英语四级考试完形填空寒假练习（20）

　　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 dont they build a new road that goes round the town? Burlington isnt 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 dont ____13____ here anyway,he said,they come in for meetings and that, and the Town Hall is soundproof, so they probably dont ____14____ .Its 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 werent 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