华慧上海交通大学2011年考博英语真题阅读理解第3篇试题及参考答案

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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,theparticularstyleofspeechoftheBBCannouncerswasrecognizedasStandardEnglishofReceivedPronunciation(RP)

2、English.NowmostpeoplestillconsiderthatthepronunciationanddeliveryofBBCannouncersintheclearestandmostunderstandablespokenEnglish.Englishhashadastrongassociation,withclassandsocialstatus.However,sincetheSecondWorldWartherehasbeenaconsiderablechangeofattitudetowardsspeechsnobbery,andhallmarksofclassdi

3、stinctionsuchasstylesofspeechhavebeengraduallythrownaway,especiallybytheyounggeneration.Astheneedhasarisen,newwordshavebeeninventedorfoundfromotherlanguagesandintegratedintoEnglish.Similarly,oldwordsandexpressionshavebeendiscardedastheirusefulnesshasreducedorthefashionshavepassed.Thisalsohappenstos

4、tylesandmodesofspeechwhichbecamefashionableataparticulartimeandinspecificcircumstances.Bytheendofthe1960sitbecameapparentthatitwasnotnecessarytospeakStandardEnglishorevencorrectgrammartobecomepopular,successfulandrich.Thefashionablespeechofthedaywasnolongertheprerogativeofaprivilegedclassbutrathera

5、nexpressionofclasslessness.ThegreatestsingleinfluenceoftheshapingoftheEnglishlanguageinmoderntimesistheAmericanEnglish.Overthelast25yearstheEnglishusedbymanypeople,particularlybythoseinthemedia,advertisingandshowbusiness,hasbecomemoreandmoremid-Atlanticinstyle,deliveryandaccent.Inthe1970s,fashionfa

6、voredcarelesspronunciationandalanguagefullofjargon,slangand“in”words,muchofitquiteincomprehensibletotheoutsideworld.WhatisconsideredmodernandfashionableinBritaintodayisoftennotthekindofEnglishtaughtinschoolsandcolleges.51.WhichoneofthefollowingisNOTtrue?A.TheuseoftheEnglishlanguagehasnotchangedmuch

7、inthiscentury.B.TheBBCannouncersspeakStandardEnglish.C.Englishhasnoassociationwithclassandsocialstatusnow.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