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15．smoked（　　）
A．dancedB．bannedC．pausedD．Reported

分析 smoked/sm??kt]/划线部分字母组合ed的发音/t/

解答 答案：A   A．danced/dɑ：nst/划线部分字母组合ed的发音/t/，与smoked 划线部分的发音相同；B．banned/b?nd/划线部分字母组合ed的发音为/d/；C．paused/p?：zd/划线部分字母组合ed的发音为/d/；D．Reported/r?'p?：t?d/划线部分字母组合ed的发音是/d/；所以BCD划线部分字母组合ed的发音相同．故选A

点评 本题考查的是字母组合ed的发音规则．字母组合ed通常在清辅音后读/t/；浊辅音后读/d/；如果结尾的是t或d，就发/id/．

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