Phonetics Sound Recognition I. Directions: You'll hear one word read from each group. Listen carefully and underline the letter beside the word you hear. 10 points 1. a. beat b. bit c. bet d. bat 2. a. seat b. sit c. set d. sat 3. a. pea b. pin c. pen d. pan 4. a. deed b. did c. dead d. dad 5. a. he b. him c. hem d. ham 6. a. lead b. lid c. led d. lad 7. a. meat b. mitt c. met d. mat 8. a. heat b. hit c. head d. had 9. a. read b. rid c. red d. rat 10.a. keep b. kid c. kept d. cat II. Directions: You're going to hear five sentences. Repeat each sentence you hear. Then listen again and write the sentence down. Check your answer when you hear the sentence for the third time. 10 points 1. ________________________________. 2. ___ Bill _______________________? 3. _______________________? 4. Ted _______________________. 5. _______________________, Amy? PART B Macro-Listening 2. Directions: Listen to the dialogue again and choose the right answer to each of the following questions. 1 Where is Amy Brown from? a. England. b. America. c. Paris. d. France. 2 What nationality is Bill Smith? a. British. b. American. c. French. d. Australian. 3 What is Amy doing here? a. Studying. b. Writing news reports. c. Teaching. d. Looking for a job. 4 Why is Bill Smith here? a. Working for his news agency. b. Visiting friends. c. Traveling around. d. Having a holiday. 5 Which of the following cannot be learned from the conversation? a. Amy is American. b. Bill lives in Paris. c. Amy and Bill are now in England. d. This is the first time Amy and Bill see each other. Dialogue 2 III. Exercises with Key 1. Directions: Listen to the dialogue and write 'T' true or 'F' false in the brackets for each of the following statements. 10 points 1 Helen Baker is a student of English. _________ 2 Helen Baker is British. _________ 3 Mr Li did not know Helen Baker before. _________ 4 Helen Baker lives with a Chinese family. _________ 5 Mr Li is a history teacher in the school. _________ 2. Directions: Listen to the dialogue again and write down your answers to the questions below. 10 points 1 What is Helen studying? ________________________________. 2 Where does Helen live? ________________________________. 3 What does Helen think of Mr Li's classes? ________________________________. 4 What do you know about Helen? ________________________________. 5 What does Helen say about the school campus? ________________________________.