The action ( ) are the best part of the film.

A. sequences
B. series
C. successions
D. results

The company was started ( )in 2000.

A. from scratch
B. on scratch
C. with scratch
D. through scratch

The government's decision to raise taxes was ( )their policies on inflation.

A. at odd with
B. at odds with
C. in odd with
D. in odds with

The management seems to expect staff to be constantly achieving higher levels of ( )and productivity.

A. efficiency
B. offense
C. affection
D. sufficiency

The noise from the apartment upstairs was beginning to( ).

A. get on my nerve
B. get on my nerves
C. get up my nerve
D. get up my nerves

The prime minister has left for a three-week ( )of South America.

A. travel
B. voyage
C. journey
D. tour

The ship( )and headed out to sea.

A. sheered on
B. sheered off
C. sheered out
D. sheered in

There are too many( )in the experiment to predict the result accurately.

A. variations
B. variables
C. varieties
D. varies

These ants can ( )temperatures which would kill other species.

A. permit
B. bear
C. tolerate
D. admit

Children model themselves largely on their parents.They do so mainly through identification.Children identify1a parent when they believe they have the qualities and feelings that are2of that parent.The things parents do and say—and the3they do and say to them—therefore strongly influence a child's4.However, parents must consistently behave like the type of5they want their child to become.A parent's actions6affect the selfimage that a child forms7identification. Children who see mainly positive qualities in their8will likely learn to see themselves in a positive way.Children who observe chiefly9qualities in their parents will have difficulty10positive qualities in themselves.Children may11their selfimage, however, as they become increasingly12by peersgroupsstandards before they reach 13 .Isolated events,13dramatic ones, do not necessarily have a permanent14on a child's behavior.Children interpret such events according to their established attitudes and previous training.Children who know they are loved can,15, accept the divorce of their parent's or a parents earlydeath.But if children feel unloved, they may interpret such events asa sign of rejection or punishment.In the same way, all children are not influenced alikeby toys and games, reading matter, and television programs. Asin the case of a dramatic change in family relations, the effectof an activity or experience depends on how the child interprets it.