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 __28through 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), _ 41they probably don't __42the 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 bellringers. I mean we are assistant bellringers 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
26--50 DCBBA CADCB CDCAB BADCA BDADA
26.从本文最后两段中所提到的the church可知，四名大学生是在教堂的钟塔上敲钟的。
27.ring the bells的意思是“敲钟”。本文倒数第二段中的bellringers是提示词。四个大学生决定使教堂的钟连续敲两个星期不停以抗议日夜穿行在城里的重型卡车。
28.从下段的短语at night可知，重型卡车不仅白天在狭窄的大街上奔驰，而且夜里也在奔跑。四名大学生决心在教堂钟塔上不停地敲钟，让钟声长鸣两个星期，以抗议重型卡车日夜不停地奔跑在狭窄的大街上。
29.穿街而过的卡车使得市民们夜晚难以入睡。it为形式宾语，这里用difficult作宾补，表示“使……很难”。
30.do damage to….是固定搭配，意思是“毁坏”。本句中的主语they指的是上段中的heavy trucks。
31.这句话的意思是“它们不仅使人们在夜里难以入睡，而且正毁坏着我们的房屋和商店。这些房屋和商店都是名胜古迹。”
32.这是一个条件状语从句，表示一种肯定意义的假设。
33.该题要求考生在正确理解短文大意的基础上，选择一个恰当的介词。从上文可知，四个大学生之所以要连续不停地敲钟就是为了对日夜穿行在城内的重型卡车表示抗议，所以应排除through。round在此的意思是“围绕着”。这句话的意思是“如果我们必须让这些发出噪声的重型卡车在路上跑，为何不修建一条新的环城路呢?”
34.这句话的意思是“Burlington比一个大的村庄大不了多少。”
35.be meant for的意思是“打算作……用；打算给予……”。这句话的意思是“Burlington的街道根本不是为拥挤的交通而设计的。”
36.从空白前面的also studying和第三段的第一句话中的a biology student判断，Harry Fields和Jean Lacey一样，也是学习生物学的。
37.从第一段第一句话和后面所说的四个大学生在教堂里连续不停地鼓钟可知，他们要用增加噪声的方法引起有关部门的注意。选项A有很大的干扰性。make as much effort as possible to do sth.的意思是“尽全力做某事”。一些考生没从这篇短文的整体去理解，认为他们在尽全力来引起有关部门的注意。
38.只有引起政府官员的注意，才能从根本上解决问题。
39.stand在此用作及物动词，意思是“忍受，经受”。Harry说他们想制造尽可能多的噪声，迫使政府官员意识到每个人都在不得不忍受的事。
40.从they come in for meetings可知，“大多数官员不住在城里。”
41.该题考查考生对并列连词的使用。空白前面讲的是原因，后面讲的是结果。
42. 由于上面的各种原因，因此官员们可能没有注意到噪声的严重性。
43.现在到了他们认识这个问题的时候了。固定句型：It's high time they realised…表示“现在到了他们认识这个问题的时候了。”
44.该题要求考生选择一个恰当的副词来作状语。第四个大学生认为，公众多半会和他们站在一起。mostly的意思是“主要地；大部分；多半”。
45.本文的作者采访了与城市噪声污染作斗争的四名大学生。所以这里是“我”问他们。答案为A。
46.作者问大学生是否害怕警察可能会来。
47.警察来的目的，当然是制止大学生敲钟。
48.根据上下文内容，应选择proper。proper除了“适当的，正确的”之意外，还可表示“正当的，规矩的，正经的”。
49.Liza说实际上他们是正儿八经的敲钟人——教堂助理敲钟人，练习敲钟并不违法。答案为D。
50. 采访结束了，作者离开了教堂，钟声还在耳边鸣响。