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People of Burlington are being disturbed by the sound of bells. Four student

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问题     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【C1】______and have made up their minds to【C2】______the bells nonstop for two weeks as a protest against heavy trucks which run【C3】______through the narrow High Street. "They not only make it【C4】______to sleep at night, but they are【C5】______damage to our houses and shops of historical【C6】______"said John Norris, one of the protesters.
    "【C7】______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【C8】______village. Its streets were never【C9】______for heavy traffic. Harry Fields also studying【C10】______said they wanted to make as much【C11】______as possible to force the government officials to realize what everybody has to【C12】______"Most of them don’ t【C13】______here anyway," he said, "they come in for meetings and that,  and the Town Hall is soundproof, so they probably don’t【C14】______It’s high time they realized the problem." The fourth student, Liza Vernum, said she thought the public were【C15】______on their side, and even ff they weren’t they soon would be.
    I asked if they were【C16】______that the police might come to【C17】______them.
"Not really," she said, "actually we are【C18】______bell ringers. I mean we are assistant bell ringers for the church. There is no【C19】______against practising. ".
    I【C20】______the church with the sound of the bells ringing in my ears. [br] 【C11】
选项 A、effort
B、time
C、trouble
D、noise
答案 D
解析 考查上下文词义搭配。由上文可知他们要连续两周不停地敲钟制造尽可能大的噪音以迫使政府意识到噪音扰民这一问题。
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