<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: &39;times new roman&39;, serif;">Artis considered by many people to be little more than a decorative means ofgiving pleasure. This is not always the case, however, at times, art may beseen to have purely functional side as well. Such could be said of the sandpaintings of the Navaho Indians of the American Southwest; these have amedicinal as well as an artistic purpose.</span>
<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: &39;times new roman&39;, serif;">According to Navaho traditions, one who suffers from either a mental orphysical illness has in some way disturbed or come in contact with thesupernatural—perhaps a certain animal, a ghost, or the dead. To counteract thisevil contact, the sick person or one of his relatives will attract a powerfulsupernatural being. During the ceremony, which may last from 2to 9days, the“singer” will produce a sand painting on the floor of the Navaho house. On thelast day of the ceremony, the patient will sit on this sand painting and the“singer” will rub the sick parts of the patient’s body with sand from aspecific figure in the sand painting. In this way the patient absorbs the powerof that particular supernatural being and becomes strong like it. After theceremony, the sand painting is then destroyed and disposed of so its power willnot harm anyone.</span>
<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: &39;times new roman&39;, serif;">Theart of sand painting is handed down from old “singers” to their students. Thematerials used are easily found in the areas the Navaho inhabit: brown, red,yellow, and white sandstone, which is ground into powder by being crushedbetween two stones much as corn is ground into flour. The “singer” holds asmall amount of this sand in his hand and lets it flow between his thumb andforefinger onto a clean, flat surface on the floor. With a steady hand andgreat patience, he is thus able to create designs of people, snakes and othercreatures that have power in the Navaho belief system.</span>
<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: &39;times new roman&39;, serif;">26. The word “decorative” in Paragraph 1most probably refers to ___.</span>
<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: &39;times new roman&39;, serif;">A).functional</span>
<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: &39;times new roman&39;, serif;">B).medicinal</span>
<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: &39;times new roman&39;, serif;">C).artistic</span>
<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: &39;times new roman&39;, serif;">D).pure</span>
<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: &39;times new roman&39;, serif;">27.According to the Navaho traditions,one is ill because he has met with _____.</span>
<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: &39;times new roman&39;, serif;">A).something with supernatural powers</span>
<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: &39;times new roman&39;, serif;">B).a dead goat</span>
<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: &39;times new roman&39;, serif;">C).any animal</span>
<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: &39;times new roman&39;, serif;">D).too many dead people</span>
<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: &39;times new roman&39;, serif;">28. How can a sick person recover fromhis illness according to the passage？</span>
<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: &39;times new roman&39;, serif;">A).He must avoid the evil contact.</span>
<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: &39;times new roman&39;, serif;">B).He needs help from another powerful supernatural being.</span>
<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: &39;times new roman&39;, serif;">C).He must draw a sand painting.</span>
<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: &39;times new roman&39;, serif;">D).He must sing at a ceremony.</span>
<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: &39;times new roman&39;, serif;">29. The reason for the sand painting tobe destroyed after the ceremony is _____.</span>
<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: &39;times new roman&39;, serif;">A).not to allow others to use it freely</span>
<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: &39;times new roman&39;, serif;">B).to harm the patient</span>
<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: &39;times new roman&39;, serif;">C).not to harm others</span>
<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: &39;times new roman&39;, serif;">D).to protect the patient</span>
<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: &39;times new roman&39;, serif;">30.Which of the following is TRUE of the designs of people, snakes and othercreatures created by the “singer” ？</span>
<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: &39;times new roman&39;, serif;">A).They are sand paintings.</span>
<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: &39;times new roman&39;, serif;">B).They have healing powers.</span>
<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: &39;times new roman&39;, serif;">C).They attract supernatural beings.</span>
<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: &39;times new roman&39;, serif;">D).All of the above</span>
