Everyone has got two personalities-the one that is shown to the world and the other that is secret and real. You don’t show your secret personality when you’re awake because you can control your behavior, but when you’re asleep, your sleeping position shows the real you. In a normal night, of course, people frequently change their positions. The important position is the one that you go to sleep in.
If you go to sleep on your back, you’re a very open person. You normally trust people and you are easily influenced by fashion or new ideas. You don’t like to displease people. So you never express your real feelings. You’re quite shy and you aren’t quite sure of yourself.
If you sleep on your stomach, you are a rather secretive person. You worry a lot and you’re always easily upset. You always stick to your own opinions or judgment, but you don’t raise your hopes too much. You usually live for today not tomorrow. This means that you enjoy having a good time.
If you sleep curled up, you are probably a very nervous person. You have a low opinion of yourself and so you’re often defensive. You’re shy and you don’t normally like meeting people. You prefer to be on your own. You’re easily hurt.
If you sleep on your side, you have usually got a well—balanced personality. You know your strengths and weakness. You’re usually careful. You believe in yourself. You sometimes feel anxious, but you don’t often get sad. You always insist on what you think even if it makes people rather angry.
小題1:According to the passage, a person, who is not willing to change his mind and hard to deal with, probably sleeps           .
A．on his sideB．on his backC．curled upD．on his stomach
小題2:If a person prefers to sleep curled up rather than on his back, he may be well content to    .
A．do things personally.B．stay alone
C．keep things secretD．trust others easily
小題3:Which of the following people, in the author’s opinion, most likely have personalities opposite to each other ?
A．The people sleeping on their stomachs and those sleeping on his backs.
B．The people sleeping on their sides and those sleeping curled up.
C．The people sleeping on their backs and those sleeping on their sides.
D．The people sleeping curled up and those sleeping on their stomach.
小題4:What the author mainly intends to tell us is that            .
A．one’s sleeping position has something to do with one’s character.
B．everyone has got both real and secret personalities.
C．the position in which one goes to sleep is the most important one.
D．when awake, one does not show one’s secret personality.

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:B
小題4:A

試題分析：本文主要講述了幾種不同的睡覺(jué)姿勢(shì)顯示我們有不同的性格，并一一進(jìn)行了舉例說(shuō)明。
小題1:A 推理題。根據(jù)文章最后一句.You always insist on what you think even if it makes people rather angry.可知側(cè)著睡覺(jué)的人總是堅(jiān)持自己的看法，不愿意改變觀點(diǎn)，有時(shí)候讓別人很難堪，顯得不好相處。故A正確。
小題2:B 推理題。根據(jù)文章第4段If you sleep curled up, you are probably a very nervous person. You have a low opinion of yourself and so you’re often defensive. You’re shy and you don’t normally like meeting people. You prefer to be on your own.可知蜷縮著睡覺(jué)的人總是很緊張，不喜歡接觸人，也就是說(shuō)愿意獨(dú)處。故B項(xiàng)正確。
小題3:B 推理題。根據(jù)文章最后2段If you sleep on your side, you have usually got a well—balanced personality. You know your strengths and weakness. You’re usually careful. You believe in yourself. You sometimes feel anxious, but you don’t often get sad.和If you sleep curled up, you are probably a very nervous person. You have a low opinion of yourself and so you’re often defensive.很清楚的知道這兩種人的性格是完全相反的，一種是很自信，相信自己，另外一種是很緊張不愿意接觸別人。故B正確。
小題4:A 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第一段You don’t show your secret personality when you’re awake because you can control your behavior, but when you’re asleep, your sleeping position shows the real you.可知本文主要告訴我們的是我們睡覺(jué)的姿勢(shì)能夠展示我們真正的性格。故A正確。
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