Just as the English language has changed quickly in the previous century, so has the use of it.
After the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was founded in 1927, the particular style of speech of the BBC announcers was recognized as standard English or Received Pronunciation (RP) English. Now, most people still consider that the pronunciation and delivery of BBC announcers is the clearest and most understandable spoken English.
English has had a strong relationship with classes and social positions. However, since the Second World War there has been a clear change of attitude towards speech snobbery(自我優(yōu)越感), and marks of class distinction(區(qū)別) such as styles of speech have been gradually diminishing, especially in the younger generation.
By the end of the 1960s, it had become clear that it was not necessary to speak standard English or even correct grammar to become popular, successful and rich. The fashionable speech of the day was no longer the special right of a special class but rather a defiant(反抗的) expression of classlessness.
The greatest single influence of the shaping of the English language in modern times is the American English. Over the last 25 years the English used by many people, particularly by those in the media, advertising and show business, has become more and more mid-Atlantic in style, delivery and accent.
In the 1970s, fashion favored careless pronunciation and a language full of jargon, slang and “in” words, a great quantity of which couldn’t be understood by the outside world. What is considered modern and fashionable in Britain today is often not the kind of English taught in schools and colleges.
小題1:Which of the following is NOT true?
A．The use of the English language has not changed much in the previous century.
B．BBC announcers speak standard English.
C．English has no relationship with classes and social positions now.
D．Young people don’t like class distinction.
小題2:What does the author imply by saying “there has been a clear change of attitude towards speech snobbery”?
A．Everyone speaks English as the BBC announcers do.
B．There has been a great change of attitudes towards the status of English.
C．Most people don’t believe the way of speaking by BBC announcers is much better than that of other people.
D．It is necessary to speak standard English with correct grammar.
小題3:According to the author, there was a trend in the US for young people ________.
A．to speak standard English
B．to speak English with grammatical mistakes
C．to speak old English
D．to speak English without class distinction
小題4:It can be concluded from the passage that________.
A．standard English is taught only in schools and colleges
B．there has been a great change in the English language in the previous century
C．the English language has not been influenced by the American English in the last 25 years
D．young people are defiant because they refuse to speak standard English

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:B

試題分析：文章說明在上一世紀英語語言的變化，在60年代很明確已沒有了階級區(qū)分。 現(xiàn)代英語受到的最大的影響來自美國英語。在70年代，俚語，還有術語很少被外界理解了。
小題1:細節(jié)題，由第一段Just as the English language has changed quickly in the previous century可知選A。
小題2:推理題，由第四段的描述可知很多人都不認為BBC的語言不再是最好的語言了。故選C。
小題3:細節(jié)題，由marks of class distinction(區(qū)別) such as styles of speech have been gradually diminishing, especially in the younger generation.可知年輕人說英語沒有階級區(qū)分。
小題4:推理題，由Just as the English language has changed quickly in the previous century, so has the use of it.可知英語語言有很大的改變。
點評：這是一篇說明文，主要考查細節(jié)和推理問題，先通讀全文了解大意，然后根據(jù)設問再仔細閱讀與問題相關的內容，再進行選擇。主要考查考生的閱讀理解能力。
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