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) 16 bed for you. Hiroyuki's bed will get you up in the morning! Here is how it 17 .
The bed 18 an alarm clock. First, the alarm clock rings. You have a few minutes to wake up. Next, a tape recorder in the bed plays 19 music or other pleasant sounds.The tape recorder in Hiroyuki's bed plays a recording of his girlfriend. She whispers in a sweet 20 , "Wake up, darling, please." A few minutes later, a second recording 21 . The sound recording can be loud music or 22 sounds. Hiroyuki hears a recording of his boss shouts, "Wake up immediately, 23 you'll be late!"
If you don't get up 24 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 25 minutes. What! You're still in bed! Slowly the 26 of the bed rises higher and higher. The foot of the bed goes lower and lower. 27 the bed is vertical(垂直的). You slide off the bed and onto the floor. You are out of bed and 28 .
Hiroyuki made his bed because he wanted to 29 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 30 . Hiroyuki Sugiyama won a lot of money for his bed.
1.A. expensive B. special C. valuable D. comfortable
2.A. works B. runs C. happens D. moves
3.A. is separated from B. is made up of
C. is attached to D. is made into
4.A. loud B. classical C. pop D. soft
5.A. sound B. voice C. noise D. way
6.A. sends B. turns C. plays D. appears
7.A. pleasant B. interesting C. unpleasant D. funny
8.A. and B. but C. so D. or
9.A. after B. until C. since D. before
10.A. other B. another C. more D. one
11.A. end B. middle C. body D. top
12.A. However B. Finally C. Therefore D. Otherwise
13.A. angry B. work C. happy D. awake
14.A. win B. achieve C. gain D. defeat
15.A. praises B. prizes C. contents D. medals
There is six lamps____ the ceiling of the auditorium（礼堂）of Yetang Middle School,and with these lamps in the evening the teachers can play badminton.
A.in B.on C.under D.from
I prefer a street in a small town _____one in such a large city as Shanghai.
A.of B.to C.than D.with
.My parents always let me have my own ____of living.
A. manner B. method C. way D. fashion
If by any chance someone comes to see me, ask them to leave a________.
A. message B. letter C. sentence D.notice
The new law would come into ___on the day it was passed.
A. effect B. use C. service D. existence
