（二）
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 don't they build a new road that goes round the town? Burlington isn't 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 don't 13 here anyway,”he said,“they come in for meetings and that, and the Town Hall is soundproof, so they probably don't 14 .It's 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 weren't 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
20.A.left B.found C.reached D.pass
答案与解析
1. D 由下文可知，这四名学生是在教堂的钟楼内敲钟以示抗议的，“我”也是在此对他们进行采访的。(参见文章最后一句)
2. C ring = to (cause to) give a sound like a bell (钟、铃等)鸣；响；敲钟；摇铃参见下文中的“bellringer”一词。
3. B 由下文(使人在夜间难以入睡)可知，这些大卡车是不分昼夜地穿行在这条街上的。
4. B 大卡车的噪音扰民，使人很难入睡。
5. A do damage to对……造成损坏。参考：do good/wrong to。
6. C a place of historical interest名胜古迹。
7. A “If”引导条件状语从句，意为：如果必须让这些噪音很大的卡车在路面上行驶，那为何不新建一条环城公路呢？
8. C 照应下句，意为：镇和一个大的村庄没有什么两样，街道狭窄，本来就不是为通行这么多车辆而设计的。
9. B Be meant /intended for sth /to do sth.= be done or made for a particular purpose.
10. C Jean Lacey是一个生物系学生，由一词可知也是学生物的。
11. D 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。
12. A stand (vt.) = to bear; put up with; tolerate; endure容忍；忍受。
13. B 联系下文此处意为：不管怎么说大多数官员是不住在这儿的，他们进城来是为了参加会议。
14. A 这些官员既不住在这儿，进城里开会，又呆在有隔音功能的大厅内，很有可能注意不到噪音的严重性。
15. C mostly (adv.)意为“大多数”= most of the public were on their side.
16. B be afraid that = fear that
17. D come to stop them (from doing that)来阻止他们(这样做)。参考：come to arrest /catch themseize = to take hold of quickly, eagerly, or strongly
18. A Proper = right,suitable,correct适当的；恰当的；对的。此处意为实际上我们是正当的敲钟人———是帮助教堂敲钟的。
19. D 联系上文，他们不担心警察来阻止他们，是因为他们是专门负责帮助教堂敲钟的。没有一条法律规定不准练习敲钟。
20. A “我在采访完这四名大学生后，离开教堂，耳边还回荡着钟声。
（三）
In 1990 a report was published about what the earth might be like 20 years from then on. The report was a result of a three-year ___1___.
According to the report, the picture of the earth in the year 2010 is not a ___2___ one. The world will be more ___3___ because the population will continue to grow. The population could be ___4___ 6 300 million, almost 2 115 million more than in 1985. More people would move into cities, especially cities in ___5___ countries. Cities like Cairo and Jakarta probably would ___6___ have 15 million by then.
Food production will ___7___, but not enough to feed all the people. Farmers will grow 90% more food than they did in 1985, ___8___ most of the increase would be in countries that ___9___ produce enough food for their people. Little increase is ___10___ in South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Poor farming ways are ___11___ large areas of crop land, changing farms into deserts. More farmland is ___12___ as cities become larger and more houses are built. ___13___ will get worse as industrial countries burn more coal and oil. Many of the world’s ___14___ could disappear as more and more trees are cut down. Energy will continue to be a serious problem. The experts say their picture of the earth for the year 2010 ___15___. They only carried out the situation that ___16___ today. By changing the situation, by ___17___ the problems, the picture can be changed. There is ___18___ time for the nations of the world to work ___19___ a plan of action. But they warned that ___20___ too long to make decisions would greatly reduce the chances of success.
1. A. learning B. project C. notice D. study
2. A. pleased B. pleasant C. safe D. blue
3. A. dangerous B. beautiful C. crowded D. terrible
4. A. no more than B. as many as C. as much as D. as large as
5. A. developing B. developed C. big D. mountainous
6. A. none B. each C. all D. neither
7. A. insist B. reduce C. increase D. continue
8. A. so B. but C. or D. however
9. A. already B. hardly C. partly D. never
10. A. wanted B. lacked C. found D. expected
11. A. destroying B. protecting
C. disturbing D. interrupting
12. A. saved B. lost C. discovered D. used
13. A. Air pollution B. Water pollution
C. Some diseases D. All farmland
14. A. animals B. plants C. forests D. people
15. A. must be true B. will come true
C. can't be true D. may be wrong
16. A. happens B. develops C. exists D. appears
17. A. settling B. working out C. answering D. dealing
18. A. no B. still C. less D. plenty of
19. A. about B. in C. out D. for
20. A. working B. suggesting C. spending D. waiting
答案与解析
1. D study 意为“研究”，根据下文，这是指对未来20年地球上的情况变化所作的研究。
2. B 与后面的人口增长，环境污染等联系起来看，在2010年地球上的状况(picture)将会令人不愉快(pleasant)。w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m
3. C 因为人口继续增长，所以世界会越来越拥挤(crowded)。
4. D 指人口数目的多用large，少用small。指人口达到某一数目用“as large as + 数词”。
5. A 从现状来看，人口增长快的国家多为发展不发达的国家；而城市人口急剧增长的则是一些发展中的国家(developing countries)。
6. B 前面提到了两个城市，故此空只能填each，neither具有否定意义，不合句意，也不能插入谓语之中。
7. C 临近几句是讲粮食增长问题，故选increase“增长”。
8. B 前后两句具有转折意义：农民所生产的粮食将比1985多百分之90，但多数增产粮食的国家是在已经有足够粮食供人们生活的国家。
9. A already 意为“已经”，由下句可知：是指已经有足够粮食供人们生活的国家。
10. D expect意为“预计”，句意为：在亚洲南部的国家预计增产幅度不大。
11. A 由changing farms into deserts可知：不当农业生产方式毁坏(destroy)了大片生产粮食土地。w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m
12. B 由于扩建城市，修建房屋，必然侵占大量农田，故选lost(失去)。
13. A 由burn coal and oil必然排放大量烟雾，可推知：此处指空气污染(air pollution)
14. C 由more and more trees are cut down可推知：此处指森林(forests)可能消失。
15. D 此句意为：专家说地球到2010年的状况可能会不好。(
16. C exist 意为“存在”。由上下文可知：环境正遭受污染和破坏，专家们只是想保存今天状况。
17. A settle the problems 意为“解决问题”。
18. B still 意为“还有”，加强语气。句意为：现在还有时间给世界各国制定行动计划。
19. C work out a plan 意为“制定计划”。
20. D 句意为：专家们警告说等待太长的时间作处决定将会极大地减少成功的机会。