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