d balanced while others seem to leave you agitated, sore and off-centered？

Take the case of a thirty-one-year-old woman who came for treatment for repeated neck pain and nervousness. She had been practicing yoga for six years and could not understand why she was having such difficulty. Our work with Ayurveda, the 5,000-year-old "knowledge of life", helped this woman to understand how the Yoga asanas she had been practicing affected the movement of energy in her body. She then learned new asanas, which was more in harmony with her unique energetic balance. With this new knowledge she was able to modify her practice and eliminate her neck pain and nervousness while bringing greater well-being to her body and mind.

In addition to the profound dietary and lifestyle. advice that Ayurveda is most known for, Ayurveda also sheds new light on the practice of yoga. Yoga and Ayurveda are in fact, two paths intertwined in such a close relationship that it is hard to imagine traveling down one of these paths without knowledge of the other. Yoga is the ancient path of preparing the body and mind for the eventual liberation and enlightenment of the soul. Ayurveda is the ancient art and science of keeping the body and heart healthy so that individuals can pursue the goals in life that they have set for themselves.

The population of yoga in this country has been growing steadily since Swami Vivekananda first brought the idea of yoga to the West in 1893. While yoga found a welcome home in the West, its sister, Ayurveda, was left behind in India, a distant counterpart to these important Vedic teachings. Today, just over one hundred years later, Ayurveda has come to the West in search of its other half. Ayurveda does not come to this country empty-handed but bring with it many gifts. It brings with it the knowledge of how to keep the physical body healthy and how this relates to one's spiritual journey. It brings a gift specific to the yogi. the knowledge of how asanas affect each of us. Ayurvda sheds new light on which asanas are best for each individual.

The Vedas, the oldest known writings and teachings, are the origins of both these ancient arts. The Vedas are composed of five books. One of them, the Yajur Veda, is considered by scholars as the origins of the knowledge of yoga. Ayurveda has its root within the Rig Veda and Atharva Veda. According to Dr. David Frawley, Vedic scholar, "Yoga is the practical side of the Vedic teaching while Ayurveda is the healing side." In practice, both of these paths overlap a great deal.

Classical yoga has, as a part of its traditions, an aspect which addresses health and health practices. It is not simply asanas for differing conditions, but purification as well. In some vein, Ayurveda is much more than dietary principals. Ayurveda can be seen as the science of understanding how we interact with our environment and how to alter our environment in such a way that it is harmonious with our deepest nature. Ayurveda is the science of how energies interact. As such, Ayurveda addresses our entire lifestyle. including exercise and yoga. Ayurveda sees each individual's path towards perfect health a unique path, hence Ayurveda can help us to understand which yoga asanas are best for each individual as well as understand how the different forms of Pranayama affect us.

The 31-year-old woman had neck pain and nervousness because ______.

A．she practiced yoga

B．the asanas she practiced was incorrect postures

C．the postures she practiced did not agree with her body

D．she should not practiced yoga at all

A.shelter

B.crisis

C.stress

D.nervousness

Will Hillary Be the Next American President？

Back in 1969，US President Richard Nixon confidently predicted：“In the next 50 years，we shall see a woman president，perhaps sooner than you think．”

Today,not too far off Nixon’s deadline，America is looking at that possibility．Over the weekend，Hillary Rodham Clinton．wife of former president Bill Clinton，announced her run for 2008 presidency．

US polls indicate that Americans feel comfortable with a female president．A New York Times survey found nearly all Americans saying they would vote for president if she were qualified．

However，accepting the theoretical notion of a female leader is quite different from voting an actual woman．

In fact．there is still widespread distrust of a woman in the top position．

This is partly due to the biased thinking that women are weak on national security，though they might be strong on education and health care．This damages their prospects as a presidential contender．

“There’s still an inherent nervousness on the part of voters putting a woman in as the ultimate decision—maker．Control of the army and border security are sons of traditionally male jobs，”conmented Amy Walter，an Ametican campaign analyst．“That’s where I think Voters consciously or unconsciously have difficulties with women candidates．”

women have held the top job in other major Western countries．In 1979，Britain elected Margaret Thatcher prime minister．Last year，Germany made Angela Merkel its first female chancellor．

In the US，no woman has succeeded in being nominated as a presidential candidate．One woman did make the attempt：Elizabeth Dole．In 1999，she tried to get the Republican Party nomination．But Dole could only raise $5 million for her bid—compared with the $56 million George W．Bush raised．

So Barriers lie ahead for Hillary if she wants to make history by becoming the first female US president．With the Iraqi war underway，she’ll find it even harder．

“I don’t feel that our society is ready for a woman president．The enemy we face does not respect females the same way we have come to see them as equals．If we were not in this war，I would support a woman president，”sai Chris Dildy，a computer engineering student．

第 22 題 Up to the present，no woman has been elected president in the US．

A．Right

B．Wrong

C．Not mentioned

rst began college. She said, “I was always well-prepared for my examination. But I would go in to class to take the exam, and I would fall apart. I could not answer the questions correctly—even though I knew the answers! I would just blank out because of nervousness and fear.” Hitoshi Sakamoto, an anthropology student at Temple University in Tokyo reports similar experiences.

These two young students were experiencing something called test anxiety. Because a student worries and is stressed about a test, his or her mind does not work as well as it usually does. The student cannot write or think clearly because of the severe tension and nervousness.

Now there are special university courses to help students. In these courses, advisors and psychologists try to help students by teaching them to, manage test anxiety. Such a course helps students learn to live with stress and not fail because of it. First students take a practice test to measure their worry level. If the tests show that their stress level is high, the students can take a short course to manage the fear. These courses teach students how to relax their bodies. They get training to become calm in very tense situations. By controlling their nervousness, they can let their minds work more easily. Learned information then comes out without difficulty on a test.

Doreen Sykora saw immediate results after taking such a course. She now has enthusiasm about the relaxation methods. “Mostly, what I do is imagine myself in a very calm place. Then I imagine myself picking up a pencil. I move slowly and carefully. I breathe easily and let all the tension out. With each breath, more worry leaves me. It really works too. My grades have improved great! I’m really doing well at McGill now. This relaxation method works not only on examinations, but it has improved the rest of my life as well.”

For Hitoshi in Tokyo, the results were the same. He is enjoying school a lot more and learning more.

11. What is the similarity between Doreen Sykora and Hitoshi Sakamoto？

A. Students from the same university. B. Failing in all the examinations.

C. Experiences of test anxiety. D. Having the same poor studying habits.

12. These are signs of test anxiety EXCEPT________.

A. worries about a test. B. stressed about a test.

C. low grades and poor study habits. D. nervousness during the test

13. What’s the purpose of some special university student-help courses？

A. To help students to reduce test anxiety.

B. To show a stress level experienced by students.

C. To learn more knowledge about test anxiety.

D. To have a better understanding of test anxiety.

14. What’s the meaning of “blank out” in paragraph 1？

A. To be like a blanket. B. To be sure of an answer.

C. To be relaxed. D. To be unable to think clearly.

15. What’s the organization of passage？

A. Examples — theories — ideas.

B. Problem — strategy — result.

C. General statement — examples — result.

D. Strategy — experiment — examples.

ore the end of the first act. He certainly looked the part all right, he thought as he【21】himself【22】the mirror. He even【23】if he should go out into the street to see what【24】he made on people out there. Just for a【25】, of course!

Then he was seized with a sudden attack of stage fright. How could he【26】all those people【27】the audience？ He put his head in his hands and tried to【28】his lines. He had only a very small part, but his mind was a complete【29】

A【30】on the door made him【31】. He felt really alarmed. He was due to go to stage in the second act. Had he missed his entrance and【32】the play for everybody？ But it was only the producer, who noticed what a state he was in. She【33】he should go and stand near the stage where he could watch the play and follow in his script. at the same time. It was a good way of getting【34】his nervousness, she said. She was right. It seemed to【35】. In fact, the more he watched the play, the more he became involved in it, so that he began to【36】himself part of it.

At last the moment came for him to go on stage. But suddenly the producer was by his【37】again. This time she looked worried as she placed a hand on his arm to restrain him【38】. "I'm afraid you're going【39】," She said. "They're jumped three pages of the script. and have【40】your part out completely."

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A．a(chǎn)dmired

B．flattered

C．gazed

D．showed

A.she;is

B.her;is

C.her;has

in class had ever taken such a course. Invariably a few hands would go up.

“What did you learn in that course？” I’d ask.

“Well, the main thing was learning how to face an audience, not to be inhibited (拘謹(jǐn)；抑制), not to be nervous, ”

Exactly, when you take a course in public speaking nowadays, you don’t hear much about grammar and vocabulary. Instead, you’re taught how not to be afraid or embarrassed, how to speak without a prepared script, how to reach out to the live audience before you. Public speaking is a matter of overcoming your longstanding nervous inhibitions.

It is the same in writing. The point of the whole thing is to overcome your nervous inhibi- tions, to break through the invisible barrier that separates you from the person who’ll read what y- ou wrote. You must learn to sit in front of your typewriter or dictating machine and reach out to the person at the other end of the line.

Of course, in public speaking, with the audience right in front of you, the problem is easier. Y ou can look at them and talk to them directly. In writing, you ’re alone. It needs an effort of your experience or imagination to take hold of that other person and talk to him or her. But that effort is necessary or at least it’s necessary until you’ve reached the point when you quite naturally and unconsciously “talk on paper.”

The main task of a public speech course is to ________.

A.teach spoken-language experience

B.teach how to use gestures to assist speech

C.help the learners overcome nervousness

D.teach how to control the volume of the speaker’s voice

Learning how to write is similar to learning how to speak in public in that a writer should ___________.A.overcome his or her nervousness in the first place

B.watch his or her grammar and vocabulary

C.collect a lot of data before writing

D.take hold of a reader and talk to him or her before writing

In the author’s opinion_________.A.writing needs more experience and skill than public speaking

B.both writing and public speaking require effort

C.writing is imaginative

D.public speaking is not so natural as writing

Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage？A.Not many students feel the need to learn public speaking

B.Training is necessary before you can speak with script

C.In public speaking, the audience are more nervous than the speaker

D.Writing is just like making a public speech on paper

This selection is mainly about learning how to _______.A.make a public speech

B.talk on paper

C.behave properly in public speech

D.express strong emotion on paper

請幫忙給出每個問題的正確答案和分析，謝謝！

A.she

B.her

C.she is

She is noted for her generous contribution for the relief of the poor.

A．charged

B．a(chǎn)ccused

C．famous

D．responsible

A.for

B.at

C.on

D.in