Kiemtra-Ngu Am 3 - Phuong [PDF]

Zitiervorschau

Câu 1: When a stop is followed by another stop or affricate, the first stop is  A. not release B. released C. not released or aspirated D. aspirated

Câu 2: Coalescent assimilation is also referred to as a type of .... A. reciprocal assimilation B. supporting assimilation C. complementary assimilation D. contrasting assimilation

Câu 3: A weak form is the pronunciation of a word or syllable in ................... A. an open manner B. a stressed manner C. an unstressed manner D. a distorted manner

Câu 4: In a stress-timed language, stressed syllables are ..................................... A. sometimes more prominent than unstressed syllables B. equal in timing C. varied in timing D. sometimes less prominent than unstressed syllables

Câu 5: Knowing how to recognize the stressed syllable ........................ A. will make you better understood B. will help you with comprehension C. will help you with reading D. will improve your vocabulary

Câu 6: The word 'as' in the phrase ‘As much as possible’ A. has the strong form B. has both strong and weak forms C. None is correct. D. has the weak form

Câu 7: Which of the following statements is CORRECT? A. Metathesis is a process that redoes a sequence of segments. B. Metathesis is a process that reorders a sequence of segments. C. Metathesis is a process that reverses a sequence of segments.

D. Metathesis is a process that deletes a sequence of segments.

Câu 8: In English, stress helps create ................ A. the pronunciation of the language B. the speed of the language C. the rhythm of the language D. the pitch of the language

Câu 9: Which of the following is the possible pronunciation of the words: 'my orange' in rapid speech? A. my orange B. my + j + orange C. my + w + orange D. none is correct

Câu 10: The movement of pitch within an intonation unit is referred to as ............... A. the intonation of that unit. B. the intonation of that sentence. C. the intonation contour of that sentence. D. the intonation contour of that unit.

Câu 11: If the intonation falls to the low level (1) [a terminal fall], it signals .................. A. certainty B. an incomplete thought C. uncertainty D. a question

Câu 12: Which of the following statements is NOT CORRECT? A. Like word stress, sentence stress can help us to understand written English X B. Word stress is accent on one syllable within a word. C. Sentence stress is what gives English its rhythm or "beat". D. Sentence stress is accent on certain words within a sentence

Câu 13: Which of the following is the possible pronunciation of the words: 'A cow and a buffalo' in rapid speech? A. A cow-w-and a buffallo B. A cow an-da buffallo C. A cow-w-an-da buffallo D. A cow-and-buffallo

Câu 14: Which of the following statement is CORRECT? A. In regressive assimilation the conditioning sound precedes and affects the following sound.

B. . In progressive assimilation the conditioning sound precedes and affects the following sound. C. In coalescent assimilation the conditioning sound precedes and affects the following sound. D. In progressive assimilation the conditioning sound follows and affects the preceding sound.

Câu 15: Which of the following words has the second syllable stressed? A. technician B. understand C. geometric D. graduation

Câu 16: Which of the following is the possible pronunciation of the words: 'A toy and a game' in rapid speech? A. A toy-j-an-da game B. A toy-j-and a game C. A toy an-da game D. A toy-and-a game

Câu 17: Which of the following is not a rule of sentence stress? A. The time between stressed words is always the same. B. The last word of a question is always stressed. C. Content words are stressed. D. Structure words are unstressed.

Câu 18: Which of the following is the possible pronunciation of the words: 'Employ a new team' in rapid speech? A. Employ a new team B. Employ-w-a new team C. Employ-r-a new team D. Employ-j-a new team

Câu 19: Which of the following categories does not belong to content words? A. Conjunctions B. Adjectives C. Adverbs D. Nouns

Câu 20: In writing the difference between the strong form and the weak form of a word is ........... A. well defined B. apparent

C. not apparent D. not unclear

Câu 21: In order to keep the rhythm of English, some sounds in a sentence have to be ........... A. replaced B. lengthened C. compressed D. changed

Câu 22: Which of the following is the possible pronunciation of the words: When a stop is followed by another stop or affricate, the first stop is in rapid speech? A. loo - kout B. look-out C. loo-k-out D. loo - kout and loo-k-out are correct

Câu 23: Which of the following statements is NOT CORRECT A. The vowel sound in a syllable sounds higher in pitch, longer, and louder. B. You can be better understood if you place the stress where it should be when you're speaking. C. The vowel sound in a stressed syllable sounds higher in pitch, longer, and louder. D. In every word in English, there is one main emphasized syllable.

Câu 24: In rapid speech, the word “grandpa” is pronounced as .... A. [`græmpa] B. [`grænpa] C. [`grændpa] D. [`gramdpa]

Câu 25: In which of the following sentences does the word 'there' has the weak form? A. There should be a suggestion. B. You shouldn't go there. C. There it is D. Put it there.

Câu 26: The relative highness or lowness of the voice is known as ........ A. rhythm B. pitch C. melody D. stress

Câu 27: In which of the following examples, the sound [t] at the end of the first word is NOT RELEASED or ASPIRATED? A. Both Back chair and Back door are correct B. Back door C. Back yard D. Back chair

Câu 28: Which of the following is the possible pronunciation of the words: 'How interesting!' in rapid speech? A. How-u-interesting B. How interesting C. How-w-interesting D. How-j-interesting

Câu 29: The suffix 's' in the word 'dogs' is pronounced as [z] ([dogz]). This is an example of...  A. coalescent assimilation B. deletion C. regressive assimilation D. progressive assimilation

Câu 30: Which of the following statements is not correct? A. Intonation conveys differences of expressive meaning. B. Intonation is the melodic pattern of an utterance C. Intonation is primarily a matter of variation in the pitch level of the sound. D. Intonation is primarily a matter of variation in the pitch level of the voice.

Câu 31: In the word 'pronunciation', the primary stress is on the ...................... A. first syllable B. second syllable C. third syllable D. fourth syllable

Câu 32: If the consonants (whether stop or not) are identical, the consonant is somewhat__________, the two consonants are not articulated separately A. shortened B. lengthened C. varied D. deleted

Câu 33: Which of the following is the possible pronunciation of the words: 'mend it' in rapid speech? A. mend it B. me - ndit C. m-endit D. men - dit

Câu 34: In the question ‘What’s he looking at?’, the word 'at' has ........................... A. None is correct B. the strong from C. both strong and weak forms D. the weak form

Câu 35: Intonation involves ............... A. the rising and falling of the voice to various pitch levels during the articulation of an utterance. B. the variation of accent and pronunciation. C. the variation of stress and rhythm. D. the rising and falling of the melody to various pitch levels during the articulation of an utterance. Câu-Trả lời-Đáp án 1--C 2--A 3--C 4--B 5--B 6--D 7--B 8--C 9--B 10--D 11--A 12--A 13--C 14--B 15--A 16--A 17--B 18--D 19--A 20--C

21--C 22--C 23--A 24--A 25--A 26--B 27--A 28--C 29--D 30--C 31--D 32--B 33--D 34--B 35--A