I.

Circle the correct answer:

1._____ sounds are the vocal cords drawn apart so that the air can pass out freely between
them and there is no vibration.
A.voiced B.voiceless C.oral D.nasal
2.Sounds made with the connection between the tounge and the alveolar ridge are_____.
A.palatal B.bilabial C.lateral D.alveolar
3.In_____ consonants the breath is completely stopped at some point in the mounth by the
lips or tounge-tip or tounge-back,and then realeased with a slight explosion.
A.fricative B.approximant C.lateral D.stop
4.In all nasal consonants the____is lowered and at that time the mounth passage is blocked
at some point sothat all the air is pushed out of the nose.
A.tounge B.soft palate C.lower lip D.upper lip
5.In the word"fragment",the explosion of the stop is______
A.lateral B.nasal C.incomplete
6.When there is a glide from one vowel to another one and then to the next,we have a____.
A.diphthong B.triphthong D.monophthong
7.When a vowel sound stands before a nasal sound in utterances,it will be______
A.nasalised B.velarised C.gottalised D.devoiced
8.There are ____vowels in English
A.12 B.24 C.20 D.8
9.In general,stress tends to be on syllable containing a_____or ending with_____
A.long vowel or a diphthong/a vowel
B.short vowel/a consonant
C.long vowel or a diphthong/more than one consonant.
10.When a vowel stands finally or before voiced consonants,it is______
A.lengthened B.shortened C.nasalised D.retracted.
II.Fill into the blank with a suitable word or words:
1.Syllable is a group of sounds in which the central part is a vowel or a vowel-like
sound,thats means a syllabic consonant.
2.If there are two levels of stress in a word,the strongest is called stresed.
3.No English word ends with more than four consonants and begins with more than three
consonants.
4.Phonetic transcription shows the finer point of pronunciation,i.e,describe how sounds are
pronounced in speech more accurate.
5.English consonants are classified according to three ways:the place of articulation, maner
of articulation, and the voice.