There is a closer relationship between morals and architecture and interior decoration【C1】______ we suspect. Huxley has pointed out that Western ladies did not take frequent baths【C2】______ they were afraid to see their own naked bodies, and this moral concept delayed the【C3】______ of the modern white-enameled bathtub for centuries. One can understand Why in the design of old Chinese furniture there was so little consideration for human【C4】______ only when we realize the Confucian atmosphere in which people moved about. Chinese redwood furniture was designed for people to sit upright in, because that was the only posture approved by society. Even Chinese emperors had to sit on a(n)【C5】______ on which I would not think of remaining for more than five minutes, and for that matter the English kings were just as badly off. Cleopatra went about【C6】______ on a couch carried by servants, because apparently 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【C7】______ one of his old disciples, Yuan Jiang, when the latter was found sitting in an incorrect posture. In the Confucian society in which we lived, gentlemen and ladies had to【C8】______ themselves perfectly erect, at least on formal【C9】______ , and any sign of putting one's leg up would be at once considered a sign of vulgarity and lack of【C10】______ .
单选题 【C1】
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】解析:close近的,紧密的,在这个句子中,用了closer,后面应该用than。所以,选择B。
单选题 【C2】
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:if如果;when什么时候;because因为;though尽管。在这个句子里,后面句子是前面句子的原因,所以要用because,答案是C。
单选题 【C3】
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】解析:四个选项的意思是:rise增长,上升;existence增强,提高;occurrence发生,出现;increase增强,提高。此句话是讲,因为那种道德观念的存在,延迟了近代白珐琅浴缸的兴起。据此可知,应选择A。
单选题 【C4】
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】解析:四个选项的意思是:care照料,照顾;choice选择;concern关心,忧虑;comfort舒适。根据上下文可知,此处是指“人类的舒适”。据此可知,应选择D。
单选题 【C5】
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】解析:四个选项的意思是:armchair扶手椅;throne御座,王位;altar圣坛,祭坛;couch长椅。根据句意,此处应指“皇帝的御座”,据此可知,应该选择B。
单选题 【C6】
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】解析:四个选项的意思是:traveling旅游,移动;staying停留,停靠;wandering游荡,徘徊;reclining斜倚,倚靠。此句话是讲:克里奥帕特拉斜躺在沙发上由奴仆抬来抬去。据此可知,应选择D。
单选题 【C7】
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:此句话是:如果孔子发现克里奥帕特拉斜躺在沙发上,他将会像对待他的弟子元江那样。do to对待,处置。据此可知,此处应选择C。
单选题 【C8】
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】解析:四个选项的意思是:hold拿着,保存,支持,hold oneself erect保持姿势挺直;sit坐;behave举止,表现;conduct行为。此处的意思是:每个人都必须保持完美的直立姿势。据此可知,此处应选择A。
单选题 【C9】
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:四个选项的意思是:conditions条件,社会地位;situations境遇,位置;occasions场合,时机,机会;instances要求,情况。此处是指“在正式场合”,故用occasions,所以应选择C。
单选题 【C10】
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】解析:四个选项的意思是:culture文化,教养;confidence信心;morality道德;modesty谦逊。此句话是说:至少在正式场合,任何跷二郎腿的迹象都被认为是粗鲁的、缺少教养的。据此可知,此处应选择A。