Question

Waking up is terrible. Getting out of the bed is awful. So why on the earth would people sell a thing that cause you to do both? It’s simply because being late can cause a lot of troubles. It is said president Reagan almost missed his inauguration(就職典禮) because of a broken clock.

There are many special clocks for anyone who’s unable to get up in the morning.

Bomb Alarm Clock

 

Flying Alarm Clock

 

Puzzle(拼圖) Alarm Clock

 

根據材料內容選擇最佳答案，將其標號填入題前括號內。

1. If we don’t have an alarm clock which can wake us up, we’ll__________.

A. get up B. get more trouble

C. miss inauguration D. become lazy

2. According to the article, the loudest alarm clock is __________.

A. Bomb Alarm Clock B. Puzzle Alarm Clock

C. Flying Alarm Clock D. an usual clock

3. In the three clocks, you can turn off ___________ without going out of the bed.

A. Flying Alarm Clock B. Puzzle Alarm Clock

C. Bomb Alarm Clock D. all of them

4. What’s the meaning of the underline word “decibels”?

A. 納米 B. 分貝 C. 光年 D. 緯度

5. The Puzzle Alarm Clock is sure to wake you up, because _____________.

A. you have to get up find the propeller and put it in the clock.

B. it’s too noisy and it can shake

C. it won’t stop ringing until you turn it off

D. you have to find the 4 pieces and put them into it. After that, you won’t feel sleepy.

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文講述的是如果我們起床晚而遲到的話，會帶來很多的麻煩，如果有一個鬧鐘把我們叫醒就再好不過了。短文中給我們介紹了三種有趣的鬧鐘，它們都各有特色，而且一定能把你叫醒。

1.細節理解題。根據短文中It’s simply because being late can cause a lot of troubles.可知，如果沒有鬧鐘，起床就可能晚，遲到會帶來很大麻煩。故選B。

2.細節理解題。根據短文中Bomb Alarm Clock中This clock had adjustable volume（音量）with a loudest sound of 113 decibels. That’s louder than a helicopter可知，這種鬧鐘可以調節音量，最大的聲音可以達到113分貝，比直升飛機的聲音還要大。所以它是聲音最大的鬧鐘。故選A。

3. Alarm clock 中the only way to turn off the alarm is to get out of bed and find the key!可知，這種鬧鐘需要下床把它關掉；根據Puzzle Alarm clock中Because it won’t stop ringing until you correctly put the four pieces into it which fly out every time the alarm clock goes off.可知，這種鬧鐘也需要下床去關掉。故排除A、B和D，選C。

4.詞義猜測題。根據文意和劃線單詞所在的句子This clock had adjustable volume（音量）with a loudest sound of 113 decibels.可知，這種鬧鐘可以調節音量，最大的聲音可以達到113分貝。decibels是聲音的單位分貝。故選B。

5.細節理解題。根據短文最后一段中關于Puzzle Alarm Clock的介紹It is sure to wake you up. Because it won’t stop ringing until you correctly put the four pieces into it which fly out every time the alarm clock goes off.可知，這是一種拼圖鬧鐘，你只有把四塊拼圖放在它里面，它才停止響。因此當你完成這個拼圖的時候，你肯定就不困了，所以說這個鬧鐘一定能把你叫醒。故選D。

考點：日常生活類短文閱讀。