Model Test 9

　　The advantages and disadvantages of a large population have long been a subject of discussion among economists. It has been argued that the supply of good land is limited. To feed a large population interior land must be cultivated and the good land worked 1 . Thus, each person produces less and this means a 2 average income than 3 obtained with a smaller population. Other economists 4 that a large population gives more scope for specialization and development of facilities such as ports, roads and railways, which are not 5 to be built 6 there is a big demand to justify them.

　　One of the difficulties in carrying out a world-wide birth control program 7 the fact official attitudes to population growth vary from country to country 8 on the level of industrial development and the 9 of food and raw materials. In the developing countryswheres a 10 expanded population is pressing hard upon the limits of food, space and natural resources, it will be the 11 of government to 12 a limit on the birthrate, whatever the consequences 13 . In a highly industrialized society the problem may be more complex. A(n) 14 birthrate may lead to unemployment because it 15 a declining market for manufactured goods. When the pressure of population on 16 declines, prices also declines and the building industry is weakened. 17 considerations such as these, the government of a developed country 18 prefers to see a slowly increasing population, 19 one which is stable or 20 .

　　1.〔A〕effectively〔B〕extensively〔C〕intensively〔D〕comprehensively

　　2.〔A〕higher〔B〕lower〔C〕more〔D〕less

　　3.〔A〕what was〔B〕what could be〔C〕could b e〔D〕that was

　　4.〔A〕have argued〔B〕have been argued〔C〕are arguing〔D〕argued

　　5.〔A〕likely〔B〕able〔C〕liable〔D〕easy

　　6.〔A〕lest〔B〕if〔C〕unless〔D〕so that

　　7.〔A〕should be〔B〕would be〔C〕may be〔D〕lies in

　　8.〔A〕which depends〔B〕depends〔C〕depended〔D〕depending

　　9.〔A〕production〔B〕availability〔C〕possibility〔D〕productivity

　　10.〔A〕vastly〔B〕widely〔C〕highly〔D〕variously

　　11.〔A〕first question〔B〕first concern〔C〕greatest problem〔D〕initial problem

　　12.〔A〕place〔B〕set〔C〕have〔D〕give

　　13.〔A〕are〔B〕should be〔C〕will be〔D〕are to be

　　14.〔A〕increasing〔B〕increased〔C〕decreasing〔D〕decreased

　　15.〔A〕results in〔B〕results from〔C〕cuts up〔D〕cuts down

　　16.〔A〕houses〔B〕housing〔C〕building〔D〕households

　　17.〔A〕Faced with〔B〕Facing with〔C〕Faced〔D〕Facing

　　18.〔A〕as well〔B〕just as well〔C〕may well〔D〕may as well

　　19.〔A〕other than〔B〕rather than〔C〕better off〔D〕worse off

　　20.〔A〕declining〔B〕in decline〔C〕developing〔D〕declined

　　Key to Model Test 9

　　1.〔C〕2.〔B〕3.〔C〕3.〔A〕5.〔A〕6.〔C〕7.〔D〕8.〔D〕9.〔B〕10.〔A〕

　　11.〔B〕12.〔A〕13.〔C〕14.〔C〕15.〔A〕16.〔B〕17.〔A〕18.〔C〕19.〔B〕20.〔D〕