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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.Foreachofthemtherearefourchoicesmar
2、kedA.B.CandD.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.PassageOneQuestions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage.AstheEnglishlanguagehaschangedatafastspeedinthiscentury,sohastheuseoftheEnglishlang
3、uage.AftertheBritishBroadcastingCorporation(BBC)wasfoundedin1927,theparticularstyleofspeechoftheBBCannouncerswasrecognizedasStandardEnglishorReceivedPronunciation(RP)English.Now,mostpeoplestillconsiderthatthepronunciationanddeliveryofBBCannouncersistheclea
4、restandmostunderstandablespokenEnglish.Englishhashadastrongassociationwithclassandsocialstatus.However,sincetheSecondWorldWartherehasbeenaconsiderablechangeofattitudetowardsspeechsnobbery,andhallmarksofclassdistinctionsuchasstylesofspeechhavebeengraduallyd
5、iscarded,especiallybytheyoungergeneration.Astheneedhasarisen,newwordshavebeeninventedorfoundfromotherlanguagesandincorporatedintoEnglish.Similarly,oldwordsandexpressionshavebeendiscardedastheirusefulnesshasdiminishedorthefashionshavepassed.Thisalsohappenst
6、ostylesandmodesofspeechwhichbecamefashionableataparticulartimeandinspecificcircumstances.Bytheendofthe1960sitbecameapparentthatitwasnotnecessarytospeakStandardEnglishorevencorrectgrammartobecomepopular,successfulandrich.Thefashionablespeechofthedaywasnolon
7、gertheprerogativeofaprivilegedclassbutratheradefiantexpressionofclasslessness.ThegreatestsingleinfluenceoftheshapingoftheEnglishlanguageinmoderntimesistheAmericanEnglish.Overthelast25yearstheEnglishusedbymanypeople,particularlybythoseinthemedia,advertising
8、andshowbusiness,hasbecomemoreandmoremid-Atlanticinstyle,deliveryandaccent.第12页共12页Inthe1970s,fashionfavouredstresslesspronunciationandalanguagefullofjargon,slangand“in”words,muchofitquiteincomprehensibletothe
