TR - Final - Pronunciation - 09.2021 (1)

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY – HOCHIMINH CITY UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES FACULTY OF ENGLISH LINGUISTICS & LITERATURE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS Transfer Program Student’s full name: _ Student ID: Class: Instructor: FINAL EXAMINATION Course: PRONUNCIATION Time Allotted: 60 minutes Exam Date: September 03, 2021 ! ! Approved by Proctors (CBCT) Examiner(s) Oral score (40%)! Written score (60%)! Total Score (100%)! 1 In figures: 2 In words: ! Đặng Thị Vân Di Notes: Materials and dictionaries of all kinds are NOT allowed Students write their answers on a separate blank sheet of paper TEST PAPER SECTION Listen and underline the word or phrase you hear in each sentence Write your answers on the answer sheet You will listen to the recording TWICE The first has been done for you as an example (1.5 points) 0.! It’s cool in the shed / shade On the recording you hear “shade”, so on the answer sheet write shade 1.! Did you see the man / men? 6.! I got a good price / prize for that painting 2.! Have you seen my cap / cup? 7.! I don’t know where he sat / he’s at 3.! She put her hand on her hat / heart 8.! They didn’t suit / shoot him 4.! I’ve got a pain / pen in my hand 9.! I’ve saved / shaved a lot in the past few days 5.! There are bugs in this hay / hair 10.!We didn’t sink / think SECTION Listen and fill in the blanks Each blank contains one word You will listen to the recording TWICE The first has been done for you as an example (2 points) 0.! I was just going to _bed _ when the doorbell rang From what you hear on the recording, the gaps can be filled with “bed” and “doorbell”, so on the answer sheet write bed and doorbell _ Speaker 1: I first came out here to stay with friends for a few months after I left university, but ended up not going back I couldn’t believe how laid back it was all here Everyone is every (1) and informal and in the part of the continent where I live, I really loved – and still love – the fact that you can more or less be (2) for much of the year This also means you can get away with (3) on very little here because you don’t have to pay heating (4) Interestingly, though, the thing I miss most about Britain is the seasons – the leaves falling in autumn and the first daffodils in spring It also feels a long way away from Europe and I feel as if I’ve lost (5) with what’s going on there Final – Pronunciation – September 2021 Transfer Program – TR.Pron.Sep.2021 Page of Speaker 2: I went there to teach English, and immediately fell in love with the (6) so ended up staying for several years Their priorities are different – for example, people still tend to sit down at lunchtime and eat home-made food together, whereas in the US we just (7) something on the move – you know, it’s just functional and people are always in a (8) Also, because of the climate, people tend to have a nap or relax after lunch and then work until later, which means (9) shut over the lunch period It took me ages to get used to that, and also to not having dinner until around or 10 in the evening Unfortunately, I ended up spending too much time with other Americans and so I didn’t really become as (10) as I would have liked SECTION Form minimal pairs by changing the sound of the underlined part in each of the given words The first has been done for you as an example (1.5 points) write _ride peek _pick glamor baize thud school fleas vein babble quay cache 10 must SECTION Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other three The first has been done for you as an example (1.5 points) A.! pain B.! plaid C.! stain D.! slain A.! snack B.! sandy C.! many D.! candy A.! conserve B.! reserve C.! desert D.! observant A.! seizure B.! measure C.! confusion D.! tension A.! thing B.! hunger C.! singer D.! boring A.! choice B.! noise C.! choir D.! toilet A.! ticked B.! checked C.! booked D.! naked A.! foot B.! pool C.! moon D.! food A.! chunk B.! Christmas C.! chimney D.! chocolate A.! graduate B.! gradual C.! odor D.! soldier B.! tighten C.! brighten D.! frighten 10 A.! fasten SECTION Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress (1.5 points) A.! complain B.! comment C.! noisy D.! future A.! synopsis B.! hypnosis C.! kinesis D.! emphasis A.! continue B.! unitary C.! embarrass D.! personify A.! support B.! address C.! income D.! affect Final – Pronunciation – September 2021 Transfer Program – TR.Pron.Sep.2021 Page of A.! admirable B.! biography C.! curriculum D.! compulsory A.! lemonade B.! chimpanzee C.! volunteer D.! wonderful A.! student B.! complain C.! moment D.! question A.! commercial B.! constructive C.! essential D.! national A.! diagonal B.! dialect C.! diagram D.! diamond A.! reservoir B.! register C.! respondent D.! regional B.! dangerous C.! generous D.! courageous 10 A.! accident SECTION Write complete sentences based on the transcription The first has been done for you as an example (2 points) 0.! | ɪt wəz ˈverɪ leɪt | jet ðə ˈlɪtl ˈmɜ:meɪd kəd nɒt teɪk!ər!aɪz frəm ðə ʃɪp | ɔ: frəm ðə ˈbju:tɪfl prɪns | It was very late; yet the little mermaid could not take her eyes from the ship, or from the beautiful prince 1.! | wi ɪksˈpektɪd eə pəˈluːʃən tə rɪˈbaʊnd əz ˈlɒkdaʊnz ə ˈlɪftɪd əˈkrɒs ðə ˈgləʊb | 2.! | ə wɜːd ɪz ded wen ɪt ɪz sed | sʌm seɪ | aɪ seɪ ɪt ʤəst bɪˈgɪnz tə lɪv ðət deɪ | 3.! | ɪf aɪ riːd ə bʊk ənd ɪt meɪks maɪ həʊl ˈbɒdi səʊ kəʊld nəʊ ˈfaɪə kən ˈevə wɔːm miː | aɪ nəʊ ðət s ˈpəʊɪtri | 4.! | ˈnəʊ wʌn kən kənˈstrʌkt fə ju ðə brɪdʒ əˈpɒn wɪtʃ prɪˈsaɪsli ju məst ˈkrɒs ðə striːm əv laɪf / ˈnəʊ wʌn bət ju jɔːˈself əˈləʊn | 5.! | ˈsʌmtaɪmz ˈpiːpəl dəʊnt ˈwɒnt tu hɪə ðə truːθ bɪˈkɒz ˈðeɪ dəʊnt ˈwɒnt ðeər ɪˈluːʒənz dɪˈstrɔɪd | -e Final – Pronunciation – September 2021 Transfer Program – TR.Pron.Sep.2021 END OF TEST f - Page of ... ˈwɒnt tu hɪə ðə truːθ bɪˈkɒz ˈðeɪ dəʊnt ˈwɒnt ðeər ɪˈluːʒənz dɪˈstrɔɪd | -e Final – Pronunciation – September 2021 Transfer Program – TR. Pron.Sep.2021... embarrass D.! personify A.! support B.! address C.! income D.! affect Final – Pronunciation – September 2021 Transfer Program – TR. Pron.Sep.2021 Page of A.! admirable B.! biography C.! curriculum... wɔːm miː | aɪ nəʊ ðət s ˈpəʊɪtri | 4.! | ˈnəʊ wʌn kən kənˈstrʌkt fə ju ðə brɪdʒ əˈpɒn wɪtʃ prɪˈsaɪsli ju məst ˈkrɒs ðə striːm əv laɪf / ˈnəʊ wʌn bət