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[单项选择]Art is considered by many people to be little more than a decorative means of giving pleasure. This is not always the case, however, at times, art may be seen to have a purely functional side as well. Such could be said of the sand paintings of the Navaho Indians of the American Southwest; these have a medicinal as well as an artistic purpose.
According to Navaho traditions, one who suffers from either a mental or physical illness has in some way disturbed or come in contact with the supernatural--perhaps a certain animal, a ghost or the dead. To counteract this evil contact, one of his relatives will employ a medicine man called a "singer" to perform a healing ceremony which will attract a powerful supernatural being. During the ceremony, which may last from 2 to 9 days, the "singer" will produce a sand-painting on the floor of the Navaho Hogan. On the last day of the ceremony, the patient will sit on this sand-painting and the "singer" will rub the ailing parts of the patient’s
A. to please supernatural powers
B. to attract supernatural powers
C. to frighten supernatural powers
D. to create a sand-painting
[单项选择]Art is considered by many people to be a little more than a decorative means of giving pleasure. This is not always the case, however; at times, art may be seen to have a purely functional side as well. Such could be said of the sandpaintings of the Navaho Indians of the American Southwest; these have a medicinal as well as an artistic purpose.
According to Navaho traditions, one who suffers from either a mental or a physical illness has in some way disturbed or come in contact with the supernatural—perhaps a certain animal, a ghost, or the dead. To counteract this evil contact, the ill person or one of his relatives will employ a medicine man called a ’singer’ to perforrn a healing ceremony which will attack a powerful supernatural being. During the ceremony, which may last from 2 to 9 days the ’singer’ will produce a sandpainting on the floor of the Navaho Hogan. On the last day of the ceremony, the patient will sit on this sandpainting and the ’singer’ will rub the ailing parts
A. Modern Art
B. Sandpainting
C. The Navaho Indian
D. Medicine
[单项选择]When did many more Chinese arrive in California
A. in the early 1850’ s.
B. in the late 1850’ s
C. in the early1860’ s.
D. in the late 1860’ s.
[单项选择]How many more people will die from diseases linked to smoking in the next thirty years according to Doctor Brundtland
A. 4 million.
B. 6 million.
C. 10 million.
D. 14 million.
[填空题]Many more people died of anthrax after 1974 in England.
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W: How many more cups should we get for the picnic
M: Don’t we have enough by now
What does the man imply （ ）
A. We should get more cups.
B. We have too many cups,
C. He doesn’t know how many cups they have.
[单项选择]Americans have contributed to many art forms, and jazz, a type of music, is one of the art forms that were started in the United States. Black Americans, who sang and played the music of their homeland, created jazz.
Jazz is a mixture of music of Africa, the work songs the slaves sang, and religious music. Improvisation (即兴) is an important part of jazz. This is why a jazz song might sound a little different each time it is played.
Jazz bands formed in the late 1800s. They played in bars and clubs in many towns and cities of the South, especially New Orleans. New Orleans is an international seaport, and people from all over the world come to New Orleans to hear jazz.
Jazz became more and more popular. By the 1920s, jazz was popular all over the United States. By the 1940s, you could hear jazz not only in clubs and bars, but in concert halls as well. Today, people from all over the world play jazz. Jazz musicians from the United States, Asia, Africa, South America, and Eu
A. jazz is a mixture of African music, the work songs, the slave songs and religious music
B. in the late 1800s jazz bands made their first appearance
C. new Orleans lies in the North of America
D. it is Black Americans who has invented Jazz
