Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks. Over the past fifty years or so, the methods used for collecting money from the public to aid the developing world have changed out for all recognition, along with the gravity of the problems (1) _____, and the increasing awareness among the population that something must be done. At the beginning of this period, it would have been common to put money in ...

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Over the past fifty years or so, the methods used for collecting money from the public to aid the developing world have changed out for all recognition, along with the gravity of the problems (1) _____, and the increasing awareness among the population that something must be done. At the beginning of this period, it would have been common to put money in a collecting box, perhaps on the street or at church. The 1960s saw the (2) _____ of shops which sold second-hand goods, donated by the public, and which also began to sell articles manufactured in the developing world in charitable projects set up to guarantee a fair income to local people. The next development was probably the charity ‘event’, in which participants were (3) ____ to run, cycle, swim or what have you, and collected money from friends and relatives (4) ____ how far or long they managed to keep going. The first hint of what was to become the most successful means of (5) _____ money was the charity record, where the artists donated their time and talent, and the (6) _____ from the sales went to a good cause. This was perhaps a (7) _____ of the fact that young people felt increasingly concerned about the obvious differences between life in Europe and the United States, and that in most of Africa, for example. A feeling of frustration was building up. Why was so little being done? The huge success of Band Aid, and (8) ______ televised concerts, showed the power of the media, and of music in particular, to inspire and shock. It differed significantly in style from other events. People phoned up in their thousands on the day and pledged money by (9) _____ their credit card numbers. (10) ______, if you have enough money to buy an MP3 player, you can afford something for the world’s starving children.