1051 Mandarin Chinese I Midterm

Student Number:
Name(pinyin):
I. Listening (76%)
A. Listen to the sounds of Mandarin.

1. Listen to the initial consonants and write them down. If there are no consonants, then leave it blank.(8%)

(1) u (2) o (3) (4) i

(5) i (6) ng (7) (8) r

2. Listen to the finala and tones. Write them down in the blanks.(8%)

(1) b (2) b (3) x (4) k

(5) q (6) ch (7) l (8) m

B. Listen to the tape and choose the correct syllable.(20%)

( )1. (A)lio (B)nio (C)lo (D)ho

( )2. (A)png (B)lng (C)hung (D)bng

( )3. (A)du (B)tu (C)fu (D)mu

( )4. (A)ni (B)li (C)ni (D)li

( )5. (A)hi (B)h (C)ho (D)hui

( )6. (A)zo (B)zo (C)zho (D)zho

( )7. (A)w (B)w (C)h (D)h

( )8. (A)q (B)n (C)l (D)t

( )9. (A)lu (B)tu (C)gu (D)ku

( )10 (A)l (B)x (C)k (D)g

C. Write down the numbers you hear. (20%)

1. 2. 3. 4.

5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10.

D. Listen to the pronunciation. Are they the same or different? Circle the yyng (the same) or b yyng (not

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 the same).(20%)

1. yyng b yyng 2. yyng b yyng 3. yyng b yyng

4. yyng b yyng 5. yyng b yyng 6. yyng b yyng

7. yyng b yyng 8. yyng b yyng 9. yyng b yyng

10. yyng b yyng

II Vocabulary and grammar (45%)

( )1. xixie (A)thanks (B)how (C)cup (D)Sir

( )2. that one (A) zh (B)n (C)zhige (D)nige

( )3. ygng (A) altogether (B)thing (C)nice (D)milk

( )4. steamed bun (A)min bo (B) bozi (C)dn go (D)bi ci

( )5. dngxi (A)thing (B)west (C)south (D)north

( )6. to buy (A)mi (B)mi (C)mi (D)mi

( )7. gi (A)catty (B)to be deliclous (C)to give (D)how many

( )8. to want (A)jn (B)ho (C)j (D)yo

( )9. titi (A)husband (B)wife (C)Miss (D)Mister

( )10. to be white (A)ch (B)h (C)bi (D)zo

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( )11. Minbo dusho qin? (A)sh r ji kui (B) ji sh r kui qin (C) r sh ji qin (D)r sh ji kui

( )12. Bozi dusho qin? (A)sh sn kui qin (B) r sh ji kui qin (C)shskui qin (D)y sn kui qin

( )13. Ling kui dngo, y png nini ygng dusho qin? (A) y bi w sh r kui qin
(B) y bi r sh b (C)ji sh kui (D)w sh b kui

( )14. Sn bi kfi dusho qin? (A)b sh qi kui qin (B)y bi li sh b kui (C)ji sh li kui
(D)b sh b kui qin

( )15. N ch shnme? (A)N ch snmngzh(B)T snmngzhch (C) W h snmngzh

(D) W chsnmngzh