Duration: 60 mins Date: 22/6/2011 PHONOLOGY ~ Code: 1104071 Term 2 - School year 2010-2011 University of Technical Education HCMC | Faculty of Foreign Languages mre _ Room: ...... | Full name: Marks: | Student ID: Call number: Huéng dan phan dénh dau trac nghiém Chon A ok OB c D Bé A chon C @& Bp « D BCchoowiA @ B Bd . This paper has 5 pages No materials whatsoever allowed No further explanation allowed ANSWER SHEET 2 Pl> > >>| >| > lp i> > ola iolololololo ole alelalelalalalalala vlululolololololuly a 22 g Ls a a o vislolslelelolyislsaUniversity of Technical Education HCMC PHONOLOGY - Code: 1104071 Faculty of Foreign Languages Term 2 ~ School year 2010-2011 sta Date: 22/6/2011 Full name: ‘Student ID: .... { _ | Call number: Invigilator 2: | Huéng dan phan danh dau tric nghiém Chon A *“ Bc oD © This paper has 5 pages Bé A chon @ ps « D * No materials whatsoever allowed B6 C chon lai @sx @obd © No further explanation allowed PART I: "hoose the option that best completes the sentence, 1. The tooth ridge behind the upper front teeth is called the A. alveolar | Bialveolarridge = C. hard palate D. soft palate 2, The voiceless plosives in final position are often. . A. aspirated ‘B. unaspirated C. partly voice D. devoiced 3._ The glottal fricative /h/ is produced when the glottis is B. open C. nearly closed D. tightly closed 4, When the velum is lowered, ......... sounds are produced. A.nasal B. oral C. plosive D. vowel 5. When the vocal folds (or vocal cords) are apart, the sounds produced might be. A. fee, 0, 1 BJa:, ut, iz/ Cip tks D./b, d,g/ |G The air passages above the larynx consisting of the oral cavity and the nasal cavity is the... A. pharynx |B. vocal tract C. articulator 7. The /t/ in the word .......... is devoiced A. angry B. area C. April ‘Da press 8. The vowel-consonant distinction is not only in the way they are produced, but also in their. \Aldistribution) —_B. voicing C. articulation D. phonetic features 9, English vowels are before nasal stops at the end of a syllable. A. dentalized -B nasalized C. velarized D. shortened 10. .........-.-.i8 a centring diphthong, A. le! Blea! C. /au/ D. All/et, ea, au/11, Certain consonants are able to act as the peak or nucleus element of syllables. Such consonants are... A. syllabic B. sonorant C. the coda D. the center 12. are made with the air blocked in the mouth and the soft palate lowered to allow the air escape through the nose. B. /0, 8, s/ C./d, 2, fi D./k, g, j/ 13. The phonetic transcription of the word quell A. [kwel] B. {k"yel] D. [kb wét] 14, Man-men, love-dove, see-bee, sight-night and hit-hid - are examples of. | Acminimal pairs B. unaspirated sounds C. rhythm D. allophonic variations 15, In unstressed positions, vowels are normally produced as... . A.anapproximant B.asemi-vowel | C. the schwa_ D.a syllabic consonant 16. The suffix ...........influences stress in the stem of the word. A. ‘-able” B. ‘-wise’ Coie D. ‘-like* 17. can stand as the peak of a syllable, A. Vowels B. Diphthongs C. Certain consonants [D, Alllofthem 18. ...............i8 a combination of two vowels pronounced within one syllable. \A. Adiphthong =—_B. A consonant C.A front vowel D. An open vowel 49. .............cannot be a criterion to classify vowels. ‘A Tongue height B Liprounding-C Length © D.Airobetetion 20. The correct pronunciation of the word penguin is SAMpengWwiRy) §—_-B. /pengwin/ C. 'penwin/ D. /pengin/ 21. In the word seal /si:1/, the lateral /I/ becomes after the vowel /it/. A. clear [I] B. devoiced (]} C. syllabic (]] D. dark (#] 2 ss affects the pronunciation of the utterance pocket money. B. elision C. syllabic "Dison 23. The ........process does NOT affect the pronunciation of the utterance That boy is a little quiet. A. assimilation B. linking C/nasalization | _D. syllabic 24, Life shortening can be phonetically transcribed as ...... A. [larf fortonin] B. (larf 'fortSnin} —C. [lar fort8ntin) “D. laf Youutn} 25, The word happen can be pronounced as /‘hepan/, /"hapn/, or . ... (in casual speech). A. Shepp’ B. /fhepn/ C./heepmy D. /hewon/26... are produced with a complete closure of the airflow and then a release, often with noise loud enough to be heard. ‘A. Plosives B.Non-nasal stops C. Oral stops (DAllofthem 27. In the pronunciation of ........, the intrusive /i/ can be inserted between the two words. A. media event —_B. blow out -C. toy airplane D, blue ink 28. When attached to the word rely to make a new word, the suffix ........ receives the primary stress of the new word. A. -able B.-ly C.-abilty D.-ance 29, The phonetic transcription of the phrase child support is .. (A. [atid se'p*ort} B. (tfartq so'p"s: tf] C. [tfaild so'p*o-t] _D. [tfartd sa'port] 30. - is not a phonemic transcription of a possible English word. A. plin/ B. /pit) C. /slan/ D, /strarpt/ 31. Phonetically, approximants /j/ and /w/ are like ......., because they are articulated with very little or no obstruction of the air. 32. The phonetic transcription of the phrase credit card is. A. (Kredit kYa:d] B. ['k*yedik kMa:g] C.[kYedtk Bard), D. ['k*yedit k*a:d] 33. The clear [I], the dark [#], the devoiced {]], and the syllabic [|] are the four of the phoneme /V/. ‘A. free variations |B. allophones C. allomorphes D. antonyms 34. ......is a velar plosive sound that can shorten its preceding vowels. Bgl Cy DW 35. Palatal is the sound made. _ ‘A. with the tongue between the teeth C. just behind the alveolar ridge D. with the upper lip and the lower teeth 36. The length of English vowels varies according to....... A. phonetic context B, presence/absence of stress 37. The diagram === can be the intonation transcription of the utterance A. ‘Would you ‘like some 'more , milk? B. , Most of it was for them, C. We ‘asked if it had come. D. Now you will be «38. The word have is pronounced in its strong form in the utterance. A. Which have you seen? B. Most have gone home, C. Thave seen a ghost! D. They have to replace the door right now. 39. The intonation transcription of “The ‘rain was ‘coming ‘down ‘fairly hard” can be. A = ~ B. Cae es TN D. 40. When ae the a red, red = veces may be aspirate fore the voiceless stop [p| CC. [d] may be shortened before the bilabial [p] D. [d] may be nasalized before the bilabial [p] 41, In terms of di i “sohmipemae jonetically like vowels C. articulated with little obstruction of the airstream 42, The similarity between assimilation and elision is that ........ A. they occur in formal spoken English. B. under certain circumstances, sounds disappear. D. both are linguistic processes by which a sound becomes similar to the sound next to it. 43. One of the possibilities of elision is A. Loss of weak vowels after /p//t//k B. Weak vowels plus /n/ /V/ or /t/ resulting in syllabic / w/, / V or / C. Avoidance of complex consonant clusters. 44, The word ar is pronounced as /at/ in the utterance A. I said Look at the window, not Look through the window! B, What are you looking at? D. We use the preposition “at” after the verb “shoot” if there is an object after it. 45. An approximant is an articulation in which constriction of the airflow is A. sufficient so that friction noise can be heard. 'B. not sufficiently obstructive to produce fricative noise. C. not sufficient so as to modify the air passage. D. released without any friction noise.PART I: Choose the best answer for each question 46. Which of the following word does NOT have the primary stress on second syllable? A. produce [Bprodet] C. production D. productive 47. Which of the following is the symbol of the short, lax, high/close, front, and slightly spread vowel? AL fied BA Cel Di feel 48. Which of the following is NOT a closing diphthong? A. fav! TBilaul C. lev! D. /ov 49. Which of the following is NOT true about the fricative /a/? A. Ih/is voiceless in isolation. B. /h/ is partly voiced when it precedes a vowel. C._/hl is really voiced when it occurs between voiced sounds. 50. What is NOT true about diphthongs? A. Diphthongs are like long vowels, B. Diphthongs consist of a movement or a glide from one vowel to another. C. The first part of diphthongs is much longer and stronger than the second part ---The End-- Good luck! Prepared by Approved by Hoang Trong Mai Suong Lé Phuong Anh Phan Thi Lan Anh