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Art is considered by many people to be little more than a decorative means of giving pleasure. This is not always the case, howe
Art is considered by many people to be little more than a decorative means of giving pleasure. This is not always the case, howe
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2013-02-24
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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 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 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 sandpainting on the floor of the Navaho(纳瓦霍人) Hogan (印第安草屋). On the last day of the ceremony, the patient will sit on this sandpainting and the "singer" will rub the ailing (生病 的) parts of the patient’s body with sand from a specific figure in the sandpainting. In this way the patient absorbs the power of that particular supernatural being and becomes strong like it. After the ceremony, the sandpainting is then destroyed and disposed of so its power will not harm anyone.
The art of sandpainting is handed down from old "singer" to their students. The material used are easily found in the areas the Navaho inhabit; brown, red, yellow, and white sandstone, which is pulverized (研磨成粉) by being crushed between 2 stones much as corns is ground into flour. The "singer" holds a small amount of this sand in his hand and lets it flow between his thumb and fore-finger onto a clean, flat surface on the floor. With a steady hand and great patience, he is thus able to create designs of stylized people, snakes and other creatures that have power in the Navaho belief system. The traditional Navaho does not allow reproduction of sandpaintings, since he believes the supernatural powers that taught him the craft have forbidden this; however, such reproductions can in fact be purchased today in tourist shops in Arizona and New Mexico. These are done by either Navaho Indians or by other people who wish to preserve this craft.
Which of the following titles will be best suit the passage?
选项
A、New Direction for Medical Research
B、The Navaho Indians’ Sandpainting
C、The Process of Sandpainting Creation
D、The Navaho Indians’ Medical History
答案
B
解析
可定位在整篇文章,作者一直在描述神秘的纳瓦霍族印第安人如何用艺术形式——沙绘来治病,故文章的标题应该与此相关,因此最佳标题应为选项B中The Navaho Indians’Sandpainting。选项C、D为干扰项,选项C意为“沙绘的创作过程”,选项D意为“纳瓦霍族印第安人的医学史”,均与文章内容相差甚远,故正确答案为B。
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