专题推荐： 2011年12月英语四级考试备考冲刺专题

　　People of Burlington are being disturbed by the sound ofbells.Four students from Burlington College of Higher Educationare in the bell tower of the 1 _and have made up their minds to2_ the bells nonstop for two weeks as a protest against heavytrucks which run 3_ through the narrow High Street.“They notonly make it 4_ to sleep at night, but they are 5 _damage toour houses and shops of historical 6_ ,”said John Norris, one ofthe protesters.
　　“ 7_ we must have these noisy trucks on the roads,”said Jean Lacey, a biology student, whydon’t they build a new road that goes round the town? Burlington isn’t much more than a 8_village.Its streets were never 9 _for heavy traffic.
　　Harry Fields also studying 10_ said they wanted to make as much 11_ possible to force thegovernment officials to realize what everybody wasshavingsto 12 _.“Most of them don’t 13_ hereanyway,”he said,“they come in for meetings and that, and the Town Hall is soundproof, so theyprobably don’t 14 _.It’s high time they realized the problem.”The fourth student, Liza Vernum, saidshe thought the public were 15 _on their side, and even if they weren’t they soon would be.
　　I asked if they were 16- that the police might come to 17 _them.
　　“Not really,”she said,“actually we are 18 _bellringers.I mean we are assistant bellringers for thechurch.There is no 19_ against practising.”
　　I 20 _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.unpleasant
　　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.pretty B.quite C.large D.modern
　　9.A.tested B.meant C.kept D.used
　　10.A.well B.hard C.biology D.education
　　11.A.effort B.time C.trouble D.noise
　　12.A.stand B.accept C.know D.share
　　13.A.shop B.live C.come D.study
　　14.A.notice B.mention C.fear D.control
　　15.A.hardly B.unwillingly C.mostly D.usually
　　16.A.surprised B.afraid C.pleased D.determined
　　17.A.seize B.fight C.search D.stop
　　18.A.proper B.experienced C.hopeful D.serious
　　19.A.point B.cause C.need D.law
　　2o.A.left B.found C.reached D.pass