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 __26  and have made up their minds to __27  the bells nonstop for two weeks as a protest(抗议) against heavy trucks which run __28 through the narrow High Street.

“They not only make it __29  to sleep at night, but they are __30  damage to our houses and shops of historical __31  ,”said John Norris, one of the protesters.

“__32  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 __33   the town? Burlington isn't much more than a __34  village. Its streets were never __35   for heavy traffic.”

Harry Fields also studying __36  said they wanted to make as much __37  as possible to force the __38   to realise what everybody was having to __39  .“ Most of them don't __40  here anyway,” he said,“they come in for meetings and that, and the Town Hall is soundproof(隔音), _ 41 they probably don't __42 the noise all that much. It's high time they realised the _43  .”

The fourth student, Liza Vernum, said she thought the public were __44   on their side, and even if they weren't they soon would be.

__45   asked if they were __46  that the police might come to __47  them.

“Not really,” she said,“actually we are __48  bell?ringers. I mean we are assistant bell?ringers for the church. There is no __49  against practising.”

I __50  the church with the sound of the bells ringing in my ears.

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

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

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

29. A. terrible         B. difficult          C. Uncomfortable   D. unpleasant

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

38. A. towns people     B. other students    C. government officials    D. truck drivers 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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    36   and have made up their minds to ring the bells nonstop for two weeks as a protest（抗议）against heavy trucks(卡车) which run    37   through the narrow High Street.

“They not only make it    38   to sleep at night, but they are    39   damage to our houses and shops of historical interest,” said John Norris, one of the protesters.

“    40   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    41   the town？Burlington isn’t much more than a    42   village．Its streets were never meant for heavy traffic．”

Harry Fields also studying    43   said they wanted to make as much    44   as possible to force the    45   to realise what everybody was having to    46  ．“Most of them don’t    47   here anyway，” he said，“they come in for meetings and that，and the Town Hall is soundproof（隔音），    48   they Probably don’t    49   the noise all that much．It’s high time they realised the    50  ．”

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.

   51   asked if they were afraid that the police might come to    52   them．

“Not really，” she said，“actually we are    53   bell-ringers．I mean we are assistant bell-ringers for the church．There is no    54   against practising．”

I    55   the church with the sound of the bells ringing in my ears.

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

2.                                  A．now and then   B．day and night

C．up and down                      D．over and over

3.                A．terrible         B．difficult         C．uncomfortable D．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．over D．round

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

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

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

10.                                A．townspeople B．other students

C．government officials                D．truck drivers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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