Did you know that the position you choose to sleep in says something about what kind of person you are?
A study of 1,000British people has been done by Chris,a British professor and director of the Sleep Assessment and Advisory Service in the UK.It looked at the six most common sleeping positions and which personalities tend to match them.Have a look.
1. Fetus (胎兒) position – This is the most common sleeping position. About 41 percent of the participants said they sleep in this position. These sleepers may appear to be strong but they are usually sensitive (敏感的) and shy. The more they curl (蜷縮) up, the more worried they are.
2. Log position (樹干睡姿) – This is the second most common position. People who sleep like a log are usually stubborn.
3. Yearner position (向往型睡姿) – This position says that you are open-minded and eager (急切的) to face challenges.
4. Soldier position – These sleepers lie on their backs with their arms down and close to the body. They are usually reserved and quiet.
5. Freefall position – People who sleep in this position are outgoing (外向的) but feel a lack of control in their lives. This is the least comfortable position.
6. Starfish position – People who sleep like this are good listeners, helpful, and uncomfortable being the center of attention.
【小題1】What is the main idea of this passage?

A．Sleeping position decides personality.
B．Sleeping position reflects personality.
C．What the six different sleeping positions are like.
D．Different people have different sleeping positions.
【小題2】Which of the following pictures shows “soldier position”?
A． B． C． D．
【小題3】According to the passage, which of the following statements is correct?
A．Those sleeping in fetus position are always strong.
B．Those sleeping in log position changes their ideas easily.
C．Those sleeping in freefall position usually feel uncomfortable in their lives.
D．Those sleeping in starfish position may feel uneasy when focused on.
【小題4】What does the underlined word “participants” in paragraph 3 most probably mean?
A．Fetus B．British people C．People surveyed D．Sleepers


【小題1】B
【小題2】B
【小題3】D
【小題4】C

解析試題分析：本文主要介紹了六種睡眠姿勢可反映出不同性格。
【小題1】推理題。通讀全文后，睡眠姿勢與性格之間的關(guān)系，故選B。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)“These sleepers lie on their backs with their arms down and close to the body”這些睡眠者躺在背上雙手靠近身體，可知B項(xiàng)正確。
【小題3】推理題。由These sleepers may appear to be strong but they are usually sensitive (敏感的) and shy. 可知A項(xiàng)是錯(cuò)誤的；由People who sleep like a log are usually stubborn.可知B項(xiàng)是錯(cuò)誤的；Freefall position – People who sleep in this position are outgoing (外向的) but feel a lack of control in their lives. This is the least comfortable position.可知C項(xiàng)是錯(cuò)誤的；Starfish position – People who sleep like this are good listeners, helpful, and uncomfortable being the center of attention.可知這種睡姿的人成為眾人焦點(diǎn)的話會(huì)不舒服的，故選D。
【小題4】推斷題。Participants譯為“參與者”。 Fetus 胎兒；British people英國人；People surveyed被調(diào)查者；Sleepers沉睡者。從文中可知研究對象參也是被調(diào)查的人，故選C。
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