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閱讀下文,回答第 26−30 題Before babies learn to talk and have no idea of dance, they express happiness through simplerhythmic movements or what we later recognize as simple dances. However, humans are not theonly species that can dance. There are birds that actually have group dances: circling, bowing,advancing, and retreating in unison. Some species could learn rhythm from the birds! Forexample, bees flirt with dance as part of their mating rituals.Nevertheless, it is only human beings that have adapted dance to therapeutic purposes. Danceas therapy has a long history. Primitive peoples first danced instinctively and, after a while, foundthat repeated rhythmic movements produced a good feeling. Associations were formed betweendance and this positive effect on the mind and emotions. This was the birth of dance therapy.Dance has always seemed to have a magic healing power. It was used for a wide variety ofpurposes and on different occasions: religious ceremonies, war dances, hunting dances, rain dances,planting and harvesting dances, marriage and funeral dances. Sadly, today many “advanced” industrialsocieties have lost many original functions of dance. Purposeful dances have been replaced, forexample, with rave dancing which involves shaking your body at a nightclub. Even so, in these cases,however, the ritualistic and therapeutic effect of dance can still be seen: the low lights, loud insistentrhythms, and group activity, often building up into a kind of mass hysteria or ecstasy.But, the “ primitive” use of dance as therapy has recently seen a huge revival. Never before hasthere been such interest in courses offering dance therapy. There are nearly two million websites fordance therapy on the Internet, and dance therapy groups around the world combine pleasure withhealth and well-being. Dance therapy nowadays, in fact, is taken very seriously by both alternativeand conventional medical practitioners. It would seem that the “dance of life” continues to move usall.
26. Which is the best title for the passage?
(A) Dance as a Therapy
(B) Dance on the Internet
(C) Dances on Different Occasions
(D) Dancing Animals and Insects

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