“We may be able to relate it to changes in the social classes,” he told The Daily Telegraph, a British newspaper. “In 1952 she would have been heard saying ‘thet men in the bleck het’. Now it would be ‘that man in the black hat’. And ‘hame’ rather than ‘home’. In the 1950s she would have been ‘lorst’, but by the 1970s ‘lost’.”

　　The Queen’s broadcast is a personal message to the Commonwealth countries. Each Christmas, the 10-minute broadcast is put on TV at 3 pm in Britain as many families are recovering from their traditional turkey lunch. (传统火鸡午餐).

　　The results were published (发表) in the Journal of Phonetics.

　　46. The Queen’s broadcasts were chosen for the study mainly because ______.

　　    A. she has been Queen for many years

　　    B. she has a less upper-class accent now

　　    C. her speeches are familiar to many people

　　    D. her speeches have been recorded for 50 years

　　47. Which of the following is an example of a less noble accent in English?

　　   A. “duaty”                  B. “citee”                 C. “hame”        D. “lorst”

　　48. We may infer from the text that the Journal of Phonetics is a magazine on _________.

　　     A. speech sounds                                   B. Christmas customs

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