Passage 1

　　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 special bed for you. Hiroyuki’s bed will get you up in the morning! Here is how it works:

　　The bed is connected to an alarm clock. First, the alarm clock rings. You have a few minutes to wake up. Next, a tape recorder in the bed plays soft music or other pleasant sounds. A few minutes later, a second recording plays. The second recording can be loud music or unpleasant sounds. If you don’t get up after the second recording, you’ll 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 top of the bed rises higher and higher. The foot of the bed goes lower and lower. Finally, the bed is vertical. You slide off the bed and onto the floor. You are awake and out of bed.

　　Hiroyuki made his bed because he wanted to win a contest. He works for Honda Motor Company. Once every two years, Honda has a contest—the “All Honda Idea Contest”. In 1996 Hiroyuki won a prize for his bed.

　　21. A The purpose of the passage is ______.

　　A) to introduce a special bed B) to tell a story

　　C) to wake somebody up D) to praise Hiroyuki

　　22. D What does the special bed do first in the morning?

　　A) Its tape recorder plays soft music. B) Its tape recorder plays loud music.

　　C) It kicks you in the head. D) Its alarm clock rings.

　　23. C If you don’t wake up after the clock rings, what will happen?

　　A) The mechanical “foot” kicks you in the head.

　　B) The bed becomes vertical and you slide off the bed.

　　C) The tape recorder plays pleasant sounds.

　　D) You will be late for work.

　　24. Why did Hiroyuki make such a special bed?

　　A) Because he wanted to win the contest held by his company.

　　B) Because he was good at inventing new things.

　　C) Because he wanted to make money.

　　D) Because he sometimes overslept.

　　25. B Who is Hiroyuki?

　　A) A scientist. B) A company worker. C) An inventor. D) A carpenter.

　　21-25 ADCAB

　　Passage 2

　　Thousands of years ago, in the middle of an ocean, miles from the nearest island, an undersea volcano (火山) broke out. The hot liquid rock piled higher and higher and spread wider and wider. In this way, an island rose up in the sea.

　　As time went on, hot sun and cool rains made the rock split and break into pieces. Sea waves dashed against the rock. In this way, soil and sand came into being.

　　Nothing lived on the naked soil. And then the wind and birds brought plant seeds, spiders and other little creatures there. Only plants could grow at first. Only they, in sunlight, could produce food from the minerals of the soil, water and air. While many animals landed on the island, they could find no food. A spider spun its web in vain, because there were no insects for its web to catch. Insects couldn’t stay until there were plants for them to eat. So plants had to be the pioneer life on this new island.

　　26. The main point of the passage is ______.

　　A) how an island formed B) how an volcano broke out

　　C) how plants were brought to the island D) how plants and animals began to live on an island in the sea

　　27. According to the passage, ______ made the island rise up in the sea.

　　A) hot liquid rock from the undersea volcano B) sand brought by the wind

　　C) rock from the nearest island D) sea waves

　　28. The word “dash” (in Para. 2) means ______.

　　A) smash B) destroy C) perform D) rush

　　29. Why couldn’t animals live on the island before plants?

　　A) Because it was too hot on the bare island.

　　B) Because it rained too much.

　　C) Because there was no water.

　　D) Because they couldn’t find food.

　　30. Which order of coming into being on the volcano-produced island is right?

　　A) Hot liquid rock, animals and plants.

　　B) Soil, hot liquid rock and plants.

　　C) Spiders, birds and plants.

　　D) Soil, plants and animals.

　　26-30 DAADD