《英语语音》考试试卷及答案

《英语语音》考试试卷

题 号 得 分 阅卷人 一 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 九 总分 I. Of the four words, try to find the one which has different word stress (15%)

（ ）1. A. balloon B. Bamboo C. bedroom D. belief （ ）2. A. discipline B. Diffuse C. Discover D. dismiss （ ）3. A. Difference B. diverse C. devote D. delay （ ）4. A. radiation B. relax C. remarkable D. repeat （ ）5. A. blacksmith B. Doorbell C. Blackboard D.good-looking （ ）6. A. primary school B. National Day C. lawn tennis D. shoe factory （ ）7. A. working people B. crying baby C. flying fish D. dining-room （ ）8. A. business man B. shopping center C. stage manager D. nice fellow （ ）9. A. London Bridge B. Oxford Street C. the Yellow River D. the Communist Party （ ）10. A. pick-pocket B. ill-treatment C. vice-president D. misbehavior

II. Choose one word which has different pronunciation from the other three (15%)

（ ）1. A. Subtle B. tomb C. cabinet D. doubt （ ）2. A. censor B. courtesy C. circle D. cynical （ ）3. A. condemn B. mutton C. solemn D. damn （ ）4. A. wrestle B. wreckage C. wrinkle D. weary （ ）5. A. shepherd B. rhetoric C. forehead D. inherit （ ）6. A. psychology B. cupboard C. punctual D. corps （ ）7. A. medicine B. nickname C. business D. venison

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（ ）8. A. hidden B. resent C. interest D. palely （ ）9. A. handkerchief B. handsome C. Wednesday D. kingdom （ ）10. A. satisfactory B. territorial C. laboratory D. victory

III. True or false. (15%)

( ) 1. A phoneme may have several allophones. ( ) 2. English vowels can be voiced or voiceless. ( ) 3. The mouth should be more open for / i: / than for / ? /.

( ) 4. / k / and / g / have the same place of articulation. ( ) 5. In English sound system some consonant phonemes are voiced or voiceless, but all the vowel phonemes are voiced. ( ) 6. There is more air out of mouth for voiced consonants than for voiceless consonants.

( ) 7. Auxiliary verbs are usually unstressed in a sentence. ( ) 8. Since diphthongs are composed of two vowel elements, they are treated as two syllables.

( ) 9. A syllable is a unit of speech sounds consists of a

vowel or a vowel with one or more than one consonant. A word has as many syllables as there are vowels in it.

( )10. The falling intonation is often associated with uncertainty and incompleteness.

IV. Fill in the blanks. ( 1 point for each, 20%)

1. The six stops (plosives) in consonants are ______, ______, ______, ______,______, ______. The voiceless stops are______, ______, ______; the voiced are ______, ______, ______.

2. A speech sound formed with the lower lip and the upper teeth is called________________ sound.

3. Phonetics has three branches: ____________ phonetics,

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____________phonetics and ____________ phonetics.

4. Monophthongs are made with no ____________ or change of the speech organs, while a diphthong is a vowel sound in the pronunciation of which its quality ____________, beginning as one vowel and ending as another.

5. All English diphthongs are falling diphthongs, which have the characteristics of: 1) the main stress is put on the ____________ element of the two; 2) the duration of the first element is ____________ than the second.

V. There are four choices following each statement. Mark the choice that can best complete the statement (20%).

1. The “Cardinal Vowel System” designed by Daniel Jones is mainly used to_______.

A. define pure vowels in English

B. define pure vowel system in any language

C. make contrasts between one and many other languages 2. The soft palate can move up and down. When it is _______ to let the air pass only through the nose, nasal sounds are formed. A. up B. Lowered C. at a standstill 3. There are forty-sixty ________ in English. A. speech sounds B. Symbols C. phonemes

4. In the word “curtain”, “cool”, “cause” and “sky”, the pronunciation of the letter “c” and “k” are said to be ________. A. different phonemes B. allophones C. in the complementary distribution

5. The correct meaning of “ John loves Mary.” is _______. A. It’s Mary who John loves. B. It’s John who loves Mary. C. John shows his affection not hatred for Mary. 6. I’ll have ________ X-ray examination tomorrow. A. an B. a C. the

7. Which of the following is a passive articulator _______? A. teeth ridge B. soft palate C. uvula

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8. The explosion of /-t/ and /-d/ are known as _______? A. nasal plosion B. double plosion C. lateral plosion 9. Usually stress falls on words which are ________ important in a sentence.

A. phonetically B. grammatically C. semantically? 10. The correct rhythmic patterns of the following are ________: A. E. E. C 3 8 B. 3 1 0 2 P. R. C. C. 2 8 3 3 5 7 U. S. A.

VI. Mark out the component parts of the following tone-group (15%) Example: There’s plenty of time to pre pare the lesson. There’s plenty of time to pre pare the lesson. Pre-head Head Nucleus Tail

1. You must 'light a 'fire to 'warm the dining-room.

2. Will you 'have 'time to 'type this for me?

3. 'Why did he 'ask such a silly question?

4. You can have the book, if you like.

5. The 'more I thought about it, the 'less I liked it.

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《英语语音》考试答案

I. Of the four words, try to find the one which has different word stress (15%) (每小题1.5 分，共15分)

1. C 2. A 3. A 4. A 5. D 6. C 7. D 8. C 9. B 10.A

II. Choose one word which has different pronunciation from the other three (15%) (每小题1.5 分，共15分) 1. C 2. B 3. B 4. D 5. D 6. C 7. B 8. B 9. D 10. B

III. True or false. (15%) (每小题1.5 分，共15分) 1. T 2. F 3. F 4. T 5. T 6. F 7. T 8. F 9. T 10. F

IV. Fill in the blanks. ( 1 point for each, 20%)(每空1 分，共20 分)

1. / p /, / b /, / t /, / d /, / k /, / g /; / p /, / t /, / k /; / b /, / d /, / g /. 2. Labi0-dental 3. articulatory, acoustic, auditory 4. movement, changes 5. first, longer

V. There are four choices following each statement. Mark the choice that can best complete the statement (20%). (每小题2 分，共20分) 1. C 2. B 3. C 4. C 5. C 6. A 7. A 8. C 9. C 10. C

VI. Mark out the component parts of the following tone-group (15%) (每小题3 分，共15 分)

1. You must 'light a 'fire to 'warm the dining-room.

P H N T

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2. Will you 'have 'time to 'type this for me?

P H N T

3. 'Why did he 'ask such a silly question? H N T

4. You can have the book, if you like.

P N T P N

5. The 'more I thought about it, the 'less I liked it. P H N T P H N T

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