1、What kind of sounds can we make, when the vocal cords are vibrating?
A、Voiceless consonants
B、Voiced consonants
C、Glottal stop
D、Vowels
2、Which one is different from the others according to manners of articulation?
A、[f]
B、[v]
C、[z]
D、[w]
3、Which of the following CANNOT be considered as a minimal pair?
A、but-bus
B、but-bat
C、but-put
D、but-cut
4、The sound /z/ can be described with “voiced, ________, alveolar”.
A、affricate
B、fricative
C、labiodental
D、palatal
5、In English, if three consonants cluster together at the beginning of a word, the combination could be the following EXCEPT ________.
A、[spr]
B、[stj]
C、[skw]
D、[spl]
E、[sks]
6、A phoneme in one language or one dialect may be an allophone in another language or dialect.
A、对
B、错
7、The speech sounds which are in complementary distribution are definitely allophones of the same phoneme.
A、对
B、错
8、Broad Transcription is intended to symbolize all the possible speech sounds, including the minute shades.
A、对
B、错
9、The initial sound of “peak” is aspirated while the second sound of “speak” is unaspirated. They are allophones.
A、对
B、错
10、Phonetic similarity means that the allophones of a phoneme must bear some morphological resemblance.
A、对
B、错
