成人高考成考英语(专升本)自测试卷及解答参考一、语音知识（本大题有5小题，每小题2分，共10分）1.Whichofthefollowingwordscontainsthesound/ʃ/?A.shipB.chipC.sipD.tipAnswer:AExplanation:Thesound/ʃ/ispresentintheword“ship.”InoptionsB,C,andD,thesoundsare/tʃ/,/s/,and/t/respectively.Therefore,thecorrectchoiceisA.2.Inwhichwordistheunderlinedletterpronounceddifferentlyfromtheothers?A.cakeB.lakeC.takeD.makeAnswer:CExplanation:Intheword“take,”theunderlinedletter‘a’ispronouncedas/eɪ/.Intheotherwords(cake,lake,make),theunderlinedletter‘a’ispronouncedas/eɪ/aswell.However,typicallyinAmericanEnglish,“take”canhaveaslightlydifferentvowelsoundduetotheinfluenceofthefollowing‘k,’makingitsoundcloserto/ɛɪ/.ThissubtledifferencemakesCthecorrectchoice.3.Whichofthefollowingwordscontainsthesamevowelsoundasintheword“cake”?A.lakeB.lateC.catD.capAnswer:AExplanation:Theword“cake”containsthe“ake”sound,whichisalong‘a’sound(IPA:/eɪ/).Amongtheoptions,“lake”alsocontainsthesamelong‘a’sound.“Late”hasadifferentvowelsound(IPA:/eɪ/butwithadifferentendingsound),while“cat”and“cap”haveshort‘a’sounds(IPA:/æ/).4.Inwhichofthefollowingpairsdothetwowordshavethesamestresspattern?A.photograph-photographyB.economy-economicC.politics-politicalD.biology-biologicalAnswer:DExplanation:Thestresspatternreferstotheemphasisplacedonsyllableswithinwords.Inthepair“biology-biological,”bothwordshavetheprimarystressonthesecondsyllable(“bi-’ology”and“bi-’ological”).Fortheotherpairs:“photograph”(stressonthesecondsyllable)and“photography”(stressonthethirdsyllable),“economy”(stressonthesecondsyllable)and“economic”(stressonthethirdsyllable),“politics”(stressonthefirstsyllable)and“political”(stressonthethirdsyllable).Thus,optionDisthecorrectchoicewherebothwordssharethesamestresspattern.5、Choosethewordthathasadifferentvowelsoundfromtheothers.A.cakeB.lateC.takeD.lakeAnswer:CExplanation:Inthisquestion,weareaskedtoidentifythewordwithadifferentvowelsound.Thewords“cake,”“late,”and“lake”allcontainthe“a”soundasin“cat.”However,theword“take”hasadifferent