第二十篇
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 and have made up their minds to 2 the bells nonstop for two weeks as a protest 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 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 the government officials to realize what everybody wasshavingsto 12 .“Most of them don’t 13 here anyway,”he said,“they come in for meetings and that, and the Town Hall is soundproof, so they probably don’t 14 .It’s high time they realized the problem.”The fourth student, Liza Vernum, said she 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 the church.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 第二十答案+解說：
1.【答案】D
【解析】由下文可知，這四名學生是在教堂的鐘樓內敲鐘以示抗議的，“我”也是在此對他們進行采訪的。(參見文章最后一句)
2.【答案】C
【解析】ring = to (cause to) give a sound like a bell (鐘、鈴等)鳴;響;敲鐘;搖鈴參見下文中的“bellringer”一詞。
3.【答案】B
【解析】由下文(使人在夜間難以入睡)可知，這些大卡車是不分晝夜地穿行在這條街上的。
4.【答案】B
【解析】大卡車的噪音擾民，使人很難入睡。
5.【答案】A
【解析】do damage to對……造成損壞。參考：do good/wrong to。
6.【答案】C
【解析】a place of historical interest名勝古跡。
7.【答案】A
【解析】“If”引導條件狀語從句，意為：如果必須讓這些噪音很大的卡車在路面上行駛，那為何不新建一條環城公路呢?
8.【答案】C
【解析】照應下句，意為：鎮和一個大的村莊沒有什么兩樣，街道狹窄，本來就不是為通行這么多車輛而設計的。
9.【答案】B
【解析】Be meant /intended for sth /to do sth.= be done or made for a particular purpose.
10.【答案】C
【解析】Jean Lacey是一個生物系學生，由一詞可知也是學生物的。
11.【答案】D
【解析】由上文可知他們要連續兩周不停地敲鐘制造盡可能大的噪音以迫使政府意識到噪音擾民這一問題。
12.【答案】A
【解析】stand (vt.) = to bear; put up with; tolerate; endure容忍;忍受。
13.【答案】B
【解析】聯系下文此處意為：不管怎么說大多數官員是不住在這兒的，他們進城來是為了參加會議。
14.【答案】A
【解析】這些官員既不住在這兒，進城里開會，又呆在有隔音功能的大廳內，很有可能注意不到噪音的嚴重性。
15.【答案】C
【解析】mostly (adv.)意為“大多數”= most of the public were on their side.
16.【答案】B
【解析】be afraid that = fear that
17.【答案】D
【解析】come to stop them (from doing that)來阻止他們(這樣做)。參考：come to arrest /catch themseize = to take hold of quickly, eagerly, or strongly
18.【答案】A
【解析】Proper = right,suitable,correct適當的;恰當的;對的。此處意為實際上我們是正當的敲鐘人———是幫助教堂敲鐘的。
19.【答案】D
【解析】聯系上文，他們不擔心警察來阻止他們，是因為他們是專門負責幫助教堂敲鐘的。沒有一條法律規定不準練習敲鐘。
20.【答案】A
【解析】“我在采訪完這四名大學生后，離開教堂，耳邊還回蕩著鐘聲。 |
