第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）Itisdifficultforyoutogetupinthemorning?Doyousometimeoversleep?Areyouoftenlateforworkorschool?Yes?ThenHiroyukiSugiyamaofJapanhasa(n)36be

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第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
It is difficult for you to get up in the morning? Do you sometime oversleep? Are you often late for work or school? Yes? Then Hiroyuki Sugiyama of Japan has a(n)  36  bed for you. Hiroyuki’s bed will  37  you up in the morning! Here is how it  38  .
The bed  39  an alarm clock. First, the alarm clock rings. You have a few minutes to wake up. Next, a tape recorder in the bed plays  40  music or other pleasant sounds. The tape recorder in Hiroyuki’s bed plays a recording of his girlfriend. She whispers in a sweet  41  , “Wake up, darling, please.” A few minutes later, a second recording  42  . The sound recording can be loud music or  43  sounds. Hiroyuki hears a recording of his boss  44  , “Wake up immediately,  45  you’ll be late!”
If you don’t get up  46  the second recording, you  47  be sorry! A mechanical “foot” is in the bed. The mechanical foot kicks you in the head. Then the bed waits a few  48  minutes. What! You’re  49  in bed! Slowly the  50  of the bed rises higher and higher. The foot of the bed goes lower and lower.  51  , the bed is vertical (垂直的). You slide off the bed and onto the floor. You are out of bed and  52  .
Hiroyuki made his bed because he wanted to  53  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  54  . If their ideas win, the employees win  55  . Hiroyuki Sugiyama won one of the top prizes for his bed.
36. A. expensive      B. special        C. valuable      D. comfortable
37. A. get            B. catch          C. make           D. let
38. A. works          B. runs           C. happens        D. moves
39. A. is separated from                B. is made up of
C. is connected to                  D. is made into
40. A. loud           B. classical      C. pop            D. soft
41. A. sound          B. voice          C. noise          D. way
42. A. sends          B. turns          C. plays          D. appears
43. A. pleasant       B. interesting    C. unpleasant     D. funny
44. A. shouts         B. calls          C. whispers       D. persuades
45. A. and            B. but            C. so             D. or
46. A. before         B. until          C. since         D. after
47. A. can            B. will           C. may            D. would
48. A. other          B. another        C. more           D. one
49. A. still          B. yet            C. already        D. even
50. A. end            B. middle         C. body           D. top
51. A. However        B. Finally        C. Therefore      D. Otherwise
52. A. angry          B. work           C. happy          D. awake
53. A. achieve        B. win            C. gain           D. defeat
54. A. ideas          B. thoughts       C. facts          D. ways
55. A. praises        B. contests       C. prizes         D. medals

Answer 1

36-40 BAACD  41-45 BCCAD  46-50 DBCAD  51-55 BDBAC

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