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] 【C15】

选项 A、hardly
B、unwillingly
C、mostly
D、usually

答案 C

解析 考查上下文语义及副词用法。mostly(adv.)意为“大多数” = most of the public were on their side。
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