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A record-high 89.7 percent of women who ( ) took child care leave. The survey showed, however, the rate of men ( ) new babies who took child care leave in fiscal 2006 ( ) a record level of just 1.56 percent.

The government is aiming to ( ) child care leave rates of 80 percent ( ) women and 10 percent for men by fiscal 2014. The survey showed the goal for women ( ). The survey was conducted on about 10,000 companies, with 61.5 percent ( ). According to the survey, 89.7 percent of women who gave birth in 2006 took child care leave, up 17.4 percentage points ( ) the previous survey conducted that year, and the highest figure since the ministry began researching the issue in 1996.

1. a. gave a birth b. gave births c. gave birth d. have given birth
2. a. of b. with c. around d. against
3. a. climbed to b. climbed about c. climbed d. climbed on
4. a. achieve b. achieve to c. achieve by d. achieve over
5. a. to b. onto c. against d. for
6. a. met b. has been met c. has met d. had been met
7. a. respond b. responding c. responded d. to respond
8. a. on b. in c. about d. from