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1、2019 高考英语二轮 25 分钟限时练习阅读理解（ 6）A 篇The Queen s English is now sounding less upper-class, a scientific study of theQueen s Christmas broadcasts had found. Researchers have studied each of her messages to the Commonwealth countries since 1952 to find out the change in her pronunciation from the noble Upp
2、er Received to the Standard Received.Jonathan Harrington, a professor at Germany s University of Munich, wanted todiscover whether accent （口音 ） changers recorded over the past half century wouldtake place within one person. “ As far as I know, there just is nobody else for whom there is this sort of
3、 broadcast records,” he said.He said the noble way of pronouncing vowels （ 元音 ） had gradually lost ground as the noble upper-class accent over the past years. “ Her accent sounds slightly less noble than it did 50 years ago. But these are very, very small and slow changes that we don t notice from y
4、ear to year.”“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 thetmen in the bleck het . Now it would be that man in the black hat. And hamerather than home. In the 1950s she would have been lo
5、rst , 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 Jou
6、rnal of Phonetics.46. The Queen s broadcasts were chosen for the study mainly because .A. she has been Queen for many yearsB. she has a less upper-class accent nowC. her speeches are familiar to many peopleD. her speeches have been recorded for 50 years47. Which of the following is an example of a l
7、ess 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 onA. speech soundsB.Christmas customsC.TVbroadcastingD.personal messages49. What is the text mainly about?A. The relationship between accents and socia
8、l classes.B. The Queen s Christmas speeches on TV.C. The changes in a person s accent.D. The recent development of the English language.B篇There was a story many years ago of a school teacher- Mrs. Thompson. She told the children on the first day that she loved them all the same. But that was a lie.
9、There in the front row was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard. He didn t play well with the other children and he always needed a bath. She did not like him.Then Mrs. Thompson got to know that Teddy was actually a very good boy before the death of his mother. Mrs. Thompson was ashamed of herself. She
10、 felt even worse when, like all her other students, Teddy brought her a Christmas present too. It was his mother s perfume（ 香水 ） 。Teddy said, “Mrs. Thompson, today you smell just like my Momused to. ” After the children left she cried for at least an hour. On that very day, she stopped teaching read
11、ing, writing and math. Instead, she began to teach children.Mrs. Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy. The boy s mind seemed to comealive. The more she encourage him, the faster he improved. By the end of the sixth grade, Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class.Six years we
12、nt by before she got a note from Teddy. He wrote that he had finished high school, third in his class, and she was still the best teacher he ever had in his whole lift.He went to college. Mrs. Thompson got two more letters from him withthe last one signed, Theodore F. Stoddard, M. D.（ 医学博士 ）.The sto
13、ry doesn t end there. On his wedding day, Dr. Stoddard whispered in Mrs.Thompsons ear, “Thank you, Mrs. Thompson, for believing in me. You made me feel important and showed me that I could make a difference. ”Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered back, “ Teddy, you have it all wrong. You
14、were the one who taught me that I could make a difference. I didn t know how to teach until I met you. ”50. What did Mrs. Thompson do on the first day of school?A. She made Teddy feel ashamedB. She asked the children to play with Teddy.C. She changed Teddy s seat to the front row.D. She told the cla
15、ss something untrue about herself.51. What did Mrs. Thompson find out about Teddy?A. He often told lies.B. He was good at math.C. He needed motherly care.D. He enjoyed playing with others.52. In what way did Mrs. Thompson change?A. She taught fewer school subjects.B. She became stricter with her stu
16、dents.C. She no longer liked her job as a teacher.D. She cared more about educating students.53. Why did Teddy thank Mrs. Thompson at his wedding?A. She had kept in touch with him.B. She had given him encouragement.C. She had sent him Christmas prese nts.D. She had taught him how to judge people.参考答案46-53 DBAC DCDB
