Test XV

1. He had __ knowledge and __ real love of beautiful objects. (W.S. Maugham)

2. Often __ man can play __ helpless child in front of __ woman, but he can almost never bring it off when he feels most like __ helpless child. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

3. Of course __ French always sleep with their windows shut, don’t they? (D. du Maurier)

4. And then recently it occurred to me that ever since it happened it’s like I’ve been looking at it __ wrong way. (M. Gayle)

5. It was a landscape by Daumier, lit by __ chill winter moon. (S. Sheldon)

6. __ sunshine is delicious, __ rain is refreshing, __ wind braces up, __ snow is exhilarating; there is no such thing as __ bad weather, only different kinds of __ good weather. (J. Ruskin)

7. St. Midas’ is __ most expensive and __ most exclusive boys’ preparatory school in the world. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

8. “In effect,” Alec reminded him dryly, “Elizabeth is already __ president.” (S. Sheldon)

9. He’s going to be given __ good supper for his work tonight. (D. du Maurier)

10. On the way back to the hotel __ old Gausse said not __ word. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

11. He was leaving in __ morning and they had agreed to take a long farewell trot by __ cold moonlight. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

12. She sat between __ old, fat, bald and loquacious Cabinet Minister who took a great deal of trouble to entertain her, and __ young Duke of Westreys who looked like __ stable boy and who flattered himself that he knew French slang better than __ Frenchman. (W.S. Maugham)

13. The issue of __ future, dramatically revised, was suddenly between them. (K. Saunders)

14. My grandfather had bettered himself a good deal by marrying the seedsman’s widow, and __ Father had been educated at __ Walton Grammar School. (G. Orwell)

15. Walther was seated on the edge of __ bed, holding her hand. (S. Sheldon)

16. Kyanzo was __ sole supplier of gasoline in the whole town.

17. __ McKiscos had been invited to sit at the captain’s table. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

18. But the strained faces of the children, looking from __ parent to__ parent, made him want to grind her grinning mask into jelly. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

19. I felt __ icy chill start up my spine. (J.H. Chase)

20. The young man was regarding his embarkation with__ aloof cynicism as Doctor Diver approached. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

Test XVI

1. It wasn’t half as good as she knocked up herself of __ Sunday morning, she decided, but it wasn’t bad really and she said, in __ strong English accent: “Very nice indeed.” (H.E. Bates)

2. As Elizabeth grew older, she came to know what it meant to be __ daughter of Sam Roffe. (S. Sheldon)

3. Sam Roffe was __ last male heir of the Roffe dynasty. (S. Sheldon)

4. He did extraordinary well in __ war. He was __ captain before he went to the front, and following __ Argonne battles he got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

5. Ma sat in__ silent admiration at these few but impressively fluent words. (H.E. Bates)

6. I found this family idealism discouraging; even my brash confidence couldn’t compete with __ dead. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

7. __ famous Paul, __ concessionaire, had not arrived, but Claude, who was checking stock, broke off his work with no improper surprise to make Abe a pick-me-up. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

8. __ God has no intention of setting __ limit to the efforts of __ man to conquer __ space. (Pius XII)

9. I sometimes have to go to__ bed for days. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

10. Sometimes I think I’m __ most selfish person in the world. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

11. At that moment the door opened and Firth announced that __ luncheon was served. (D. du Maurier)

12. He reached Innsbruck at__ dusk, sent his bags up to a hotel and walked into__ town. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

13. Angelica is good in __ early summer, especially when you’re thirsty. (G. Orwell)

14. In front of him beneath __ dingy sky was Beaumont Hamel. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

15. Yes, she could warmly recommend the niece of an old friend, __ Miss Dorothy Curtis, educated at Somerville but prepared to care for a small child, because the sea air would be good for her asthma. (K. Saunders)

16. I thought I would give myself a holiday, and I went to __ Louvre.

17. In __ cold, Widgett’s face looked even odder. (H. Fielding)

18. It means having __ active knowledge of the race’s experience. (F. Sc. Fitzgerald)

19. But __ Mediterranean beach is not a place for playing on.

20. __ speech is __ power: __ speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. (R.W. Emerson)