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I.? ?? ???Choose the best answer.  1.? ? Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human? ???? ?? ? __________A. contact? ???B. communication? ?? ? C. relation? ?? ?? ? D. community2.??Study the following dialogue. What function does it play according to the functions of language?? ?? ???— A nice day, isn’t it?? ?? ???— Right! I really enjoy the sunlight.? ?? ?A. Emotive? ?? ???B. Phatic? ?? ? C. Performative? ?? ? D. Interpersonal3.??__________ refers to the actual realization of the ideal language user’s??knowledge of the rules of his language in utterances.? ?? ???A. Performance? ? B. Competence? ???C. Langue? ?? ?? ?D. Parole4.??__________ deals with language application to other fields, particularly education.? ?A. Linguistic theory? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ? B. Practical linguistics??C. Applied linguistics? ?? ?? ?? ?? ???D. Comparative linguistics5.? ? __________ answers such questions as how we as infants acquire our first language.? ? A. Psycholinguistics??B.Anthropological linguisticsC. Sociolinguistics? ?? ?D. Applied linguistics 6.? ?? ???Pitch variation is known as __________ when its patterns are imposed on sentences.? ?? ???A. intonation? ?B. tone? ?? ?C. pronunciation? ?? ?? ?? ?? ? D. voice7.? ?? ???Conventionally a __________ is put in slashes (/ /).? ?? ???A. allophone? ?? ???B. phone? ?? ???C. phoneme? ?? ???D. morpheme8.? ?? ???An aspirated p, an unaspirated p and an unreleased p are __________ of the p phoneme.? ?? ???A. analogues? ?? ? B. tagmemes? ?? ?C. morphemes? ???D. allophones9.? ?? ???The opening between the vocal cords is sometimes referred to as ? ?? ?__________. ? ?? ???A. glottis? ?? ?? ?B. vocal cavity? ?? ???C. pharynx? ?? ?? ?? ???D. uvula10.? ?? ???The diphthongs that are made with a movement of the tongue towards the center are known as __________ diphthongs.? ?? ???A. wide? ?? ? B. closing? ? C. narrow? ?? ?? ?? ?D. centering11.? ?? ???A phoneme is a group of similar sounds called __________.?