Question

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  and have made up their minds to  2  the bells nonstop for two weeks as a protest against heavy trucks which run   3  through the narrow High Street. “They not only make it  4  to sleep at night, but they are doing damage to our houses and shops of historical  5  , ”said John Norris, one of the protestors.

“If 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 round the town?  Burlington isn’t much more than a  6  village. Its streets were never  7  for heavy traffic. ”

Harry Fields also studying  8  said they wanted to make as much  9  as possible to force the government officials to realize what everybody was having to  10  . “Most of them don’t  11  here anyway, ” he said, “they come for meetings and the Town Hall is soundproof, so they probably don’t  12  . It is high time they realized the problem. ” The fourth student, Liza Vernum, said she thought the public were mostly on their side, and even if they weren’t, they soon would be.

 I asked if they were  13  that the police might come to stop them.

“Not really, ” she said, “actually we are  14  bell ringers. I mean we are assistant bell ringers for the church. There is no law against practising. ”

I  15   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. unpleasant

5. A. scene                        B. period

C. interest                         D. sense

6. A. pretty                           B. quite

C. large                            D. modern

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

8. A. chemistry                 B. geography

C. biology                          D. education

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

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

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

12. A. notice                       B. mention

C. fear                             D. control

13. A. surprised                    B. afraid

C. pleased                          D. determined

14. A. proper                       B. experienced

C. hopeful                          D. serious

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

Answer 1

主要讲述四名学生连续两周不停地敲钟制造尽可能大的噪音以迫使政府意识到噪音扰民这一问题。

1.【解析】选D。由下文可知，这四名学生是在教堂的钟楼内敲钟以示抗议的，“我”也是在此对他们进行采访的。(参见文章最后一句)

2.【解析】选C。ring = to (cause to) give a sound like a bell (钟、铃等)鸣；响；敲钟；摇铃。（参见下文中的“bell ringers”一词）

3. 【解析】选B。由下文(使人在夜间难以入睡)可知，这些大卡车是不分昼夜地穿行在这条街上的。

4. 【解析】选B。大卡车的噪音扰民，使人很难入睡。

5. 【解析】选C。houses and shops of historical interest历史名胜的房子和商店。

6. 【解析】选C。照应下句，意为：如果必须让这些噪音很大的卡车在路面上行驶，那为何不新建一条环城公路呢？柏林顿镇和一个大的村庄没有什么两样，街道狭窄，本来就不是为通行这么多车辆而设计的。

7. 【解析】选B。be meant /intended for sth. /to do sth. = be done or made for a particular purpose。

8. 【解析】选C。Jean Lacey是一个生物系学生，由also一词可知Harry Fields也是学生物的。

9. 【解析】选D。由上文可知他们要连续两周不停地敲钟制造尽可能大的噪音以迫使政府意识到噪音扰民这一问题。

10. 【解析】选A 。stand vt. 容忍；忍受。

11. 【解析】选B。联系下文此处意为：不管怎么说大多数官员是不住在这儿的，他们进城来是为了参加会议。

12. 【解析】选A。这些官员既不住在这儿，进城里开会又待在有隔音功能的大厅内，很有可能注意不到噪音的严重性。

13. 【解析】选B。be afraid that 担心，害怕。

14. 【解析】选A。 proper适当的；恰当的；对的。此处意为:实际上我们是正当的敲钟人——是帮助教堂敲钟的。他们不担心警察来阻止他们，是因为他们是专门负责帮助教堂敲钟的。没有一条法律规定不准练习敲钟。

15. 【解析】选A。“我在采访完这四名大学生后，离开教堂，耳边还回荡着钟声。”