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    As regards social conventions,we must say a,word about the English class system.This is an embarrassing subject for English people,and one they tend to be ashamed of,though dunng the present century class.consciousness has grown less and less.But it still exists.Broadly speaking,it means there are two classes.the“middle class”and the“working class”(We shall ignore for a moment the old“upper class”.since it is extremely small in numbers;but some of its members have the right to sit in the House of Lords,and some newspapers take a surprising interest in their private life.)The middle class consists chiefly of businessmen and professional people of all kinds.The working class consists chiefly of manual and unskilled workers.
    The most obvious difference between them is in their accent.Middle—class people use slightly varying kinds of“received pronunciation”,which is the kind of English spoken by BBC announcers and taught to overseas pupils.Typical workin9—class people speak in many different local accents which are generally felt to be rather ugly and uneducated.One of the biggest barriers of social equality in England is the tw0—class education system.To have been to a s0’called“public
    school’’immediately marks you out as one of the middle class.The middle classes tend to live a more formal life.Their midday meal is“lunch”and they have a rather formal evening meal called.“dinner”.whereas the working man’s dinner,if his working hours permit,is at midday,and his smaller,late—evening meal is called supper.
    It has been government policy to reduce class distincti0.ns.Workin9.class students commonlv
    receive a university education and enter the professions,and workin9—class incomes have grown so much recently.However,regardless of one’S social status,certain standards of politeness areex.
pected of everybody,and a well—bred person is polite to everyone he meets.and treats a laborer with the same respect he gives an important businessman.Servility inspires both embarraSSlnent and
dislike·Even the word“sir”,except in school and in certain occupations(e.g.commerce.the ar my etc.)sounds too servile to be commonly used.’

The“upper class”in England today .

A . are extremely small in number so that media pays no aRenfion to them
B . still uses old words like“sir”in their everyday life
C . Call sits in the House of Lords
D . refers only to the royal famiry

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    As regards social conventions,we must say a,word about the English class system.This is an embarrassing subject for English people,and one they tend to be ashamed of,though dunng the present century class.consciousness has grown less and less.But it still exists.Broadly speaking,it means there are two classes.the“middle class”and the“working class”(We shall ignore for a moment the old“upper class”.since it is extremely small in numbers;but some of its members have the right to sit in the House of Lords,and some newspapers take a surprising interest in their private life.)The middle class consists chiefly of businessmen and professional people of all kinds.The working class consists chiefly of manual and unskilled workers.
    The most obvious difference between them is in their accent.Middle—class people use slightly varying kinds of“received pronunciation”,which is the kind of English spoken by BBC announcers and taught to overseas pupils.Typical workin9—class people speak in many different local accents which are generally felt to be rather ugly and uneducated.One of the biggest barriers of social equality in England is the tw0—class education system.To have been to a s0’called“public
    school’’immediately marks you out as one of the middle class.The middle classes tend to live a more formal life.Their midday meal is“lunch”and they have a rather formal evening meal called.“dinner”.whereas the working man’s dinner,if his working hours permit,is at midday,and his smaller,late—evening meal is called supper.
    It has been government policy to reduce class distincti0.ns.Workin9.class students commonlv
    receive a university education and enter the professions,and workin9—class incomes have grown so much recently.However,regardless of one’S social status,certain standards of politeness areex.
pected of everybody,and a well—bred person is polite to everyone he meets.and treats a laborer with the same respect he gives an important businessman.Servility inspires both embarraSSlnent and
dislike·Even the word“sir”,except in school and in certain occupations(e.g.commerce.the ar my etc.)sounds too servile to be commonly used.’

The“upper class”in England today .
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篇章分析
本文是一篇说明文,主要讲述英国的等级意识。文章第一段提出虽然这种观念越来越淡,但在实际上等级之分仍然存在,第二段提出不同阶层的最大区别是他们的口音,第三段提出尽管政府努力消除等级差距,但是不同阶层的人仍然存在差异,并举了人们使用“sir”这个词的例子。


答案及解析
【题型】推理题
【解析】题干意为“今天英国的上层社会是怎样的?”A选项前一半是对的,上流社会人数很少,后一半是错的,因为媒体很关注他们,B选项相关内容在文末,D没有提到。另外文章第一段第四句话中提到上层社会的人有权坐在上议院里,因此可以看出C是正确答案。

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