1. General American

2. Received Pronunciation

3. Standard Scottish Pronunciation

4. Public School Pronunciation

Вопрос №30

In this language all the vowels are generally divided into long and short

1. English

2. Russian

3. Kazakh

4. Moksha

Вопрос №31

This type of notation provides special symbols for all the phonemes of a language

1. phonemic

2. allophonic

3. narrow

4. wide

Вопрос №32

This type of notation suggests special symbols including some information about articulatory activity of particular allophonic features

1. allophonic

2. phonemic

3. wide

4. broad

Вопрос №33

This type of transcription is mainly used for practical expedience

1. phonemic

2. allophonic

3. narrow

4. wide

Вопрос №34

This type of transcription serves the purposes of research work

1. allophonic

2. phonemic

3. wide

4. broad

Вопрос №35

The branch of phonetics that studies the way in which the air is set in motion, the movements of the speech organs and the coordination of these movements in the production of single sounds and trains of sounds

1. articulatory phonetics

2. acoustic phonetics

3. auditory phonetics

4. phonology

Вопрос №36

The branch of phonetics that studies the way in which the air vibrates between the speaker’s mouth and the listener’s ear

1. acoustic phonetics

2. articulatory phonetics

3. auditory phonetics

4. phonology

Вопрос №37

The branch of phonetics investigating the hearing process

1. auditory phonetics

2. acoustic phonetics

3. articulatory phonetics

4. phonology

Вопрос №38

Being a powerful visual aid it is a good basis for teaching the pronunciation

1. phonetic transcription

2. typewriter

3. video recorder

4. photo camera

Вопрос №39

The representation of the sounds of one language as nearly as possible by the letters and letter combinations of another language

1. transliteration

2. phonetic transcription

3. alphabet

4. phonemic transcription

Вопрос №40

The majority of alphabetic transcriptions used in teaching foreign languages are based on

1. the transcription of the International Phonetic Association

2. allophonic transcription

3. transliteration

4. Webster’s respelling system

Вопрос №41

The kind of phonetic notation used by explanatory dictionaries in the USA

1. Webster’s respelling system

2. allophonic transcription

3. transliteration

4. the transcription of the International Phonetic Association (IPA)

Вопрос №42

The form of pronunciation most commonly described in books on the phonetics of British English and traditionally taught to foreigners

1. Received Pronunciation

2. Scottish Standard English

3. Cockney

4. General American

Вопрос №43

The type of English Pronunciation where rolled [r] (of the Russian type) is used in all positions

1. Standard Scottish Pronunciation

2. Received Pronunciation

3. Southern English

4. BBC English

Вопрос №44

The most wide spread type of educated American speech

1. General American Pronunciation

2. Received Pronunciation

3. Southern American Pronunciation

4. BBC English

Вопрос №45

Voiced consonants are

1. [b, d, g, v, , z, ð, ]

2. [f, , s]

3. [p, t, k]

4. [ , , h]

Вопрос №46

Voiceless consonants are

1. [f, , s, p, t, k, , , h]

2. [ , z, ]

3. [ð, l, ]

4. [b, d, g, v]

Вопрос №47

According to the view originated by L.V.Sherba the phoneme is

1. a functional, material and abstract unit

2. a mentalistic image

3. a physical object

4. an abstract idea

Вопрос №48

Two major classes of sounds traditionally distinguished by phoneticians in any language

1. consonants and vowels

2. capital and small

3. lexical and grammatical

4. high and low

Вопрос №49

They defined language as “the immediate actuality of thought”

1. K. Marx and F. Engels

2. Beavis and Butt-Head

3. Quentin Tarantino and Gregg Araki

4. Austin Powers and Mick Jagger

Вопрос №50

The four components of the phonetic system of language (phonemic, syllabic, accentual and intentional) all constitute its

1. pronunciation

2. distribution

3. spelling

4. history

Вопрос №51

Noise consonant sounds produced with a complete obstruction which is slowly released and the air escapes from the mouth with some friction