You could turn your back for a moment in my mother’s house,leave a half-written letter on the dining room table,a magazine open on the chair,and turn around to find that my mother had “put it back where it belonged,”as she explained.
My wife,one of her first visits to my mother’s house,placed a packet of biscuits on an end table and went to the kitchen to fetch a drink.When she returned,she found the packet had been removed.Confused(疑惑的),she set down her drink and went back to the kitchen for more biscuits,only to return to find that her drink had disappeared.Up to then she had guessed that everyone in my family held onto their drinks,so as not to make water rings on the end tables.Now she knows better.
These disappearances had a confusing effect on our family.We were all inclined to(有……的倾向) forgetfulness,and it was common for one of us,upon returning from the bathroom,to find that every sign of his work in progress had disappeared suddenly.“Do you remember what I was doing?”was a question frequently asked,but rarely answered.
Now my sister has developed a second-hand love of clean windows ,and my brother does the cleaning in his house,perhaps to avoid having to be the one to lift his feet.I try not to think about it too much,but I have at this later time started to dust the furniture once a week.
We have all become busy persons.
1. Which of the following is TRUE about my mother?
A.She enjoyed removing others’ drinks. |
B.She became more and more forgetful. |
C.She preferred to do everything by herself. |
D.She wanted to keep her house in good order. |
A.she had already finished them |
B.my mother had taken them away |
C.she forgot where she had left them |
D.someone in my family was holding them |
A.is happy to clean windows |
B.loves to clean used windows |
C.is fond of clean used windows |
D.likes clean windows as my mother did |
A.my mother often made us confused |
B.my family members had a poor memory |
C.my mother helped us to form a good habit |
D.my wife was surprised when she visited my mother |
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【推荐1】April Fool’s Day and Easter Sunday rarely coincide. Since 1900, Easter has fallen on April Fools’ Day for only five times--1923,1934, 1945, 1956 and 2018. Obviously, it's a once-in-a-lifetime chance to play Easter-themed pranks on your children. Here are some suggestions.
A treasure hunt with a twist
A fantastic Easter Sunday tradition is to do a treasure hunt where the Easter Bunny has left eggs around your house. Each egg has a small written clue or riddle (谜语)directing the children to where they can find the next one. But when April Fools' Day and Easter Sunday coincide, why not leave some carrots in their place, instead of hiding chocolate eggs ?On the third or fourth clue, you can make it appear as if the Faster Bunny has left a note apologizing for eating all the chocolate but saying they hope you enjoy this left-behind lunch.
An Easter basket with a difference
Prepare an Easter basket for the children, and either wrap it up or cover it up so that the contents can’t be seen. Have a card from the Easter Bunny next to it which they can open first, with a message that the Easter Bunny wants them to have an extra special Easter and so has prepared a special gift for them. But rather than chocolate or sweets, what you've put in the basket is incredibly dull stuff that kids will be completely unimpressed by---new toothpaste, some socks or a packet of batteries.
A sticky situation
“You' ll need to prepare this in advance. Buy some of the plastic eggs that contain toys. Unwrap them, open them and then carefully glue them shut and re-wrap them. You don't have to be too tidy---your children are going to be thinking about getting to the toy and are not going to be suspicious. Sit back and enjoy them trying and failing to open the eggs.
The invisible Easter egg hunt
This is an excellent plan if you have a garden. Tell the children there is an Faster egg hunt in the garden and lead them there.Close the back door. Let your children spend ages searching fruitlessly for Easter eggs that you haven't actually hidden. After you have enjoyed a rare ten minutes of peace and quiet indoors, while they get increasingly confused and frustrated, go into the garden claiming to have found a note from the Easter Bunny. The note reads "April Fool."
1. The target readers of this passage are ________A.Schoolchildren | B.head teachers in schools |
C.children who have younger siblings | D.parents of young children |
A.A treasure hunt with a twist | B.An Easter basket with a difference |
C.A sticky situation | D.The invisible Easter egg hunt |
A.A treasure hunt for carrots is an Easter tradition |
B.April Fools Day and Easter Sunday coincide every 11 years |
C.Children are usually disappointed at gifts like socks and batteries |
D.All of the four recommended pranks require extensive preparations |
【推荐2】It was Mother’s Day morning last year and I was doing my shopping at our local supermarket with my five-year-old son, Teayson. As we were leaving, we found that only minutes earlier an elderly woman had fallen over at the entrance and had hit her bead on the concrete. Her husband was with her, but there was blood everywhere and the woman was embarrassed and clearly in shock.
Walking towards the scene, Tenyson became very upset about what had happened to the couple. Ile said to me. “Mums it’s not much fun falling over in front of everyone.”
At the front of the supermarket a charity group had set up a stand selling cooked sausages and flowers to raise funds. Tenyson suggested that we should boy the lady a flower. “It will make her feel better,” he said. I was amazed that he’d come up such a sweet idea. So we went over to the flower seller and asked her if we could buy a flower for the lady to cheer her up. “Just take it,” she replied. “I can’t take your money for such a wonderful gesture.”
By now paramedics(救援人员) had arrived, and were attending the injured woman. As we walked up to her, my son became intimidated by all the blood and medical equipment. He said he was just too scared to go up to her.
Instead I gave the flower to the woman’s husband and told him. “My son was very upset for your wife and wanted to give her this flower to make her feel better.”
At that, the old man started crying and said, “Thank you so much, you have a wonderful son, Happy Mother’s Day to you.”
The man then bent down and gave his wife the flower, telling her who it was from. Though badly hurt and shaken, the old lady looked up at Tenyson with love in her eyes and gave him a little smile.
1. What does the author intend to tell us?A.One can never be too careful |
B.Actions speak louder words, |
C.Love begins with a little smile. |
D.A small act of kindness brings a great joy. |
A.The elderly woman was knocked down by Tenyson. |
B.Tenyson’s idea of buying a flower gained his father’s support. |
C.Tenyson’s care for the elderly woman puzzled the flower seller. |
D.The elderly woman was moved to tears by Tenyson’s gesture. |
A.A charity group |
B.A stand selling cooked sausages and flowers |
C.A flower |
D.A sweet idea |
A.astonished | B.struck |
C.frightened | D.excited |
【推荐3】My mother fastened the golden butterfly pendant(吊坠项链)behind my neck.
In her eyes, I saw pride for the first woman in our family to achieve a university education, her own plans of becoming a teacher and my grandmother’s dreams of finishing school now fulfilled. I realized I was standing on their shoulders. It was all their hard work, the endless house chores and their toughness that had brought me to this moment.
My grandmother Aspasia loved to tell us stories of her first years at elementary school on the small island of Chios, Greece: the songs she learned, her handwriting and her good marks. All this changed in Grade 4 when the family sent her to a local embroideress(刺绣女工)to learn the trade. And after she got married at 23, she had to abandon her needlepoint and devoted the rest of her life to her family, raising four children.
My mother Poppy was able to finish high school on Chios. She was an excellent student, and her parents encouraged her to pursue her dream of becoming a teacher. Unfortunately, the Greek civil war clipped her wings. She ended up marrying and looking after her family.
As I grew up on Chios, my mother always urged me to get the university education that she was deprived(剥夺)of. When I started going to school, all I ever had to say to escape house chores was that I needed to study. Sometimes I wanted to help her out with cooking Or baking, but my mother would say, “No. Go back to your homework! That is your main job. That takes priority(优先处理的事)!”
On my university graduation, my mother presented me with my grandma’s special pendant. My heart overflowed with gratitude. I took my mother’s hands in mine and kissed them. “Thank you ... for everything!”
Months after my university graduation, I got a scholarship to pursue graduate studies in Ancient Classics in England.
One night, my grandmother appeared in my dreams standing at the doorway of my Student room. She told me how proud she was that I was following my dream of education, one that was denied to the previous generations of our family’s women. “You have come a long way!” she said.
1. What can be inferred about the author’s university education?A.It meant the realization of her parents’ college dreams. |
B.It brought pride to her family and herself. |
C.It was her dream since she was a child. |
D.It was paid for by her grandmother. |
A.They both gave up their education because of war. |
B.They regretted not having studied harder at school. |
C.They had to focus on their families when they were young. |
D.They struggled with financial problems throughout their lives. |
A.insisting on the author doing household chores |
B.encouraging the author to prioritize her studies |
C.sending her to a local place to learn embroidery |
D.pushing the author to pursue a career in teaching |
A.Disappointed and angry. | B.Grateful and overjoyed. |
C.Excited and anxious. | D.Ashamed and guilty. |
A.Women in the author’s family passing down the golden butterfly pendant. |
B.The author’s journey in learning embroidery on Chios, Greece. |
C.The author’s experience in receiving traditional education. |
D.Women in the author’s family struggling for education. |
【推荐1】For years now, I’ve been wanting to sell our house, the place where my husband and I raised our children. But to me, this house is much more than just a building.
In the front room, there’s a wall that has hundreds of pencil lines, marking the progress of my children’s growth. Every growth stage is marked in grey, with each child’s name and the date when they were measured. Most people I know have been featured on a wall like this, or at least had a wall like it in their home.
Of all the objects and memories, it is this thing in a home that is the hardest to leave behind. Friends I know have returned home after work only to discover their wall of heights has been freshly painted over. A new paint job wouldn’t normally be greeted by tears, but erasing that evidence of motherhood hurts more than it should. Our children grow in so many ways, but the wall is the physical evidence of their progress, right there for everyone to see.
Over the years, I’ve talked about how much I would hate leaving that wall behind when I moved, even though the last marks were made 10 years ago when my children stopped growing.
So one day, while I was at work, my children decided to do something about it. They hired Jacquie Manning, a professional photographer. She came to our house, and over several hours, took photos of the hundreds of drawings and lines, little grey fingerprints and old marks. Somehow, she managed to photograph all those years of memories perfectly. Afterwards, she put all the photos together into one image, changing them into a beautiful history of my family.
Three weeks later, my children’s wonderful gift made its way to me — a life-size photo of the pencil lines and fingerprints that represents an entire lifetime of love and growth.
1. Why did die author use her friends* example in Paragraph 3?A.To show the meaning of keeping good memories. |
B.To share her memory of motherhood with readers. |
C.To persuade her family to leave the wall as it was. |
D.To explain why her house badly needed a new paint job. |
A.She was strongly against selling their house. |
B.She kept marks for family members every year. |
C.She was not happy with the gift from her family. |
D.She put great love and care in raising her children. |
A.To give advice on how to make gifts for parents. |
B.To suggest a special way to record family history. |
C.To show that memories of love and growth matter. |
D.To introduce several ways to communicate with children. |
【推荐2】I feel it important for families to have regular meals together. One of my best childhood memories was dinner with my parents and two sisters. As a result, last year I decided that the entire family would have dinner together three days a week. Because my husband and I both work and our three kids are busy with school activities, we could hardly have a chance to get together as a family. But we thought it possible for everyone to set aside three evenings a week for a sit-down dinner.
First we tried setting three fixed days for our experiment Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. After trying the plan some weeks, almost everyone was unhappy. Then my son had the idea of having everyone post his or her schedule for the week on the fridge every Sunday. I would choose the three best days.
For a while, the kids continued to resist (抵触) the idea, saying they would rather spend the time with their friends or joining in sports or other activities, But with time going on, they began to see these evenings together positively. We discussed each other’s, problems. We made vacation plans. We laughed a lot. Months later, anyone who had to miss a family meal felt regretful.
We all now feel that we’ve been able to build stronger relationships within the family and communicate better. The idea of having regular family meals together, which seemed difficult at first, has brought about many positive changes in our lives.
1. What made the writer decide to have regular family meals together?A.Her good childhood memory. | B.Her kids’ needs for help. |
C.Her husband’s advice. | D.Her son’s idea. |
A.Two. | B.Three. | C.Four. | D.Five. |
A.On Mondays. | B.On Wednesdays. | C.On Fridays. | D.On Sundays. |
A.To Keep Positive, Talk More Often | B.To Stay Healthy, Have More Sports |
C.The Kids That Are Often Busy Feel Happy | D.The Family That Eats Together Stays Together |
【推荐3】Slowly, so slowly that we never even noticed how it happened, our family stopped talking to each other. Our own worlds opened up to us through the computer or the cell phone or the CD player.
Family Night was born when Mom called us for dinner. Jessica and I came and sat down. Dad loaded his plate and started to rise from the table.
“Where are you going?” Mom questioned.
“To the living room. I have some work,” Dad replied as he hurried away. Mom’s face got tight, but she said nothing. About two minutes later, my cell phone buzzed. Jessica kept her earphones on during most of the meal. Mom was clearly upset.
Family Night started the next week. Mom established three rules: no phones, no music, and no leaving the table. Everyone would eat together and play a game together “like a real family.”
All seemed to be going according to Mom’s plan until the first buzz of a cell phone. After dinner, we had been playing the board game for only ten minutes when another cell phone let out a shrill scream. This time the phone belonged to my father.
“Work’s calling. I have to answer,” he whispered as he hurried out of the room.
Mom sighed, but she forced a smile and encouraged us to continue with the game. We kept playing through every interruption afterwards: the beeping of Jessica’s phone, the buzz of another text message from Darnell, the soothing voice announcing the arrival of an e-mail on Dad’s computer. When the game was over, Mom released us to our rooms.
That first Family Night was not a success, but Mom soldiered on. Every Monday evening we silenced our electronics and gathered around the table; and each time, setting aside our technological toys became a little easier. The next two months my father would be taking business trips. We wouldn’t be able to have Family Night every Monday.
To my surprise I realized that I would miss those few hours each week when the house was filled with my family’s laughter and conversation. I was also glad to know that when we really wanted to, we could silence the electronic buzz and just be a family again.
1. What led to the start of Family Night?A.Electronics harmed the family’s life. |
B.Heavy housework made Mom angry. |
C.Dad didn’t get along well with others. |
D.The children were too lazy to help Mom. |
A.closer | B.healthier | C.more relaxed | D.more confident |
A.Tiring but satisfying. | B.Challenging but exciting. |
C.Busy but interesting. | D.Unsuccessful but meaningful. |
【推荐1】Growing up in rural Jiangsu Province, Yu Jigao showed a strong interest in fine arts at an early age and studied on his own for years. His hard work paid off later. In the early 1950s, he made his way to Nanjing Normal University, where he learned painting theories and techniques from some famous artists. It was then that Yu found his lifelong artistic passion for gongbi. Gongbi paintings usually describe birds and flowers, symbols of beauty and joy, in an artistic way with intense color.
After graduation from the art school in 1957, Yu began his professional career at the Chinese Painting Institute of Jiangsu. He has since published a series of art collections. Since 1959, Yu has contributed a series of works to many important sites. Yu’s works have also been displayed in a range of national and international exhibitions. From 1986 to 1997, he held his exhibitions in such places as Beijing, Guangzhou and New York. Both the themes and artistic techniques have won widespread praise in the past years.
While observing traditional rules, he uses accurate lines, powerful brush movements as well as the interplay between dark and light to represent the harmony of nature. Though he adopts a realistic style, he tries to enrich his works with spiritual beauty through his brush. Yu says, “That feeling turns into the images of singing birds and elegant flowers in my paintings.” Thanks to his careful observation of nature and artistic sensitivity, Yu is able to combine realistic description with artistic expression in his brushwork.
Now as deputy director of the Academy of Chinese Gongbi Painting of Flowers and Birds and a national top-level artist, Yu maintains a simple and easy-going style. In addition to artistic creation, Yu has devoted himself to promoting his painting style as the cultural heritage of China. “Art is part of my life,” Yu says. “I am proud to be a flower-bird painter. I hope to create a bright future for it through my efforts.”
1. Where did Yu discover his love for gongbi?A.In Beijing. | B.In New York. |
C.At Nanjing Normal University. | D.At the Chinese Painting Institute of Jiangsu. |
A.His school life. | B.His painting techniques. |
C.His contributions to the art school. | D.His artistic achievements in painting. |
A.Adopting abstract objects. |
B.Excluding plants and animals. |
C.Combining traditional rules with a realistic style. |
D.Representing the imbalance between nature and humans. |
A.It will change a lot. | B.It will be passed on. |
C.It will look more complicated. | D.It will reach the top international level. |
【推荐2】On the day the tornado hit, there was no sign that the fierce weather was on its way—the sky was blue and the sun had been out. The first warning my husband, Jimmy, 67, and I, 65, got came around 9 p.m. from some text on the TV Jimmy was watching. He ran upstairs to find me in our third-floor bedroom, and we changed the channel from the national television to our local Pensacola, Florida station.
Soon the tornado was on top us. It was the loudest thing I had ever heard. The house shook, and the power went out. And the wind began to roar (咆哮) through the house, most likely through windows and the door to our garage. Everything was moving. And the back wall of the house came off and flew into darkness outside. We had three flights of steps to get to the storeroom down there, the relative safety of the first floor.
I didn’t know how or if we would make it down the steps. It felt as if there was no floor as the wind lifted me off my feet. As we finally reached the last flight of steps, our front door blew open. Suddenly, a three-foot-long tree branch flew over our heads, missing us by inches.
By the time I reached the storeroom, the tornado had been over us for about a minute. Jimmy pushed me down to the storeroom floor, but he couldn’t get inside himself because of the wind. I held Jimmy’s arm as the tornado blew the door open. My knees were full of glass, but I felt no pain. If I had let go, Jimmy would have flown right out of the house.
All of a sudden, Jimmy lifted off his feet. I thought he was gone. And then everything stopped. He landed on his feet. In those first quiet moments, I couldn’t believe it was over. Our neighbors said the storm lasted four minutes. In that time, four of the twelve town houses in our unit were completely destroyed. Luckily, none of us were seriously injured.
1. Where did the couple learn about the coming fierce weather?A.From the dark shy. | B.From the text sent by their neighbors. |
C.From the radio station. | D.From the news report on TV. |
A.It was safer there. | B.They went there to get something. |
C.They liked to stay in a storeroom. | D.They tried to hide from their neighbors. |
A.He flew out of the house. | B.He was in great danger. |
C.He was seriously injured. | D.He got inside the storeroom. |
A.The Wind Roaring Through the House | B.A Couple Stopping a Disaster |
C.A Couple Keeping Alive from a Disaster | D.The Tornado Hitting Florida |
【推荐3】The Savitzs who move to Newton had found themselves welcomed into the neighborhood with truly open arms. Glenda was pregnant before the move and within three months, they gave birth to Samantha. About a week after Glenda and RaphiSavitz welcomed their daughter Samantha to the world, they learned that she was deaf. “We knew right away that we had to get involved in the deaf community, learn about the culture, and start getting fully lost in American Sign Language,” Glenda says. What the new parents didn’t know was that their neighbors in Newton, Mass., would decide they needed to start learning sign language, too.
“We really wanted to communicate with her and play with her,” says McNeil, who lives across the street from the Savitzs. “And since she couldn’t learn our language, we thought we wanted to learn hers.” McNeil and three other neighbors quietly signed up for local adult education classes in American Sign Language. “We met a teacher there that we really loved, and we asked him if he would come here and teach more neighbors,” McNeil explains. “So that’s how it started.” About 20 neighbors immediately signed up for the class. With the help of their instructor, Rhys McGovern, the neighbors are able to help Samantha feel like she belongs.
“We know how to say, ‘Are you riding your bike?’ or ‘You have pretty new pink sneakers.’ There’s a dog across the street that she loves to play with. So we all know the sign for ‘dog.’” McNeil adds, “Her parents translate for us because her fingers are very small right now and she signs very fast, so we’re trying and we’re getting better. ... Her first sign to all of us is ‘friend,’ which feels very good.”
The classes have been such a hit that there are now two offerings, on two different weeknights, bringing the number of neighbors learning the language to about 40. As a result of that neighborly effort, Samantha moves with ease where her family lives. She’ll stop in at neighbors’ homes just to draw pictures and chat.
1. When did Glenda and RaphiSavitz find Samantha deaf?A.Within three months of her pregnancy. |
B.About a week after their learning ASL. |
C.When Samantha was about one week old. |
D.Three months before their move to Newton. |
A.A teacher who instructs Savitz’s neighbors to learn ASL. |
B.A neighbor who helps Savitzinteract with her neighbors. |
C.A neighbor hired an instructor for Savitz’s neighbors. |
D.An organizer who calls on Savitz’s neighbors to help her. |
A.Bike. | B.Sneakers. | C.Dog. | D.Friend. |
A.Good neighbors, a piece of treasure. |
B.Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. |
C.Better to be friendly with a neighbor than to wear a fur jacket. |
D.Communication is one of the most efficient ways to understand. |
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C.Netgear Wi-Fi Range Extender | D.Fitbit |
A.Netgear Wi-Fi Range Extender can build different wi-fi networks for each person- |
B.External Phone Charger can be used anywhere in iPhone, Samsung Galaxy, iPad. |
C.Pop Sockets Smartphone Stand is beautiful and useful for photography. |
D.Fitbit can keep company with us when doing exercise. |
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C.They all help to make smartphones more available. |
D.They are not loved by people because of their usage. |
【推荐2】You may have come across several “strange” cultural practices; some would grip you with fear, while others would leave you astonished. The wife-carrying competition in Finland falls into the latter category.
Strange as it might sound, wife-carrying is a real sport in Finland. In fact, it is a highly competitive sport in which male competitors race while each carrying a female teammate. The objective is for the male to carry the female through a special obstacle track in the fastest time. The length of the official track is 253.5 metres with two dry obstacles (障碍) and a water obstacle about one metre deep.
The first modern-day wife-carrying event was held in Finland in 1992 and foreign competitors gained admission in 1995. This event is now held annually in Sonkajärvi, Finland as the World Championship.
Although many might consider the sport a joke, competitors take it very seriously. Like every serious sport, the wife-carrying competition also has its guidelines which are set by the International Wife-Carrying Competition Rules Committee. While the International rules are the basis for all competitions, rules and prizes do vary for each competition.
It is not mandatory that you must be legally married to the “wife” to be carried, she may even be your neighbour’s wife or even someone you met during the competition; she must, however, be over 17 years of age. And her minimum weight must be 49 kilograms; otherwise, she will be burdened with a rucksack containing additional weight to bring the total load to be carried up to 49 kg. All participants must enjoy themselves. Yes, that is also one of the rules.
Special prizes go to the most entertaining couple, the best costume, and the strongest carrier. And for the grand prize, the wife’s weight in beer goes to the couple who completes the course in the shortest time. Whether you win or lose, the good thing is the sport encourages team spirit among couples.
1. Which can’t be used to describe the wife-carrying competition?A.Fearful. | B.Astonishing. |
C.Competitive. | D.Serious. |
A.The first event was in 1992. |
B.The rules are flexible for each competition. |
C.The official track is 253.5 metres long and 1 metre deep. |
D.By no means can wives weighing less than 49 kg participate in it. |
A.Important. | B.Necessary. |
C.Strange. | D.Possible. |
【推荐3】A scientist believes he has discovered a direct link between people's favourite sleeping position and their personality. Professor Chris Idzikowski has described six different positions and what each one says about a person's character. The professor, who did the research for a hotel group, said, “We are all aware of our body language when we are awake but this is the first time we have been able to see what our position says about us when we are asleep.” At the moment, Professor Idzikowski is trying to sleep in a yoga position that involves crossing your legs around your neck. He says there is no perfect position for sleeping.
1.THE STARFISH
“Starfish” sleep flat on their back with their arms raised. They are good listeners who make friends easily but do not like to be the centre of the attention.
2.THE YEARNER
“Yearners” sleep on their side with their arms raised. They are doubtful and have a very sensible approach to life.
3.THE FOETUS
The most popular position, particularly among women. They sleep curled (蜷缩) up on their side, holding on to the pillow. They appear to be tough but are actually sensitive and shy.
4.THE FREEFALLER
Only 6.5% of people prefer to sleep on their front, making this the least popular sleeping position. “Freefallers” seem very confident, although this hides a nervous personality.
5.THE LOG
The “log” position is similar to the “yearner” but with arms by the sides. “Logs” are easygoing and sociable, but can be seen as too gullible, easily to be victims.
6.THE SOLDIER
“Soldiers”, who sleep on their back with their arms by their sides, are quiet and reserved. They set high standards for themselves and do not like noisy social situations.
1. Which of the following sayings about the sleeping position is TRUE?A.“Starfish” like to be the focus of the attention. |
B.“Yearners” sleep on their back with their arms raised. |
C.“Foetus” seem to be strong but sensitive. |
D.“Soldiers” sleep on their side with their arms by their sides. |
A.“Starfish”. | B.“Freefaller”. | C.“Log”. | D.“Soldier”. |
A.People's sleeping position determines their personality. |
B.People don't know their body language when awake. |
C.The yoga sleeping position is the best one. |
D.Professor Idzikowski shows a great interest in sleeping positions. |