2010年四川农业大学考博英语真题

Directions： For each blank in the following passage, choose the best answer from the four choices given below. Mark the corresponding letter of your choice with a single bar across the square brackets on your MACHINE-SCORING ANSWER SHEET.

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. 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  .

21．A．for        B．than        C．as        D．that

22．A．if        B．when        C．because        D．though

23．A．rise        B．existence        C．occurrence        D．increase

24．A．what        B．where        C．how        D．why

25．A．care        B．choice        C．concern        D．comfort

26．A．upright        B．tight        C．fast        D．stiff

27．A．armchair        B．throne        C．altar        D．couch

28．A．moving        B．keeping        C．remaining        D．lasting

29．A．traveling        B．staying        C．wandering        D．reclining

30．A．fortunately        B．frankly        C．accordingly        D．apparently

31．A．in        B．on        C．to        D．at

32．A．irresponsible        B．incorrect        C．immoral        D．imperfect

33．A．hold        B．sit        C．behave        D．conduct

34．A．conditions        B．situations        C．occasions        D．instances

35．A．culture        B．confidence        C．morality        D．modesty

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