Perhaps, modern Britain is one of the last countries in the world with a ______, government-sanctioned titled aristocracy.

The Edwardian Era was the ______ for the upper-class aristocracy, and the 1930s saw the decline in power and status of the upper class.

To be from one of the “old” families is virtually a ______ of being upper class.

Recently, hereditary peers have been almost entirely ______ out of the House of Lords, and seats are held primarily by life peers.

This refinement of class distinction could be invented only by a society ______ with status and the pursuit of minutiae.

Members of the lower-middles class typically speak in local accents, although relatively ______.

They would ______ to get their children into good state or selective grammar schools, such as moving house into the catchment area.

More importantly, the de-industrialization of huge parts of the urban landscape of the UK has dramatically ______ the former industrial working class.

A working-class person might feel uncomfortable at a “society” wedding, but a certain amount of self-confidence would ______ for both.

Perhaps, modern Britain is one of the last countries in the world with full-on government sanctioned titled aristocracy. By “government sanctioned”, it means ________.

With regard to class consciousness between the US and the UK, which of the following is correct?

The power to grant such titles as peerages is a honey pot that prime ministers have a hard time keeping their paws out of. What does the term “a honey pot” used here most probably mean?

Normally, the middle class is composed of the people who spend more of their income on ______ than on ______.

According to the passage, such sports as ______ and ______ are regarded as a middle-class preserve.

It can be inferred from the passage that members of the British lower-middle class typically speak in ________.

The middle-middle class in Britain value culture and make up a significant proportion of the ______ and ______ public.

In the past, the working class or proletariat was defined as people who sold their ______ for ______.

The rapid expansion of service industries such as banking, tourism and insurance has led to over 35% of ________ households now having a female breadwinner.

Dictated by the working-class culture, its members would quickly ________ anyone who was thought to be stepping out of line, such as showing aspirations to rise “above their station”.