《实用英语语音(二)》复习资料

《实用英语语音(二)》复习资料1

I. Fill in the blanks.

1.An intonation unit usually corresponds to a group .

2.The phonetic transcription of the underlined words in the sentence “The present president of

the committee will present the final report to Parliament soon.” are [ ] and [ ] respectively.

3.The frequent occurrence of the syllable is one of the fundamental characteristics

of spoken English，and the one that most distinguishes English from Chinese.

4.The syllable which carries a maximal prominence in the tone unit is called .

5.Rhythm in English speech is based on .

6.According to the manner of articulation，the sound [ p ] and [ t ] are

_______consonants while [ m ] and [ n ] are consonants.

7.Intonation can be used to convey feelings and attitudes.The

__________intonation is said to be more often associated with feelings of hesitation，contrast，reservation or doubt.

8.According to the place of articulation，the sound[ θ ]and [ ð ] are.

9.Head in an intonation unit extends from the syllable up to the .

10.Stressed syllables in English have and clear vowel sounds.

11.In spoken English，the phenomenon of joining words together is called .

12.Intonation can be used to remove ambiguity of English sentences. This is the ____

function of intonation.

13.The short vowel sound in unstressed syllables is very often the sound ________，which is the

most common of all sounds in English.

14.[ tʃ] and [ dʒ] are two English affricates and they differ primarily in terms of

_______ .

15.When we link the final vowels [ ə: ] and [ ə ] to a following vowel，we should add the [ r ]

sound as in “her︶own”，and this sound is called .

16.The consonants are made by completely stopping the airflow at some point in

the mouth and then，for most productions，releasing it into the sound that follows.

17.The placement of nucleus depends on the information content: the more predictable a word’s

occurrence is in a given context，the its information content is.

Ⅱ. Multiple Choice

1.在下列四个单词用斜杠标出的字母中，有一个与其他部分的读音不同。请找出这个词。

A. cl/ear/

B. y/ear/

C. h/ear/t

D. d/ear/

2.在下列四个单词用斜杠标出的字母中，有一个与其他部分的读音不同。请找出这个词。

A. /u/mbrella

B. /u/niverse

C. /u/nderstand

D. /u/nknown

3.在下列四个单词用斜杠标出的字母中，有一个与其他部分的读音不同。请找出这个词。

A. want/ed/

B. lov/ed/

C. worri/ed/

D. stay/ed/

4.在下列四个单词用斜杠标出的字母中，有一个与其他部分的读音不同。请找出这个词。

A. /k/ey

B. /k/nock

C. /k/nee

D. /k/nife

5.在下列四个单词用斜杠标出的字母中，有一个与其他部分的读音不同。请找出这个词。

A. phys/i/cs

B. qu/i/ckly

C. l/i/brary

D. t/i/cket

6.在下列四个单词用斜杠标出的字母中，有一个与其他部分的读音不同。请找出这个词。

A. tri/ed/

B. defend/ed/

C. plann/ed/

D. hir/ed/

7. 在下列四个单词用斜杠标出的字母中，有一个与给出单词disapp/o/int中斜杠标出的字母的