Bài Kiểm tra 2 Ngữ âm âm vị học

Câu 1: The following statement describes which aspect of vowel classification?

"Vowels are classified in terms of how much space there is between the tongue and the roof of the mouth".

A. vowel length B. tongue backness

C. tongue height

D. lip rounding

Câu 2: Which of the following word lists has the same vowel?

A. could, routine, source, journal

B. quay, each, people, key

1. many, fat, act, sad
2. should, through, rule, route

Câu 3: The core or essential part of a syllable is called the…..

1. rhyme
2. onset
3. coda

D nucleus

Câu 4: A physical language sound, measurable by acoustic instruments is called ...

A. an allophone B. a minimal pair

C. a phoneme

D) a phone

Câu 5: The sounds /i:/ and /u:/ are examples of....

A. tense vowels

1. back vowels
2. short vowelsD. lax vowels

Câu 6: Pairs of words which differ in one sound only and have different meanings are called ...

1. near minimal pairs
2. different pairs

C. minimal pairs

D. close pairs

Câu 7: A phoneme is put between ....

A. square brackets

B. slash brackets

1. square boxes
2. round boxes

Câu 8: The beginning sounds of the syllable are called the

A. rhyme

B. onset

1. nucleus
2. coda

Câu 9: Which of the following is NOT a minimal pair?

(A.)rat - sad

1. cat - sat
2. sad - sat
3. rat – mat

Câu 10: Which of the following is the description of the sound /Z/?

1. A central, mid, long, tense central vowel
2. A long, tense, rounded vowel
3. A front, short, lax, unrounded vowel

(D. A short; lax, open and slightly rounded

Câu 11: Which of the following statements is NOT correct?

A. Phonemes vary from language to language. (B. Allophones are unpredictable.

1. You never hear same phone twice.
2. Phonemes are abstract sounds stored in our memory.

Câu 12: Which of the following statements is NOT correct?

A. Syllables exist only to make speech easier for the brain to process.

1. A word contains at least two syllables.
2. Syllables don't serve any meaning-signalling function in language.

Câu 13: The most important feature of a diphthong is that it ....

1. contains a glide from one vowel quality to another one.
2. ends in /w/ and /u/.
3. is a combination of more than two vowels.
4. begins with /e/, /a/ or /o/.

Câu 14: Allophones are ...

A. language sounds as they are perceived by a speaker

B. in complementary distribution

1. similar to phonemes
2. physical language sounds

Câu 15: Which of the following are described as [+ vocalic]?

A. Obstruents

B.) Vowels

1. Liquids
2. Glides

Câu 16: Which of the following words is English or possible in English?

A. pimt B. pimd

C.pimb D. pimk

Câu 17: The sounds /w/ and /e/ are examples of ...

A. back vowels B. long vowels

C. unrounded vowels

D. rounded vowels

Câu 18: Which of the following is the description of the sound /i:/?

A. A more retracted front, short, lax, unrounded vowel B. A front, short, lax, unrounded vowel

C.A front, close (high), long, tense, unrounded vowel

D. A lowest, front, short, lax, unrounded vowel

Câu 19: Which of the following statements is TRUE?

1. The smallest possible syllable contains a nucleus and a coda.
2. A syllable is a unit of sound composed of only a central peak of sonority.
3. In English and most other languages, most syllable nuclei are vowels.D. Most speakers of English find it difficult to divide a word up into its component syllables.

Câu 20: ........ represent the placement of the body of the tongue.

A. Laryngeal features B. Place features

C. Dorsal features D. Manner features

Câu 21: The substitutability of one sound for another in a given environment, with no change in the word's meaning is called ...

A. free variation

1. a minimal pair
2. distribution
3. a near minimal pair

Câu 22: Which of the following statements is NOT correct? A. The rhyme may consist of only the nucleus.

1. The rhyme may consist of an onset and a nucleus.
2. The rhyme never precedes the onset.
3. The rhyme may consist of a nucleus and a coda.

Câu 23: Contrastive distribution is an indication that the two sounds in question are ...

A. different phones

(B) allophones of the same phoneme

1. different phonemes
2. similar phonemes

Câu 24: Which of the following consonant clusters is is example of "Coronal + sonorant"? A. [skl] B. [spl] C. [str]

D. [spw]

Câu 25: A phonetic transcription is also called a....

1. phonemic transcription
2. detail transcription
3. broad transcription

(D, narrow transcription

Câu 26: Which of the following pairs of words have different diphthongs?

A. dough - plough

1. mare prayer
2. ace - gaol
3. aisle – dyke

Câu 27: Which of the following consonant clusters is impossible in English?

A. [skw]

1. [skj]
2. [spw]
3. [spl]

Câu 28: Which of the following word lists has different vowels?

A. sought, tough, cough, could

1. suit, shoe, rule, route
2. carpet, bath, hearth, aunt
3. push, wolf, should, pull

Câu 29: Phonemes are ...

A organizable

1. predictable
2. non-contrastive
3. concrete phonetic segments

Câu 30: In the following words which underlined letter is pronounced /i:/? A. tick B. minute

C.machine

D. win

Câu 31: The word 'tomato' consists of ......

1. four syllables
2. one syllable

C. three syllables D. two syllables

Câu 32: Complementary distribution is an indication that the sounds in question are ..

1. phonemes
2. minimal pairs
3. phones
4. allophones of the same phoneme

Câu 33: Which of the following pairs of words have the same diphthong?

A bourse - mature

1. height - take
2. pure - future
3. mayor – taylor

Câu 34: In making these vowels: /w/, /i:/,, /u:/ space between the tongue and the roof of the mouth is.......

A relatively narrow

1. relatively wide
2. very narrow
3. very wide

Câu 35: The syllable structure of the word "strength" is

A. CCCVC B. CCCVCC

1. CVCC
2. CCVCC