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People throughout the history have sought ways to alter consciousnesa A 【C1】_____ example is the sweat lodge ritual of the Sioux
People throughout the history have sought ways to alter consciousnesa A 【C1】_____ example is the sweat lodge ritual of the Sioux
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People throughout the history have sought ways to alter consciousnesa A 【C1】_____ example is the sweat lodge ritual of the Sioux Indians. During the ritual, several men sit in total darkness 【C2】_____ a small chamber heated by a bed of coals. Cedar smoke, 【C3】_____ of steam, and the smell of unique flowers fill the air. The men sing rhythmically. The heat 【C4】 At last, they can 【C5】_____ it no more. The door is thrown open. Cooling night 【C6】_____ rush in. And then, the 【C7】_____ begins again—often to be repeated four or five times more. Among the Sioux, the ritual is viewed as a 【C8】_____ of mind and body. When the experience becomes especially intense, it brings altered awareness and personal 【C9】_____. Some altered states of consciousness are sought 【C10】_____ for pleasure,as is often true of drug intoxication. Yet, as the Sioux example illustrates, many cultures regard changes in consciousness as a pathway to enlightenment. Almost every 【C11】_____ religion has accepted 【C12】_____ some altered states as a source of mystical experience. Accepted avenues have 【C13】_____ from meditation, prayer, isolation, and chanting, to self-inflicted pain and mind altering substances.
In many cultures, the special powers 【C14】_____ medicine men or healers are believed to come from ability to communicate with spirits. 【C15】_____, rituals that help form tribal bonds among community members are 【C16】_____ by altered states of consciousness.
In short, all cultures recognize and 【C17】_____ some alteration of consciousness. 【C18】_____, the meaning given to various states vary greatly— 【C19】_____ signs of "madness" and "possession" by spirits, to life enhancing breakthroughs. Thus, cultural conditioning greatly 【C20】_____ what altered states a person recognizes, seeks, considers normal and attains.
【C12】
选项
A、at least
B、at most
C、at best
D、at worst
答案
A
解析
考查语篇理解。at least表示“至少”;at most“至多,顶多,不超过”;at best“充其量”;at worst“在最坏的情况下”。B和C的意思相近,可同时排除;而原文只是客观地表述一种情况,下文并没有关于“在最坏的情况下”的描述,也可排除D;A符合文意,表示“几乎所有人们已知的宗教都至少把一些改变了的知觉状态看作是神秘体验的来源”。故选A。
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