题目内容：

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出以可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Fireworks are beautiful and we all enjoy appreciating them. But let’s stop and think about the price that we     for just a few minutes of     .

To begin with, the amount of money we spend on fireworks is     . The excitement is gone     . Let’s face it, what we really are doing is burning     . Yet, year after year, thousands of cities and towns spend our tax dollars on fireworks displays. Those tax dollars would be put to much better     feeding our hungry and housing our homeless.

Second, there is the matter of     . Fireworks contain chemicals that are harmful to people and animals. Over the years, these chemicals will     the air we breathe and the water we drink.

Third, let’s     the trash left behind after a fireworks display. What a     ! One would probably expect that those who     the fireworks would have the politeness to     the trash afterwards.     , they don’t. The mess they leave behind34the kind of attitude many Americans have toward our     .

Fourth, fireworks are     . Some fireworks can damage your hearing, especially the fireworks used in public displays that give off a big BANG. Losing your     is too high a price to pay.

     all the safety warnings, we still see injuries and deaths as a result of fireworks. Approximately 10,000 Americans are injured every year by fireworks.

In my view, all consumer fireworks should be     . Public fireworks displays should be kept to a minimum and should be paid for through volunteer funding, not tax dollars. Finally, those people in     of fireworks displays should be responsible for cleaning up the mess they make.

1. A. give away B. decide on C. pay D. raise

2. A. invitation B. hesitation C. excitement D. development

3. A. limited B. worthless C. necessaryD. unreasonable

4. A. in an instant B. in a whisperC. by accident D. up to now

5. A. failureB. money C. time D. leather

6. A. end B. useC. food D. place

7.A.comment B. coincidence C. safetyD. health

8. A. give outB. cut down C. polluteD. purify

9. A. think aboutB. pick out C. cut offD. slide into

10. A. shame B. messC. pity D. wonder

11. A. set off B. built up C. focused on D. starred in

12. A. save B. leaveC. pick upD. figure out

13. A. ThereforeB. Anyhow C. OtherwiseD. However

14.A. changesB. reflects C. adoptsD. shares

15. A. behaviorB. neighbourhoodC. societyD. environment

16.A. beautifulB. complex C. brightD. noisy

17.A. memoryB. hearing C. life D. sight

18.A. DespiteB. Besides C. BeyondD. Without

19.A. encouragedB. discussed C. forbiddenD. produced

20.A charge B. needC. honorD. case