Question

  Is it difficult for you to get up in the morning? Do you sometimes oversleep? Are you often late (1)       school? Yes? Then Hiroyuki Sugiyama of Japan invented a (2)       bed for you. His bed will wake you up!Here is (3)       it works.

  There is an alarm clock and a tape recorder in the bed. When the clock (4)       a sound,you'll have a few minutes to wake up. Then the recorder plays (5)       music with a little girl's sweet (6)       She whispers (耳语) ，"Wake up,darling. " A few minutes (7) ，a second recording plays. It can be unpleasant sound, "Wake up, (8)       you'll be late!"

  If you don't get up (9)       the second recording,you'll be sorry. There is a mechanical (机械的) " (10)       " in the bed. It can kick you in the head. Then the bed (11)       for a few more minutes. What!You're still (12)       in bed!Slowly the top of the bed goes (13)       . The end of the bed goes lower and lower. (14)       ，the bed is straight. You slide off (滑下) the bed and (15)       onto the floor. You are out of bed and awake！

(   ) 1. A. to   B. for   C. at   D. in

(   ) 2. A. special   B. common   C. usual   D. expensive

(   ) 3. A. when   B. how   C. where   D. what

(   ) 4. A. makes   B. gets   C. needs   D. has

(   ) 5. A. loud   B. unhappy   C. soft   D. sad

(   ) 6. A. sound   B. voice   C. noise   D. song

(   ) 7. A. before   B. ago   C. later   D. pass

(   ) 8. A. and   B. or   C. but   D. however

(   ) 9. A. after   B. about   C. like   D. in

(   ) 10. A. hand   B. arm   C. foot   D. leg

(   ) 11. A. looks   B. asks   C. waits   D. keeps

(   ) 12. A. sitting   B. lying   C. standing   D. waking

(   ) 13. A. up   B. down   C. out   D. in

(   ) 14. A. First   B. Finally   C. Next   D. Second

(   ) 15. A. run   B. jump   C. fall   D. sleep

Answer 1

1. B be late for school上学迟到。

2. A special特殊的;common普通的;usual平常的。根据语义，应该是一张特殊的床。

3. B这里是介绍这种特殊的床是怎样工作的。

4. A make a sound发出声音。

5. C根据后面with a little girl's sweet voice和whispers,可知选soft。

6. B考查词义辨析。sound表示能听见的任何声音；voice是指人讲话或唱歌的声音；noise通常指音量大而不悦耳的噪音；song是歌曲。根据语义，应选voice。

7. C A、B显然不符合语义，a few minutes later表示几分钟之后。

8. B考查连词。and表示并列;or表示选择或警告;but和however表示转折。根据上下文，应选or。

9. A如果第二遍录音后你还没有起床，你将会非常难受。

10. C根据后句It can kick you in the head.可判断选foot。

11. C wait for a few more minutes:再等几分钟。

12. B lie in bed:躺在床上。

13. A go up:上升。这里指床头升高。

14. B根据语义，床头越来越高，床尾越来越低,最后床直立了起来。

15. C run跑，jump跳，明显不符合语义；sleep不能接onto。