John can’t get up as__________as his little sister.

   A. earlier   B. early   C. more early   D. much early

Tony is six years old. He is a good boy. But he can’t get up early. He sleeps until nine or ten o’clock in the morning. He is often late for school.
Tony’s mother doesn’t want him to be late for school. So she buys him an alarm clock. She tells Tony, ‘ you must get up when you hear the clock ring.’
‘Yes, Mum,’ said Tony. After that Tony get up at seven thirty when he hears the clock ring.
One day his mother forgets (忘记）to make the clock ring. And the next morning Tony doesn’t get up at seven thirty. It’s time for breakfast. Mother goes to see him. Tony is in bed and his eyes are open.
‘Why don’t you get up?’ His mother is angry.
‘I am waiting for the bell.’
1. Tony’s mother buys him a clock, because ________.
A. he can’t get up early in the morning           B. the clock is good
C. Tony likes it                             D. she wants to give her son a present
2. This article（文章） is ________.
A. a piece of news     B. a joke        C. a letter  D. an introduction（介绍）

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A young man went to a mountain village for his holiday. That night he s  1  at a small hotel near a train station. B  2  going to bed, he went to the owner of the hotel and said, “Excuse me, sir. Will you please w  3  me up at a quarter to five? I’ll take the five o’clock t 4  tomorrow morning.” “Oh, sorry,” the owner said in a h  5 , “I am a 6  I can’t. I can’t get up so e  7 .” The young man just wanted to go back to his room when he stopped and asked, “Do you have an alarm clock(闹钟)? M  8  it can help me.” “Yes, here it is, young man.” The young man got the clock happily and thanked the old man. But when he looked at the clock carefully, it seemed there was something w  9  with it. “Can it ring o  10  time?” he asked the old man. “Sure! You just give a good shake(摇晃) when time is up. And it will ring.”

Is it difficult for you to get up in the morning? Hiroyuki’s bed will solve your problem! Here is how it works.
The bed is connected to an alarm clock. First, the alarm clock rings. You have a few minutes to wake up. Next, a tape recorder in the bed plays soft music. The tape recorder in Hiroyuki’s bed plays a recording of his girlfriend. She whispered in a soft voice, “Wake up, darling, please.” After minutes later, Hiroyuki hears a recording of his boss. His boss shouts, “Wake up at once , or you’ll be late !”
If you don’t get up after the second recording, a mechanical “foot” in the bed will kick you in the head. The bed waits a few more minutes. What! You’re still in bed! Slowly the top of the bed rises higher and higher. The foot of the bed goes lower and lower. Finally you slide off the bed and onto the floor. You are out of bed awake!
Hiroyuki’s bed is not in stores. There is only one bed--- the bed Hiroyuki made for a contest. Maybe someday a company will make Hiroyuki’s bed and sell it in stores. Maybe people will buy millions of beds. Then Hiroyuki will be rich. If the bed makes Hiroyuki rich, he won’t need to work, and he won’t need to get up early!
【小题1】 The bed is useful to the people _______.