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【題目】Foreign visitors to the UK might be disappointed when they learn that not everyone there speaks like Harry Potter and his friends.

Many non-Brits think that everyone in Britain speaks with what is known as a Received Pronunciation（RP, 標(biāo)準(zhǔn)發(fā)音）______ , also called “the Queen’s English”.

____ many people do indeed talk this way, most Britons speak in their own regional（地區(qū)的）accents.

Scouse, Glaswegian and Black Country – from Liverpool, Glasgow and the West Midlands – are just three of the ______ non-RP accents British people speak with. There are even differences in accents between towns or cities just 30 kilometers ______ .

But besides disappointing foreign visitors, not speaking in an RP accent may mean a British person is judged, or even treated ______ , in their everyday life.

In a 2015 study by The University of South Wales, UK, videos of people reading a passage in three different UK accents were shown to a second group of people. The group then ______ how intelligent they thought the readers sounded.

The lowest-rated accent was Brummie, ______ to people from Birmingham, a city whose accent is considered working class.

“Specific regional accents are often seen as inferior（低下的）and belonging to groups lacking in honesty” Lance Workman, leader of the study, told The Telegraph.

“It is ______ that many of those with regional accents are still hitting a glass ceiling.”

But English-learners who want to sound more British shouldn’t go straight for RP, ______ many do. In fact, doing the opposite may even give you a(n) ______ .

Kong Seong-jae, 25, better known as “Korean Billy”, is an internet celebrity（名人）from Seoul. After studying in the UK, he ______ several regional accents. He’s now famous for his online videos, where he ______ the various accents he’s learned.

“British people ______ get really excited when I use some of their local dialect words, and they become much more ______ . I think it makes a bit of bond（情感紐帶）between local people and foreigners to speak in their local accent,” he told TEENS.

So if you’re working on ______ your British accent, try to speak like someone from Liverpool, Glasgow or Birmingham. You may not sound like Harry Potter, but you are likely to make more friends.

【1】A. language B. accent C. speech D. habit

【2】A. While B. If C. When D. As

【3】A. limited B. interesting C. countless D. strange

【4】A. wide B. separate C. away D. apart

【5】A. friendly B. unfairly C. differently D. equally

【6】A. imagined B. supposed C. questioned D. rated

【7】A. native B. close C. attractive D. accessible

【8】A. persuasive B. clear C. difficult D. unusual

【9】A. such B. as C. so D. like

【10】A. advantage B. effect C. hit D. shock

【11】A. hung on B. thought of C. learned about D. picked up

【12】A. aims at B. applies for C. shows off D. deals with

【13】A. seldom B. certainly C. usually D. hardly

【14】A. guilty B. friendly C. grateful D. cruel

【15】A. perfecting B. removing C. monitoring D. blaming

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【4】D

【5】C

【6】D

【7】A

【8】B

【9】B

【10】A

【11】D

【12】C

【13】C

【14】B

【15】A

【解析】本文主要討論有關(guān)英式發(fā)音的相關(guān)方面的問題。這篇文章先是提到了大多數(shù)人想讓自己的英語發(fā)音更地道，就去學(xué)習(xí)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)發(fā)音，它向讀者提供了一個(gè)反其道而行之的建議，就是去學(xué)習(xí)英國的一些地方方言，這樣你可能會(huì)交到更多的朋友。

【1】根據(jù)前文所述，可知這里強(qiáng)調(diào)的是口音，發(fā)音這方面的內(nèi)容， A. language語言 B. accent口音 C. speech演講 D. habit愛好。由短文大意可知這里用accent更合理。故選B。

【2】根據(jù)句意“很多人確實(shí)用這種方式談?wù)�，而大多�?shù)的英國人說話都帶有他們自己的地方口音。”這里需要一個(gè)連接詞且前后表示轉(zhuǎn)折和對(duì)比之意，重點(diǎn)是引出后面的內(nèi)容，While 這里表示前后對(duì)比，表示“而”。故選A。

【3】由后文提到的就算是相隔僅30km的小鎮(zhèn)之間都有口音差異，說明這幾個(gè)地區(qū)的non-RP accents British people人數(shù)眾多，countless 無數(shù)的，數(shù)不盡的。故選C。

【4】根據(jù)句意這里表示相隔30km遠(yuǎn)， A. wide 寬的 B. separate 使分離C. away遠(yuǎn)離 D. apart分開，遠(yuǎn)離。這里字面意思C，D都行，但是C一般表示一個(gè)物體離得有多遠(yuǎn)，重點(diǎn)強(qiáng)調(diào)單一物體的距離，而D項(xiàng)重點(diǎn)強(qiáng)調(diào)的是二者或者二者以上的物體之間的距離，這里明顯強(qiáng)調(diào)的是小鎮(zhèn)與小鎮(zhèn)之間的距離。故選D。

【5】根據(jù)句意“但是除了失望的外國游客，不是通過標(biāo)準(zhǔn)發(fā)音來判斷一個(gè)人是英國人，或者被區(qū)別對(duì)待�！�be treated differently 被區(qū)別對(duì)待。故選C。

【6】根據(jù)句意“這組人然后來評(píng)價(jià)他們認(rèn)為的讀者聽起來有多么聰明。”A. imagined 想象 B. supposed 猜想 C. questioned 質(zhì)疑 D. rated評(píng)價(jià)，認(rèn)為。故選D。

【7】前文提到伯明翰人Brummie后文提到了伯明翰Birmingham，這里很顯然Brummie對(duì)于Birmingham來說是當(dāng)?shù)厝耍?/span> A. native 當(dāng)?shù)氐?/span> B. close 近的 C. attractive 吸引人的 D. accessible可接近的。故選A。

【8】前文提到說地方口音的人常常被認(rèn)為是低下的和缺乏誠實(shí)的，后面有說到這些人會(huì)受到阻礙hitting a glass ceiling，可見這其中的原因是很明顯的了。A. persuasive 具有說服力的 B. clear 清楚的 C. difficult困難的 D. unusual不尋常的。故選B。

【9】根據(jù)句意“但是那些英語學(xué)習(xí)者想變得更具英倫范不應(yīng)該奔著標(biāo)準(zhǔn)口音去，想大多數(shù)人一樣。”as和.......一樣，故選B。

【10】根據(jù)句意這里強(qiáng)調(diào)的是不走尋常路，或者說用相反的方法，不像大多數(shù)人做的那樣，這樣反而會(huì)給你一種優(yōu)勢(shì)。 advantage有點(diǎn)，優(yōu)勢(shì)。故選A。

【11】根據(jù)句意這里表示已經(jīng)通過學(xué)習(xí)而得到技能（幾種不同的口音），A. hung on 等一下 B. thought of 認(rèn)為 C. learned about 學(xué)習(xí)，了解 D. picked up習(xí)得。故選D。

【12】根據(jù)句意Kong Seong-jae習(xí)得了幾種不同的口音，并且通過視頻來展示他的口音，從而使他成了名人。shows off 展示。故選C。

【13】根據(jù)句意“當(dāng)我使用一些他們當(dāng)?shù)氐囊恍┓窖栽~匯，英國人通常會(huì)變得很激動(dòng)。”usually 通常，常常。故選C。

【14】根據(jù)前文提到的，當(dāng)用到他們當(dāng)?shù)氐姆窖栽~匯，這些英國人會(huì)變得激動(dòng)，從而可以猜想他們的反應(yīng)應(yīng)該是積極地。A. guilty 有罪的 B. friendly 友好的 C. grateful 感激的 D. cruel殘忍的。由題意可知friendly 更合理。故選B。

【15】根據(jù)句意“如果你正在完善你的英式發(fā)音，你可以去嘗試像從Liverpool, Glasgow or Birmingham這些地方的人那樣說話。”A. perfecting 完善，使完美 B. removing 移動(dòng) C. monitoring 監(jiān)視 D. blaming責(zé)備。故選A。