Question

Is it difficult for you to get up in the morning? Do you sometimes oversleep? Are you often late for work or school? Yes? The Hiroyuki Sugiyama of Japan has a(n)   37   bed for you. Hiroyuki’s bed will   38  you up in the morning! Here is how it   39  .

The bed   40  an alarm clock. First, the alarm clock rings. You have a few minutes to wake up. Next, a tape recorder in the bed plays   41   music or other pleasant sounds. The tape recorder in Hiroyuki’s bed plays a recording of his girlfriend. She whispers in a sweet   42   , "Wake up, darling, please. "A few minutes later, a second recording   43   . The sound recording can be loud music or   44   sounds. Hiroyuki hears a recording of his boss. His boss   45   ,“Wake up immediately,     46   you’ll be late!”

    If you don’t get up   47  the second recording, you   48   be sorry! A mechanical "foot" is in the bed. The mechanical foot kicks you in the head. Then the bed waits a few   49  minutes. What! You’re   50   in bed! Slowly the   51   of the bed rises higher and higher. The foot of the bed goes lower and lower.   52   , the bed is vertical(垂直的). You slide off the bed and onto the floor. You are out of bed and become   53  .

Hiroyuki made his bed because he wanted to   54   a contest. He works for Honda Motor Company. Every two years Honda has a contest for its 200,000 employees--" All Honda Idea Contest." The employees think of new   55   . If their ideas win, the employees win   56 . Hiroyuki Sugiyama won one of the top prizes for his bed.

 

37. A. expensive	B. special	C. valuable	D. comfortable
38. A. get	B. catch	C. make	D. let
39. A. works	B. runs	C. happens	D. moves
40. A. is separated from	B. is made up of	C. is connected to	D. is made into
41. A. loud	B. classical	C. pop	D. soft
42. A. sound	B. voice	C. noise	D. way
43. A. sends	B. turns	C. plays	D. appears
44. A. pleasant	B. interesting	C. unpleasant	D. funny
45. A. shouts	B. calls	C. whispers	D. persuades
46. A. and	B. but	C. so	D. or
47. A. before	B. until	C. since	D. after
48. A. can	B. will	C. may	D. would
49. A. other	B. another	C. more	D. one
50. A. still	B. yet	C. already	D. even
51. A. end	B. middle	C. body	D. top
52. A. However	B. Finally	C. Therefore	D. Otherwise
53. A. angry	B. asleep	C. happy	D. awake
54. A. achieve	B. win	C. gain	D. defeat
55. A. ideas	B. problems	C. facts	D. ways
56. A. praises	B. positions	C. prizes	D. medals

 

Answer 1

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