
[010] he got up and dressed. There was no need to  shave, no  _____  about which tie to wear, none of the  worries  that oc