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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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2013-11-10
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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)_____.
(8)
选项
A、upright
B、tight
C、fast
D、stiff
答案
A
解析
这里讲中国红木家具的设计目的。upright意为“垂直的”,填入文中表示“使人们挺直而坐”,符合语境。tight“紧的”;fast“快速的”;stiff“拘谨的”。
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