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 1the bells nonstop for two weeks as a protest(抗议) against heavy trucks which run 2through the narrow High Street.“They not only make it 3to sleep at night, but they are doing damage(损害) to our houses and shops of historical 4,”
said John Norris, one of the protesters.
“5we 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 a6village. Its streets were never meant for heavy traffic”.
Harry Fields also studying 7said 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 8. 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 9that 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 10against practising.”
I left the church with the sound of the bells ringing in my ears.

1.
1. A.
  change
2. B.
  repair
3. C.
  ring
4. D.
  shake
2.
1. A.
  now and then
2. B.
  day and night
3. C.
  up and down
4. D.
  over and over
3.
1. A.
  terrible
2. B.
  difficult
3. C.
  uncomfortable
4. D.
  unpleasant
4.
1. A.
  scene
2. B.
  period
3. C.
  interest
4. D.
  sense
5.
1. A.
  If
2. B.
  Although
3. C.
  When
4. D.
  Unless
6.
1. A.
  pretty
2. B.
  quiet
3. C.
  large
4. D.
  modern
7.
1. A.
  well
2. B.
  hard
3. C.
  biology
4. D.
  education
8.
1. A.
  notice
2. B.
  mention
3. C.
  fear
4. D.
  control
9.
1. A.
  surprised
2. B.
  afraid
3. C.
  pleased
4. D.
  grateful
10.
1. A.
  point
2. B.
  cause
3. C.
  need
4. D.
  law

阅读下面短文，并做短文后面的题，从a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

     Is there anything strange high up in the world's tallest mountains ?if so, is it a big bear(熊)？is it a monkey? or is it a kind of man?
     No one knows. this mystery(迷)has puzzled the world for years.
     Iin 1887. a mountain climber found large footprints(脚印)in the snow. they looked like the footprints of a very large man. but men don't walk without shoes in the snow!
     In 1906.another climber saw more than footprints. far off, he saw a very large animal standing on two legs. as he watched, it ran very quickly.
     Fifteen years later, newspapers had new stories about the walk slowly across the snow, far below him. he said it looked like a very large man.
    From then on ,more and more people had stories to tell. but not until 1951 did a mountain climber bring back pictures of large footprints. the pictures showed clearly that the snowman walked on two legs. so it was not a bear or a monkey. could it be an ape (猿)man ?the mystery grew! and the mystery keeps growing. someday we may find out just what it is that makes the large footprints.
1The passage is about_______.
a．some mountain climbers     b．some strange animals
c．some large footprints        d．the mystery of the snowman
2Why were people interested in the footprints?
a．they were footprints of a large bear.
b．they looked like the footprints of a large man.
c．they were found in the snow.
d．they were found in the world's tallest mountains.
3 the pictures of large footprints were taken by a mountain climber in ____.
a．1887    b．1906     c．1972     d．1951
4 Why did the mystery grow when a mountain climber brought back pictures of large footprints?
a．they were footprints of an ape man
b．they were footprints of a snow man.
c．the pictures showed clearly how the snowman walked.
d．the pictures showed clearly how an ape man walked on two legs.
5 So far,since a mountain climber first found large footprints in the snow, the mystery of the
snowman has puzzled the world for _____years.
a．one hundred and seventeen    b．ninety-eight
c．eighty--three               d．fifty-three

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