When Mary Smith was a middle school student, she always wanted to become a teacher because she liked children very much. When she was twenty-one years old, she began to teach in a primary school. She liked her job very much and she was certainly a very good teacher and she got on well with her students in her class. And all the students in her class regarded (把……看作) her as their good friends.

　　One day, one of the girls in her class asked her, “Miss Smith, why does a man's hair become gray much earlier than his mustache and beard?”

　　Mary smiled and said, “I'm sorry I don't know. Is it true that a man's hair becomes gray earlier than his mustache and beard?”

　　“Yes. Miss Smith.” answered the girl Helen. “It has happened to my father.” Hearing this the other children in the class all laughed at the silly (傻里傻气的) girl. And the girl felt very nervous and cried.

　　Just before Miss Smith wanted to say something to the girl, one of the boys put up his hand and said, “I know, Miss Smith. Men's hair becomes gray first just because it's sixteen years older than their mustaches and beards.”

　　“Good answer! Who can give another answer? Or we can have a discussion (讨论).”

　　“I want to say men have hair when they were born. But when they grow up they begin to wear mustaches and beards. That's my father told me!” A fat girl answered quickly.

　　After the students heard these two answers, they all laughed again.

　　“OK. You gave the same answer to Helen's question. How clever you are! Thank you very much. And I want to say if we want to know the exact answer we must work hard at all subjects and then we can learn many useful things about our bodies and life and so on. And we can ask an expert (专家) about this question.”

(1) Mary decided to ________ when she was young because she loved children.

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(2) Miss Smith was a very good teacher because she ________.

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A．loved her work

B．was very young

C．got on well with her students

D．both A and C

(3) Helen's question was ________ for the teacher to answer.

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(4) The students in Mary's class were very ________.

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(5) Which of the following is right?

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A．Helen asked the silly question to make Mary angry.

B．The students didn't like Miss Smith.

C．The children couldn't answer the question.

D．Helen's father had gray hair.

　　Is it difficult for you to get up in the morning? Tom' bed sill solve（解决）your problem. 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. The tape recorder in Tom's bed plays a recording of his girlfriend. She whispers（耳语）in a sweet voice,“Wake up, darling, please.”A few minutes later, Tom hears a recording of his boss. His boss shouts,“Wake up at once, or you'll be late.”

　　If you don't get up after the second recording, a mechanica（机械的）l“foot” in the bed will kick you in the head. 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 you slide（滑）off the bed and onto the floor You are out of bed and awake!

A．He will slide onto the floor.

B．A tape recorder will play a recording of his boss.

C．The bed will rise higher and higher.

A．Tom's company has made many such beds.

B．Tom's bed is only one made for a contest.

C．Tom needn't get up early now.

(5) The word“whisper”in the passage means ________.

If that isn't yours, ________?

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　　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. The tape recorder in Hiroyuki's bed plays a recording of his girlfriend. She whispers in a sweet voice, “Wake up, darling, please.” A few minutes later, Hiroyuki hears a recording of his boss. His boss shouts, “Wake up at once, or you'll be late!”

　　If you don't get up after the second recording, a mechanical “foot” in the bed will kick you in the head. 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 you slide off the bed and onto the floor. You are out of bed and awake!

A．who can't sleep well

B．who can't get up early

C．who go to bed early

D．who go to bed late

A．an alarm clock

B．a tape recorder

C．a TV

D．a mechanical “foot”

A．He will slide onto the floor.

B．A tape recorder will play a recording of his boss.

C．A mechanical foot will kick him in the head.

D．The bed will rise higher and higher.

A．Hiroyuki's company has made many such beds.

B．Hiroyuki's bed is the only one made for a contest.

C．Hiroyuki has made a lot of money.

D．Hiroyuki needn't get up early now.

(5)The word “whisper” in the second paragraph means “______”.