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There is a closer relationship between morals and architecture and interior decoration______21, we suspect. Huxley has pointed out that Western ladies did not take frequent baths ______22 they were afraid to see their own naked bodies, and this moral concept delayed the______23 of the modern white-enameled bathtub for centuries. One can understand, ______24 in the design of old Chinese furniture there was so little consideration for human______ 25 only when we realize the Confucian atmosphere in which people moved about. Chinese redwood Furniture was designed for people to sit______26 in, because that was the only posture approved by society. nDwq!LEx%5
Even Chinese emperors had to sit on a (n) ______27 on which I would not think of______28 for more than five minutes, and for that matter the English kings were just as badly off. Cleopatra went about______29 on a couch carried by servants, because______30 she had never heard of Confucius. If Confucius should have seen her doing that, he would certainly have struck her shins with a stick, as he did______31 one of his old disciples, Yuan Jiang, when the latter was found sitting in an______32 posture. In the Confucian society in which we lived, gentlemen and ladies had to______33 themselves perfectly erect, at least on formal______34 , and any sign of putting one's leg up would be at once considered a sign of vulgarity and lack of______35. V %V rAi.
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21. A. for B. than C. as D. that /[p?_EX@
22. A. if B. when C. because D. though X=-gAutfE=
23. A. rise B. existence C. occurrence D. increase ^M[-K`c }
24. A. what B. where C. how D. why >}xAg7\^
25. A. care B. choice C. concern D. comfort 9;r4 8)5
26. A. upright B. tight C. fast D. stiff ;Hz `0V
27. A. armchair B. throne C. altar D. couch cWX"e6
28. A. moving B. keeping C. remaining D. lasting tRpL0 =y
29. A. traveling B. staying C. wandering D. reclining 'Y~8
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30. A. fortunately B. frankly C. accordingly D. apparently /gMa" 5?,
31. A. in B. on C. to D. at @+QYWh'
32. A. responsible B. incorrect C. immoral D. imperfect FkB6*dm-
33. A. hold B. sit C. behave D. conduct $cp16
34. A. conditions B. situations C. occasions D. instances ^5 9YfC<f
35. A. culture B. confidence C. morality D. modesty jpPdjQ
