Unit 1 Introduction

Achievement Test 1

1、单选题:
‌     The soft palate is also called __________‏
选项:
A:    velum
B:    uvula
C:    epiglottis
D:    trachea
答案: 【    velum 

2、单选题:
‎      The back of the tongue helps to produce __________ sounds.‏          ‏‎‏
选项:
A:     velar
B:    dental
C:    alveolar
D:     palatal
答案: 【     velar

3、单选题:
‌      /p/, /b/, /m/ and /w/ are produced with the help of __________.‌‌‌
选项:
A: the upper teeth and inner lower lip
B:  the upper and lower lip
C:  the tongue tip on or close to the alveolar ridge
D:  the tip of the tongue raised close to the hard palate
答案: 【  the upper and lower lip

4、单选题:
The sounds produced with the help of the upper teeth are called __________ sounds.​‎​
选项:
A: bilabial
B:      labio-dental
C:      dental
D:      post-alveolar
答案: 【      dental  

5、单选题:
The study of speech organs is important to know the nature of __________.‏‏‏
选项:
A: speech production
B: speech contest
C:      telegraphic speech
D:      public speech
答案: 【 speech production                         

6、单选题:
​    The organs that take part in production of speech sounds are called __________‎
选项:
A: speech production
B:      pharyngeal cavity
C:      nasal cavity
D:     speech organs
答案: 【     speech organs

7、单选题:
The positional variants of the same phoneme are known as __________.‌‌‍‌
选项:
A:  sounds
B: vowels
C:  consonants
D: allophones
答案: 【 allophones

8、单选题:
In English, [l] and [ɫ] are allophones of the phoneme /l/ because they occur in ___________________, i.e., they never appear in the same sound contexts. [l] always occurs before vowels (as in the word leaf, look), while [ɫ] comes after vowels and before consonants (as in the word feel, cold).​‎​
选项:
A: free variation
B:     a minimal set
C:     complementary distribution
D:      regional differences
答案: 【     complementary distribution  

9、单选题:
Using the diacritics provided by the IPA, _____________ transcription captures as many aspects of a specific pronunciation as possible and makes very subtle distinctions between sounds. ‍‎‍
选项:
A: broad
B:     narrow
C:     phonetic
D:     conventional
答案: 【      narrow   

10、单选题:
/p/ and /b/ can appear in initial position (as in pin and bin) and also in final position (as in rope and robe).They are in phonemic contrast and said to form a _______________ because they occur in the same environment and distinguish meaning.‎‎‎
选项:
A: complementary distribution
B:       allophonic distribution
C:       minimal pair
D:     segmental phoneme
答案: 【       minimal pair 

Unit 2 Vowel

Achievement Test 2

1、单选题:
Like all languages in the world, English phonemes are also divided into vowels and consonants. The distinction between the two lies in the obstruction of __________.‏‎‏
选项:
A:  mouth
B:       airstream
C:       nose
D:       vocal cords
答案: 【       airstream 

2、单选题:
The __________ Pronunciation, or RP for short, is the instantly recognisable accent often described as ‘typically British’. It is defined in the Concise Oxford English Dictionary as “the standard accent of English as spoken in the south of England”.‍‍‍
选项:
A: Renowned
B:      Respected
C:       Respectable
D:       Received
答案: 【       Received

3、单选题:
The vowel __________ can be described as low, front, and unrounded, but the feature “unrounded” is usually omitted because all front vowels in English are unrounded.‎‍‎
选项:
A: /æ/
B:     /e/
C:     /i:/
D:     /ɒ/
答案: 【 /æ/                                                                    

4、单选题:
Syllabically, although a diphthong is a combination of two vowel sounds, and the tongue glides in the production of it, it is perceived as one phoneme, not two. Thus, diphthongs are treated as having one __________ only.​‎​
选项:
A: stress
B:     syllable
C:     vowel
D:     allophone
答案: 【      syllable 

5、单选题:
Words such as fire /faɪə/, flour /flaʊə/, or loyal /lɔɪəl/ are considered by the native English speakers to have only one syllable, whereas higher /haɪə/ and player /pleɪə/ are more likely to be heard with disyllabic realizations because the third vowel is a __________.‏‏‏
选项:
A:  triphthong
B:       suffix
C:       monophthong
D:      diphthong
答案: 【       suffix      

6、判断题:
In the production of a consonant sound, the air stream from the lungs meets no obstruction of any kind in the throat, the nose, or the mouth, while in the pronunciation of a vowel, the air stream from the lungs is obstructed in one way or another. ‏​‏
选项:
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 错误

7、判断题:
Daniel Jones worked out a set of Cardinal Vowels that students learning phonetics could be taught to produce, the aim of which is to give an approximate picture of the degree and direction of the tongue movement involved.‏‏‏
选项:
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 正确

8、判断题:
/i:/ and /ɪ/ are both high front vowels, but /i:/ is a bit lower and more forward than /ɪ/. In addition, /i:/ is tense in that the root of the tongue is more advanced than with /ɪ/, which is lax.‎​‎
选项:
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 错误

9、判断题:
‍English diphthongs are divided into both falling diphthongs (the first vowel sound is pronounced longer, louder and stronger than the second one), and rising diphthongs (the second sound is produced longer and stronger than the first​
选项:
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 错误

10、判断题:
If two adjacent vowel sounds occur in different syllables — for example, in the English word re-elect (/ˌri:ˈɪlekt/) — the result is described as hiatus not as a diphthong.​‎​
选项:
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 正确

Unit 3 Consonants

Achievement tests 3

1、单选题:
Consonants are formed by interrupting, narrowing or diverting the airflow in a variety of ways. There are three ways of classifying the English consonant sounds: __________ of articulation, manner of articulation and voicing.‌‍‌
选项:
A:  place
B: obstruction
C:  aspiration
D: vibration
答案: 【  place    

2、单选题:
When the letter n come before g or k, it is pronounced as /ŋ/ as in strong, bang, thank, drink. However, when g is followed by e or i, the letter n is read as /n/ as in strange, stranger, arrange, longitude because the letter g is pronounced as __________.​‍​
选项:
A: /ʃ/
B: /ʒ/
C: /ʤ/
D:  /ʧ/
答案: 【 /ʤ/ 

3、单选题:
‏RP has two allophonic variants of /r/. One is retroflex [r], and the ot

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