Students write their answers on a separate blank sheet of paper.. TEST PAPER SECTION 1 Listen and underline the word or phrase you hear in each sentence.. Write your answers on the an
Trang 1VIETNAM 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
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Oral score
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Written score
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Total Score
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Notes: Materials and dictionaries of all kinds are NOT allowed
Students write their answers on a separate blank sheet of paper
TEST PAPER SECTION 1 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?
2.! Have you seen my cap / cup?
3.! She put her hand on her hat / heart
4.! I’ve got a pain / pen in my hand
5.! There are bugs in this hay / hair
6.! I got a good price / prize for that painting 7.! I don’t know where he sat / he’s at
8.! They didn’t suit / shoot him
9.! I’ve saved / shaved a lot in the past few days 10.!We didn’t sink / think
SECTION 2 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 do 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
Trang 2Speaker 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 9 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 3 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)
SECTION 4 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)
SECTION 5 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)
Trang 34 A.! admirable B.! biography C.! curriculum D.! compulsory
5 A.! lemonade B.! chimpanzee C.! volunteer D.! wonderful
7 A.! commercial B.! constructive C.! essential D.! national
9 A.! reservoir B.! register C.! respondent D.! regional
10 A.! accident B.! dangerous C.! generous D.! courageous
SECTION 6 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 |
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