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The woman performs an energetic dance across the room, emitting whoops and yells of ecstasy that turn to moans and grunts before collapsing in a heap. It is now the narrator's turn to participate in the natural voice therapy workshop, which uses singing to release hidden emotions and promote relaxation. Though their instinct is to flee, the trance-like beat of the drums and harmonium, combined with the candlelit atmosphere and reassurance of the teacher, compel the narrator to remain. The workshops are meant to lift moods through singing together and evoke grief through songs, but is there more to singing than transient changes in mood?

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The woman performs an energetic dance across the room, emitting whoops and yells of ecstasy that turn to moans and grunts before collapsing in a heap. It is now the narrator's turn to participate in the natural voice therapy workshop, which uses singing to release hidden emotions and promote relaxation. Though their instinct is to flee, the trance-like beat of the drums and harmonium, combined with the candlelit atmosphere and reassurance of the teacher, compel the narrator to remain. The workshops are meant to lift moods through singing together and evoke grief through songs, but is there more to singing than transient changes in mood?

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II.

Use the correct form of the words given to make a meaningful passage
The woman twists and contorts her body, wheeling and spinning spectacularly
across the
room, her voice rising in 26________(ecstasy) whoops and yells when dropping
to mournful
moans and grunts before she collapses in a heap on the floor. And then it’s my
turn.
I came here seeking a brief escape from the stresses and strains of everyday
modern life.
But right now my instinctive stress flight response is in full throttle and urging
me to sprint
for the door, run like hell, anything rather than stand up and perform
spontaneous singing
and dancing in front of a rather forbidding assortment of complete strangers.
But there is
no graceful way out. And something about the trance - like beat of the African
drums, the
27_________ (earth) hum of the harmonium, combined with the soothing
candle-lit glow of
the room and - perhaps most of all - the serene reassurance of our teacher
compels me to
stay put.
This is natural voice therapy. The workshops are meant to release hidden
emotions and
anxieties, and promote 28__________ (relax) and mental healing through
singing. Using a
mixture of mantra, Sanskrit chanting, Indian scales and pure improvisation. Of
course,
singing is already natural to most of us. We all know the 29_________ (lift)
boost of singing
in harmony with others, while hearing the blues can evoke 30________ (grieve)
in anyone.
But is there more to singing than this transitory change of mood?
C. OPEN CLOZE
Fill in each blank one suitable word.
Over the last hundred years, much of the art of using herbs in cooking and
medicine has
been lost, especially in industrialised societies. Until recently, few people in the
crowded
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cities had the space to grow plants or vegetables, and so 31_______ in the
country did
knowledge of herbs linger on. 32_________ the advent of refrigeration,
however, which
meant that the strong smell of old meat no longer had to be disguised, and the
appearance
of packaged food and easily-available medicines, the growing of herbs declined
rapidly.
Nowadays, there is hardly anyone who does not have a small patch of garden, or
a
windowsill or balcony large 33_______ for a pot or two of herbs. These facts,
coupled
34______ the beginnings of a revolt 35________ standardised foods and
perhaps also a
mistrust of the 36_________ effects of some of today’s medicines, mean that
herbs have
taken 37_______ a new popularity.
The culinary uses of herbs are endless and they can be used 38_______ good
effect all year
round, in dried form or cut fresh. 39________ aids to beauty and for medicinal
40________,
there is now a vast range of herbs available. Herbs are for all occasions and all
seasons.

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