题目内容：

    I was in the middle of a sweet dream when a noise startled me. Bam! Bam! It sounded like a hammer pounding on a tough nail. Bam! Bam! Bam! Who could be hammering at three in the morning? It must be Charlie again, making another invention.

Just as I was putting on my slippers and clothes, the noise changed. I sat at the edge of my bed and listened. Tick! Tick! Tick! It reminded me of my first wristwatch. Its regular pace had always helped me fall asleep.

I started dozing off, dangerously leaning to the left, when the ticking stopped. It was now replaced by a buzz, similar to the noise coming from a beehive in midsummer, only louder. I shivered. I’m allergic to bees! Even just thinking about it or hearing a bee-like sound makes me swell.

“That’s it!” I shouted, now wide awake. “I can’t take it anymore!” I marched to the next apartment and knocked. My neighbor immediately opened the door. His curly brown hair tumbled every which way. He wore baggy striped pants and a loose raspberry shirt.

“Hi, Lucy! What’s up?” he asked.

I pointed at my noiseless watch. “Do you know what time it is?”

He grabbed my arm and glanced at my timepiece. “Oh, my God! I didn’t realize it was that late. I’m busy working on a machine that can cure insomnia(失眠). It’s almost finished. You want to see it?”

I should have known. His last invention was supposed to annihilate bad smells, but it was powered by rotten eggs.

1.What made the author sleepy again?

A.The ticking sound . B.His neighbor’s silence.

C.The coming of the bees. D.The smell of the rotten eggs.

2.What was Charlie doing?

A.He was fixing a broken clock. B.He was inventing a wristwatch.

C.He was making a new machine. D.He was working with the bees.

3.How did Charlie feel when he saw the author?

A.Frightened. B.Surprised.

C.Disappointed. D.Annoyed.

4.What does the underlined word “annihilate” in the last paragraph mean?

A.Tell apart. B.Make use of.

C.Give off. D.Get rid of.