《英語語音》期末考試試卷及答案

1、英語語音考試試卷（A卷、閉卷）題號一二三四五六七八九總分得分閱卷人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. remarkab

2、le D. repeat( )5. A. blacksmith B. DoorbellC. Blackboard D.good-looking()6. A. primary schoolB. National DayC. lawn tennis D. shoe factory()7. A. working peopleB. crying babyC. flying fish D. dining-room()8. A. business manB. shopping centerC. stage manager D. nice fellow()9. A. London BridgeB. Oxfo

3、rd StreetC. the Yellow River D. the Communist Party()10. A. pick-pocket B. ill-treatmentC. vice-president D. misbehavior( I. 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. courtesyC. circle D.cynical( )3. A. co

4、ndemn B. muttonC. solemnD. damn( )4. A. wrestle B. wreckageC. wrinkleD. weary( )5. A. shepherd B. rhetoricC. foreheadD. inherit( )6. A. psychology B. cupboard C. punctual D. corps) 7. A. medicine B. nickname C. business D. venison() 8. A. hidden B. resent C. interest D. palely() 9. A. handkerchief B

5、. handsomeC. Wednesday D. kingdom() 10. A. satisfactory B. territorialC. laboratory D. victoryIII. 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 / ha

6、ve the same place of articulation.( ) 5. In English sound system some consonant phonemes arevoiced or voiceless, but all the vowel phonemes are voiced.( ) 6. There is more air out of mouth for voiced consonantsthan for voiceless consonants.( )7. Auxiliary verbs are usually unstressed in a sentence.(

7、 ) 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 avowel 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 as

8、sociated withuncertainty 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 teethis calledsound.3. Phonetics has three bran

9、ches: phonetics,phonetics and phonetics.4. Monophthongs are made with no or change of thespeech organs, while a diphthong is a vowel sound in the pronunciation of which its quality , beginning as onevowel and ending as another.5. All English diphthongs are falling diphthongs, which have the characte

10、ristics 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 u

11、sed to.A. define pure vowels in EnglishB. define pure vowel system in any languageC. make contrasts between one and many other languages2. The soft palate can move up and down. When it is tolet the air pass only through the nose, nasal sounds are formed.A. up B. Lowered C. at a standstill3. There ar

12、e forty-sixty in English.A. speech sounds B. Symbols C. phonemes4. In the word “ curtain ” , “ cool ” , “ cause” and “ sky” , the pronunciation of the letter “ c” and “ k” are said to be .A. different phonemes B. allophonesC. in the complementary distribution5. The correct meaning of “ John loves Ma

13、ry. ” 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. the7. Which of the following is a passive articulator ?A. teeth ridge B. soft palate C. uvula8. The explosion of /-t/ and /-d/ are

14、known as ?A. nasal plosion B. double plosion C. lateral plosion9. Usually stress falls on words which are important ina 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

15、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 theles son.Pre-head Head Nucleus Tail1. You must 'light a 'fire to 'warm the dining-room.2. Will you 'have 'time to 'type this f

16、or 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.英語語音考試答案（A卷、閉卷）I. Of the four words, tryto find the one which has different wordstress (15%)( 每小題 1.5 分，共15分 )I. C2. A3. A4. A5. D6. C7. D8. C9.

17、 B10.AII. Choose one word which has different pronunciation from the other three (15%)( 每小題 1.5 分，共15分 )1. C2. B3. B4. D5. D6. C7. B8. B9. D10. BIII. True or false. (15%)(每小題 1.5 分，共15分 )1. T2. F3. F4. T5. T6. F7. T8. F9. T10. FIV. Fill in the blanks. ( 1 point for each, 20%)( 每空 1 分，共 20分)1. / p /,

18、/ b /,/ t /,/ d /,/ k /,/ g /;/ p /, / t /,/ k /;/ b /,/ d /,/ g /.2. Labi0-dental 3. articulatory, acoustic, auditory4. movement, changes 5. first, longerV. There are four choices following each statement. Mark the choice that can best complete the statement (20%).( 每小題 2 分，共20分 )1. C2. B3. C4. C5. C6. A7. A8. C9. C10. CVI. Mark out the component parts of the following tone-group (15%)( 每小題 3 分，共 15 分 )1. You must '