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语音学复习资料 I. Multiple choice: ( c ) 1. ______ is the science of speech sounds. a. Phone b. Phoneme c. Phonetics d. Phonology ( b ) 2. In producing all vowels there is vibration of the vocal cords, so all vowels are ______. voiceless b. Voiced c. front d. long ( c ) 3. ______ consonant sounds are made with the lips closed. a. Fricative b. Lateral c. Bi-labial d. Dental ( b ) 4. The ending –s in “games” should be pronounced ______. a. /s/ b. /z/ c. /iz/ d. /zi/ (b ) 5. In ______ assimilation the assimilated sound is influenced by the preceding sound. a. regressive b. Progressive c. double d. reciprocal ( b ) 6. ______ means the omission of a sound or sounds, either within the body of a word or at a junction of words. Assimilation b. Elision c. Linking d. Liaison ( c ) 7. The ______ of a sound is the length of time during which it is held on continuously in a given word on phrase. voice b. Spelling c. length d. form ( a ) 8. ______ is concerned with the stressing of individual words of two or more syllables when they are pronounced in isolation. a. Word stress b. Sentence stress c. Intonation d. Tone ( d ) 9. A rhythm unit is formed by a stressed ______, together with unstressed syllables which may come before the stress and after it. a. vowel b. consonant c. sound d. syllable ( b ) 10. These groups of words which are closely connected in meaning and in grammar are called ______. a. sound-linking b. sense groups c. pausing d. rhythm ( d ) 11. The stressed syllable of the last prominent word is a marker of the highest importance, and it is called the ______ of the tune. tail b.pre-head c. head d. nucleus (b ) 12. A ______represents a stressed syllable pronounced with a fall in pitch within that syllable. a. dash b.downward curve c. upward cure d. dot ( a ) 13. In un-emphatic English speech the ______ stressed syllable in a sentence is usually pronounced on the highest pitch. a. first b. Second c. third d. fourth ( b )