Proofread the given passage on ANSWER SHEET TWO as
instructed. For a wrong word, underline the wrong word
and write the correct one in the blank provided at the end of the
line. For a missing word, mark the position of the
missing word with a"∧ "sign and write the word you believe to be missing in the
blank provided at the end of the line. For an unnecessary
word, cross the unnecessary word with a slash "—" and put the word in the blank
provided at the end of the line.
The world’s population continues to grow. There now are about
4 billion of us on earth. That could reach 6 billion by the end of the
century and 11 billion in a farther 75 (1) ______. years.
Experts have long been concerned about such a growth. Where will we find the
food, water, works, houses,
schools and health care for all these people A major new
(2) ______. study shows that the situation may be changing. A
large and rapid drop in the world’s birth
rate have taken place during the past 10 years. Families generally are smaller
now (3) ______. than they were a few years ago. It is
happened in both developing and industrial nations. (4)
______. Researchers said they found a number of reasons for this. More men
and women are
waiting more longer to get married and are using birth control devices and
methods to (5) ______. prevent and delay
pregnancy. More women are going to school or working at jobs away
(6) ______. from home instead having children. And
more governments, especially in developing
(7) ______. nations, now support family planned programs to
reduce population growth. China is (8)
______. one of the nations that has made great program in reducing its
population growth. China (9) ______. has already
cut off its rate of population growth by about one half since 1970.
(10) ______.