《英语语音》考试试卷及答案

1、英语语音考试试卷题 号一二三四五六七八九总分得 分阅卷人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. remarkable

2、 d. repeat （ ）5. a. blacksmith b. doorbellc. blackboard d.good-looking（ ）6. a. primary school b. national dayc. lawn tennis d. shoe factory（ ）7. a. working people b. crying babyc. flying fish d. dining-room（ ）8. a. business man b. shopping centerc. stage manager d. nice fellow（ ）9. a. london bridge

3、b. oxford streetc. the yellow river d. the communist party（ ）10. a. pick-pocket b. ill-treatmentc. vice-president d. misbehaviorii. 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

4、 （ ）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第 1页 （共6页）（ ）7. a. medicine b. nickname c. business d. venison （ ）8. a. hidden b. resent c. interest

5、 d. palely （ ）9. a. handkerchief b. 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

6、for/ ? /.( ) 4. / k / and / g / have 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 a

7、re 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.(

8、)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 th

9、e upper teeth is called_ sound.第 2页 （共6页）3. phonetics has three branches: _ phonetics, _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 an

10、other.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 s

11、tatement (20%).1. the “cardinal vowel system” designed by daniel jones is mainly used 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 _ to let the air pass only th

12、rough the nose, nasal sounds are formed. a. up b. lowered c. at a standstill3. there are 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. allopho

13、nesc. in the complementary distribution5. the correct meaning of “ john loves mary.” is _.a. its mary who john loves. b. its john who loves mary. c. john shows his affection not hatred for mary.6. ill have _ x-ray examination tomorrow.a. an b. a c. the7. which of the following is a passive articulat

14、or _?第 3页 （共6页）a. teeth ridge b. soft palate c. uvula8. the explosion of /-t/ and /-d/ are known as _?a. nasal plosion b. double plosion c. lateral plosion9. usually stress falls on words which are _ important in a sentence.a. phonetically b. grammatically c. semantically? 10. the correct rhythmic p

15、atterns 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: theres plenty of time to pre pare the lesson. theres plenty of time to pre pare the lesson.pre-head head nucleus tail1. you must light

16、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.第 4页 （共6页）英语语音考试答案i. of the four words, try to find the one which has different word stress (15%)

17、 (每小题1.5 分，共15分)1. c 2. a 3. a 4. a 5. d6. c 7. d 8. c 9. b 10.aii. 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. d6. c 7. b 8. b 9. d 10. biii. true or false. (15%) (每小题1.5 分，共15分)1. t 2. f 3. f 4. t 5. t6. f 7. t 8. f 9. t 10. fi

18、v. 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, longerv. 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. c6. a 7. a 8. c 9. c 10. cvi. mark out the component parts of the following tone-group (15%) (每小题3