Is it difficult for you to get up in the morning? Do you sometimes oversleep？ Are you often late for work or school? Yes? Then Hiroyuki Sugiyama of Japan has a (an)    1   bed for you. Hiroyuki's bed will get you up in the morning! Here is how it      2   .
The bed    3  an alarm clock. First, the alarm clock rings. You have a few minutes to wake up. Next, a tape recorder in the bed plays   4  music or other pleasant sounds. The tape recorder in Hiroyuki's bed plays a recording of his girlfriend. She whispers in a sweet  5 , "Wake up, darling, please." A few minutes later, a second recording   6  . The sound recording can be loud music or   7 sounds. Hiroyuki hears a recording of his boss shouts, "Wake up immediately,   8 you'll be late!"
If you don't get up  9 the second recording, you will be sorry! A mechanical "foot" is in the bed. The mechanical foot kicks you in the head. Then the bed waits a few  10 minutes. What! You're still in bed! Slowly the   11 of the bed rises higher and higher. The foot of the bed goes lower and lower.   12 the bed is vertical (垂直的). You slide off the bed and onto the floor. You are out of bed and     13 
Hiroyuki made his bed because he wanted to   14  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 ideas. If their ideas win, the employees win   15  . Hiroyuki Sugiyama won a lot of money for his bed.
小題1:
A．expensiveB．specialC．valuableD．comfortable
小題2:
A．worksB．runsC．happensD．moves
小題3:
A．is separated fromB．is made up ofC．is attached toD．is made into
小題4:
A．loudB．classicalC．popD．soft
小題5:
A．soundB．voiceC．noiseD．way
小題6:
A．sendsB．turnsC．playsD．a(chǎn)ppears
小題7:
A．pleasantB．interestingC．unpleasantD．funny
小題8:
A．a(chǎn)ndB．butC．soD．or
小題9:
A．a(chǎn)fterB．untilC．sinceD．before
小題10:
A．otherB．a(chǎn)notherC．moreD．one
小題11:
A．endB．middleC．bodyD．top
小題12:
A．HoweverB．FinallyC．ThereforeD．Otherwise
小題13:
A．a(chǎn)ngryB．workC．happyD．a(chǎn)wake
小題14:
A．winB．a(chǎn)chieveC．gainD．defeat
小題15:
A．praisesB．contentsC．prizesD．medals

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:D
小題5:B
小題6:C
小題7:C
小題8:D
小題9:A
小題10:C
小題11:D
小題12:B
小題13:D
小題14:A
小題15:C
文章介紹了一種別人認(rèn)遲到的床，以及這種床叫醒人的種種方法。
小題1:形容詞辨析。根據(jù)文章可知是一種特殊的叫醒人的床。
小題2:動詞辨析。Work這里是指起作用的意思。
小題3:形容詞辨析辨析。A與…分開；B由…組成；C附著于…;D 被制成；下文可知床與鬧鐘相連接。
小題4:形容詞辨析。根據(jù)下文的pleasant sounds可知是播放輕音樂。
小題5:上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)下文可知是女朋友的聲音被用來喚醒他。
小題6:動詞辨析。Play這里是指播放的意思。
小題7:上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)上文的loud music可知這里應(yīng)該是unpleasant。
小題8:考察連詞。根據(jù)句意可知：立刻起來，否則要遲到了。
小題9:上下文串聯(lián)。如果幾分鐘以后你還是沒有起來。
小題10:形容詞用法辨析。再等幾分鐘wait a few more minutes. more放在數(shù)詞后面表示再，又；
小題11:上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)下文的床垂直可知是床的上部升起來了。
小題12:副詞辨析。這里是指最終，床垂直了。
小題13:形容詞辨析。根據(jù)上下文可知，最后你醒過來了。
小題14:動詞辨析。根據(jù)上下文可知是贏得一直比賽。
小題15:名詞辨析。在比賽中獲勝，自然是贏得了獎品，獎賞了。
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