题目内容
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) 1bed for you. Hiroyuki's bed will 2you up in the morning! Here is how it 3.
The bed 4an alarm Clock. First, the alarm clock rings. You have a few minutes to wake up. Next, a tape recorder in the bed plays 5music or other pleasant sounds. The tape recorder in Hiroyuki's bed plays a recording of his girlfriend. She whispers in a sweet 6, "Wake up, darling, please. "A few minutes later, a second recording 7The sound recording can be loud music or 8sounds. Hiroyuki hears a recording of his boss. His boss 9," Wake up immediately, 10you'll be late!"
If you don't get up 11the second recording, you 12be sonly! A mechanical "foot" is in the bed. The mechanical foot kicks you in the head. Then the bed waits a few 13minutes. What ! You're 14in bed! Slowly the 15of the bed rises higher and higher. The foot of the bed goes lower and lower. 16, the bed is vertical(垂直的). You slide off the bed and onto the floor. You are out of bed and become 17.
Hiroyuki made his bed because he wanted to 18a 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 19. If their ideas win, the employees win 20.
Hiroyuki Sugiyama won one of the top prizes for his bed.
1.A. expensive B. special C. valuable D. comfortable
2.A. get B. catch C. make D. let
3.A. works B. runs C. happens D. moves
4.A.is separated from B.is made up of C.is connected to D.is made into
5.A. loud B. classical C. pop D. soft
6.A. sound B. voice C. noise D. way
7.A. sends B. turns C. plays D. appears
8.A. pleasant B. interesting C. unpleasant D. funny
9.A. shouts B. calls C. whispers D. persuades
10.A. and B. but C. so D. or
11.A. before B. until C. since D. after
12.A. can B. will C. may D. would
13.A. other B. another C. more D. one
14.A. still B. yet C. already D. even
15.A. end B. middle C. body D. top
16.A. However B. Finally C. Therefore D. otherwise
17.A. angry B. asleep C. happy D. awake
18.A. achieve B. win C. gain D. defeat
19.A. ideas B. problems C. facts D. ways
20.A. praises B. positions C. prizes D. medals
1.B
2.A
3.A
4.C
5.D
6.B
7.C
8.C
9.A
10.D
11.D
12.B
13.C
14.A
15.D
16.B
17.D
18.B
19.A
20.C
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farmer，inventor，astronomer writer and antislavery supporter．He created the first American—built striking clock．
lt(一卷)of white cloth for his mother and looked around for someone to taik to．Benjamin’s heart jumped like a rabbit when he saw a friend holding a gold watch．Benjamin had always wanted to figure out how clocks and watches worked．The friend saw Benjamin and let him sit down for a good talk．
r two years，Benjamin farmed all day and worked on his wood pieces at night．In1753，two years after he had borrowed the watch，Benjamin put all the pieces together．Benjamin had made his own clock．