Cloze Test (20 points) Read the following paragraph and choose the correct word for each blank from the three alternatives.
Man cannot go on __1_ his numbers at the present rate, In the _2_ 30 years man will face a period of crisis. __3_ experts believe that there will be a widespread food_4_. Other experts think this is   5__ pessimistic, and that man can prevent things _6__ worse than they are now. But _7__ that two-thirds of the people in the world are undernourished or starving now.

One thing that man can do is to limit _8__ of babies born. The need _9__ this is obvious, but it is _10_ to achieve. People have to _11__ to limit their families. In the countries of the population __12__, many people like big families. The parents think that this __13__ a bigger income for the family and ensures there will be someone in the family who will look __14__ them in old age.

Several governments have _15__ birth control policies in recent years. __16__ them are Japan, China, India and Egypt. In some _17___ the results have not been  18__. Japan has been an exception. The Japanese adopted a birth control policy in 1948. People __19__ to limit their families. The birth rate fell from 34.3 per thousand per year to about 17.0 per year _20__.

(    )1.A increasing     B to increase     C and increase     D with increasing

(    )2.A second        B recent        C next            D late

(    )3.A Any          B Some         C More           D All

(    )4.A need          B want         C absence         D shortage

(    )5.A so            B much        C too             D enough

(    )6.A getting        B from getting   C to get           D get

(    )7.A remember      B remembering  C to remember     D remembers

(    )8.A an amount     B a number      C the amount       D the number

(    )9.A for           B in            C of              D about

(    )10.A not easy      B no easy       C not easily        D no ease

(    )11.A persuade     B be persuading  C be persuaded      D persuading

(    )12.A bursting      B explosion     C raising           D extension

(    )13.A takes        B brings        C makes           D earns

(    )14.A upon        B for           C into             D after

(    )15.A adjusted      B created       C adopted          D presented

(    )16. A Of          B Among       C Between         D Out of

(    )17.A exceptions    B examples     C events           D cases

(    )18.A success      B succeeded     C successful        D succeeding

(    )19.A were encouraged B encouraged  C are encouraged    D encourage

(    )20.A presently     B at present     C in time           D on time

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1―5  A C B D C  6―10  B A D A A   11―15  C B B D C  16―20  B D C A B