Passage One Directions: You are allowed 5 minute to read the following passage and prepare for a 2 to 3 minutes statement on the questions raised after the passage. After your statement, you will be asked some questions which may cover anything that is remotely concerned with any information in this passage. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. It is the result of long and patient effort in self-control. Its presence is an indication of ripened experience, and of a more than ordinary knowledge of the laws and operations of thought. A man es calm in the measure that he understands himself as a thought-evolved being, for such knowledge necessitates the understanding of others as the result of thought. As he develops a right understanding, and sees more and more clearly the internal relations of things by the action of cause and effect, he ceases to fuss and fume and worry and grieve, and remains poised, steadfast, serene. The calm man, having learned how to govern himself, knows how to adapt himself to others; and they, in turn, reverence (敬重) his spiritual strength, and feel that they can learn of him and rely upon him. The more tranquil a man es, the greater is his ess, his influence, his power for good. Even the ordinary trader will find his business prosperity increase as he develops a greater self-control and calmness, for people will always prefer
