Test III

1. My long experience has convinced me that __ only basis of __ happy marriage is __ complete fidelity on both sides. (W.S. Maugham)

2. It was really disgraceful that __ man with __ charming wife and such __ sweet little girl should be willing to pick up __ woman in __ train. (W.S. Maugham)

3. They drove the rest of the journey in__ stormy silence. (W.S. Maugham)

4. __ lunch was a welcome break to __ long morning. (D. du Maurier)

5. We had __ glorious still summer’s day without __ cloud in __ blue sky. (D. du Maurier)

6. __ English spoke their native language so strangely. (S. Sheldon)

7. He rose to his feet and threw himself on __ bed in __ ecstasy of __ sentiment. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

8. She was __ only child, it seemed; her father owned and ran __ small engineering works at Swindon. (J. Fowles)

9. “What’ll happen if I kill him – will they throw me in__ jail?” (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

10. I suppose she was __ most beautiful creature I ever saw in my life. (D. du Maurier)

11. Dr. Doemling is __ head of __ psychology department at __ Baylor University. (Th. Harris)

12. __ shores of __ Mediterranean were littered with royalties from all parts of Europe: some lured there on account of the climate, some in exile, and some because __ scandalous past or __ unsuitable marriage made it more convenient for them to inhabit __ foreign country. (W.S. Maugham)

13. There never were men placed in such egoistic positions since – oh, since __ French Revolution. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

14. Last night we went to __ Chinese dinner at six and __ French dinner at nine, and I can feel __ sharks’ fins navigating unhappily in __ Burgundy. (P. Fleming)

15. He hadn’t mentioned that he was leaving __ town. (S. Sheldon)

16. It was very different when __ late Mrs. De Winter was alive. (D. du Maurier)

17. “This morning we received __ call from __ cleaning woman, __ Frau Mendler.” (S. Sheldon)

18. She had __ shrewdness and __ quick eye for __ absurd. (W.S. Maugham)

19. Get over to __ Sloan-Kettering Hospital. (S. Sheldon)

20. __ brilliant education she had – her youth passed in __ renaissance glory. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

Test IV

1. As Ivo walked toward Donatella, she looked at him with __ expression of such hatred on her face that for __ moment Ivo thought he must have entered __ wrong apartment. (S. Sheldon)

2. If one knew __ right people, anything could be done. (S. Sheldon)

3. __ weather was wet and cold for quite __ week, as it often can be in __ west country in__ early summer, and we did not go down to __ beach again. (D. du Maurier)

4. “Have you ever been in __ prison?” (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

5. It would be __ most popular move, you know, we all miss the Manderley gaiety. (D. du Maurier)

6. She’s __ acting editor at the moment. (M. Gayle)

7. Once Krendler called her at home on __ rainy winter night. (Th. Harris)

8. Dick felt fine – he was already well in advance of the day; arrived at where __ man should be at __ end of __ good dinner. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

9. You leave me in __ dark. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

10. Even __ midday sun would not penetrate the interlacing of those green leaves. (D. du Maurier)

11. We’re going to be bigger than __ Rothschilds. (S. Sheldon)

12. The private Boeing 707-320 was making its final approach to __ Kennedy Airport, gliding out of the stacked-up traffic pattern. (S. Sheldon)

13. __ old Julyan will be getting impatient. (D. du Maurier)

14. As Olivia looked down over __ Arizona, __ sun was setting, turning __ desert red. The great gash of __ Grand Canyon was already in __ darkness. (H. Fielding)

15. I don’t mind telling you that __ news was quite a shock, Lara. (S. Sheldon)

16. __ man is one of the toughest of animated creatures. Only the anthrax bacillus can stand so unfavourable __ environment for so long __ time. (H.L. Mencken)

17. I saw Bee watching Giles at__ dinner, who laughed louder than usual. (D. du Maurier)

18. I don’t suppose your wife wants to be pointed out as Mrs. de Winter, __ widow of __ murderer, of __ fellow who was hanged. (D. du Maurier)

19. She was sent to the offices of __ Roger Burnham on __ Wall Street. (S. Sheldon)

20. I can think of __ quality that would be more valuable. (W.S. Maugham)

Test V

1. Then __ door opened and __ man came into __ room. (D. du Maurier)

2. __ Dutch have hearty appetites. (S. Sheldon)

3. __ dark suspicion was born in John’s heart. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

4. “__ lunch is ready, shall we go in?” (D. du Maurier)

5. If __ rose at __ noon has lost __ beauty it had at__ dawn, __ beauty it had then was real. (W.S. Maugham)

6. They are __ most ungrateful people in the world. (W.S. Maugham)

7. In __ summer __ father and __ son walked downtown together to have their shoes shined. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

8. Stage five was probably the most delicate of them all. It consisted of __ heartbreaking farewell speech, __ generous parting gift and __ tearful arrivederci. (S. Sheldon)

9. It’s been __ wonderful summer for them, hasn’t it? (D. du Maurier)

10. “Maybe I’d be __ wrong husband for you, anyway.” (K. Saunders)

11. She is now __ head of music and drama at Highfields Community School in Hackney. (M. Gayle)

12. I went along through the drawing-room to fetch it, __ faithful Jasper at my heels. (D. du Maurier)

13. His origins recommended him to the American ladies of title to whom he brought letters, for he was of __ old Virginian family and through his mother traced his descent from one of the signatories of __ Declaration of __ Independence. (W.S. Maugham)

14. This is __ most distressing thing, Mrs. de Winter. (D. du Maurier)

15. Monsignor took him several times to see Thornton Hancock, and once or twice to the house of __ Mrs. Lawrence, __ type of Rome-haunting American whom Amory liked immediately. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

16. He slid back the bolt, opened the back door and stepped into the stifling heat of __ evening sun. (J.H. Chase)

17. If you will kindly call my husband at __ hospital. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

18. “Miss Warren asks to be excused, __ Doctor. She wants to lie down. She wants to have dinner upstairs tonight.” (F. Sc..Fitzgerald)

19. She looked down at the vast, empty darkness of __ Sahara. (H. Fielding)

20. One time he saw her in __ person; as he walked past __ Palace Hotel, __ magnificent Rolls curved into __ half-moon entrance. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)