People of Burlington are being disturbed by the sound of bells. Four students from Burlington College of Higher Education are in the bell tower of the ___1___ have made up their minds to ___2___ the bells nonstop for two weeks as a protest (抗議) against heavy trucks which run ___3___ through the narrow High Street.

“They not only make it ___4___ to sleep at night, but they are ___5___ damage to our houses and shops of historical ___6___,” said John Norris, one of the protesters.

“__7___ we must have these noisy trucks on the roads,” said Jean Lacey, a biology student. “Why don’t they build a new road that goes ___8___ the town? Burlington isn’t much more than a ___9___ village. Its streets were never ___10___ for heavy traffic.”

Harry Fields also studying ___11___ said they wanted to make as much ___12___ as possible to force the ___13___ to realise what every body was having to ___14___. “Most of them don’t ___15___ here anyway,” he said, “They come in for meetings and that, and the Town Hall is soundproof(隔音), ___16___ they probably don’t ___17___ the noise all that much. It’s high time they realized the ___18___.”

The fourth student, Liza Vernum, said she thought the public were ___19___ on their side, and even if they weren’t they soon would be.

___20___ asked if they were ___21___ that the police might come to ___22___ them.

“Not really,” she said, “Actually we are ___23___ bell-ringers. I mean we are assistant bell-ringers for the church. There is no ___24___ against practising.”

I ___25___ the church with the sound of the bells ringing in my ears.

1. A. college   B. village       C. town   D. church

2. A. change   B. repair  C. ring    D. shake

3. A. now and then B. day and night     C. up and down      D. over and over

4. A. terrible   B. difficult     C. uncomfortable   D. unreasonable

5. A. doing     B. raising       C. putting       D. producing

6. A. scene     B. period C. interest       D. sense

7. A. If   B. Although    C. When  D. Unless

8. A. to   B. through      C. over    D. round

9. A. pretty     B. quiet   C. large   D. modern

10. A. tested   B. meant C. kept    D. used

11. A. well     B. hard    C. biology      D. education

12. A. effort   B. time    C. trouble       D. noise

13. A. townspeople B. other students    C. government officials  D. truck drivers

14. A. stand    B. accept C. know  D. share

15. A. shop     B. live     C. come  D. study

16. A. but       B. so       C. or       D. for

17. A. notice   B. mention     C. fear    D. control

18. A. event    B. loss     C. action D. problem

19. A. hardly  B. unwillingly C. mostly       D. usually

20. A. I   B. We     C. She     D. They

21. A. surprised     B. afraid  C. pleased       D. determined

22. A. seize    B. fight   C. search D. stop

23. A. proper  B. experienced       C. hopeful      D. serious

24. A. point    B. cause  C. need   D. law

25. A. left      B. found  C. reached      D. passed

1---25        DCBBA   CADCB   CDCAB   BADCA    BDADA  


解析:

本文主要講述四名大學生為抗議大卡車穿過小鎮(zhèn)時所產(chǎn)生的噪音，采取“以毒攻毒”的手段，來到鐘樓連續(xù)敲鐘，通過產(chǎn)生更大的噪音，以迫使政府改變現(xiàn)狀。

1. D。若不通讀全文，此題很難選擇。此題的答題依據(jù)是第23空后的 I mean we are assistant bell ringers for the church。

2. C。ring the bells 意為“敲鐘”。答題依據(jù)是第23空后的bell-ringers。

3. B。從下文的 They make it difficult to sleep at night 可推知答案選 B。短語 day and night 的意思是“日夜”。

4. B。既然四名大學生要敲鐘抗議，說明這些卡車噪得市民夜晚難(difficult)以入睡。

5. A。do damage to 是固定詞組，其意為“對…造成危害”。

6. C。historical interest 指“歷史名勝”。

7. A。比較四個選項，A 最合適，if 在此引出假設條件。

8. D。學生建議新修道路繞(round)鎮(zhèn)而過，而不是穿(through)該鎮(zhèn)而過。

9. C。這里說的是該鎮(zhèn)是一個比村莊大不了多少的小鎮(zhèn)。也正因為如此，所以上面講到的“要繞鎮(zhèn)修路”是可行的。

10. B。be meant for 是習語，意為“為某一目的而安排或適合于做某事”。如：These chairs are meant for guests. 這些椅子是為客人們安排的。

11. C。根據(jù)信息詞 also studying 和前面一段中的 a biology student 可推知，Harry Fields 是學“生物學”的。

12. D。根據(jù)文章第 1 段的交待(四名大學生敲鐘抗議)可知答案選 D。make as much noise as possible 意為“盡可能制造噪音”。

13. C。制造噪音的目的是為了迫使政府意識到目前聲音污染的現(xiàn)狀。

14. A。stand 意為“忍受、經(jīng)受”。

15. B。下文說到“他們進城來是為了開會之類…”，由此可推知，“大多數(shù)的官員不住在城里”。

16. B。so 表示因果關系。

17. A。由于大多數(shù)官員不住在城里，且市政大廳又是隔音，所以知官員們不會注意到(notice)噪音。

18. D。比較四個選項可知 D 最佳。

19. C。由于四名大學生敲鐘抗議城里的噪音污染，這是件對大家有益的事，所以從情理上看，“公眾大部分會站在他們一邊(支持他們)”。

20. A。根據(jù)文章最后一句可知“我”(I)是采訪此事的記者。

21. B。根據(jù)常識可知選項 B 最合語境。

22. D。stop 表示“制止”。

23. A。根據(jù)后面的 I mean we are assistant bell-ringers for the church 可知，此題填 proper 最合適。

24. D。四名之所以不怕警察來制止他們，是因為并沒有法律(law)規(guī)定不準 assistant bell-ringers 練習敲鐘。

25. A。采訪結束，作者離開(left)教堂，但鐘聲還在耳邊鳴響。

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