BÀI KT 1 NGỮ ÂM HỌC

Câu 1: "Distinctive features" are mainly concerned with

A. the detailed transcription of each unit

B. the detailed articulation of each unit

C. the detailed rules of each unit

D. the detailed characteristics of each unit

Câu 2: Which of the following DOES NOT belong to the major dimensions of consonant
classification?

A. place of articulation

B. manner of articulation

C. voicing

D. pronunciation

Câu 3: The term phonology first appeared in ...

A. the early of the 19th century

B. the end of the 19th century

C. the early of the 18th century

D. the end of the 18th century

Câu 4: The opening between the vocal cords is called the

A. glottis

B. epiglottis

C. nasal cavity
D. oral cavity

Câu 5: Which of the following DOES NOT belong to suprasegmental phonology ?

A. transcription

B. intonation

C. rhythm

D. stress

Câu 6: Which of the following statement is NOT CORRECT?

A. The most basic activity in phonology is phonemic analysis.

B. The objective of phonemic analysis to establish what the phonetic sounds are and
arrive at the phonemic inventory of the language.

C. The objective of phonemic analysis to establish what the phonemes are and arrive at
the phonemic inventory of the language.

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

phonemic analysis.

Câu 7: The structure that holds and manipulates the vocal cords is called the ...

A. pharynx

B. larynx

C. glottis

D. velum
Câu 8: The terms phonetics and phonology was used indiscriminately until...

A. the first half of the 19th century

B. the end of the 19th century

C. the first half of the 20th century

D. the end of the 20th century

Câu 9: The fold of tissue below the root of the tongue is called the ...

A. vocal cords

B. pharynx

C. epiglottis

D. larynx

Câu 10: 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. stop

C. fricative

D. nasal

Câu 11: People have been aware of the importance of sounds as vehicles of meaning
for ... .

A. a thousand years

B. some years

C. a hundred years

D. a very long time

Câu 12: The lowest part of the tongue in the throat is called the ...

A. tongue blade

B. epiglottis

C. tongue root

D. dorsum

Câu 13: The place of articulation of a consonant specifies ..........

A. whether air is flowing through the nose

B. how narrow the constriction is

C. whether the tongue is dropped down on one side

D. where in the vocal tract the narrowing occurs

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

A. uvula

B. palate

C. velum

D. cavity

Câu 15:

The structuralism emphasizes the essential contrastive role of classes of sounds which are
labeled ...

A. phonetics

B. phones
C. phonology

D. phonemes

Câu 16: In producing a consonant there is a ........... in the vocal tract.

A. construction

B. opening

C. height

D. constriction

Câu 17: The main part of the tongue, lying below the hard and soft palate is called the ...

A. tongue

B. tongue blade

C. tongue root

D. dorsum

Câu 18: The hard portion of the roof of the mouth is called the ...

A. uvula

B. hard palate

C. velum

D. soft palate

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

A. dental
B. palatal

C. labiodental

D. velar

Câu 20: Auditory phonetics is concerned with the ...

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

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

C. transmittion of phonetic sounds of words of a language.

D. production of phonetic sounds of words of a language.

Câu 21: Phonotactics is mainly concerned with the way in which ...

A. words can combine in a language

B. vowels can combine in a language

C. sounds can combine in a language

D. consonants can combine in a language

Câu 22: Some fundamental distinctions between phonetics and phonology will be agreed
about by ...

A. most teachers

B. most linguists

C. most students

D. most language users

Câu 23: Which of the following statements is NOT CORRECT?

A. The manner of articulation tells whether the tongue is dropped down on one side.

B. The manner of articulation tells whether air is flowing through the nose.

C. The manner of articulation tells where in the vocal tract the constriction occurs.

D. The manner of articulation tells how narrow the constriction is.

Câu 24: The International Phonetic Association has played a very important role in ...

A. designing conventions for using sounds in speech

B. making use of phonetic symbols that represent speech sounds

C. using phonetic symbols for speech sounds

D. designing conventions for using phonetic symbols that represent speech sounds

Câu 25: Which of the CAPITALISED letters in the following pairs have the same
pronunciation?

A. iSland - hiStory

B. poSSession - miSSion

C. seiZure - garaGE

D. enouGH - thorouGH

Câu 26: In a ............. consonant, the body of the tongue approaches or touches the soft
palate.

A. glottal

B. postaveolar

C. bilabial

D. velar
Câu 27: The English t, d, and k are....

A. stops

B. nasals

C. fricatives

D. approximants

Câu 28: Systematic studies on the speech sounds only appeared with

A. the development of foreign language learning

B. the development of modern sciences

C. the modern life

D. the development of tape recorders

Câu 29: The small, dangly thing at the back of the soft palate is called the ...

A. larynx

B. dorsum

C. glottis

D. uvula

Câu 30: Articulatory phonetics generally refers to the study of how humans ...

A. interact with speech sounds

B. perceive speech sound

C. transmit speech sounds

D. produce speech sounds

Câu 31: The term phonetics comes from the ...

A. Geek language

B. English language

C. Latin language

D. Italian language

Câu 32: 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 they are used in written language

C. how we hear and recognise different sounds

D. how speech sounds are produced

Câu 33: In a .............. consonant, the lower and upper lips approach or touch each other.

A. dental

B. palatal

C. labiodental

D. bilabial

Câu 34: The major difference between the two consonants /f/ and /v/ is the ......

A. place of articulation

B. voicing

C. manner of articulation

D. sound class
Câu 35: Sounds which are made with vocal fold vibration are said to be ..........

A. voiced

B. lateral

C. voiceless

D. affricate