【題目】It was once common to regard Britain as a society with class distinction. Each class had unique characteristics.

In recent years, many writers have begun to speak the ‘decline of class’ and ‘classless society’ in Britain. And in modern day consumer society everyone is considered to be middle class.

But pronouncing the death of class is too early. A recent wide-ranging society of public opinion found 90 percent of people still placing themselves in particular class; 73 percent agreed that class was still a vital part of British society; and 52 percent thought there were still sharp class differences. Thus, class may not be culturally and politically obvious, yet it remains an important part of British society. Britain seems to have a love ofstratification.

One unchanging aspect of a British person's class position is accent. The words a person speaks tell her or his class. A study of British accents during 1970s found that a voice sounding like a BBC newsreader was viewed as the most attractive voice. Most people said this accent sounded ‘educated’ and ‘soft’. The accents placed at the bottom in this study, on the other hand, were regional（地區(qū)的）city accents. These accents were seen as ‘common’ and ‘ugly’. However, a similar study of British accents in the US turned these results upside down and placed some regional accents as the most attractive and BBC English as the least. This suggests that British attitudes towards accent have deep roots and are based on class prejudice.

In recent years, however, young upper middle-class people in London, have begun to adopt some regional accents, in order to hide their class origins. This is an indication of class becoming unnoticed. However, the 1995 pop song ‘Common People’ puts forward the view that though a middle-class person may ‘want to live like common people' they can never appreciate the reality of a working-class life.

【1】A recent study of public opinion shows that in modern Britain ________.

A. it is time to end class distinction

B. most people belong to middle class

C. it is easy to recognize a person’s class

D. people regard themselves socially different

【2】The word stratification in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ________.

A. variety B. division C. authority D. qualification

【3】British attitudes towards accent _________.

A. have a long tradition

B. are based on regional status

C. are shared by the Americans

D. have changed in recent years

【4】What is the main idea of the passage?

A. The middle class is expanding

B. A person’s accent reflects his class

C. Class is a key part of British society

D. Each class has unique characteristics.

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】試題分析:這篇短文給我們講述了在英國(guó)社會(huì)中，階級(jí)劃分是重要的一部分。作者在短文中給我們介紹了兩項(xiàng)調(diào)查，通過(guò)調(diào)查的結(jié)果我們可以看到，英國(guó)社會(huì)里的階級(jí)劃分沒(méi)有消失，它是英國(guó)社會(huì)重要的一部分。

【1】D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文A recent wide-ranging society of public opinion found 90 percent of people still placing themselves in particular class的內(nèi)容可知，關(guān)于“階級(jí)消亡”的說(shuō)法，在英國(guó)對(duì)大眾進(jìn)行了一個(gè)調(diào)查，結(jié)果發(fā)現(xiàn)90%的人們?nèi)匀话炎约簞澐衷谝欢ǖ碾A層中；73%的人認(rèn)為階級(jí)是英國(guó)社會(huì)一個(gè)必不可少的部分。由此可知人們?nèi)匀徽J(rèn)為他們?cè)谏鐣?huì)中是有區(qū)別的，故選D。

【2】B詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)短文Thus, class may not be culturally and politically obvious, yet it remains an important part of British society. 的內(nèi)容可知，根據(jù)一項(xiàng)關(guān)于英國(guó)社會(huì)階級(jí)是否開(kāi)始消亡的調(diào)查可知，絕大多數(shù)人仍然認(rèn)為英國(guó)社會(huì)中存在不同的階級(jí)，這是英國(guó)社會(huì)中重要的一部分。由此可知，英國(guó)人好像對(duì)階級(jí)劃分非常熱衷。stratification劃分，跟B選項(xiàng)是同義詞，故選B。

【3】A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文的最后一段的內(nèi)容可知，In recent years, however, young upper middle-class people in London, have begun to adopt some regional accents，可見(jiàn)，現(xiàn)在英國(guó)人們對(duì)待口音的態(tài)度開(kāi)始改變了，故選A。

【4】C主旨大意題。這篇短文給我們講述了在英國(guó)社會(huì)中，階級(jí)劃分是重要的一部分。作者在短文中給我們介紹了兩項(xiàng)調(diào)查，其中一項(xiàng)告訴我們大多數(shù)人們覺(jué)得階級(jí)是英國(guó)社會(huì)必不可少的一部分；另一項(xiàng)調(diào)查是關(guān)于人們說(shuō)好的口音，英國(guó)和美國(guó)的調(diào)查結(jié)果正好相反，也說(shuō)明了英國(guó)階級(jí)劃分的根源非常深。由此可知C選項(xiàng)：階級(jí)是英國(guó)社會(huì)中的一個(gè)重要部分符合短文的大意，故選C。

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