北京市密云区2014高考英语 阅读理解系列训练（11）

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1、密云区2014高考英语阅读理解系列训练（11）及答案TheQueen’sEnglishisnowsoundinglessupper-class,ascientificstudyoftheQueen’sChristmasbroadcastshadfound.ResearchershavestudiedeachofhermessagestotheCommonwealthcountriessince1952tofindoutthechangeinherpronunciationfromthenobleUpperReceivedtotheStandardReceived.Jo

2、nathanHarrington,aprofessoratGermany’sUniversityofMunich,wantedtodiscoverwhetheraccent(口音)changersrecordedoverthepasthalfcenturywouldtakeplacewithinoneperson.“AsfarasIknow,therejustisnobodyelseforwhomthereisthissortofbroadcastrecords,”hesaid.Hesaidthenoblewayofpronouncingvowels(元音)hadgr

3、aduallylostgroundasthenobleupper-classaccentoverthepastyears.“Heraccentsoundsslightlylessnoblethanitdid50yearsago.Butthesearevery,verysmallandslowchangesthatwedon’tnoticefromyeartoyear.”“Wemaybeabletorelateittochangesinthesocialclasses,”hetoldTheDailyTelegraph,aBritishnewspaper.“In1952s

4、hewouldhavebeenheardsaying‘thetmeninthebleckhet’.Nowitwouldbe‘thatmanintheblackhat’.And‘hame’ratherthan‘home’.Inthe1950sshewouldhavebeen‘lorst’,butbythe1970s‘lost’.”TheQueen’sbroadcastisapersonalmessagetotheCommonwealthcountries.EachChristmas,the10-minutebroadcastisputonTVat3pminBritain

5、asmanyfamiliesarerecoveringfromtheirtraditionalturkeylunch.(传统火鸡午餐).Theresultswerepublished(发表)intheJournalofPhonetics.46.TheQueen’sbroadcastswerechosenforthestudymainlybecause______.   A.shehasbeenQueenformanyyears   B.shehasalessupper-classaccentnow   C.herspeechesarefamiliartomanypeo

6、ple   D.herspeecheshavebeenrecordedfor50years47.WhichofthefollowingisanexampleofalessnobleaccentinEnglish?  A.“duaty”                B.“citee”               C.“hame”       D.“lorst”48.WemayinferfromthetextthattheJournalofPhoneticsisamagazineon_________.    A.speechsounds                

7、                 B.Christmascustoms C.TVbroadcasting                              D.personalmessages49.Whatisthetextmainlyabout?A.Therelationshipbetweenaccentsandsocialclasses.B.TheQueen’sChristmasspeechesonTV.C.Thechangesinaperson’saccent.D.TherecentdevelopmentoftheEnglishlang