二、完形填空(共 10 小题;每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分)
先通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 16~25 各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 项中选出最佳选项，并在答题 卡上将该项涂黑。
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 is made up of an alarm clock. First, the alarm clock rings. You have a few 18 to wake up. Next, a tape recorder in the bed plays classic music or other pleasant sounds. The tape recorder in Hiroyuki’s bed plays a reordering of his girlfriend. She whispers in a sweet voice, “Wake up, darling, please.” A few minutes later, a second recording 19 . The sound reordering can be loud music or 20 sounds. Hiroyuki 21 a reordering of his boss shouts, “Wake up immediately, or you’ll be late!”
If you don’t get up 22 the sound 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 more minutes. What! You’re still in bed! Slowly the 23 of the bed rises higher and higher. The foot of the bed goes lower and lower. Finally the bed is
vertical(垂直的). You slide off the bed and onto the floor. You are 24 the bed and awake.
Hiroyuki 25 his bed because he wanted to win 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”.
16. A. expensive B. special C. valuable D. comfortable
17. A. works B. goes C. happens D. moves
18. A. minutes B. hours C. days D. weeks
19. A. sends B. turns C. plays D. sounds
20. A. pleasant B. interesting C. unpleasant D. funny
21. A. knows B. learns C. remembers D. hears
22. A. after B. until C. since D. before
23. A. end B. middle C. body D. top
24. A. inside B. under C. out of D. onto
25. A. made B. sold C. bought D. discovered
，我们将会及时处理。
