完形填空(共20小题,每小题1.5分,满分30分)
PeopleofBurlingtonarebeingdisturbedbythesoundofbells.FourstudentsfromBurlingtonCollegeofHigherEducationareinthebelltowerofthe 36 andhavemadeuptheirmindstoringthebellsnonstopfortwoweeksasaprotest(抗议)againstheavytrucks(卡车)whichrun 37 throughthenarrowHighStreet.
“Theynotonlymakeit 38 tosleepatnightbuttheyare 39 damagetoourhousesandshopsofhistoricalinterest”saidJohnNorrisoneoftheprotesters.
“ 40 wemusthavethesenoisytrucksontheroads”saidJeanLaceyabiologystudent,“whydon’ttheybuildanewroadthatgoes 41 thetown?Burlingtonisn’tmuchmorethana 42 village.Itsstreetswerenevermeantforheavytraffic.”
HarryFieldsalsostudying 43 saidtheywantedtomakeasmuch 44 aspossibletoforcethe 45 torealisewhateverybodywashavingto 46 .“Mostofthemdon’t 47 hereanyway,”hesaid,“theycomeinformeetingsandthat,andtheTownHallissoundproof(隔音), 48 theyProbablydon’t 49 thenoiseallthatmuch.It’shightimetheyrealisedthe 50 .”
Thefourthstudent,LizaVernum,saidshethoughtthepublicweremostlyontheirside,andeveniftheyweren’ttheysoonwouldbe.
51 askediftheywereafraidthatthepolicemightcometo 52 them.
“Notreally,”shesaid,“actuallyweare 53 bell-ringers.Imeanweareassistantbell-ringersforthechurch.Thereisno 54 againstpractising.”
I 55 thechurchwiththesoundofthebellsringinginmyears.
1. A.college B.village C.townD.church
2. A.nowandthen B.dayandnight
C.upanddown D.overandover
3. A.terrible B.difficult C.uncomfortableD.unpleasant
4. A.doing B.raising C.putting D.producing
5. A.If B.Although C.When D.Unless
6. A.to B.through C.overD.round
7. A.pretty B.quiet