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 bellringers. I mean we are assistant bellringers 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

科目 英语   题型 完型填空   难度 较易

知识点： 政治经济类阅读