Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap.

THE CULT OF CELEBRITY
Once, children had ambitions to be doctors, explorers, sportsmen, artists or scientists. Now, taking …….. (1) lead from TV, they just ‘want to be famous’. Fame is no longer a reward for gallant service or great, perhaps even selfless endeavour. It is an end in ……… (2), and the sooner it can be achieved, the sooner the lonely bedroom mirror can be replaced by the TV camera and flash gun, the ……… (3). Celebrity is the profession of the moment, a vainglorious vocation which seems to exist largely ……… (4) that the rest of us might watch and be amazed as its members live out their lives in public, like self-regarding members of some glittering soap opera. Today, almost …….. (5) can be famous. Never has fame …… (6) more democratic, more ordinary, more achievable. …….. (7) wonder it’s a modern ambition. Modern celebrity, peopled by …….. (8) largely vain and vacuous, fills a need in our lives. It peoples talk shows, sells good and newspapers and rewards the famous for - well, …… (9) famous.