阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

      Is it difficult for you to get up in the morning? Do you sometimes oversleep? Are you often late for work or school? Yes? The Hiroyuki Sugiyama of Japan has a(n)   36   bed for you. Hiroyuki's bed will  37  you up in the morning! Here is how it   38  .

      The bed   39  an alarm Clock. First, the alarm clock rings. You have a few minutes to wake up. Next, a tape recorder in the bed plays   40  music or other pleasant sounds. The tape recorder in Hiroyuki's bed plays a recording of his girlfriend. She whispers in a sweet   41   , "Wake up, darling, please. "A few minutes later, a second recording   42    The sound recording can be loud music or   43   sounds. Hiroyuki hears a recording of his boss. His boss   44   ," Wake up immediately,  45  you'll be late!"

      If you don't get up   46  the second recording, you   47  be sonly! A mechanical "foot" is in the bed. The mechanical foot kicks you in the head. Then the bed waits a few   48  minutes. What ! You're  49  in bed! Slowly the   50   of the bed rises higher and higher. The foot of the bed goes lower and lower.  51  , the bed is vertical(垂直的). You slide off the bed and onto the floor. You are out of bed and become   52  .

      Hiroyuki made his bed because he wanted to   53  a contest. He works for Honda Motor Company. Every two years Honda has a contest for its 200,000 employees--" All Honda Idea Contest." The employees think of new   54  . If their ideas win, the employees win   55   .

      Hiroyuki Sugiyama won one of the top prizes for his bed.

. A. expensive         B. special         C. valuable              D. comfortable

A. get             B. catch           C. make               D. let

A. works             B. runs                 C. happens              D. moves

A.is separated from   B.is made up of    C.is connected to          D.is made into

A. loud              B. classical         C. pop                 D. soft

A. sound            B. voice           C. noise                D. way

A. sends              B. turns            C. plays                D. appears

A. pleasant            B. interesting            C. unpleasant                   D. funny

A. shouts             B. calls            C. whispers             D. persuades

A. and             B. but             C. so                  D. or

A. before          B. until           C. since                D. after

A. can              B. will            C. may                D. would

A. other           B. another       C. more               D. one

A. still             B. yet                  C. already               D. even

A. end             B. middle         C. body                D. top

A. However      B. Finally         C. Therefore             D. otherwise

A. angry            B. asleep        C. happy               D. awake

A. achieve            B. win            C. gain                 D. defeat

A. ideas           B. problems       C. facts                 D. ways

A. praises            B. positions        C. prizes                D. medals

It is a typical case. A young professional has just moved to a new city. She is very active in her new job but wishes to meet people socially outside of work. How does she do this？
　　Signing up for a night class is always a good starting point. Not only is it an ideal way to meet like-minded people，it can also be a great new learning experience. Pubs and clubs can be a good meeting place but can be a bit hard if you are on your own.
　　Join a gym
　　GL-14 health club in Manchester city centre is a gym which also has lots of member activities outside the gym from charity fashion shows to dinner dances giving members a chance to socialize away from the treadmill（繁忙的工作）. Or if you want a gym with a difference，try a“Green Gym”for people who want to exercise but wish to be outdoors and doing something that will benefit the environment at the same time. The“work out”could involve such activities as practical conservation or gardening work. It’s a great way to get people’s heart and muscle working. And many agree that meeting other people and having a matter and a laugh is a big attraction of the scheme.
　　Reading groups
　　In the Reading Groups，Jenny Hartley suggested that there may be as many as 50，000 people in reading groups in the UK. They range from informal groups of friends or colleagues who meet in someone’s home or at the local pub，to discuss a book. If you want something a bit more structured，lots of libraries have reading groups and could have a broader group of members.
　　Statistics
　　The BBC recently conducted a survey called Going solo：single life in the 21st century. You can look at the overall results or search by area. It found that：
　　*69％ of people thought that the gym was a good place to meet new
　　*Pubs or clubs were considered to be good meeting places by 58％ of people in the UK
　　*68％ thought that work was a good place to meet people
　　*72％ thought that internet chat was not an ideal way to meet people
（  ）56．“Green Gym”in Paragraph 3 refers to an activity in which you can________.
A．have night classes with like-minded people
B．do something good for the environment on your own
C．discuss a book with other members at a pub
D．benefit the environment while doing outdoor exercise
（  ）57．Which of the following is a Green Gym activity？
A．Gardening work.         B．Chatting on the Internet.
C．A charity fashion show.    D．A dinner dance away from the treadmill.
（  ）58．What’s the most popular place to meet new people outside of work？
A．Pubs or clubs. 　B．The Internet.  C．The working place. D．The gym.

This is a part from US President Barack Obama’s speech on May 14 at Bamard College in New York.

… My last piece of advice – this is simple, but perhaps most important: 36. Nothing worthwhile is easy. No one of achievement has avoided failure – sometimes catastrophic failures. But they keep at it. They learn from mistakes. They don’t 37.

When I first arrived on this 38, I was with little money, fewer options. But it was here that I tried to find my place in this world. I knew I wanted to make a difference, but it was 39 how in fact I’d go about it. But I wanted to do my part to 40 a better world.

So even as I worked after graduation in a few 41 jobs here in New York, even as I went from motley (鱼龙混杂的)apartment to motley apartment, I 42.

… And I wish I could say that this perseverance came from some innate (天生的)toughness in me. But the truth is, it was 43. I got it from 44 the people who raised me. I grew up as the son of a single mom who struggled to put herself through 45 and make ends meet. She had a marriage that fell apart; 46 went on food stamps at one point to help us 47. But she didn’t quit. And she earned her degree, and made sure that 48 scholarships and hard work, my sister and I earned 49.

And 50, I met a woman who was assigned to advise me on my first summer job at a law firm. And she gave me such good advice that I married her. And Michelle and I gave everything we had to balance our careers and a 51 family. We made that marriage work.

… So 52 it’s starting a business, or running for office, or 53 an amazing family, remember that making your 54  on the world is hard. It takes patience. It takes commitment. It comes with plenty of 55 and it comes with plenty of failures.

1.                A．compete        B．persevere       C．struggle  D．preservation

2.                A．rest           B．decline         C．quit  D．regret

3.                A．campus         B．downtown       C．farm D．country

4.                A．confident       B．uncertain       C．ambitious D．proud

5.                A．shape          B．instruct         C．organize  D．lead

6.                A．amazing        B．disturbing       C．meaningful    D．unsatisfactory

7.                A．reached out     B．put out         C．gave out  D．made out

8.                A．presented      B．structured       C．learned   D．created

9.                A．copying        B．detecting       C．persuading    D．watching

10.               A．life            B．work           C．school D．business

11.               A．yet            B．even           C．still   D．also

12.               A．get by          B．come by        C．get along  D．come along

13.               A．during         B．through        C．across D．over

14.               A．mine          B．us             C．ours  D．hers

15.               A．for the time being B．long before     C．up to now  D．later on

16.               A．young          B．poor           C．weak D．strong

17.               A．as if           B．if             C．whether   D．unless

18.               A．rising          B．raising         C．arousing   D．arising

19.               A．view           B．stay           C．remark    D．mark

20.               A．goals          B．advantages      C．shortcomings   D．setbacks

I was having my dinner at McDonald’s one evening when an old couple slowly walked in. They  36   their meal, took a table near the window and started  37 food out of the plate. There was one hamburger, one order of French fries(炸薯条) and one drink. The man  38_the food into two halves and carefully placed   39  before his wife.

    He took a sop(一小口)of the drink. His wife also took one and then  40 the cup down between them.“That  41 old couple! All they can   42   is one meal for the two of them , ” thought I.  43   the man began to eat his French fries, I   44   to my feet, went over and said that I was   45   to buy another meal for them. But he  46  refused me and said that they made it a   47   to share everything.

      48  , the lady didn’t take a bite. She sat there   49   her husband eat, and taking turns(轮流) sipping the drink. Again I   50   to buy them something but was refused. When the man finished eating and was   51   his face with a napkin(纸巾), I   52   no longer stand it. I made an offer to them a third time.   53   being politely refused, I asked the lady   54  ,“Ｍadam, why aren’t you eating? You said that you share everything.   55  is it that you are waitting for?”“The teeth,”she answered.

A. served         B. requested         C. collected          D. ordered

A. carrying       B. taking            C. fetching           D. bringing

A. divided        B. cut              C. changed           D. formed

A. it             B. this              C. that              D. one

A. got           B. settled            C. set               D. turned

A. funny         B. crazy             C. strange           D. poor

A. afford         B. pay              C. demand           D. choose

A. While         B. Since             C. As               D. Until

A. came          B. struggled         C. rushed            D. rose

A. anxious        B. willing           C. satisfied           D. quick

A. warmly        B. proudly           C. kindly            D. seriously

A. way           B. habit             C. case              D. model

A. Surprisingly    B. Sadly             C. Shockingly        D. Bitterly

A. seeing         B. noticing           C. watching          D. finding

A. wanted         B.asked             C. planned           D. attempted

A. wiping         B. touching          C. bathing           D. washing

A. should         B. could             C. might            D. would

A. In             B. Upon            C. After             D. With

A. curiously       B. carefully          C. naturally          D. plainly

A. How           B. Who             C. Why             D. What

Last year college students in America spent an estimated $700 on textbooks on average. The National Association of College Stores reported more than five billion dollars in sales of textbooks and course materials.

The association spokesman Charles Schmidt says electronic textbooks now just make up 2%～3% of sales. But he says that is expected to reach 10%～15% by 2012.

Online versions(版本) are now available for many of the most popular college textbooks. An e­textbook can cost half the price of a new print textbook. But students usually lose access to them after the end of the term. And the books cannot be placed on more than one device(设备)，so they are not easy to share.

So what do students think of e­textbooks？Administrators at Northwest Missouri State University wanted to find it out. Earlier this year they tested them with 500 students in 20 classes.

The university is unusual. It provides laptop computers for all 7,000 of its full­time students. It does not require students to buy their textbooks either. They rent them to save money. The school aims to save even more by moving to e­textbooks.

The students in the survey reported that downloading the books from the Internet was easy. They liked the idea of carrying lighter backpacks. And 56% said they were better able to find information.

But most found that using e­textbooks did not change their study habits. And 60% felt they read more when they were reading on paper. In all，almost half the students said they still liked physical textbooks better.

But the survey found that cost could be a big influence.55% said they would choose e­textbooks if using them meant their textbook rental fee would not increase.

Roger Von Holzen heads the Center for Information Technology in Education at Northwest Missouri State University. He tells us that administrators are disappointed with the e­textbooks now available because the majority are not interactive(交互式的)．

He thinks growth will come when more digital books include video，activities，games and other ways to interact with the information. The technology is improving. But for now，most of the books are just words on a screen.

1.E­textbooks are not better than paper books in that________.

A．they cost more money

B．they’re difficult to carry

C．they’re not convenient to share

D．they can’t be downloaded from the Internet

2.How many surveyed students think paper books make better reading?

A．60%.   B．56%.                    C．55%.             D．50%.

3.It can be inferred from the text that in the future________.

A．digital books will be more popular    

B．the digital books available need improvement

C．free digital books are available online     

D．digital books will replace print textbooks