MULTI_CONC
Quiz
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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? (Corpus=corpus_awl.txt )
basis
contain
desire
effective
election
faith
neighbor
observe
operate
remark
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2. WORDS
basis
contain
desire
effective
election
faith
neighbor
observe
operate
remark
[001] a grudge. I know a man who held resentment against a _____ for more than three decades. Several years ago I was
[002] , I have left my grudge at the altar and forgiven my _____ ". Forgiveness is the door through which a person
[003] inless franks in your own back yard! You'll have the _____ 's eyes popping as well as their mouths watering! _
[004] For instance, the dreamer sees himself seated behind _____ Smith and, with photographic realism, sees Smith dri
[005] , by sharing the cost and upkeep of machinery with a _____ , and by hiring someone with machinery to do certain
[006] a glimpse of life on the floor of this green sea: a _____ 's gingham skirt flashing into sight for an instant o
[007] ly, as shown in Figure 2. Information beyond nearest _____ is carried second-, third-, and fourth-hand as a dis
[008] n Figure 3 and seldom are carried beyond the nearest _____ . It will readily be seen that in this suggested n
[009] sions at the Curia by Gautier de Montfaucon, Othon's _____ and a member of the Vaudois coalition. But althou
[010] to be called "Auntie". When they reached their _____ 's house, Pamela said a few polite words to Grace and
[011] Mrs. Victor Dominique, socially prominent and a _____ of the Lalauries, chanced to glance out of her parlo
[012] e as if it had been a birthday card to her next-door _____ . No return address whatsoever. Somebody had scrawled
3. WORDS
basis
contain
desire
effective
election
faith
neighbor
observe
operate
remark
[001] irms offer jobs on an educational rather than a need _____ . Principal address will be delivered by Gerald T.
[002] on could be conducted on an intra- mural community _____ . But with today's demand for professional qualificat
[003] ween first and second class citizenship drawn on any _____ other than that of academic rank or professional ach
[004] unless it is broken in 154 games.) "Even on the _____ of 154 games, this is the ideal situation", insists
[005] does not discriminate against any applicant on the _____ of race or color. But in all its 175 years, not a si
[006] t Wayne State. But Holmes was rejected again "on the _____ of his record and interview". The evidence in court
[007] re their book resources on a county-wide or regional _____ . New York State has what is probably the most adv
[008] o operate on an organized and far more comprehensive _____ . Local libraries find, too, that the new plan save
[009] e of recruiting the staff on "as wide a geographical _____ as possible". The United States and its allies have
[010] tizen will now be privileged to receive on a regular _____ . @ #OUR CREDITORS DO NOT FORGET US# Letter writi
[011] has been quietly taking reservations on a nonracial _____ . Several conventions have been held in recent months
[012] n held in recent months in hotels on a nonsegregated _____ . This is a radical change in attitude from the co
4. WORDS
basis
contain
desire
effective
election
faith
neighbor
observe
operate
remark
[001] winner. The fact is that any business that wants to _____ successfully cannot follow the law. Hypocrisy thus b
[002] rter-century, but the system enables this process to _____ on an organized and far more comprehensive basis. Lo
[003] p smaller than 75,000 tons. This would be cheaper to _____ and could be used for cruises during the lean winter
[004] in the reciprocal trade principle under which we now _____ . Without this power we lay open any American industr
[005] ho are straw men, who controls, who does not. But to _____ in American politics one must go a step further- one
[006] to gather that post-attack reconnaissance. It could _____ under the clouds and perform infrared photography th
[007] lake or reservoir on the new, light, strong, easy-to- _____ trailers which are built to accommodate almost any k
[008] an ever since the new safety is easier and faster to _____ . #BEGINNERS' GUNS, '61# A fresh crop of beginners'
[009] ever because many youngsters aren't strong enough to _____ a top tang to open a gun- and the side lever does in
[010] rtant if you want a good job. Each cutting tool will _____ best at a given speed, depending on the material wor
[011] ge for the future and it is often more economical to _____ one large area than several small ones. Shape o
[012] g". The microscope and orthicon are both selected to _____ well into the ultraviolet spectrum, which means that
5. WORDS
basis
contain
desire
effective
election
faith
neighbor
observe
operate
remark
[001] e the best selling camera in the German market. _____ of Howard L. Taylor to membership in Pacific Coast S
[002] e and for all. #REPUBLICANS# _LAST ACT_ Since _____ Day, Vice President Richard Nixon had virtually reti
[003] te, and then to make "sufficient declaration" of the _____ of the man who defeated him in the tight 1960 presid
[004] man who defeated him in the tight 1960 presidential _____ . Nixon fulfilled his assignment with grace, then wen
[005] didate for the presidency announced the result of an _____ in which he was defeated", he said. The Masters
[006] than some of his leading supporters would like. His _____ , on the other hand, would unquestionably strengthen
[007] This is the key fact emerging from Sunday's national _____ . Chancellor Adenauer's Christian Democratic Party
[008] th the Communist bloc. The question left by the _____ is whether West Germany veers slightly toward more f
[009] urban vote can be the balance of power in any close _____ . These are New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Marylan
[010] st". A Republican survey says Kennedy won the '60 _____ on the religious issue. Too many people were afraid
[011] ssion at the convention was to require the boards of _____ to instruct judges to properly display the American
[012] udges under the jurisdiction of the Chicago board of _____ commissioners are instructed to do this. The
6. WORDS
basis
contain
desire
effective
election
faith
neighbor
observe
operate
remark
[001] steamily equatorial to the temperate. The hospitals _____ patients trampled by elephants or run over by sports
[002] lected from the sound tracks of a television series, _____ "conversations with the elder wise men of our day"
[003] polonaise; and the dances and songs from the Tatras _____ a magnificent dance for the men. Everywhere the
[004] menu, says Dr. Keys, contains 3,000 calories, should _____ 2,300. And extra weight increases the risk of cancer
[005] this utterly individual historical person must also _____ within himself the common history of mankind. His hi
[006] covering the cars; Pennsylvania thus blanketed would _____ about a quintillion peas. But we still have a l
[007] the accuracy of the final result. Some formulas _____ "constants". A constant is a number that remains the
[008] distinctive of their area. Although the site may not _____ the features themselves, there are often opportuniti
[009] NTS# - Some areas may already have been improved and _____ buildings, roads, utilities, cleared land, etcetera
[010] t insignificant puke I ever saw .... His head cannot _____ enough sense to command a regiment, much less a corp
[011] dget was concerned, although records in police files _____ many reports of servants who have murdered their e
[012] welry. Handmade Christmas wreaths and trees often _____ a variety of seeds collected during the year. T
7. WORDS
basis
contain
desire
effective
election
faith
neighbor
observe
operate
remark
[001] his patient. So he keeps the veteran in until he can _____ the effects of treatment or surgery. The Americ
[002] as seen open before her, Ronnie has not been able to _____ her progress, and instead of appearing at a family p
[003] al times in recent months. And it was interesting to _____ that B.B.C.'s television film on Christmas Eve was
[004] ning on May 28th and continuing through June 3rd, to _____ most appropriately the centennial of the first land
[005] ole. If anyone thought of the John Harvey, it was to _____ that she was straddled by a pair of ships heavily la
[006] who was in the dock, why was the Trial, as we shall _____ later, all but scuttled in the attempt to prove Eich
[007] rican influence across the world. Thus, if we are to _____ American folklore in the twentieth century, we will
[008] egation. The liberal-conservative division, we might _____ in passing, is not of itself directly involved in a
[009] cterization of the liberal conservative split we may _____ that it involves differences in the formula for esca
[010] even, to some extent, with science. Here we may _____ that at least one modern philosophy of history is bu
[011] sobeyed, the result is turmoil and chaos. As we _____ moral law and physical law they appear as being inev
[012] e authorized representatives of the United States to _____ and review agreed projects and the utilization of go
8. WORDS
basis
contain
desire
effective
election
faith
neighbor
observe
operate
remark
[001] with the dangers that threaten our society. The _____ and ability to read are important aspects of our cul
[002] stance, because Russia could easily guess we did not _____ a nuclear war except in the ultimate extremity.
[003] ed. To be presiding officer of it was the end of his _____ and ambition. The Senate to him was not the "upper b
[004] ran across Mr. Rayburn and the youngster expressed a _____ to get the Speaker's autograph. Mr. Dwyer said
[005] rm has recognized the tight dollar and the tourist's _____ to visit the "smaller, less-traveled and relatively
[006] most articulate Republicans are those who, in their _____ to get back at Mr. Kennedy, already have created the
[007] to become a language teacher. Of course, having this _____ , I am very interested in education. A few weeks
[008] premises for the display of the flag. It was my _____ to advise the membership of the Legion that the majo
[009] arker proud of this city. It should also make him _____ to participate actively in civic, school and religio
[010] dkin Lectures is marred throughout by too forceful a _____ to defend Lindemann and apparently himself from Sir
[011] s to be an increasing lack of communication- or even _____ for communication- between differing schools of thou
[012] v's first message to President Kennedy was a wistful _____ for the return of the "good old days" of Roosevelt.
9. WORDS
basis
contain
desire
effective
election
faith
neighbor
observe
operate
remark
[001] is country's "prestige" abroad. What does he think a _____ like this "lousy" one does to our prestige and moral
[002] Equally penetrating in its fashion is the following _____ by a lady in the course of a literary conversation:
[003] r some perverse, undaunted reason, had made the same _____ to an Eskimo girl in Eskimo. To her peanuts and emer
[004] d wheat is added to bread and causes the children to _____ , "Lillian, did you put nuts in the bread today"?
[005] "Washington", President Kennedy has been heard to _____ ironically, "is a city of southern efficiency and no
[006] ory Lord Chancellor, Molesworth reportedly made this _____ on the defense of Phipps by Convocation: "They that
[007] of Lords, he was removed from the Privy Council, his _____ having been represented as a blasphemous affront t
[008] rtier" is really to be taken as Swift, the following _____ is obviously Steele's comment on Swift's change of p
[009] o Colonel Van Hamm. The colonel grunted, then made a _____ which might be construed in either of two ways. "Don
[010] It was Plummer, in fact, who coined the much quoted _____ : "Mr. Green indeed writes as if he had been present
[011] n of the trend toward an all-Negro school system", a _____ apparently occasioned by the increase of Negro schoo
[012] ed in the case until I came on the scene and made my _____ . For what I express in my
10. WORDS
basis
contain
desire
effective
election
faith
neighbor
observe
operate
remark
[001] aylor to membership in Pacific Coast Stock Exchange, _____ Tuesday, has been announced by Thomas P. Phelan, p
[002] hen's Episcopal Day School in Coconut Grove, becomes _____ July 15. Enrique Jorda, conductor and musical dir
[003] as long as one pretends that the anti-trust laws are _____ and rational. Quite clearly the anti-trust laws are
[004] ional. Quite clearly the anti-trust laws are neither _____ nor rational- and yet the argument goes that they sh
[005] of collective bargaining. The basic purpose of an _____ collective-bargaining system is the removal of wages
[006] man Act was aimed at giant monopolies. It was most _____ against trade unions. In the famous Danbury Hatters
[007] and that he was the only man who could do anything _____ . In a tense, closed-door session with Judge Smith
[008] or the staffs of member libraries, teaching them the _____ use of film as a library service. The system we
[009] N. without operational responsibilities and without _____ meaning. The integrity of the office not merely r
[010] ithin reach. The fewer nos she has to utter the more _____ they will be. She should offer substitutes for th
[011] Yet it is plainly time to make a start, and to be _____ the first move should be highly dramatic, without be
[012] UCTION of the "dialogue" principle proved strikingly _____ at the thirty-fourth annual meeting of the Catholic