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1、上海交通大学2011年考博英语真题阅读理解试题及参考答案(Three)PassageThreeAstheEnglishlanguagehaschangedatafastspeedinthelastcentury,sohastheuseoftheEnglishlanguage.AftertheBritishBroadcastingCorporation(BBC)wasfoundedin1927,theparticularstyleofspeechoftheBBCannouncerswasrecognizedasStandard
2、EnglishofReceivedPronunciation(RP)English.NowmostpeoplestillconsiderthatthepronunciationanddeliveryofBBCannouncersintheclearestandmostunderstandablespokenEnglish.Englishhashadastrongassociation,withclassandsocialstatus.However,sincetheSecondWorldWartherehasbeenacon
3、siderablechangeofattitudetowardsspeechsnobbery,andhallmarksofclassdistinctionsuchasstylesofspeechhavebeengraduallythrownaway,especiallybytheyounggeneration.Astheneedhasarisen,newwordshavebeeninventedorfoundfromotherlanguagesandintegratedintoEnglish.Similarly,oldwor
4、dsandexpressionshavebeendiscardedastheirusefulnesshasreducedorthefashionshavepassed.Thisalsohappenstostylesandmodesofspeechwhichbecamefashionableataparticulartimeandinspecificcircumstances.Bytheendofthe1960sitbecameapparentthatitwasnotnecessarytospeakStandardEnglis
5、horevencorrectgrammartobecomepopular,successfulandrich.Thefashionablespeechofthedaywasnolongertheprerogativeofaprivilegedclassbutratheranexpressionofclasslessness.ThegreatestsingleinfluenceoftheshapingoftheEnglishlanguageinmoderntimesistheAmericanEnglish.Overthelas
6、t25yearstheEnglishusedbymanypeople,particularlybythoseinthemedia,advertisingandshowbusiness,hasbecomemoreandmoremid-Atlanticinstyle,deliveryandaccent.Inthe1970s,fashionfavoredcarelesspronunciationandalanguagefullofjargon,slangand“in”words,muchofitquiteincomprehensi
7、bletotheoutsideworld.WhatisconsideredmodernandfashionableinBritaintodayisoftennotthekindofEnglishtaughtinschoolsandcolleges.51.WhichoneofthefollowingisNOTtrue?A.TheuseoftheEnglishlanguagehasnotchangedmuchinthiscentury.B.TheBBCannouncersspeakStandardEnglish.C.Englis
8、hhasnoassociationwithclassandsocialstatusnow.D.YoungpeopleallspeakEnglishinthesameway.华慧考博—考博第一品牌华慧网www.b2cedu.com考博咨询QQ:4006224468第1页共4页52.Whatd
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