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  3. There is a closer relationship between morals and architecture and interior decoration(1)_____ we suspect. Huxley has(2)_____ th

There is a closer relationship between morals and architecture and interior decoration(1)_____ we suspect. Huxley has(2)_____ th

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问题     There is a closer relationship between morals and architecture and interior decoration(1)_____ we suspect. Huxley has(2)_____ that Western ladies did not take frequent baths(3)_____ they were afraid to see their own(4)_____ bodies, and this moral concept delayed the(5)_____ of the modern white-enameled bathtub for centuries. One can understand,(6)_____ in the design of old Chinese furniture there was so little consideration for human(7)_____ only when we realize the Confucian atmosphere in which people moved about. Chinese redwood furniture was designed for people to sit(8)_____ in, because that was the only posture (9)_____ by society.
    Even Chinese emperors had to sit on a(n) (10)_____ on which I would not think of (11)_____for more than five minutes, and for that matter the English kings were just as badly off. Cleopatra went about(12)_____ on a couch carried by servants, because(13)_____ she had never heard of Confucius. If Confucius should have seen her doing that, he would certainly have(14)_____ her shins with a stick, as he did(15)_____ one of his old disciples, Yuan Yan, when(16)_____ was found sitting in a(n)(17)_____ posture. In the Confucian society in which we lived, gentlemen and ladies had to(18)_____ themselves perfectly erect, at least on formal(19)_____, and any sign of putting one’s leg up would be at once considered a sign of vulgarity and lack of(20)_____.
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选项 A、the other
B、the latter
C、the others
D、the former
答案B
解析 空格前讲到Cleopatra会像Yuan Yan一样，被孔子用棍子打小腿；这里则具体说明YuanYan在什么情况下被棍子打，即说的是后者。答案为the latter。
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