Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 23 to 27.

A worrying question which requires global attention is severe overpopulation and its drastic effects in the countries of the Third World. In regions where the birth rate is extremely high, poverty and starvation are (23) _________. In India, there is an average of thirty five infants being bom every minute, yet the most shocking figures are those which (24) ________ the enormous number of the victims of famine in certain African territories. Communities afflicted with acute destitution are additionally confronted with illiteracy, life in appalling conditions and infectious diseases (25) __________ the indigenous populations. There is an urgent need for these problems to be solved. Unless measures are taken to ease the suffering of the impoverished underdeveloped nations, desperate crowds of immigrants will (26)____ in flooding the richer states in search of a brighter future. It’s the most challenging task for the international giants nowadays to help the poor populations get out of the poverty (27) ________ .

Điền vào ô 23.