《英语语音》期末考试试卷及答案.doc

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. relax 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. 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. 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. 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: / 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 phonemes 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 passive 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 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 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 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 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%