6. In the early morning my mother was in the kitchen ______ breakfast for us.
A. prepared
B. preparing
C. having prepared
D. to have prepared
7. New Zealand ______ the death penalty in 1961.
A. erased
B. released
C. abolished
D. negated
8. — Would you and your brother like to play bridge tonight?
— I don’t know how to play bridge and ______.
A. my brother either
B. my brother neither
C. neither does my brother
D. neither my brother
9. Don’t wave my hand ______; you need it.
A. off
B. away
C. down
D. up
10. I’d rather he ______ me the truth.
A. told
B. will tell
C. had told
D. tells
