首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
As regards social conventions, we must say a word about the well-known English class system. This is an embarrassing subject for
As regards social conventions, we must say a word about the well-known English class system. This is an embarrassing subject for
admin
2010-07-24
37
问题
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 grown less and less, and the class system less rigid. But it still exists below the surface. 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", 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.
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 of social equality in England is the two-class education system. To have been to a so-called "public school" immediately marks you out as one of the middle class. The middle classes tend to live a more formal life than working-class people, and are usually more cultured. 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 enter the professions, and working-class incomes have grown so much recently that the distinctions between the two classes are become less and less clear. However, regardless of one’s social status, certain standards of politeness are expected of everybody, and a well-bred person is polite to everyone he meets, and treats a labourer with the same respect he gives an important businessman. Servility inspires both embarrassment and dislike. Even the word "sir", except in schools and in certain occupations (e. g. commerce, the army etc.) sounds too servile to be commonly used.
Which of the following is not true about the English class system?
选项
A、It is an embarrassing subject for English people.
B、Working-class students cannot receive a university education.
C、The class system is much less rigid than it was.
D、The class system still exists below the surface.
答案
B
解析
事实判断题。见文章第三段第二句“Working-class students very commonly receive a university education and enter the professions”,也就是说来自工人阶级家庭的学生接受大学教育并且从事某种职业的情况已十分普遍。而B) 的内容与此句完全相反。而根据文章的开头部分的几句话可以看出,A) 、C) 、 D) 三项都是符合的。
转载请注明原文地址:https://jikaoti.com/ti/qAEFFFFM
0
大学英语四级
相关试题推荐
A、Helikesittoomuchtoreadit.B、Helikespaperbackedition.C、Hethinksthehardbackeditionistooexpensive.D、Hewaitst
Climatechangehasbroughtaboutsuchproblemsasbleaching-induced【S1】______ofcorals.Bleachingoccurswhencoralsaxestresse
A、Hehascuthimself.B、Hecannotfacethepublic.C、Hewastooclosetothespeaker.D、Heisnotfeelingwellaboutthenews.D
Wisebuyingisapositivewayinwhichyoucanmakeyourmoneygofurther.The【C1】______yougoaboutpurchasinganarticleora
SinceWordWarⅡ,therehasbeenaclearlynoticeabletrend,especiallyamongthegrowinggroupofcollegestudents,towardearl
A、Bothprovideaccommodationsfortheyoung.B、Bothhaveplacestostorefood.C、Bothhavedevicesforregulatingthetemperatur
Isthegoaltomakeallofourpaperfromwaste?It’sa【S1】______question.Ifwecollectenoughwaste,couldcompaniesstopusin
A、Becausetheirvaluewentupeveryyear.B、Becausetheywereexpensive.C、Becausetheywereterrible.D、Becausetheywereattra
Robotsdomakemistakessometimes.Buttheyarenotresponsibleforthemistakes.Inoneautomobilefactory,,forexample,thed
随机试题
常用来检查内部结构的裂纹、搭接、夹杂物、焊接不良的焊缝、锻造裂纹、腐蚀坑以及加工不适当的塑料压层等的故障诊断技术为()。
建设工程勘察合同法律关系的客体是指( )。
背景资料:某大型防洪工程由政府投资兴建。项目法人委托某招标代理公司代理施工招标。招标代理公司依据有关规定确定该项目采用公开招标方式招标,招标公告在当地政府规定的招标信息网上发布。招标文件中规定:投标担保可采用投标保证金或投标保函方式担保。评标方法
下列不属于金融市场中的货币市场的是()
劳动合同的无效,经仲裁未引起诉讼的,由()认定。
某乡镇企业(地处农村)三月份应缴纳增值税6万元,营业税2万元,则该乡镇企业当月应纳城市维护建设税为( )。
请仔细阅读给定资料,并按要求完成作答。1.近一年来,银行不时犯一下“钱紧”病,去年曾发生过两次流动性紧张事件,6月26日数据显示,上海银行问利率全线上涨,达到惊人的13.44%,创下历史新高,就在银行间市场“钱紧”同时,沪深股市全线下跌,投资者开
(2016·山东)校本课程是促进学校特色发展的重要途径。下列说法正确的有()
[*]
Mostofthepeoplewhoappearmostoftenandmostgloriouslyinthehistorybooksaregreatconquerorsandgeneralsandsoldiers
最新回复
(
0
)