Ngữ Âm 2

Câu 1: The beginning sounds of the syllable are called the.............

r
A. rhyme r B. coda ^
c. onset
r
D. nucleu s

Câu 2: Which of the following pairs of words have different diphthongs?

'* A. dough - plough r
r
B. mare - prayer c.
aisle - dyke r D. ace -
gaol

Câu 3: The substitutability of one sound for another in a given environment, with
no change in the word’s meaning is called ...
r
A. distribution B. 9

free variation
r
c. a near minimal
pair
r
D. a minimal pair

Câu 4: Which of the following pairs of words have the same diphthong? r
A. mayor - taylor r B. height - take
^ c. bourse - mature
r
D. pure - future

Câu 5: The core or essential part of a syllable is called the..............

r
A. coda
s
B. nucleu s
r
c. rhyme r D. onset
Câu 6: Which of the following consonant clusters is impossible in English?
r
A. [skj]
r
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B. [spw] c. [spl]
r
D. [skw ]
Câu 7: Which of the following statements is TRUE?
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A. In English and most other languages, most syllable nuclei are vowels.
r
B. Most speakers of English find it difficult to divide a word up into its
component syllables.
r
c. A syllable is a unit of sound composed of only a central peak of sonority. r D.
The smallest possible syllable contains a nucleus and a coda.

Câu 8: Pairs of words which differ in one sound only and have different meanings
are called ...
r
A. near minimal pairs
r
B. close pairs c. minimal pairs r D. different pairs
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Câu 9: Which of the following are described as [+ vocalic]?

r
A. Obstruent s
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r
B. Glides c. Vowels r D. Liquids

Câu 10:...........represent the placement of the body of the tongue.

^ A. Dorsal features
r
B. Laryngeal features
r
c. Place features r D.
Manner features

Câu 11: The word 'tomato' consists of......

r
A. two syllables r
B. one syllable
^ c.three
syllables
r
D. four syllables

Câu 12: Which of the following word lists has different vowels?
'* A. sought, tough, cough,
could
r r
B. carpet, bath, hearth, aunt
c. suit, shoe, rule, route r D.
push, wolf, should, pull

Câu 13: A phonetic transcription is also called a....

r
A. phonemic
transcription
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r
B. broad transcription c.
narrow transcription r D.
detail transcription

Câu 14: Which of the following is the description of the sound /i:/?
r
A. A more retracted front, short, lax, unrounded vowel r
B. A front, short, lax, unrounded vowel c. A front, close
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(high), long, tense, unrounded vowel

r
D. A lowest, front, short, lax, unrounded vowel

Câu 15: Which of the following consonant clusters is is example of "Coronal +

sonorant"?
r
A. [spw
]
r
B. [spl]
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c. [str] r D. [ski]
Câu 16: The most important feature of a diphthong is that it ...
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A. contains a glide from one vowel quality to another one.
r
r
B. ends in /w/ and /u/. c. is a combination of more than two vowels. r D. begins
with /e/, /a/ or /o/.

Câu 17: Complementary distribution is an indication that the sounds in question

are ...

r
r
A. minimal pairs r B. phones c. phonemes
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D. allophones of the same phoneme

Câu 18: A physical language sound, measurable by acoustic instruments is

called ...
r
A. a phoneme
r
B. a minimal pair
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c. a phone r D. an allophone
Câu 19: Which of the following word lists has the same vowel?
r
A. should, through, rule, route
r
B. could, routine, source, journal
^ c. quay, each, people, key r D. many, fat, act, sad

Câu 20: Which of the following statements is NOT correct?

r
A. Syllables don't serve any meaning-signalling function in language.
r
B. Most speakers of English have no trouble dividing a word up into its
component syllables.
^ c. A word contains at least two syllables.
r
D. Syllables exist only to make speech easier for the brain to process.

Câu 21: A phoneme is put between ....

r
A. square boxes
r
B. square brackets
^ c. slash brackets r D. round boxes
Câu 22: Contrastive distribution is an indication that the two sounds in question
are ...

'* A. different phonemes

r
B. allophones of the same phoneme
r
c. different phones r D. similar phonemes
Câu 23: Which of the following is the description of the sound /Z/?
r
A. A central, mid, long, tense central vowel
r
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B. A short, lax, open and slightly rounded c. A front, short, lax, unrounded
vowel r D. A long, tense, rounded vowel
Câu 24: Which of the following statements is NOT correct?
r
A. Phonemes vary from language to language.
r
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B. Allophones are unpredictable. c. You never hear same phone twice.
r
D. Phonemes are abstract sounds stored in our memory.

Câu 25: Which of the following words is English or possible in English?

r
A. pirn k
r
B. pimd
^ c. pirn
b
r
D. pimt

Câu 26: In the following words which underlined letter is pronounced /i:/?

r
A. tick
'* B. machin e
r
c. minute r D. win
Câu 27: In making these vowels: /w/, /i:/, , /u:/ space between the tongue and the
roof of the mouth is......
^ A. relatively narrow
r
r
B. very narrow c. relatively wide r D. very wide

Câu 28: The following statement describes which aspect of vowel classification?
"Vowels are classified in terms of how much space there is between the tongue
and the roof of the mouth".
r
A. lip rounding
r
B. tongue backness
r
c. vowel length '* D. tongue height
Câu 29: Which of the following is NOT a minimal pair?
r
^ A. rat - sad r B. cat - sat c. sad - sat
r
D. rat - mat

Câu 30: The syllable structure of the word "strength" is..........

A. cccvcc r B.
ccvcc r c.
cvcc r D.
cccvc
Câu 31:
The sounds /w/ and /«/ are examples of ... r A. back vowels
'* B. unrounded vowels
r
c. long vowels r D. rounded vowels
Câu 32: Which of the following statements is NOT correct? r
A. The rhyme may consist of only the nucleus. r B. The
r
rhyme never precedes the onset. c. The rhyme may consist
of a nucleus and a coda.
'* D. The rhyme may consist of an onset and a nucleus.

Câu 33: Allophones are ...

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A. in complementary distribution
r
B. language sounds as they are perceived by a speaker
r
c. physical language sounds r D. similar to phonemes
Câu 34: The sounds /i:/ and /u:/ are examples of ... . r A. back
r
vowels r B. lax vowels c. short vowels
^ D. tense vowels

Câu 35: Phonemes are ...

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A. organizable r B. predictable
r
c. concrete phonetic segments
r
D. non-contrastive