《英语语音》期末考试试卷及答案(共6页)

1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上英语语音考试试卷（A卷、闭卷）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. rela

2、x 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.

3、 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. 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

4、. 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（ ）8. A. hidden B. resent C. inte

5、rest D. palely（ ）9. A. handkerchief B. handsome C. Wednesday D. kingdom（ ）10. A. satisfactory B. territorial C. 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:

6、 / 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. Auxi

7、liary 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 avowel or a vowel with one or more than one consonant. A word has as many syllables as there are v

8、owels 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

9、 lower lip and the upper teeth is called_ sound. 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 end

10、ing 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 comp

11、lete the statement (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 languages 2. The soft palate can move up and down. When it is _ to let the air

12、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 phoneme

13、s B. allophonesC. in the complementary distribution 5. 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. the 7. Which of the following is a pas

14、sive articulator _?A. teeth ridge B. soft palate C. uvula 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 rhyt

15、hmic 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: 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 

16、9;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.英语语音考试答案（A卷、闭卷）I. Of the four words, try to

17、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.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. D 6. C 7. B 8. B 9. D 10. BIII. True or false. (15%) (每小题1.5 分，共

18、15分) 1. T 2. F 3. F 4. T 5. T 6. F 7. T 8. F 9. T 10. FIV. 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. C 6. A 7. A 8. C 9. C 10. CVI. Mark out the component parts of the following tone-group (15%)(每小题3 分，共15 分) 1. You must 'light a