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 (抗议) 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___8___the town? Burlington isn't much more than a___9___village. Its streets were never___10___for heavy traffic."

　　      Harry Fields also studying___11____said they wanted to make as much___12 ___as possible to force the___13___to realise what everybody was having to___14 ___. "Most of them don't___15___here anyway," he said, "they come in for meetings and that, and the Town Hall is soundproof(隔音), ___16___they probably don't___17___ the noise all that much. It's high time they realised the___18___."

　　      The fourth student, Liza Vernum, said she thought the public were___19___on their side, and even if they weren't they soon would be.

　　      ___20___asked if they were___21___that the police might come to___22 ___ them.

　　      "Not really," she said, "actually we are___23___bell-ringers. I mean we are assistant bell-ringers for the church. There is no___24___against practising."

　　      I ___25___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. to           B. through    C. over       D. round

　　8. A. pretty      B. quiet       C. large      D. modern

　　10. A. tested      B. meant      C. kept       D. used

　　11. A. well      B. hard     C. biology      D. education

　　12. A. effort    B. time     C. trouble      D. noise

　　13. A. townspeople B. other students C. government officials  D. truck drivers

　　14. A. stand    B. accept    C. know        D. share

　　15. A. shop     B. live       C. come        D. study

　　16. A. but      B. so        C. or           D. for

　　17. A. notice    B. mention    C. fear       D. control

　　18. A. event       B. loss       C. action        D. problem

　　19. A. hardly       B. unwillingly  C. mostly          D. usually

　　20. A. I            B. We       C. She          D. They

　　21. A. surprised      B. afraid      C. pleased        D. determined