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Ағылшын (2) тілі 3 (98 сұрақ)

Total questions: 98

Worksheet time: 49mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

. К какому согласному относится определение: переднеязычный апикально-альвеолярный боковой сонант

a)

[l]

b)

[k]

c)

[f]

d)

g

2.

К какому гласному относится определение: нейтральный безударный монофтонг смешанного ряда среднего подъема, краткий нелабиализованный

a)

[∂]

b)

e]

c)

[æ

d)

[u:]

3.

Что называется латеральным взрывом?

a)

произношение взрывного альвеолярного согласного слитно с последующим [l];

b)

смягчение

c)

придыхание

d)

образование прохода для струи воздуха;

поднятие средней спинки языка.

4.

Which is the right transcription of the word “palatalization”:

a)

[‘p æ l ∂ t ∂ l a І ’z e І ∫ ∂ n]

b)

p ∂ l ∂ t ∂ l a І ‘z e І ∫ ∂ n]

c)

[‘p l ∂ t ∂ l a І z e І ∫ n]

d)

[p æ l t l a І’z e І ∫ n]

5.

Which is the right transcription of the word “secularize”

a)

[ ‘s e k j υ l ∂ r a І z]

b)

[s І ’k j u: l ∂ r a І z ]

c)

[ ‘s ∂: k j υ l ∂ r a І z]

d)

no correct answer

6.

Which is the right transcription of the word “sectarianism”

a)

[ s e k ’t e ∂ r I ∂ n I z ∂ m ]

b)

[ s I k ’t e ∂ r I ∂ n I z m ]

c)

s ∂ k ’t e ∂ r I ∂ n I z ∂ m ]

d)

[ ‘s e k t e ∂ r I ∂ I s m ]

7.

Which is the right transcription of the word “sophistication”

a)

s ∂ ,f I s t I ’k e I ∫ ∂ n ]

b)

s ∂ ’f I s t I k e I ∫ ∂ n ]

c)

[ ‘s f I s t I k e I ∫ ∂ n ]

d)

[ s ∂ f I s t I ’k e I ∫ ∂ n ]

8.

Which is the right transcription of the word

“ telecommunication”

a)

[ ‘t e l I k ∂ ,m j u: n I ’k e I ∫ ∂ n ]

b)

[ ,t e l I k ∂ m j u: n I ’k e I ∫ ∂ n ]

c)

t e l e k ∂ ,m j u: n I ’k e I ∫ ∂ n ]

d)

[ t e l I k ∂ ,m j u: n I ’k e I ∫ ∂ n ]

9.

Which is the right transcription of the word “classicism”

a)

[‘k l æ s Ι s Ι z ∂ m ]

b)

[k l ∂ s Ι ‘s Ι z m ]

c)

[‘k l æ s Ι s Ι s m ]

d)

[‘k l æ s ∂ s Ι z m ]

10.

Which is the right transcription of the word

“ unapproachable”.

a)

,۸ n ∂ ’p r ∂ υ t ∫ ∂ b l ]

b)

۸ n I ’p r ∂ υ t ∫ I b l ]

c)

[ ‘۸ n p r ∂ υ t ∫ ∂ b l ]

d)

no correct answer

11.

Which is the right transcription of the word “dissapprovingly ”

a)

[,d I s ∂ ‘p r u: v I ŋ l I ]

b)

[d e s ∂ ‘p r u: v I ŋ l I]

c)

[d I s I ,p r υ v I ŋ l I]

d)

[d e s I ‘p r u: v I ŋ l I]

12.

Which is the right transcription of the word “reproduction”

a)

[ , r I: p r ∂ ‘d ۸ k ∫ ∂ n ]

b)

[ r I p r ∂ ‘d ۸ k ∫ ∂ n ]

c)

[ r e p r ∂ ‘d ۸ k ∫ ∂ n ]

d)

[ r I: p r ∂ ,d ۸ k ∫ ∂ n ]

13.

Which is the right transcription of the word “requirement”

a)

[ r I ,k w a I m n t ]

b)

[ r I ‘k w a I ∂ m ∂ n t ]

c)

[ r e’k w a I m ∂ n t ]

d)

[ , r i: ‘k w a I ∂ m ∂ n t ]

14.

Which is the right transcription of the word “Puritanism”

a)

[ ‘p j υ ∂ r I t ∂ n I z ∂ m ]

b)

[ ‘p j u: ∂ r I t ∂ n I z m ]

c)

[ ,p j υ ∂ r I t ∂ ‘n I z ∂ m ]

d)

[p υ ∂ r I t ∂ n I z ∂ m ]

15.

Which is the right transcription of the word “protectionism”

a)

[ p r ∂ ’t e k ∫ ∂ n I z ∂ m ]

b)

[ p r ∂ ’t I k ∫ n I z ∂ m ]

c)

[ p r ‘t e k ∫ ∂ n I z ∂ m ]

d)

no correct answer

16.

Which is the right transcription of the word “protagonist” :

a)

[ p r ∂ u ‘t æ g ∂ n I s t ]

b)

[ ,p r ∂ ‘t æ g ∂ n I s t ]

c)

[ ‘p r ∂ υ t ∂ g ∂ n I s t ]

d)

[ p r ∂ ’t æ g ∂ n I s t ]

17.

Which is the right transcription of the word

“falderal ”

a)

[‘f æ l d ∂ ,r æ l]

b)

[f ∂ l ‘d æ r ∂ l]

c)

[f l d ∂ ‘r æ l]

d)

[,l æ l d ∂ ‘r æ l]

18.

International Phonetic Association (IPA) was founded in _________ .

a)

1886

b)

1877

c)

1852

d)

1848

19.

The first observations of the vocal cards were made in _________ .

a)

1877

b)

1852

c)

1856

d)

1848

20.

Laryngoscope was invented in _________ .

a)

1878

b)

1877

c)

1829

d)

1852

21.

There are ___________ voiced consonants.

a)

15

b)

9

c)

16

d)

8

22.

The are ______________ voiceless consonants

a)

16

b)

8

c)

9

d)

15

23.

Lingual consonants are subdivided into __________ subgroups.

a)

three

b)

two

c)

five

d)

six

24.

According to the position of the tip of the tongue forelingual consonants may be of ________ types.

a)

light

b)

three

c)

two

d)

four

25.

According to the place of obstruction forlingual consonants may be of ________ types.

a)

five

b)

two

c)

three

d)

four

26.

Mediao lingual consonants are always _____________ .

a)

velar

b)

palatal

c)

fricative

d)

plosive

27.

There _________ types of closure.

a)

three

b)

four

c)

two

d)

six

28.

According to the position of the soft palate all consonants are subdivided into _______ groups.

a)

Three

b)

Two

c)

Four

d)

Five

29.

According to the position of the lips vowels are classified into ____ groups.

a)

Two

b)

Three

c)

Four

d)

Five

30.

.The term “tense” was introduced by ________.

a)

H. Sweet

b)

Ferdinand de Sanssure

c)

J. Kenyon

d)

G.P. Torsuyev

31.

Who defined the phoneme as a “family” of sounds?

a)

D.Jones

b)

K. Pike

c)

J.Kenoy

d)

Baudouin de Courteney

32.

According to the lenght English vowels are subdivided into ________ groups.

a)

two

b)

three

c)

four

d)

no correct answer

33.

Vowel lenght may depend on ___________ linguistic factors.

a)

three

b)

five

c)

six

d)

four

34.

Intonation is a complex unity of _________ non-segmental or prosodic features of speech.

a)

five

b)

three

c)

two

d)

six

35.

The grammatical approach to the study of intonation was worked out by ____________ .

a)

D. Jones

b)

H. Halliday

c)

H. Sweet

d)

Gimson

36.

The founder of the American school of intonation is ________ .

a)

K. Pike

b)

D. Jones

c)

H. Sweet

d)

H. Halliday

37.

.V.A.Vassilyev gives _________ tone units.

a)

ten

b)

seven

c)

eight

d)

nine

38.

. A national language has _________ material forms.

a)

two

b)

three

c)

four

d)

five

39.

American English is characterized by _______ [r].

a)

cacuminal

b)

retroflex

c)

medial

d)

nasal

40.

What type of English pronunciation was brought to America many centuries ago?

a)

Eastern English type

b)

Northern English type

c)

Western English type

d)

Mid – Western English type.

41.

Besides the neutral vowels three more vowels in English are always unstressed. They are ____________.

a)

[æ, e, I

b)

[-]

c)

[u: , I:, α

d)

[I : ,u, ۸]

42.

The unstressed vocalism in English is represented by __________.

a)

[∂]

b)

[æ]

c)

[∂:]

d)

[α:]

43.

Musical or tonic type of stress is achieved through the changes in the _____________ of the vowel under stress.

a)

pitch

b)

quality

c)

quantity

d)

force of articulation

44.

.If special prominence in a stressed syllable is achieved through the change in the quantity of the vowels, which is longer in a stressed one, such type is called _________ .

a)

quantitative

b)

qualitative

c)

musical

d)

dynamic

45.

If special prominence in a stressed syllable is achieved mainly through the change of pitch such accent is called ___________ .

a)

dynamic

b)

musical

c)

qualitative

d)

quantitative

46.

. If special prominence in a stressed syllable is achieved mainly through the intensity of articulation, such type of stress is called __________ type of stress.

a)

musical

b)

dynamic

c)

qualitative

d)

quantitative

47.

On what does a number of syllables in a word depend?

a)

on the number of vowels

b)

on the number of noise consonants

c)

on the number of plosives

d)

on the number of unvoiced consonants.

48.

Each rhythmic group within an intonation group is given ________ .

a)

the same amount of time

b)

seconds

c)

different amount of time

d)

minutes

49.

Define the direction of assimilation in the following examples: e.g. news [n j u: z] – newspaper [‘nju:speIp∂]

horse [h o: s ] - horse – shoe [‘h o: ∫ ∫ u: ]

a)

progressive

b)

regressive

c)

double

d)

difficult

50.

The type of assimilation in which two adjacent consonants influence each other called _________.

a)

progressive

b)

double

c)

regressive

d)

simple

51.

.The type of assimilation in which the assimilated consonant is influenced by the preceding consonant is called __________ .

a)

progressive

b)

regressive

c)

double

d)

different

52.

Phoneme fulfils ____________ main functions.

a)

two

b)

three

c)

four

d)

five

53.

The phoneme is a dialected unity of ________ aspects.

a)

three

b)

two

c)

four

d)

five

54.

What do we call the articulatory features which are present in all allophones?

a)

They are called irrelevant articulatory features.

b)

They are called relevant articulatory features.

c)

They are no such articulatory features in Englis

d)

They are many irrelevant articulatory features in English.

55.

Subsidiary allophones may be of ________ types

a)

two

b)

three

c)

four

d)

five

56.

Allophones are divided into _____________ groups.

a)

three

b)

two

c)

four

d)

five

57.

Whom is the definition of the phoneme as the smallest language unit which is capable in distinguishing one word from another, one grammatical form from another given by?

a)

by foreign linguists

b)

by Shcherba L.V.

c)

by N.Zhinkin

d)

by S.F.Leontyeva

58.

With what type of obstruction are affricates articulated ?

a)

beginning with a complete and ending with incomplete one.

b)

with complete.

c)

with incomplete.

d)

with no obstruction

59.

For the production of what sounds is the obstructor mechanism responsible?

a)

for the production of consonants

b)

for the production of vowels

c)

for the production of sonorants only

d)

for the production of fricatives only

60.

What sounds are syllabic in English?

a)

all vowel sounds

b)

all vowel sounds and consonants [m,n,l].

c)

all sonorants

d)

all semi-vowels

61.

Where do the combinations of consonants [tl, dl,tn,dn] occur in English words ?

a)

they never occur at the beginning of the words

b)

they occur at the end and in the middle of words

c)

the English language doesn’t have such combinations

d)

the English language has several such kind of combinations

62.

In what branch is a statistical method widely used?

a)

in historical phonetics

b)

in general phonetics

c)

in phonology

d)

in linguistics

63.

What are the principal methods used in acoustic phonetics?

a)

They are experimental ones.

b)

It is the method of direct obstruction.

c)

The methods of discovering minimal pairs.

d)

There are no methods at all.

64.

What is the oldest and the most developed branch of phonetics?

a)

It is physiological phonetics.

b)

It is phonology

c)

It is acoustic phonetics

d)

It is phonological aspect

65.

Find the right definition of the phoneme [j]

a)

velar, plosive, unvoiced

b)

palato-alveolar, fricative, unvoiced

c)

alveolar, lateral, voiced

d)

alveolar, plosive, unvoiced

66.

Find he right definition of the phoneme [t∫]

a)

palato-alveolar, fricative, voiced

b)

palato-alveolar, affricate, unvoiced

c)

palato-alveolar, fricative, unvoiced

d)

alveolar, nasal, voiced

67.

Find the right definition of the phoneme [θ]

a)

dental, fricative, unvoiced

b)

bilabial, plosive, unvoiced

c)

alveolar, plosive, unvoiced

d)

labio-dental, fricative, unvoiced

68.

Find the right definition of the phoneme [w].

a)

bilabial, nasal, voiced

b)

labio-velar, semi-vowel, voiced

c)

alveolar, plosive, unvoiced

d)

bilabial, plosive, voiced

69.

Find the right definition of the phoneme [æ] :

a)

close, front, long, unrounded

b)

open/half, front, short, wide open, jan lowered

c)

half-close, front, short, unrounded

d)

open, back, long, unrounded, jaw lowered

70.

Find the right definition of the phoneme [ŋ]

a)

velar, nasal, voiced

b)

bilabial, plosive, unvoiced

c)

alveolar, fricative, unvoiced

d)

alveolar, nasal, voiced

71.

Find the right definition of the phoneme [h]:

a)

alveolar, lateral, voiced

b)

glottal, fricative, voiceless

c)

bilabial, plosive, unvoiced

d)

velar, plosive, unvoiced

72.

Find the right definition of the phoneme [∂:]

a)

close, front, long, unrounded

b)

half-close, central, long, unrounded

c)

half-close, front, short, unrounded

d)

close, back, long, rounded but lax.

73.

Find the right definition of the phoneme [∂]

a)

close, front, long, unrounded

b)

central, central, short, neutral,

c)

half-close, short, unround

d)

half-close, central, long, unrounded.

74.

Find the right definition of the phoneme [u:] :

a)

close, back, long, rounded but lax

b)

close, front, long, unrounded

c)

half-central, central, long, unrounded

d)

open, back, long, unrounded, jaw lowered.

75.

Find the right definition of the phoneme [u] :

a)

half-close, central-back, short, slighly rounded, lax

b)

close, front, long, unrounded

c)

half-close, front, short, unrounded

d)

half-close, front, unround

76.

Find the right definition of the phoneme [٨] :

a)

open, back, long, unrounded, jaw lowered.

b)

open/half-open, central-back, short, neutral

c)

close, front, long, unrounded

d)

half-close, front, short, unrounded

77.

Find the right definition of the phoneme [α:] :

a)

open, back, long, unrounded, jaw lowered

b)

central, central, short, neutral.

c)

close, front, long, unrounded

d)

half-close, front, short, unrounded

78.

Find the right definition of the phoneme [i:] :

a)

close, front, long, unrounded

b)

open, back, long, unrounded, jaw lowered

c)

close, back, long, rounded but lax

d)

open, back, short, rounded, lax, jaw lowered.

79.

Find the right definition of the phoneme [I]:

a)

half-close, front, short, unrounded

b)

close, front, long, unrounded

c)

open, back, long, unrounded, jaw lowered

d)

close, back, long, rounded but lax

80.

Find the right definition of the phoneme [m] :

a)

bilabial, nasal, voiced

b)

bilabial, plosive, voiced

c)

dental, fricative, voiced

d)

bilabial, plosive, unvoiced

81.

Find the right definition of the phoneme [f] :

a)

labio-dental, fricative, unvoiced

b)

bilabial, plosive, unvoiced

c)

labio-velar, semi-vowel, voiced

d)

bilabial, plosive, voiced

82.

.Find the right definition of the phoneme [v]:

a)

labio-dental, fricative, voiced

b)

dental, fricative, unvoiced

c)

bilabial, plosive, unvoiced

d)

alveolar, fricative, unvoiced

83.

Find the right definition of the phoneme [t]:

a)

alveolar, plosive, unvoiced

b)

alveolar, nasal, voiced

c)

bilabial, plosive, unvoiced

d)

dental, fricative, unvoiced

84.

.Find the right definition of the phoneme [d

a)

bilabial, plosive, unvoiced

b)

alveolar, plosive, voiced

c)

alveolar, plosive, unvoiced

d)

labio-dental, fricative, unvoiced

85.

Find the right definition of [s]:

a)

bilabial, plosive, unvoiced

b)

alveolar, fricative, unvoiced

c)

dental, fricative, unvoiced

d)

fricative, voice

86.

. Find the right definition of [z]:

a)

alveolar, plosive, voiced

b)

bilabial, plosive, unvoiced

c)

dental, fricative, unvoiced

d)

alveolar, nasal, voiced

87.

Find the right definition of the phoneme [r] :

a)

bilabial, plosive, unvoiced

b)

post-alveolar, frictionless, voiced

c)

dental, fricative, unvoiced

d)

alveolar, nasal, voiced

88.

Find the right definition of the phoneme [k]:

a)

bilabial, plosive, unvoiced

b)

alveolar, lateral, voiced

c)

velar, plosive, unvoiced

d)

alveolar, fricative, voiced

89.

.Find the right definition of the phoneme [g] :

a)

velar, plosive, unvoiced

b)

velar, plosive, voiced

c)

bilabial, plosive, unvoiced

d)

alveolar, nasal, voiced.

90.

Find the right definition of the phoneme [e] :

a)

half-close, front, short, unrounded

b)

close, front, long, unrounded

c)

open, back, long, unrounded, jaw lowered

d)

central, central, short, neutral

91.

.Find the right definition of the phoneme [n] :

a)

bilabial, plosive, unvoiced

b)

alveolar, nasal, voiced

c)

alveolar, plosive, unvoiced

d)

alveolar, fricative, unvoiced

92.

Find the right definition of the phoneme [l] :

a)

alveolar, fricative, voiced

b)

alveolar (velarised), lateral, voiced

c)

alveolar, nasal, voiced

d)

dental, fricative, unvoiced

93.

Final clusters in English are much more ______________ than initial ones.

a)

simple

b)

complex

c)

long

d)

short

94.

Sounds are grouped around the most ___________ ones.

a)

voiceless

b)

sonorous

c)

fricative

d)

plosive

95.

The founder of the phoneme theory was _______.

a)

K. Pike

b)

I.A. Baudouin de Courteney

c)

No correct answer

d)

L. Hjelmslev

96.

There are ________ aspects of a phoneme.

a)

two

b)

three

c)

five

d)

six

97.

__________ was the first to define the phoneme as a real, independent distinctive unit which manifests itself in the form of allophones.

a)

L.V. Shcherba

b)

I.A. Baudouin de Courteney

c)

V.A. Vassilyev

d)

No correct answer

98.

Find the right definition of the phoneme [n] :

a)

bilabial, plosive, unvoiced

b)

alveolar, nasal, voiced

c)

alveolar, plosive, unvoiced

d)

alveolar, fricative, unvoiced