Stop making so much _____. The children are sleeping.

      A. voice          B. noise          C. sound

One Sunday morning, Millie and Amy went to Sunshine Park. They love to chat there. As usual, they sat ___1____a big tree. Suddenly, they heard a whistle from the bushes behind the tree. They turned around but could not see anything unusual. They were ____2______.

“Is   3  there?” Millie asked. Nobody answered. They  4 very carefully and heard the strange noise again. The two girls were very afraid. They ran away quickly. On their way, they met Andy.

“What happened?” Andy asked. “There’s a ghost in the  5 . Please help us.” Millie said. “Really? Tell me more.” Andy said. Millie told Andy everything. Andy went to the park,  6  beside the tree and listened carefully. Then he heard  7 noise! He looked behind the tree and heard another whisper. He was now sure the sound  8 from the bushes. He searched carefully.

“Oh! Here it is.” Andy said to himself. He  9 a little cat in the bushes. It was very weak. When it meowed,   10 made a sound like a whisper.

Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入合适的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给出）：（14分）

One Sunday morning, Millie and Amy went to Sunshine Park. They love to chat there. As usual, they sat under the big tree. Suddenly, they heard a whisper from the bushes behind the tree. They turned a    1.     but could not see anything. They were frightened.

'Is anybody there?" Millie asked. N   2.     answered. They listened very carefully and heard the strange noise again. The two girls were very afraid. They ran away quickly. On their w   3.    they met Andy.

'What happened?* Andy asked.

'There's a ghost in the park. Please help us.' Millie said.

'R   4.   ? Tell me more,' Andy said.

Millie told Andy everything. Andy went to the park, stood beside the tree and listened

carefully. Then he heard the whisper! He looked behind the tree and heard another whisper. He was not sure the sound came from the bushes. He s   5.   carefully.

'Oh! Here it is," Andy said to himself. He found a little cat in the bushes. It was very weak. When it miaowed, it made a sound like a whisper.

Andy put the little cat into a box and went to find Millie and Amy. They were s   6.     frightened. Andy opened the box and showed them the ‘ghost’.

'This is the ghost in the park," Andy said, Millie and Amy were surprised—it was a little cat- L   7.    that day, they took the little cat to the animal centre. People in the animal centre would take care of it

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 church and have made up their minds to    15   the bells nonstop for two weeks as a protest（抗议） against heavy trucks which run    16   through the narrow High Street.“They not only make it    17   to sleep at night, but they are doing damage（损害） to our houses and shops of historical   18  ,”

said John Norris, one of the protesters.

“ 19  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  20    village. Its streets were never meant for heavy traffic”.

　　Harry Fields also studying    21    said they wanted to make as much noise as possible to force the government officials to realize what everybody was having to stand. “Most of them don’t live here anyway,” he said, “they come in for meetings and the Town Hall is soundproof（隔音的）, so they probably don’t    22   . It’s 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    23    that the police might come to stop them.

　　“Not really,” she said, “actually we are suitable bellringers. I mean we are assistant bellringers for the church. There is no    24    against practising.”

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

At the foot of the hill you could hear nothing but the ______ of the running water.

         A. shout        B. voice       C. noise       D. sound