1999年高考英语真题完形填空题·完全解析
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 (抗议) 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___8___the town? Burlington isn't much more than a___9___village. Its streets were never___10___for heavy traffic."
Harry Fields also studying___11____said they wanted to make as much___12 ___as possible to force the___13___to realise what everybody was having to___14 ___. "Most of them don't___15___here anyway," he said, "they come in for meetings and that, and the Town Hall is soundproof(隔音), ___16___they probably don't___17___ the noise all that much. It's high time they realised the___18___."
The fourth student, Liza Vernum, said she thought the public were___19___on their side, and even if they weren't they soon would be.
___20___asked if they were___21___that the police might come to___22 ___ them.
"Not really," she said, "actually we are___23___bell-ringers. I mean we are assistant bell-ringers for the church. There is no___24___against practising."
I ___25___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. to B. through C. over D. round
8. A. pretty B. quiet C. large D. modern
10. A. tested B. meant C. kept D. used
11. A. well B. hard C. biology D. education
12. A. effort B. time C. trouble D. noise
13. A. townspeople B. other students C. government officials D. truck drivers
14. A. stand B. accept C. know D. share
15. A. shop B. live C. come D. study
16. A. but B. so C. or D. for
17. A. notice B. mention C. fear D. control
18. A. event B. loss C. action D. problem
19. A. hardly B. unwillingly C. mostly D. usually
20. A. I B. We C. She D. They
21. A. surprised B. afraid C. pleased D. determined
22. A. seize B. fight C. search D. stop
23. A. proper B. experienced C. hopeful D. serious
24. A. point B. cause C. need D. law
25. A. left B. found C. reached D. passed
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这篇高考完形填空题讲叙的是四位大学生到教堂敲钟，以引起政府对日夜不停穿过狭窄的街道的卡车所制造的噪音的注意。具有较强的社会现实意义。
题号 答案 考察内容解题依据 解题分析
1 B 前后照应常识运用 根据最后一句I left the church…可知。再则国外的钟楼一般来讲都在教堂(church)里面，而不会在大学(college)、村庄(village)、城镇(town)里面。
2 C 固定搭配 ring the bell意为"打铃"。其它三项通常不与bell搭配。
3 A 逻辑推理词义比较前后照应 四位大学生因为大卡车日夜(day and night)不停穿过狭窄的街道发生噪音而连续两周不停地打铃以示抗议。下文有难以入睡的提示。now and then偶尔；up and down上下地, 到处, 前前后后, 来来往往；over and over反复, 再三。
4 A 常识运用逻辑推理 由于日夜不停的使人不愉快的(unpleasant)，可怕的(terrible)噪音，所以晚上很不舒适(uncomfortable)，自然很难(difficult)睡觉。
5 B 逻辑推理固定搭配 巨大的噪音对房子也有损害。 do damage／wrong／good to sb对……有损害／害处／好处。其它三项不与do搭配。
6 C 词义比较固定搭配 historical interest历史古迹。scene场面, 情景；period时期，句点；interest兴趣，重要性，利益；sense官能, 感觉，理性。
7 A 语句连贯逻辑推理 此空需要一连词引导条件状语从句。"如果我们必须让这些嘈杂的卡车通过的话，为什么不再修一条新路呢？"
8 D 逻辑推理固定搭配 为什么不修一条新的环城路，绕开(round)城镇，而不要穿过狭窄的街道发生噪音呢？go round环绕，到处走动, 顺便去；go to朝……走去；go through经历，用完；go over仔细检查，复习。
9 C 逻辑推理前后照应 全城的人都可以被困扰，可见该城不大。从下文看是与一个village比大小。这里指的是其规模(large)，A、B、D都和文意不符。
10 B 词义辨析逻辑推理 早年的街道并不是为如此繁重的交通而建的，当时并没有这样的打算和计划(mean)，特别注意句子中的过去时态，它对句子意义的理解很有帮助。mean意欲, 打算，预定, 指定, 计划，be meant for=be designed/ intended for为……打算/预定/计划；test测试, 试验, 检验；keep保持，保存；use使用, 利用。
11 C 前后照应 由第三段句首一句……a biology student可知，本句中又有一个also，可推断出Harry Fields为study biology。
12 D 逻辑推理前后照