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.
| 小题1: | | A．expensive | B．special | C．valuable | D．comfortable |
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| 小题2: | | A．works | B．runs | C．happens | D．moves |
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| 小题3: | | A．is separated from | B．is made up of | C．is attached to | D．is made into |
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| 小题4: | | A．loud | B．classical | C．pop | D．soft |
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| 小题5: | | A．sound | B．voice | C．noise | D．way |
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| 小题6: | | A．sends | B．turns | C．plays | D．appears |
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| 小题7: | | A．pleasant | B．interesting | C．unpleasant | D．funny |
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| 小题9: | | A．after | B．until | C．since | D．before |
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| 小题10: | | A．other | B．another | C．more | D．one |
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| 小题12: | | A．However | B．Finally | C．Therefore | D．Otherwise |
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| 小题13: | | A．angry | B．work | C．happy | D．awake |
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| 小题14: | | A．win | B．achieve | C．gain | D．defeat |
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| 小题15: | | A．praises | B．contents | C．prizes | D．medals |
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