第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
It is difficult for you to get up in the morning? Do you sometime oversleep? Are you often late for work or school? Yes? Then 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  44  , “Wake up immediately,  45  you’ll be late!”
If you don’t get up  46  the second recording, you  47  be sorry! 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  52  .
Hiroyuki made his bed because he wanted to  53  a contest. He works for Honda Motor Company. Once 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.
36. A. expensive      B. special        C. valuable      D. comfortable
37. A. get            B. catch          C. make           D. let
38. A. works          B. runs           C. happens        D. moves
39. A. is separated from                B. is made up of
C. is connected to                  D. is made into
40. A. loud           B. classical      C. pop            D. soft
41. A. sound          B. voice          C. noise          D. way
42. A. sends          B. turns          C. plays          D. appears
43. A. pleasant       B. interesting    C. unpleasant     D. funny
44. A. shouts         B. calls          C. whispers       D. persuades
45. A. and            B. but            C. so             D. or
46. A. before         B. until          C. since         D. after
47. A. can            B. will           C. may            D. would
48. A. other          B. another        C. more           D. one
49. A. still          B. yet            C. already        D. even
50. A. end            B. middle         C. body           D. top
51. A. However        B. Finally        C. Therefore      D. Otherwise
52. A. angry          B. work           C. happy          D. awake
53. A. achieve        B. win            C. gain           D. defeat
54. A. ideas          B. thoughts       C. facts          D. ways
55. A. praises        B. contests       C. prizes         D. medals

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

    It is difficult for you to get up in the morning? Do you sometime oversleep? Are you often late for work or school? Yes? Then 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  44  , “Wake up immediately,  45  you’ll be late!”

    If you don’t get up  46  the second recording, you  47  be sorry! 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  52  .

    Hiroyuki made his bed because he wanted to  53  a contest. He works for Honda Motor Company. Once 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.

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

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

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

39. A. is separated from                B. is made up of

    C. is connected to                  D. is made into

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

51. A. However        B. Finally        C. Therefore      D. Otherwise

52. A. angry          B. work           C. happy          D. awake

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

54. A. ideas          B. thoughts       C. facts          D. ways

55. A. praises        B. contests       C. prizes         D. medals

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

    It is difficult for you to get up in the morning? Do you sometime oversleep? Are you often late for work or school? Yes? Then 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  44  , “Wake up immediately,  45  you’ll be late!”

    If you don’t get up  46  the second recording, you  47  be sorry! 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  52  .

    Hiroyuki made his bed because he wanted to  53  a contest. He works for Honda Motor Company. Once 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.

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

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

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

39. A. is separated from                B. is made up of

    C. is connected to                  D. is made into

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

51. A. However        B. Finally        C. Therefore      D. Otherwise

52. A. angry          B. work           C. happy          D. awake

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

54. A. ideas          B. thoughts       C. facts          D. ways

55. A. praises        B. contests       C. prizes         D. medals

Recently I experienced a wonderful lesson in how little things still mean a lot. I live on the Island of Hawaii. About a month ago, when I    36   my car and was about to drive off, I glanced down at the roadside. A piece of paper   37  my eye. I picked it up and read it   38  . Instantly I was grateful that I had done that.

The form   39  to be a receipt from the State Motor Vehicle Division, documenting the owners’   40   of their Vehicle’s Registration fees. Quickly I put myself in their   41  and figured: no one would throw this away, especially if it was current. I also  42  the form for contact or any   43  data, perhaps a license tag(牌照) or telephone number. But that seemed   44  .

Although the form had been   45  on the wind, where in the busy, crowded parking lot would I find the   46  ? So I checked the date and    47  the names of the owners, who must be in our town. I believed that the best and easiest step to  48  was to put the form in a(n)   49  addressed to the couple and mail it by post. Further, I imagined how frantic (狂乱的) I’d be   50   I had misplaced the receipt. It is much easier to make a(n)   51  to return it than to leave them angry, upset etc. over the  52  , so I did as I thought.

My hunch(预感) was right. On the weekend a happy couple called  53  my house and brought me a big gift. They said they had panicked and searched for the receipt  54    everywhere before giving up. Without it they would lose $8,000. It felt great to know I’d helped someone avoid a major trouble by doing   55  that at first glance seemed minor.

36. A. parked                     B. bought                    C. started                    D. found

37. A. blocked                    B. caught                    C. kept                        D. covered

38. A. suddenly                  B. carefully                  C. gladly                     D. b riefly

39. A. came out                 B. worked out              C. turned out                     D. gave out  

40. A. permission        B. plan                        C. care                        D. payment

41. A. side                         B. shoes                            C. place                      D. position

42. A. held up                    B. knocked over          C. kept up                   D. looked over

43. A. personal                  B. secret                            C. public                     D. open

44. A. important                 B. possible                  C. impractical              D. useful

45. A. born                         B. played                    C. fetched                   D. grown

46. A. hosts                       B. guests                    C. partners                 D. owners

47. A. recalled                   B. noted                      C. called                     D. changed

48. A. set                           B. make                      C. take                        D. do

49. A. envelope                 B. pocket                    C. bag                         D. dustbin

50. A. as                            B. if                      C. though                    D. since

51. A. attempt                    B. experiment              C. promise                  D. request

52. A. pain                         B. luck                         C. loss                        D. mistake

53. A. on                            B. at                            C. to                            D. in

54. A. violently                   B. severely                  C. angrily                    D. madly

55. A. anything                  B. nothing                   C. everything              D. Something

What should you think about when trying to find your career? You are probably better at some school subjects than others. These may show strengths that you can use in your work. A boy who is good at mathematics can use that in an engineering career. A girl who spells well and likes English may be good at office work. So it is important to know the subjects you do well in at school. On the other hand, you may not have any especially strong subjects but your records show a general satisfactory standard. Although not all subjects can be used directly in a job, they may have indirect value. A knowledge of history is not required for most jobs but if history is one of your good subjects you will have learned to remember facts and details. This is an ability that can be useful in many jobs.
Your school may have taught you skills, such as typing or technical drawing, which you can use in your work. You may be good at metalwork or cookery and look for a job where you can improve these skills. If you have had a part-time job on Saturdays or in the summer, think what you gained from it. If nothing else, you may have learned how to get to work on time, to follow instructions and to get on with older workers. You may have learned to give correct change in a shop, for example. Just as important, you may become interested in a particular industry or career you see from the inside in a part-time job.
Facing your weak points is also part of knowing yourself. You may be all thumbs when you handle tools; perhaps you are a poor speller or cannot add up a column of figures. It is better to face any weakness than to pretend they do not exist. Your school record, for instance, may not be too good, yet it is an important part of your background. You should not be apologetic(认错的) about it but instead recognize that you will have a chance of a fresh start at work.
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