试题习题、尽在百度仔细审题、认真作答Task1：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)ItwasoncecommontoregardBritainasasocietywithclassdistinction.Eachclasshaduniquecharacteristics.Inrecentyears，manywritershavebeguntospeakofthe‘declineofclass’and‘classlesssociety’inBritain.Andinmoderndayconsumersocietyeveryoneisconsideredtobemiddleclass.Butpronouncingthedeathofclassistooearly.Arecentwide-rangingstudyofpublicopinionfound90percentofpeoplestillplacingthemselvesinaparticularclass；73percentagreedthatclasswasstillavitalpartofBritishsociety；and52percentthoughttherewerestillsharpclassdifferences.Thus，classmaynotbeculturallyandpoliticallyobvious，yetitremainsanimportantpartofBritishsociety.Britainseemstohavealoveofstratification.OneunchangingaspectofaBritishperson'sclasspositionisaccent.Thewordsapersonspeakstellherorhisclass.AstudyofBritishaccentsduringthe1970sfoundthatavoicesoundinglikeaBBCnewsreaderwasviewedasthemostattractivevoice.Mostpeoplesaidthisaccentsounded‘educated’and‘soft’．Theaccentsplacedatthebottominthisstudy，ontheotherhand，wereregional(地区的)cityaccents.Theseaccentswereseenas‘common’and‘ugly’．However，asimilarstudyofBritishaccentsintheUSturnedtheseresultsupsidedownandplacedsomeregionalaccentsasthemostattractiveandBBCEnglishastheleast.ThissuggeststhatBritishattitudestowardsaccenthavedeeprootsandarebasedonclassprejudice.Inrecentyears，however，younguppermiddle-classpeopleinLondon，havebeguntoadoptsomeregionalaccents，inordertohidetheirclassorigins.Thisisanindicationofclassbecomingunnoticed.However，the1995popsong‘CommonPeople’putsforwardtheviewthatthoughamiddle-classpersonmay‘wanttolivelikecommonpeople’theycanneverappreciatetherealityofaworking-classlife.【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.试题习题、尽在百度仔细审题、认真作答1．ArecentstudyofpublicopinionshowsthatinmodernBritain________.A．itistimetoendclassdistinctionB．mostpeoplebelongtomiddleclassC．itiseasytorecognizeaperson'sclassD．peopleregardthemselvessociallydifferent答案D[细节理解题.根据第三段第二句“Arecentwide-rangingstudyofpublicopinionfound90percentofpeoplestillplacingthemselvesinaparticularclass；73percentagreedthatclasswasstillavitalpartofBritishsociety...”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．ThewordstratificationinParagraph3isclosestinmeaningto________.A．varietyB．divisionC．authorityD．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．ThestudyintheUSshowedthatBBCEnglishwasregardedas________.A．regionalB．educatedC．prejudicedD．unattractive答案D[细节理解题.根据第四段倒数第二句“However，asimilarstudyofBritishaccentsintheUSturnedtheseresultsupsidedownandplacedsomeregionalaccentsasthemostattractiveandBBCEnglishastheleast.”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．Britishattitudestowardsaccent________.A．havealongtraditionB．arebasedonregionalstatusC．aresharedbytheAmericansD．havechangedinrecentyears答案A[推理判断题.根据第四段最后一句“ThissuggeststhatBritishattitudestowardsaccenthavedeeprootsa...
