2015年四川农业大学博士英语入学考试

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1、四川农业大学2008年招收攻读博士学位研究生考试试题科目名称：1080英语(总分：100分)适用专业：各专业考生注意：所有答案必需写在答题纸上，否则无效！本试题随同答题纸交回！PartIReadingComprehension(45points)Directions:Thereare6passagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA.B.CandD.Youshoulddecideont

2、hebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.PassageOneQuestions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage.AstheEnglishlanguagehaschangedatafastspeedinthiscentury,sohastheuseoftheEnglishlanguage.AftertheBritishBroadcastingCorporation(BBC)wasfoundedin19

3、27,theparticularstyleofspeechoftheBBCannouncerswasrecognizedasStandardEnglishorReceivedPronunciation(RP)English.Now,mostpeoplestillconsiderthatthepronunciationanddeliveryofBBCannouncersistheclearestandmostunderstandablespokenEnglish.Englishhashadastrongassociationwithclassandsocialstatu

4、s.However,sincetheSecondWorldWartherehasbeenaconsiderablechangeofattitudetowardsspeechsnobbery,andhallmarksofclassdistinctionsuchasstylesofspeechhavebeengraduallydiscarded,especiallybytheyoungergeneration.Astheneedhasarisen,newwordshavebeeninventedorfoundfromotherlanguagesandincorporate

5、dintoEnglish.Similarly,oldwordsandexpressionshavebeendiscardedastheirusefulnesshasdiminishedorthefashionshavepassed.Thisalsohappenstostylesandmodesofspeechwhichbecamefashionableataparticulartimeandinspecificcircumstances.Bytheendofthe1960sitbecameapparentthatitwasnotnecessarytospeakStan

6、dardEnglishorevencorrectgrammartobecomepopular,successfulandrich.Thefashionablespeechofthedaywasnolongertheprerogativeofaprivilegedclassbutratheradefiantexpressionofclasslessness.ThegreatestsingleinfluenceoftheshapingoftheEnglishlanguageinmoderntimesistheAmericanEnglish.Overthelast25yea

7、rstheEnglishusedbymanypeople,particularlybythoseinthemedia,advertisingandshowbusiness,hasbecomemoreandmoremid-Atlanticinstyle,deliveryandaccent.第12页共12页Inthe1970s,fashionfavouredstresslesspronunciationandalanguagefullofjargon,slangand“in”words,muchofitquiteincomprehensibletothe