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(抗議) against heavy trucks which run __28 through the narrow High Street.

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“__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), _ 41 they probably don't __42 the 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

26--50   DCBBA   CADCB   CDCAB   BADCA   BDADA  


解析:

26.從本文最后兩段中所提到的the church可知，四名大學(xué)生是在教堂的鐘塔上敲鐘的。

27.ring the bells的意思是“敲鐘”。本文倒數(shù)第二段中的bell?ringers是提示詞。四個(gè)大學(xué)生決定使教堂的鐘連續(xù)敲兩個(gè)星期不停以抗議日夜穿行在城里的重型卡車。

28.從下段的短語at night可知，重型卡車不僅白天在狹窄的大街上奔馳，而且夜里也在奔跑。四名大學(xué)生決心在教堂鐘塔上不停地敲鐘，讓鐘聲長鳴兩個(gè)星期，以抗議重型卡車日夜不停地奔跑在狹窄的大街上。

29.穿街而過的卡車使得市民們夜晚難以入睡。it為形式賓語，這里用difficult作賓補(bǔ)，表示“使……很難”。

30.do damage to….是固定搭配，意思是“毀壞”。本句中的主語they指的是上段中的heavy trucks。

31.這句話的意思是“它們不僅使人們在夜里難以入睡，而且正毀壞著我們的房屋和商店。這些房屋和商店都是名勝古跡�！�

32.這是一個(gè)條件狀語從句，表示一種肯定意義的假設(shè)。

33.該題要求考生在正確理解短文大意的基礎(chǔ)上，選擇一個(gè)恰當(dāng)?shù)慕樵~。從上文可知，四個(gè)大學(xué)生之所以要連續(xù)不停地敲鐘就是為了對日夜穿行在城內(nèi)的重型卡車表示抗議，所以應(yīng)排除through。round在此的意思是“圍繞著”。這句話的意思是“如果我們必須讓這些發(fā)出噪聲的重型卡車在路上跑，為何不修建一條新的環(huán)城路呢?”

34.這句話的意思是“Burlington比一個(gè)大的村莊大不了多少�！�

35.be meant for的意思是“打算作……用；打算給予……”。這句話的意思是“Burlington的街道根本不是為擁擠的交通而設(shè)計(jì)的。”

36.從空白前面的also studying和第三段的第一句話中的a biology student判斷，Harry Fields和Jean Lacey一樣，也是學(xué)習(xí)生物學(xué)的。

37.從第一段第一句話和后面所說的四個(gè)大學(xué)生在教堂里連續(xù)不停地鼓鐘可知，他們要用增加噪聲的方法引起有關(guān)部門的注意。選項(xiàng)A有很大的干擾性。make as much effort as possible to do sth.的意思是“盡全力做某事”。一些考生沒從這篇短文的整體去理解，認(rèn)為他們在盡全力來引起有關(guān)部門的注意。

38.只有引起政府官員的注意，才能從根本上解決問題。

39.stand在此用作及物動(dòng)詞，意思是“忍受，經(jīng)受”。Harry說他們想制造盡可能多的噪聲，迫使政府官員意識到每個(gè)人都在不得不忍受的事。

40.從they come in for meetings可知，“大多數(shù)官員不住在城里�！�

41.該題考查考生對并列連詞的使用�？瞻浊懊嬷v的是原因，后面講的是結(jié)果。

42.   由于上面的各種原因，因此官員們可能沒有注意到噪聲的嚴(yán)重性。

43.現(xiàn)在到了他們認(rèn)識這個(gè)問題的時(shí)候了。固定句型：It's high time they realised…表示“現(xiàn)在到了他們認(rèn)識這個(gè)問題的時(shí)候了�！�

44.該題要求考生選擇一個(gè)恰當(dāng)?shù)母痹~來作狀語。第四個(gè)大學(xué)生認(rèn)為，公眾多半會和他們站在一起。mostly的意思是“主要地；大部分；多半”。

45.本文的作者采訪了與城市噪聲污染作斗爭的四名大學(xué)生。所以這里是“我”問他們。答案為A。 

46.作者問大學(xué)生是否害怕警察可能會來。

47.警察來的目的，當(dāng)然是制止大學(xué)生敲鐘。

48.根據(jù)上下文內(nèi)容，應(yīng)選擇proper。proper除了“適當(dāng)?shù)�，正確的”之意外，還可表示“正當(dāng)?shù)�，�?guī)矩的，正經(jīng)的”。

49.Liza說實(shí)際上他們是正兒八經(jīng)的敲鐘人——教堂助理敲鐘人，練習(xí)敲鐘并不違法。答案為D。 

50.   采訪結(jié)束了，作者離開了教堂，鐘聲還在耳邊鳴響。 

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