30 CÂU HỎI
... consists of a rise from a very low note to a fairly high note and then a fall from the high note.
A. The Fall
B. The Rise
C. The Fall-Rise
D. The Rise-Fall
Yes/No questions are usually spoken with...
A. The fall
B. The rise
C. The fall-rise
D. The rise-fall
... consists of a rise from a very low note to a fairly high note.
A. The fall
B. The rise
C. The fall-rise
D. The rise-fall
... can be considered to be the height of the pitch and change of the pitch which is...
A. Assimilation
B. Stress
C. Rhythm
D. Tone
When speaking, people generally raise or lower the pitch of their voices forming pitch...
A. Intonation
B. Syllable
C. Pitch
D. Pronunciation
Which of the following is not an intonation language?
A. German
B. Chinese
C. English
D. French
Which of the following is not a component of intonation in English?
A. Speech melody
B. Sentence stress
C. Tempo
D. Word meaning
The normal tendency in the English language is for the main sentence stress to fall on...
A. First
B. Second
C. Third
D. Last
On which types of words does the stress usually not fall on in natural speech?
A. Noun
B. Verb
C. Adjective
D. Auxiliaries
The above tendency (the normal tendency in the English language is for the main sentence stress to fall on) corresponds to the principle of... in communication.
A. End-focus
B. Contrastive stress
C. Fronted theme
D. Shifted theme
We can interfere with normal accentuation to highlight any word we please by means of...
A. End-focus
B. Contrastive stress
C. Fronted theme
D. Shifted theme
... is the tendency to pronounce the stressed syllables at relatively regular intervals (of stress).
A. Rhythm
B. Stress
C. Elision
D. Assimilation
The organs of articulation are located in:
A. Along the vocal tract
B. The chest
C. The throat
D. The head
The vocal sounds are produced in the:
A. Trachea
B. Larynx
C. Lungs
D. Pharynx
The produced vocal sounds are resonated and modified in the:
A. Nose
B. Pharynx
C. Mouth
D. Resonators
The vocal tract is the air passage beginning with the lungs and ending in:
A. The mouth and the nose
B. The front
C. The head
D. Pharynx
Vocal folds are two elastic bands of tissue located in the:
A. Larynx
B. Pharynx
C. Trachea
D. Mouth
The velum is the front part of the roof of the mouth which is formed by a bony structurE.
A. False
B. True
Vibration happens when......
A. Vocal folds are under tension & partially opened
B. The glottis is narrow
C. The vocal bands are wide apart
D. Vocal bands are tightly closed
Soft palate which can be touched by the tongue, at the back of the mouth is called:
A. Alveolar
B. Velum
C. Uvula
D. Palate
... is (are) considered the most important speech instrument inside the larynx.
A. Adam’s apple
B. Glottis
C. Trachea
D. Vocal cords
When the glottis is wide apart, we can......
A. Breathe normally and produce some consonants
B. Porduce vowels
C. Produce all consonants
D. Produce vowels & diphthongs
For the voiceless sounds to be produced, the glottis is ........
A. Narrow
B. Mi-open
C. Wide apart
D. Tightly closed
The most movable speech instrument along the vocal tract is:
A. Tongue
B. Lips
C. Teeth
D. Vocal folds
A sound produced while the vocal folds are not vibrating is called:
A. Voiced
B. Consonants
C. Voiceless
D. Vowels
English vowels and consonants are different from each other in:
A. Manner of articulation & distribution
B. Voicing
C. Place of articulation
Which of the follwing words contains a short vowel?
A. Touch
B. Smooth
C. Mere
D. Bear
The English end in /ɪ/
A. Closing diphthongs
B. Centering diphthongs
C. Triphthongs
Diphthongs
A. are the combinations of two single vowels
B. consist a glide from one vowel to another
C. are two single vowels appearing within a syllable.
Which of the followings is not a criterion to classify English simple vowels?
A. Tongue of height
B. Tongue part
C. Voicing
D. Length of sound