Câu 1: 

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

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

Câu 2: The opening between the vocal cords is called the

A. nasal
cavity
B. epiglottis
C. oral cavity
D. glottis

Câu 3: The structure that holds and manipulates the vocal cords is called the ...

A. glottis
B. velum
C. larynx
D. pharyn
x

Câu 4: People have been aware of the importance of sounds as vehicles of

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

Câu 5: Which of the CAPITALISED letters in the following pairs have the same
pronunciation?
 A. enouGH - thorouGH
B. poSSession -
miSSion
C. iSland - hiStory
D. seiZure - garaGE
Câu 6: Auditory phonetics is concerned with the ...

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

B. production of phonetic sounds of words of a language.
C. hearing of phonetic sounds of words of a language.
D. transmittion of phonetic sounds of words of a language.

Câu 7: The terms phonetics and phonology was used indiscriminately until...

A. the end of the 20th century

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

Câu 8: The place of articulation of a consonant specifies ..........

A. where in the vocal tract the narrowing occurs

B. whether the tongue is dropped down on one
side
C. whether air is flowing through the nose
D. how narrow the constriction is

Câu 9: Phonotactics is mainly concerned with the way in which ...

A. consonants can combine in a

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

Câu 10: Articulatory phonetics generally refers to the study of how humans ...

A. produce speech sounds

B. perceive speech sound
C. interact with speech
sounds
D. transmit speech sounds

Câu 11: The hard portion of the roof of the mouth is called the ...
A. uvula
B. hard
palate
C. velum
D. soft palate
Câu 12: Some fundamental distinctions between phonetics and phonology will be
agreed about by ...
A. most students
B. most teachers
C. most language
users
D. most linguists

Câu 13: "Distinctive features" are mainly concerned with

A. the detailed characteristics of each

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

Câu 14: Which of the following is NOT CORRECT

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

A. how they are used in written language

B. how we hear and recognise different sounds
C. how speech sounds are produced
D. how we can record speech sounds with written
symbols

Câu 15: The term phonology first appeared in ...

A. the early of the 19th

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

Câu 16: The International Phonetic Association has played a very important role
in ...

A. designing conventions for using sounds in speech

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

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

A. the development of modern sciences

B. the development of tape recorders
C. the modern life
D. the development of foreign language
learning
Câu 18: The term phonetics comes from the ...

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

Câu 19: In a ............. consonant, the body of the tongue approaches or touches the
soft palate.

A. bilabial
B. glottal
C. velar
D. postaveola
r

Câu 20: The English t, d, and k are....

A. approximant
s
B. nasals
C. stops
D. fricatives

Câu 21: The soft portion of the roof of the mouth, lying behind the hard palate is
called the ...

A. uvula
B. velu
m
C. palate
D. cavit
y

Câu 22: In producing a consonant there is a ........... in the vocal tract.

A. opening
 B. constriction
C. height
D. constructio
n
Câu 23: Which of the following statement is NOT CORRECT?

A. The objective of phonemic analysis to establish what the phonetic sounds

are and arrive at the phonemic inventory of the language.
B. The most basic activity in phonology is phonemic analysis.
C. A large number of phonologists have believed that it is necessary to go
beyond phonemic analysis.
D. The objective of phonemic analysis to establish what the phonemes are and
arrive at the phonemic inventory of the language.

Câu 24: Sounds which are made with vocal fold vibration are said to be ..........
A. voiceless
B. affricate
C. lateral
D. voiced

Câu 25: The lowest part of the tongue in the throat is called the ...

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

Câu 26: In a ............... consonant, the articulators involved in the constriction

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

A. fricativ
e
 B. nasal
C. lateral
D. stop

Câu 27: In a .............. consonant, the lower and upper lips approach or touch each
other.

A. dental
B. labiodenta
l
C. palatal
D. bilabial

Câu 28: The small, dangly thing at the back of the soft palate is called the ...
A. glottis
B. dorsu
m
C. larynx
D. uvula
Câu 29: The fold of tissue below the root of the tongue is called the ...

A. epiglottis
B. pharynx
C. vocal cords
D. larynx

Câu 30: Which of the following DOES NOT belong to the major dimensions of
consonant classification?

A. place of articulation
B. voicing
C. pronunciation
D. manner of
articulation
Câu 31: The main part of the tongue, lying below the hard and soft palate is called
the ...
A. tongue
B. dorsum
C. tongue
blade
D. tongue root

Câu 32: In a ............. consonant, the body of the tongue approaches or touches the
hard palate.

A. palatal
B. velar
C. dental
D. labiodenta
l

Câu 33: 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 how narrow the constriction is.
C. The manner of articulation tells whether air is flowing through the nose.
D. The manner of articulation tells whether the tongue is dropped down on one
side.

Câu 34: Which of the following DOES NOT belong to suprasegmental

phonology ?

A. intonation
B. transcriptio
n
C. stress
 D. rhythm
Câu 35:
The structuralism emphasizes the essential contrastive role of classes of sounds
which are labeled ...
A. phones
B. phonetics
C. phonolog
y
D. phonemes