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 (耳語) ，"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 (機械的) " (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上學遲到。

2. A special特殊的;common普通的;usual平常的。根據(jù)語義，應該是一張?zhí)厥獾拇病?/p>

3. B這里是介紹這種特殊的床是怎樣工作的。

4. A make a sound發(fā)出聲音。

5. C根據(jù)后面with a little girl's sweet voice和whispers,可知選soft。

6. B考查詞義辨析。sound表示能聽見的任何聲音；voice是指人講話或唱歌的聲音；noise通常指音量大而不悅耳的噪音；song是歌曲。根據(jù)語義，應選voice。

7. C A、B顯然不符合語義，a few minutes later表示幾分鐘之后。

8. B考查連詞。and表示并列;or表示選擇或警告;but和however表示轉折。根據(jù)上下文，應選or。

9. A如果第二遍錄音后你還沒有起床，你將會非常難受。

10. C根據(jù)后句It can kick you in the head.可判斷選foot。

11. C wait for a few more minutes:再等幾分鐘。

12. B lie in bed:躺在床上。

13. A go up:上升。這里指床頭升高。

14. B根據(jù)語義，床頭越來越高，床尾越來越低,最后床直立了起來。

15. C run跑，jump跳，明顯不符合語義；sleep不能接onto。