B.have sleep disorders

　C. sense calm and peace

　D. experience more negative emotions

26. What is the main idea of the text?

　A. One's mental health is supposed to come first in life.

　B. Medicine is no more effective than meditation for patients.

　C. Mindfulness meditation helps practitioners focus on mental health.

　D. Mindfulness meditation is getting more accepted due to its benefits.

　　Mum always awoke early. When she was working as an actress she thought: Sooner or later they will realize their mistake and will send me home. To get rid of that fear, she would get upbefore "they" did,to go over her lines. In order to look perfect on the set, fresh,without a singlenegative thought that might ruffle her smile, she had to arise between four and five in the morning and gather her strength.

　　Mum, like any wise family doctor, believed in the virtues of a good breakfast. She never skipped it. She knew how to be persuasive and from the time I was a little boy she would cut slices of buttered bread-she called them "fingers"-for dipping in soft-boiled eggs. However, what left an impression about her breakfast went beyond those toasted rectangles of bread.

　　During the last years of her life, this morning interlude was also a time for confidences. If my brother and I were at her Swiss home, breakfast would be in the kitchen's office. She would come downstairs in her robe, and while having a cake and a cup of coffee, almost unconsciously,small talk would turn into a confession (忏悔).One day she uneasily told me about the painfulcircumstances of her separation from my father. I learned to know her better at the breakfasttable.

　　But it was not always a time for discussion. Returning from a trip, or on a Sunday,she would honor the day of rest with a small luxury, something unusual for her:breakfast in bed. It was like a prize she awarded herself, and it was enjoyed all the more if the tray were filled with tidbits, such as homemade cake or cherry jam, along with toast, coffee, milk, butter, a small from the garden in a tiny vase, and on the side of her tray the International Herald Tribune .

27. What can we infer about the author's mother from the first paragraph?

　A. She was not a skillful actress at all.

　B. She was under pressure from her work.

　C. She had a poor relationship with her colleagues.

　D. She was good at reciting film lines.

28. In what sense did the mother's breakfast go beyond those toasted rectangles of bread?

　A. Many more delicious foods were prepared by her mother.

　B. It removed the misunderstanding between the mother and the son

　C. It led the author to have a deeper understanding of her mother.

D. It helped the author's mother solve her marriage problems.