《英语语音》考试试卷及答案

英语语音》考试试卷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. DoorbellC. BlackboardD.good-looking（） 6. A. primary school B. National DayC. lawn tennisD. shoe factory（）7. A. working people B. crying babyC. flying fishD. dining-room（）8. A. business man B. shopping centerC. stage managerD. nice fellow（）9. A. London Bridge B. Oxford StreetC. the Yellow RiverD. the Communist Party（）10. A. pick-pocket B. ill-treatmentC. vice-presidentD. 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）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. interest D. palely( ) 9. A. handkerchief B. handsomeC. WednesdayD. kingdom( ) 10. A. satisfactory B. territorialC. laboratoryD. 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 / 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 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 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 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 isthan 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 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.upB. LoweredC. at a standstill3.There are forty-sixty __ in English.A. speech soundsB. SymbolsC. phonemes4.In the word “curtain ”, “cool ”, “cause” and“sky ”, the pronunciation of the letter “ c ” and “ k ” are said to be _______________________________________________ .A. different phonemesB. allophonesC. in the complementary distribution5.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. anB. aC. the7.Which of the following is a passive articulator ?A. teeth ridgeB. soft palateC. uvula8.The explosion of /-t/ and /-d/ are known as ?A. nasal plosionB. double plosionC. lateral plosionually stress falls on words which are important ina sentence.A. phoneticallyB.grammaticallyC.semantically?10. The correct rhythmic patterns of the following areA. E. E. C 3 8B. 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 les son.Pre-head Head Nucleus Tail1.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.英语语音》考试答案Of the four words, try tofind the one which has differentstress (15%) ( 每小题1.5 分，共15分)1. C2. A3. A4. A5. D6. C7. D8. C9. B 10.A II. Choose one word which has different pronunciation from theIV. 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-dental3. articulatory, acoustic, auditory4. movement, changes5. 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. C2. B3. C4. C5. C6. A7. A8. C9. C 10. CVI. Mark out the component parts of the following tone-groupI. wordother three (15%) （ 每小题 1.5 分，共 15分 ）1. C2. B3. B4. D5. D6. C7. B8. B9. D 10. BIII. True or false. (15%) 1. T 2. F 3. F 4. T6. F7. T8. F9. T ( 每小题 1.5 分，共15分 )5. T(15%) ( 每小题 3 分，共15 分)1. You must 'light a 'fire to 'warm the dining-room.2. Will you 'have 'time to 'type this for me? P H N T3.'Why did he 'ask such a silly question?H N T4.You can have the book, if you like.P N T P N5.The 'more I thought about it, the 'less I liked it. P H N T P H N T。