Everyday Vocabulary Birth Test

(Please note: The following questions are part of a cloze test. They are interrelated, meaning that the information provided in each question is connected to the others.)

BIRTH

When a woman is __1__ a baby, we say that she is __2__.

When a woman is __1__ a baby, we say that she is __2__.

Babies are __3__ either at home or in the maternity __4__ of a hospital.

Babies are __3__ either at home or in the maternity __4__ of a hospital.

It is the job of a doctor or a __5__ to __6__ new babies.

It is the job of a doctor or a __5__ to __6__ new babies.

The proud __7__ must soon decide what to __8__ the child.

The proud __7__ must soon decide what to __8__ the child.

For the first six months of their lives, most babies are taken out in __9__ and sleep in __10__.

For the first six months of their lives, most babies are taken out in __9__ and sleep in __10__.

At eight months or so, they learn to __11__ along the floor, and they can usually walk soon after their first birthday.