25.A.
reading B.
gardening
C. teaching
D. thinking
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(抗议) 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 Jeans 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 everybody 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 realised 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.