C. steam

　　D. make

　　、阅读理解

　　A

　　It was once common to regard Britain as a society with class distinction. Each class had unique characteristics.

　　In recent years, many writers have begun to speak the 'decline of class' and 'classless society' in Britain. And in modern day consumer society everyone is considered to be middle class.

　　But pronouncing the death of class is too early. A recent wide-ranging society of public opinion found 90 percent of people still placing themselves in particular class; 73 percent agreed that class was still a vital part of British society; and 52 percent thought there were still sharp class differences. Thus, class may not be culturally and politically obvious, yet it remains an important part of British society. Britain seems to have a love of stratification.

　　One unchanging aspect of a British person's class position is accent. The words a person speaks tell her or his class. A study of British accents during 1970s found that a voice sounding like a BBC newsreader was viewed as the most attractive voice, Most people said this accent sounded 'educated' and 'soft'. The accents placed at the bottom in this study, on the other hand, were regional（地区的）city accents. These accents were seen as 'common' and 'ugly'. However, a similar study of British accents in the US turned these results upside down and placed some regional accents as the most attractive and BBC English as the least. This suggests that British attitudes towards accent have deep roots and are based on class prejudice.

【2016届高三英语二轮复习作业卷：26（含解析）（河北衡水）】相关文章：

★ 【课堂新坐标】2017届高考英语（通用版）二轮复习完形填空专题训练：技法1 利用上下文暗示解题（含解析）

★ 2017高考四川省广安市英语阅读理解一轮系列训练：14（含解析）

★ 【课堂新坐标】2017届高考英语（通用版）二轮复习书面表达专题训练：技法1 认真审题拟出全部要点（含解析）

★ 【优化方案】2017届高考英语二轮复习全国卷Ⅱ规范练：2（含解析）

★ 四川省2016届高考英语一轮复习课时作业（20） Module 2 Traffic Jam 外研版必修4

★ 山西省永济市涑北中学高三英语总复习：美文欣赏（2）（Dad’s Gift）

★ 2014届高考英语一轮复习必修4参考答案（外研版）

★ 【优化方案】2017届高考英语二轮复习全国卷Ⅱ题型重组训练：第13组（含解析）

★ 2014届高考英语一轮复习课时作业(三十一)选修6Module 1《Small Talk》（外研版）

★ 2017届高考英语二轮复习课时训练：7（含解析）