英语语音平时作业（三）
（笔答题部分）
班级： ____________ 姓名： ______________ 学号： ________________ 分数： _____________
• Which did you hear? 10%
Directions: Choose from the following groups of words the one you hear. Each of the words will be read twice .
1. A. short B. shot C. shirt D. shut
2. A. teal B. till C. tell D. tail
3. A. bus B. box C. books D. boss
4. A. dawn B. don C. darn D. done
5. A. fool B. full C. fall D. foal
Directions: Choose the correct answers / responses to the questions you hear. Each of the sentences will be read twice .
1. A. No, it was the wrong again.
B. No, it was not the white one.
2. A. Yes, he was short and thin.
B. Yes, I saw him fall down.
3. A. Yes, they did it. It was so quiet that they heard nothing at all.
B. Yes, they did it. It was so low that you had to listen very carefully.
4. A. No. They used to lead a much happier life.
B. No. They are very happy with what they have got now.
5. A. You mean the one I borrowed from you this morning?
B. You mean the one that robbed our neighbour's house last night?
Directions: Listen to the following sentences and write down the phonetic symbols of the underlined words. Each of the sentences will be read twice .
Example: I bought a new raincoat the other day. / 5 r e i n k [ u t /
1. We seem to have little in common . ______________
2. I had a headache this morning. ______________
3. I don't want to make a decision at once. ______________
4. She hasn't finished her composition , has he? _______________
5. I should like to read it, when you've finished with it. ______________
6. Would you please come immediately after tea? ______________
7. It's been a very enjoyable evening for all of us. ______________
8. Our university lies in the suburb of Beijing. ______________
9. Mary does everything patiently . ______________
10.Chinese food is very popular throughout the world. _______________
IV. Intonation units. 10%
Directions: listen to the following sentences and mark out the intonation units. Each of the sentences will be read twice .
Example: Those who sold quickly / made a profit.
1. The girl with a red pen in her hand looks very serious.
2. People remember things which make sense to them but not others.
3. For the answers we shall have to look at the problems first.
4. If you think about it you will see what I mean.
5. In this talk I would like to talk about the first kind of problem.
Directions: Listen to the following sentences and mark out the intonation in the brackets given, using ↗ , ↘, ↗↘or ↘↗. The dialogue will be read twice .
Example:
—Would you like ( ↗ )tea or ( ↘ )coffee?
—I'll have ( ↘ )coffee, ( ↗ )please.
—I'm going to the ( ) library. Would you like to come ( ) too, ( ) Pat?
—I'm ( ) ( ) sorry, but I have to work in the ( ) lab.
—( ) Oh, I ( ) see. Are you going ( ) now?
—I'll be read in a few ( ) minutes.
Directions: Listen to the following passage and fill in the missing words or phrases. The passage will be read three times. During the second reading, a short pause will be given after each of the sentences with missing words.
By the sea on one of the Japanese islands, we can see a new power station. It is the largest _(1)_ to be powered by the sun. There are, in fact, two totally different types of _(2)_ here, side by side, and each one of them _(3)_ generating one megawatt of electricity.
It is _(4)_ in the two-year test period to be certain yet which of the two designs is most effective. But it does look as though between _(5)_ and the spring, when the sun's at an angle, this parabolic type is better. But in the summer, when _(6)_ overhead, that central tower seems to have the advantage.
But when they have got the results of the tests, the next stage is to go on and _(7)_ ten times bigger than either of these. Coming to the right conclusions about solar power is even _(8)_ in Japan than it is _(9)_. 75 per cent of their energy comes from imported oil. They are determined to reduce that to 50 per cent _(10)_. And that will mean building a whole string of solar power station throughout the country.
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