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As regards social conventions, we must say a word about the well-known Engli
As regards social conventions, we must say a word about the well-known Engli
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As regards social conventions, we must say a word about the well-known English class system. This is an embarrassing subject for English people, and one they tend to be ashamed of, though during the present century class- consciousness has decreased, and the class system less rigid. But it still exists below the surface. Broadly speaking, there are two classes, the middle class and the working class. (We shall ignore for a moment the old "upper class", including the hereditary aristocracy, 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 well-to-do businessmen and professional people of all kinds. The working class consists chiefly of manual and unskilled workers.
(79)
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 working-class people speak in many different local accents which are generally felt to be rather ugly and uneducated. One of the biggest barriers to social equality in England is the two-class educational system. To have been to a so-called "public school" immediately marks one as of the middle class. The middle classes tend to live a more formal life than working class people, and are usually more cultured. (80)
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.
As we have said, however, the class system is much less rigid than it was, and for a long time it has been government policy to reduce class distinctions. Working-class students very commonly receive a university education, and working- class incomes have grown so much recently that the distinctions between the two classes are becoming less and less clear. However, regardless of one’s social status, certain standards of politeness are expected of everybody. 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 embarrassment and dislike. Even the word "sir", except in school and in certain occupations (e.g. commerce, the army) sounds too servile to be commonly used.
选项
A、who were born as aristocrat
B、who have the right to sit in the House of Lords
C、who speak in many different local accents
D、who are prosperous businessmen or professionals
答案
D
解析
细节题。选项D意为“那些比较富裕的生意人或专业人士”。第一段的倒数第二句说:“The middle class consists chiefly of well-to-do businessmen and professional people of all kinds.”(中产阶级主要包括富裕的生意人和各种职业的人。)
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