【正确答案】正确答案：Received pronunciation, widely used in public schools and spoken by most newsreaders of the BBC network, refers to the form of English pronunciation that is the most common model accent in the teaching of English as a foreign language. RP originates historically in the southeast of England and is spoken by the upper-middle and upper class throughout England. General American is the widely accepted accent used by most educated speakers in the USA. The differences between RP and GA in consonants are much less noticeable than those of vowels.

【答案解析】解析：(考查标准发音(RP)和通用美音)