It won’t magically transport a student to school on time every day, but it just might make 25 a little easier.
答案：(D) waking up
動名詞 waking up 作 make 的受詞（make + O + easier句型），指「起床這件事」被形容詞 easier 修飾；to wake up（不定詞，不能這樣直接作受詞）、wake up（原形動詞，不能單獨作名詞性受詞）、woke up（過去式，不能作受詞）都不合。
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四個選項都是 wake up 的形態變化，你會直覺認為要判斷時態，於是在原形與過去式之間打轉。這一格其實不比時態，比的是「這個位置需要什麼樣的詞」。
先把句型認出來：make ___ a little easier，這是 make 加受詞加受詞補語（使……變得……），與同一篇第 19 題考的是同一個句型的兩半——第 19 題問你哪一個動詞能走這個句型，這一題問你句型中間那個受詞該長什麼樣子。受詞的位置只能放名詞或名詞性的東西，四個選項裡只有動名詞 waking up 是名詞性的，意思是「起床這件事」。掛鉤是國中的 Do you mind my opening the window?（你介意我開窗嗎？）——動名詞當受詞。填進去讀一次：it just might make waking up a little easier（它或許能讓起床這件事變得輕鬆一點），正好接得住前半句「它不會像魔法一樣讓學子每天都準時到校」。
wake up：原形動詞。這個選項最誘人，因為 make 後面確實可以接原形——My mother made me clean my room.（我媽要我打掃房間。）但要看清楚位置：那個原形站的是受詞後面的受詞補語位置，前面還有一個受詞 me；本題的空格站的是受詞的位置，後面才是受詞補語 a little easier。同一個 make、兩種句型，差別只在空格落在哪一格，這一步看錯就會選成原形。woke up：過去式，是限定動詞，更不可能當受詞。to wake up：不定詞當受詞在文法上不是完全不行，但 make 這個句型不收不定詞當受詞；真要用不定詞，英文會改成虛受詞的寫法 make it easier to wake up，把 it 擺在受詞的位置、真正的不定詞挪到句尾。
make it easier to V（使做……變得更容易）、mind V-ing（介意做……）、enjoy V-ing（喜歡做……）、wake up（起床、醒來）、get up early（早起）、a little easier（稍微容易一點）。
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