1. ______ is normally used to refer to the treatment and training of the child within the home.

A. Feeding                  B. Mothering                C. Upbringing                   D. Educating

2. Several important methods were ______ for preserving food in the nineteenth century.

A. seen                       B. covered                   C. prepared                      D. invented

3. A man is walking towards me. ______ man is carrying ______ parcel.

A. A/ the                      B. The/ a                     C. Ø/ the                           D.The/ Ø

4. A few years after you buy it, a house is usually ______ much more than it originally costs you.

A. expensive               B. worth                       C. worthy                          D. valueless

5. I will do anything but ______ the dishes.

A. wash                       B. washed                  C. washing                        D. will wash

6. I am so tired that I can't make ______ what you are saying.

A. up                           B. in                            C. out                                 D. on