1. Success ............. a teacher depends on your ability to understand students' needs

like

as

alike

is

2. The ........... of hiding eggs on Easter is practiced in many American homes

costume

custom

costumes

customs

3. The men needed to gather energy before making the .......... from the top of the mountain

decent

descent

decents

descents

4. ............... the three papers I have to write for history, I have one for philosophy too

Beside

Besides

Next to

Except

5. The employee used the existing data as the ............ for the study

base

basis

based

basic

6. Having a small house ............ a lake is one of my dreams

beside

besides

based

basis