2012同等學(xué)力申碩英語每日一練 12月15日

　　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 was shavings to 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 bell ringers. I mean we are assistant bell ringers for the church. There is no 19 against practicing.”

　　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

　　20. A. left B. found C. reached D. pass

　　答案與解析

　　1. D。由下文可知，這四名學(xué)生是在教堂的鐘樓內(nèi)敲鐘以示抗議的，“我”也是在此對(duì)他們進(jìn)行采訪的。(參見文章最后一句)故答案為D。

　　2. C。ring 譯為 to(cause to) give a sound like a bell (鐘、鈴等)鳴;響;敲鐘;搖鈴參見下文中的“bell ringer”一詞。故答案為C。

　　3. B。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。故答案為B。

　　4. B。大卡車的噪音擾民，使人很難入睡。故答案為B。

　　5. A。do damage to對(duì)……造成損壞。參考：do good/wrong to.故答案為A。

　　6. C。a place of historical interest名勝古跡。故答案為C。

　　7. A。“If”引導(dǎo)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(huán)城公路呢?故答案為A。

　　8. C。照應(yīng)下句，意為：鎮(zhèn)和一個(gè)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(shè)計(jì)的。故答案為C。

　　9. B。Be meant /intended for sth /to do sth. = be done or made for a particular purpose.故答案為B。

　　10. C。Jean Lacey是一個(gè)生物系學(xué)生，由一詞可知也是學(xué)生物的。故答案為C。

　　11. D。由上文可知他們要連續(xù)兩周不停地敲鐘制造盡可能大的噪音以迫使政府意識(shí)到噪音擾民這一問題。故答案為D。

　　12. A。 stand (vt.) = to bear; put up with; tolerate; endure容忍;忍受。故答案為A。

　　13. B。聯(lián)系下文此處意為：不管怎么說大多數(shù)官員是不住在這兒的，他們進(jìn)城來是為了參加會(huì)議。故答案為B。

　　14. A。這些官員既不住在這兒，進(jìn)城里開會(huì)，又呆在有隔音功能的大廳內(nèi)，很有可能注意不到噪音的嚴(yán)重性。故答案為A。

　　15. C。mostly (adv.)意為“大多數(shù)”= most of the public were on their side.故答案為C。

　　16. B。be afraid that = fear that，故答案為B。

　　17. D。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。故答案為D。

　　18. A。Proper = right，suitable，correct適當(dāng)?shù)?恰當(dāng)?shù)?對(duì)的。此處意為實(shí)際上我們是正當(dāng)?shù)那苗娙?mdash;——是幫助教堂敲鐘的。故答案為A。

　　19. D。聯(lián)系上文，他們不擔(dān)心警察來阻止他們，是因?yàn)樗麄兪菍ｉT負(fù)責(zé)幫助教堂敲鐘的。沒有一條法律規(guī)定不準(zhǔn)練習(xí)敲鐘。故答案為D。

　　20. A。“我在采訪完這四名大學(xué)生后，離開教堂，耳邊還回蕩著鐘聲。故答案為A。

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