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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.ResearchershavestudiedeachofhermessagestotheCommonwealthcountriessince1952tofindoutthechangeinherpronunciationfromthenobleUpperReceivedtotheStandardR
2、eceived.JonathanHarrington,aprofessoratGermany’sUniversityofMunich,wantedtodiscoverwhetheraccent(口音)changersrecordedoverthepasthalfcenturywouldtakeplacewithinoneperson.“AsfarasIknow,therejustisnobodyelseforwhomthereisthissortofbroadcastrecords,”hesaid.Hesaidthenoblewayofpronou
3、ncingvowels(元音)hadgraduallylostgroundasthenobleupper-classaccentoverthepastyears.“Heraccentsoundsslightlylessnoblethanitdid50yearsago.Butthesearevery,verysmallandslowchangesthatwedon’tnoticefromyeartoyear.”“Wemaybeabletorelateittochangesinthesocialclasses,”hetoldTheDailyTelegr
4、aph,aBritishnewspaper.“In1952shewouldhavebeenheardsaying‘thetmeninthebleckhet’.Nowitwouldbe‘thatmanintheblackhat’.And‘hame’ratherthan‘home’.Inthe1950sshewouldhavebeen‘lorst’,butbythe1970s‘lost’.”TheQueen’sbroadcastisapersonalmessagetotheCommonwealthcountries.EachChristmas,the1
5、0-minutebroadcastisputonTVat3pminBritainasmanyfamiliesarerecoveringfromtheirtraditionalturkeylunch.(传统火鸡午餐).Theresultswerepublished(发表)intheJournalofPhonetics.46.TheQueen’sbroadcastswerechosenforthestudymainlybecause______. A.shehasbeenQueenformanyyears B.shehasalessupper-
6、classaccentnow C.herspeechesarefamiliartomanypeople D.herspeecheshavebeenrecordedfor50years47.WhichofthefollowingisanexampleofalessnobleaccentinEnglish? A.“duaty” B.“citee” C.“hame” D.“lorst”-9-48.WemayinferfromthetextthattheJournalofPho
7、neticsisamagazineon_________. A.speechsounds B.Christmascustoms C.TVbroadcasting D.personalmessages49.Whatisthetextmainlyabout?A.Therelationshipbetweenaccentsandsocialclasses.B.TheQueen’sChristmasspeechesonTV.C.Th
8、echangesinaperson’saccent.D.TherecentdevelopmentoftheEnglishl
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