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真题研练71
Task 1:阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
(2015·广东,D)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 of 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 wideranging study of public opinion found 90 percent of people still placing themselves in a 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 of stratification.
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 the 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(地区的)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 middleclass 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 middleclass person may ‘want to live like common people’ they can never appreciate the reality of a workingclass life.
【语篇解读】 作者在文章中给我们介绍了两项调查,通过两项调查的结果我们可以看到,在英国社会里,阶级划分没有消失,它是英国社会重要的一部分。
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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
答案 D [细节理解题。根据第三段第二句“A recent wideranging study of public opinion found 90 percent of people still placing themselves in a particular class;73 percent agreed that class was still a vital part of British society...”可知,最近的研究表明,人们还是认为自己处在不同的社会阶层,故选D。]
2.The word stratification in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ________.
A.variety B.division
C.authority D.qualification
答案 B [词义猜测题。根据文章第三段的内容可知,通过一项关于英国社会阶级是否开始消亡的调查可知,绝大多数人仍然认为英国社会中存在不同的阶级,这是英国社会中重要的一部分。由此可知,英国人好像对阶级划分非常热衷。stratification划分,与B项是同义词,故选B。]
3.The study in the US showed that BBC English was regarded as ________.
A.regional B.educated
C.prejudiced D.unattractive
答案 D [细节理解题。根据第四段倒数第二句“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.”可知,在美国的这份研究中BBC英语是最不吸引人的,故选D。]
4.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
答案 A [推理判断题。根据第四段最后一句“This suggests that British attitudes towards accent have deep roots and are based on class prejudice.”可知,英国人对口音的态度根深蒂固,且源于阶级歧视。故选A。]
5.What is the main idea of the passage?
A.The middle class is expanding.
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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 C [主旨大意题。作者在文章中给我们介绍了两项调查,其中一项告诉我们大多数人认为阶级划分是英国社会必不可少的一部分,另一项是关于人们说话的口音,美国和英国的调查结果恰好相反,也说明英国阶级划分的根源非常深,由此可知C选项“阶级是英国社会中的一个重要部分”符合文章主旨大意,故选C。]
Task 2:词汇积累
1.be viewed as 被看作
2.turn sth upside down 把某事颠倒过来
3.class origins阶级出身
4.decline of class 阶级消亡
5.class distinction阶级差别
Task 3:语法填空
But pronouncing the __1__ (dead) of class is too early.A recent wideranging study of public opinion found 90 percent __2__ people still placing themselves in a particular class;73 percent __3__ (agree) that class was still a vital part of British society;__4__ 52 percent thought there were still sharp class differences.Thus,class may not be __5__ (culture) and politically obvious,yet it remains an important part of British society.Britain seems __6__ (have) a love of stratification.
答案 1.death 2.of 3.agreed 4.and 5.culturally 6.to have
Task 4:短文改错(下面文字有五处错误,请改正)
In recent years,however,young upper middleclass people in London, begun to adopt some regional accents,in order to their class origins.This is indication of class becoming unnoticed.,the 1995 pop song ‘Common People’ puts forward the view though a middleclass person may ‘want to live like common people’ they can never appreciate the reality of a workingclass life.
Task 5:攻克长难句(分析句子结构,尝试翻译成汉语)
However,the 1995 pop song ‘Common People’ puts forward the view that though a
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middleclass person may ‘want to live like common people’ they can never appreciate the reality of a workingclass life.
分析:这是一个复杂句,the view后是that引导的同位语从句,而这个同位语从句又有though引导的让步状语从句。
译文:然而,1995的一首流行歌曲Common People提出这样的观点,虽然中产阶级或许想和普通人一样生活,但他们永远不会去体会工人阶级生活的现实。
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