填空题 People of Burlington are being disturbed 1 the sound of bells. Four students from Burlington College of Higher Education are in the bell tower of the church and have made up their 2 to ring the bells nonstop for two weeks as a protest 3 heavy trucks which run day and night through the narrow High Street. "They not only make it 4 to sleep at night, but they are doing damage to our houses and shops of historical interest," said John Norris, one of the protesters.
"If we must have these noisy trucks on the roads," said Jean Lacey, a biology student, "why don"t they 5 a new road that goes round the town? Burlington isn"t much more than a large village. Its streets were 6 meant for heavy traffic".
Harry Fields also studying biology said they wanted to make as much noise as possible to force the government officials to 7 what everybody was shaving to stand. "Most of them don"t live here anyway," he said, "they come in 8 meetings, and the Town Hall is soundproof, so they probably don"t notice. It"s high time they realized the problem." The fourth student, Liza Vernum, said she thought the public were mostly on their side, and even if they weren"t they soon would be.
I asked if they were afraid that the 9 might come to stop them.
"Not really," she said, "actually we are proper bell-ringers. I mean we are assistant bell-ringers for the church. There is no law against practising."
I left the church with the sound of the bells 10 in my ears.
A. officially B. difficult C. by
D. with E. for F. ringing
G. minds H. police I. often
J. against K. realize L. build
M. to N. want O. never