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___ 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 Jean 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 every body 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 realized 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.
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. unreasonable
5. A. doing     B. raising       C. putting       D. producing
6. A. scene     B. period C. interest       D. sense
7. A. If   B. Although    C. When  D. Unless
8. A. to   B. through      C. over    D. round
9. A. pretty     B. quiet   C. large   D. modern
10. A. tested   B. meant C. kept    D. used
11. A. well     B. hard    C. biology      D. education
12. A. effort   B. time    C. trouble       D. noise
13. A. townspeople B. other students    C. government officials  D. truck drivers
14. A. stand    B. accept C. know  D. share
15. A. shop     B. live     C. come  D. study
16. A. but       B. so       C. or       D. for
17. A. notice   B. mention     C. fear    D. control
18. A. event    B. loss     C. action D. problem
19. A. hardly  B. unwillingly C. mostly       D. usually
20. A. I   B. We     C. She     D. They
21. A. surprised     B. afraid  C. pleased       D. determined
22. A. seize    B. fight   C. search D. stop
23. A. proper  B. experienced       C. hopeful      D. serious
24. A. point    B. cause  C. need   D. law
25. A. left      B. found  C. reached      D. passed