Ⅳ. 完形填空。(共20小题，每小题1.分;满分20分。)

A.通读下列短文，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。(10分)。

Yesterday I read a report on a charity show in a local newspaper. The aim of the show was to  1  money for the poor children. In the poor areas, some children were out of school because their parents couldn’t   2   their education.

Many pop stars   3   the charity show, such as Andy Liu, Jay, Faye Wan g and Kitty Chen. The stars didn’t ask for any pay. They  did it for long! There were a lot of performances   4   singing and dancing. The audience(观众) were so   5  that they clapped their hands from time to time. Of course, the show was   6  .

All the people followed the stars’ example. They showed their generosity(慷慨)in    7   their money to the show. Both the ticket money and the donated money were soon sent to the poor areas and some of the  poor children could get back to school.

Now many charity shows    8   in our country, not only to support the education in poor areas, but also to help people in trouble. As the Chinese saying goes, “All the others will come to one’s rescue(援助)   9   one is in trouble.”

I   10   the whole world will become better and better.

(     )1. A. raise  B. pay  C. spend D. cost

(     )2. A. pay for  B. pay  C. cost  D. get

(     )3. A. took part in  B. joined  C. got to  D. had

(     )4. A. for  B. of  C. as  D. like

(     )5. A. exciting B. excited  C. sad  D. surprised

(     )6. A. boring  B. bad C. successful D. easy

(     )7. A. bring  B. collecting C. taking D. donating

(     )8. A. hold B. are holding  C. are held  D. will be held

(     )9. A. when  B. than  C. before  D. because

(     )10. A. want  B. hope  C. love  D. wish