READ THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE CAREFULLY AND THEN CHOOSE BEST OPTION A, B, C OR C TO FIT EACH SPACE

QUESTIONS 42 - 51: Read the following passage carefully and then choose best option A, B, C or C to fit each space.

Man cannot go on increasing numbers at the present rate. In the next 30 years, man will face a period of crisis. (42)

___ experts believe that there will be a widespread food (43) ___ . Other experts think this is too pessimistic, and that

man can prevent things from getting worse than they are now. But (44) ___ that two-thirds of the people in the world

are undernourished or starving now.

One thing that man can do is to limit (45) ___ of babies born. The need (46) ___ this is obvious, but it is not easy

to achieve. People have to be persuaded to limit their families. In the country of the population (47) ___, many people

like big families. The parents think that brings a bigger income for the family and ensures there will be someone in

the family who will look after them in old age.

Several governments have (48) ___ birth control policies in recent years. (49) ___ them are Japan, China, India

and Egypt. In some (50) ___ the results have not been succeeded. Japan has been an exception. The Japanese adopted

a birth control policy in 1948. People (51) ___ to limit their families. The birth rate fell from 34.3 per thousand per

year to about 17.0 per thousand per year at present.

42. A. Any

B. Some

C. More

D. All

43. A. need

B. want

C. absence

D. shortage

44. A. remember

B. to remember

C. remembered

D. remembering

45. A. a number

B. the number

C. an amount

D. the amount

46. A. for

B. in

C. of

D. about

47. A. bursting

B. raising

C. explosion

D. extension

48. A. adjusted

B. created

C. adopted

D. presented

49. A. Of

B. Among

C. Between

D. Out of

50. A. cases

B. exceptions

C. examples

D. events

51. A. encourage

B. encouraged

C. are encouraged

D. were encouraged