Test XVII

1. There’s __ real pain in her voice. (M. Gayle)

2. For some time Michael had been turning over in his mind __ possibility that Dolly de Vries might put up __ money they needed, but he was shrewd enough to know while she might do it for Julia she would not do it for him. (W.S. Maugham)

3. __ man who never makes a mistake never does anything. (H. Fielding)

4. I’m __ only child. (S. Sheldon)

5. “You really are __ perfect wife, you know,” Stanford said. (C. Bushnell)

6. “Thank you,” Lara said. She replaced the receiver. She had obviously called __ wrong broker. (S. Sheldon)

7. Keller was suddenly quiet. He knew he was facing one of __ most important decisions of his life, and it had nothing to do with money. (S. Sheldon)

8. They flew to Paris in a private jet, and had __ superb dinner. (S. Sheldon)

9. __ night when they rode up the slope and watched __ cold moon float through the clouds, he lost a further part of him that nothing could restore. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

10. She had __ wild winter and arrived in __ country in March. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

11. You will be __ president of the company. (S. Sheldon)

12. One night they walked while __ moon rose and poured a great burden of glory over the garden until it seemed fairyland with Amory and Eleanor. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

13. It was part of a tribute to the Earl of Shaftsbury: a grateful nation honours the man who abolished child labour. Alfred Gilbert, __ sculptor, positioned Eros with his bow and arrow aiming up __ Shaftsbury Avenue. (S. Fry)

14. Elliot had just finished telling me all this when __ mother and__ daughter came in. (W.S. Maugham)

15. For he was gayer than I had thought, more tender than I had dreamed, youthful and ardent in a hundred happy ways, not __ Maxim I had first met, not __ stranger who sat alone at the table in the restaurant. (D. du Maurier)

16. He entertained with __ magnificence that never overstepped the bounds of __ good taste. (W.S. Maugham)

17. “There’s __ Mr. Randall coming up in the lift. Your author.” (K. Saunders)

18. He spent years burrowing away in the library of __ British Museum. (W.S. Maugham)

19. “Do you know __ young Adrian?” (S. Fry)

20. __ most people sell their souls and live with __ good conscience on __ proceeds. (L.S. Smith)

Test XVIII

1. __ chill went down my spine as it strangely does when I am confronted with __ deep and genuine human emotion. (W.S. Maugham)

2. __ well-dressed American had come in with two women. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

3. You are __ only person I know who still cares about Harrison and his wife patching things up. (M. Gabot)

4. At six o’clock on __ rainy September morning, the reconstruction of the hotel began. (S. Sheldon)

5. She was __ perfect hostess, __ perfect Mrs. Sam Roffe. (S. Sheldon)

6. Isn’t it __ most beautiful ring you’ve ever seen? (S. Sheldon)

7. The jig-saw pieces came together __ piece by__ piece, and __ real Rebecca took shape and form before me, stepping from her shadow world like __ living figure from __ picture frame. (D. du Maurier)

8. I ordered __ large coffee and a couple of frankfurters. (G. Orwell)

9. As he approached the promenade, __ stars began to come through __ white crests of __ high Alps. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

10. Anna was having __ breakfast on the terrace of __ Tennerhof Hotel on the second day when Walther Gassner joined her. (S. Sheldon)

11. Alec had taken her to a play at __ Old Vic, and then to dinner at __ Mirabelle. (S. Sheldon)

12. It’s hard on him and hard on you that we can’t let __ past lie quiet. (D. du Maurier)

13. __ university should be a place of __ light, of __ liberty, and of __ learning. (B. Disraeli)

14. After what seemed hours, __ bright-orange sun peeped over the eastern horizon and there was an expectant stir from the crowd. (S. Sheldon)

15. I am going to spend __ summer at the seaside with __Mrs. Charles Paterson and tutor her daughter who is to enter __ college in __ autumn. (J. Webster)

16. “You mean you – want to become __ president?” (S. Sheldon)

17. __ little Helena was of age, and had suddenly grasped that she was sole mistress of her millions. (K. Saunders)

18. A pleasant, solid-looking young man, phlegmatic in __ extreme, Brough would have guessed, reliable, solid, trustworthy, an excellent foil for his sister’s far more vulnerable ands fragile personality. (P. Jordan)

19. Kaethe had touched __ material truth. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

20. __ White House is the finest prison in the world. (H.S. Truman)