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Câu 1: The terms phonetics and phonology was used indiscriminately until...

A. the end of the 20th century

B. the first half of the 19th century
C. the end of the 19th century
D. the first half of the 20th century

Câu 2: Phonotactics is mainly concerned with the way in which ...

A. consonants can combine in a language

B. vowels can combine in a language
C. sounds can combine in a language
D. words can combine in a language

Câu 3: In a ............... consonant, the articulators involved in the constriction

approach get close enough to each other to create a turbulent air-stream.

A. lateral
B. nasal
C. stop
D. fricative

Câu 4: Which of the following DOES NOT belong to suprasegmental

phonology ?

A. intonation
B. stress
C. rhythm
D. transcription

Câu 5: Which of the CAPITALISED letters in the following pairs have the
same pronunciation?
A. poSSession - miSSion
B. enouGH - thorouGH
C. seiZure - garaGE
D. iSland - hiStory

Câu 6: In a ............. consonant, the body of the tongue approaches or touches
the soft palate.

A. velar
B. postaveolar
C. bilabial
D. glottal

Câu 7: The main part of the tongue, lying below the hard and soft palate is
called the ...
A. tongue
B. tongue blade
C. dorsum
D. tongue root

Câu 8: The major difference between the two consonants /f/ and /v/ is the ......

A. sound class
B. voicing
C. place of articulation
D. manner of articulation

Câu 9: Auditory phonetics is concerned with the ...

A. description of phonetic sounds of words of a language.

B. transmittion of phonetic sounds of words of a language.
C. production of phonetic sounds of words of a language.
D. hearing of phonetic sounds of words of a language.
Câu 10: Articulatory phonetics generally refers to the study of how humans ...

A. perceive speech sound

B. transmit speech sounds
C. interact with speech sounds
D. produce speech sounds

Câu 11: Which of the following DOES NOT belong to the major dimensions of
consonant classification?

A. manner of articulation
B. voicing
C. place of articulation
D. pronunciation

Câu 12: The place of articulation of a consonant specifies ..........

A. how narrow the constriction is

B. whether air is flowing through the nose
C. whether the tongue is dropped down on one
side
D. where in the vocal tract the narrowing occurs

Câu 13: In producing a consonant there is a ........... in the vocal tract.

A. constriction
B. height
C. opening
D. construction

Câu 14: The soft portion of the roof of the mouth, lying behind the hard palate
is called the ...

A. uvula
B. velum
C. cavity
 D. palate

Câu 15: The English t, d, and k are....

A. stops
B. nasals
C. fricatives
D. approximants

Câu 16: The opening between the vocal cords is called the

A. oral cavity
B. glotti
s
C. epiglottis
D. nasal cavity

Câu 17: Systematic studies on the speech sounds only appeared with

A. the development of tape recorders

B. the development of modern
sciences
C. the modern life
D. the development of foreign language learning

Câu 18: Some fundamental distinctions between phonetics and phonology will

be agreed about by ...
A. most teachers
B. most language users
C. most students
D. most linguists

Câu 19: The lowest part of the tongue in the throat is called the ...

A. tongue root
 B. tongue blade
C. dorsum
D. epiglottis

Câu 20: Which of the following statement is NOT CORRECT?

A. A large number of phonologists have believed that it is necessary to go

beyond phonemic analysis.
B. The objective of phonemic analysis to establish what the phonemes are
and arrive at the phonemic inventory of the language.
C. The most basic activity in phonology is phonemic analysis.
D. The objective of phonemic analysis to establish what the phonetic
sounds are and arrive at the phonemic inventory of the language.

Câu 21: Sounds which are made with vocal fold vibration are said to be ..........
A. voiced
B. lateral
C. affricate
D. voiceless

Câu 22: In a ............. consonant, the body of the tongue approaches or touches
the hard palate.

A. labiodental
B. palatal
C. velar
D. dental

Câu 23: "Distinctive features" are mainly concerned with

A. the detailed characteristics of each

unit
B. the detailed articulation of each unit
C. the detailed rules of each unit
 D. the detailed transcription of each unit

Câu 24: The hard portion of the roof of the mouth is called the ...
A. hard palate
B. velum
C. uvula
D. soft palate

Câu 25: The structure that holds and manipulates the vocal cords is called the ...

A. larynx
B. pharynx
C. glottis
D. velum

Câu 26: The International Phonetic Association has played a very important role
in ...

A. designing conventions for using sounds in speech

B. designing conventions for using phonetic symbols that represent
speech sounds
C. making use of phonetic symbols that represent speech sounds
D. using phonetic symbols for speech sounds

Câu 27:
The structuralism emphasizes the essential contrastive role of classes of sounds
which are labeled ...
A. phonemes
B. phonology
C. phonetics
D. phones

Câu 28: The fold of tissue below the root of the tongue is called the ...

A. vocal cords
 B. epiglotti
s
C. pharynx
D. larynx

Câu 29: People have been aware of the importance of sounds as vehicles of

meaning for ... .
A. a very long time
B. some years
C. a thousand years
D. a hundred years

Câu 30: Which of the following is NOT CORRECT

The central concerns in phonetics are the discovery of ...

A. how we can record speech sounds with written symbols

B. how we hear and recognise different sounds
C. how they are used in written language
D. how speech sounds are produced

Câu 31: Which of the following statements is NOT CORRECT?

A. The manner of articulation tells where in the vocal tract

the constriction occurs.
B. The manner of articulation tells whether air is flowing through the
nose.
C. The manner of articulation tells whether the tongue is dropped down
on one side.
D. The manner of articulation tells how narrow the constriction is.

Câu 32: The small, dangly thing at the back of the soft palate is called the ...
A. larynx
B. glottis
C. dorsum
D. uvula
Câu 33: The term phonology first appeared in ...

A. the early of the 19th century

B. the end of the 18th
century
C. the early of the 18th century
D. the end of the 19th century

Câu 34: The term phonetics comes from the ...

A. Latin language
B. Geek language
C. Italian language
D. English language

Câu 35: In a .............. consonant, the lower and upper lips approach or touch
each other.

A. dental
B. bilabial
C. labiodental
D. palatal