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　　If you really can't face sleeping on your back, another healthy sleep position is the side sleep.It's almost as good as the back position, and it's better for people who snore(打鼾) and their partners.Whichever sleep position you choose, use a pillow that supports the head and the neck without raising the head unnaturally, as this can bring neck pain.

12．Which is NOT one of the benefits of sleeping on the back?

　　A．It can avoid acid reflux.

　　B．It makes people look younger.

　　C．It helps people get rid of stomach pain.

　　D．It's good for heartburn sufferers.

13．The underlined word "alleviate" in Paragraph 2 probably means "________"．

　　A．make people enjoy B.make people forget

　　C．make it less useful D.make it less serious

14.What does the text mainly talk about?

　　A．Ways to keep us healthy.

　　B．The importance of sleep.

　　C．Healthy positions of sleep.

　　D．Sleep's repairing functions.]

15．Which part of a magazine may the article appear in?

　　A．Health. B.Sports.

　　C．Science fiction. D.Fashion.

第二节 (共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

　　Richard's father died when he was five. Later on he lost his mother. An old woman felt sorry for the poor boy and often helped him. Of course he had no money to go to school. He had to work for a rich farmer. The man paid him nothing except food and clothes. __16__ He found some old books near the school and taught himself to read and write.

　　__17__ It connected the village and the town. One morning people found there was a big stone on it. It stopped them from going to town. They had to move it away, or they had to cross the mountain if they had something to do in the town. But the stone weighed thirty tons at least and the strongest young men couldn't do that. __18__

　　Richard looked at it carefully for a while and said, "I have a way to move it away." But few men believed him. __19__. Night fell and people went home. Only the boy stayed there. To their surprise, the villagers found the stone was gone the next morning. They didn't know which spirit had moved it away.__20__

"How could he？" the rich farmer called out."He's only fifteen! He couldn't move it at all！"