单选题Directions: Read the following text. Choose
the best word or phrase for each numbered blank.
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 {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}and have made up their minds to
{{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}the bells nonstop for two weeks as a
protest against heavy trucks which run {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}}
{{/U}}through the narrow High Street. "They not only make it {{U}} {{U}}
4 {{/U}} {{/U}}to sleep at night, but they are {{U}} {{U}}
5 {{/U}} {{/U}}damage to our houses and shops of historical {{U}}
{{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}," said John Norris, one of the protesters.
"{{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}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 {{U}} {{U}}
8 {{/U}} {{/U}}village. Its streets are never {{U}} {{U}}
9 {{/U}} {{/U}}for heavy traffic." Harry Fields also studying {{U}}
{{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}said they wanted to make as much {{U}}
{{U}} 11 {{/U}} {{/U}}possible to force the government officials to
realize what everybody was shaving to {{U}} {{U}} 12 {{/U}}
{{/U}}. "Most of them don't {{U}} {{U}} 13 {{/U}} {{/U}}here
anyway," he said, "they come in for meetings and that, and the Town Hall is
soundproof, so they probably don't {{U}} {{U}} 14 {{/U}} {{/U}}.
It's high time they realized the problem." The fourth student, Liza Vernum, said
she thought the public were {{U}} {{U}} 15 {{/U}} {{/U}}on their
side, and even if they weren't they soon would be. I asked if they were
{{U}} {{U}} 16 {{/U}} {{/U}}that the police might come to
{{U}} {{U}} 17 {{/U}} {{/U}}them. "Not really," she said,
"actually we are {{U}} {{U}} 18 {{/U}} {{/U}}bell ringers. I
mean we are assistant bell ringers for the church. There is no {{U}}
{{U}} 19 {{/U}} {{/U}}against practicing." I {{U}} {{U}}
20 {{/U}} {{/U}}the church with the sound of the bells ringing in my
ears.