完形填空

通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

Ladies and gentlemen,

Thank you very much for coming to this concert. I hope you have enjoyed the music.

The purpose of this concert is to 1 money for children in Africa. Every day 2children in Africa die 3 they have diseases or have not enough 4. There are two main reasons. First, there are no jobs for the children’s parents, so they have no money to buy food or 5. Second, the governments in 6 African countries do not have the money to take care of poor people.

7 African countries are poor. The land is not good for 8 plants and the 9 is also bad for farming. The organization we are trying to help, the Feed Africa Fund, 10 a lot of money every year on food for people in Africa. The money comes from people 11 you ---kind, generous(慷慨，大方) people who do not want to see children die from hunger. Just one dollar can buy enough rice or corn to 12 a family of four for three days.

How much do you spend on food every day? Ten dollars? Twenty dollars? I am sure you can spend a little 13 on your own food so that you have a 11 dollars for the Feed Africa Fund.

Ladies and gentlemen, we will now take a 15. Please be generous. Thank you.

1.                A．borrow         B．raise           C．pay  D．lend

2.                A．hundred        B．hundred of      C．hundreds of   D．thousand

3.                A．because        B．so             C．therefore D．thus

4.                A．to eat          B．to sleep         C．to play   D．to drink

5.                A．clothes         B．medicine        C．drinks    D．toys

6.                A．many          B．much          C．few  D．little

7.                A．Little           B．Few            C．Most D．Less

8.                A．growing        B．laying          C．eating    D．putting

9.                A．rain           B．weather        C．sun  D．moon

10.               A．costs          B．lends          C．spends    D．pays

11.               A．and           B．as             C．like   D．of

12.               A．feed           B．build           C．develop   D．raise

13.               A．more          B．few            C．less  D．little

14.               A．few           B．little           C．less  D．more

15.               A．show          B．collection       C．look  D．competition