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III. КОНТРОЛЬ ЗНАНИЙ
3.1 ТЕСТЫ ПО ДИСЦИПЛИНЕ «ПРОСОДИЯ РЕЧИ (АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫК)»
The 2
nd
year, the 3
rd
term
TEST 1
1. Choose the correct variant.
1. __________________ is a prosodic phenomenon of speech with
a linguistic function of
indicating the relative importance of various elements in an utterance. This function is
manifested through phonetic contrastivity of successive syllables in an utterance perceived as
their different phonetic prominence.
a) An intonation-group
b) Utterance-stress
c) Tempo
d) Pitch
2. ________________ is defined as a combination of a pitch change (or pitch contrast) with the
force of articulation.
a) Word-stress
b) Timber
c) A tone
d) Rhythm
3. ________________ syllables generally initiate a certain pitch figure.
a)
Fully stressed
b) Partially stressed
c) Unstressed
d) High
4. An utterance is split into groups of syllables unified by a stressed syllable, i.e.
___________________, each of which is a semantic unit – generally a word, often more than a
word.
a) proclitics
b) enclitics
c) word-combinations
d) stress-groups
5. The notion of _________________ implies, first of all, a certain periodicity of phonological
events. For an English utterance these events are the stressed syllables.
a) prosody
b) rhythm
c) a tone
d)
function words
6. __________________ is commonly referred to as variations in the height of the voice during
speech.
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a) Speech melody
b) A pitch-level
c) Speech pattern
d) Sentence-stress
7. __________________ is a typical nuclear tone of general, alternative (the first part) and
disjunctive (the second part) questions.
a) The High Narrow Rise
b) The Mid Wide Rise
c)
The Low Wide Rise
d)
The Low Narrow Rise
8. __________________ is commonly pronounced in unfinished parts of sentences indicating that
a continuation is going to follow. When it is used in independent utterances there is an effect of
the speaker’s interest in the situation and the listener’s response.
a) The Mid Wide Rise
b) The High Narrow Rise
c) The Low Wide Rise
d) The Low Narrow Rise
9. __________________ is most readily associated with non-assertiveness and lack of interest. It
is used in various casual remarks, afterthoughts, etc.
a) The Mid Wide Rise
b) The High Narrow Rise
c) The Low Wide Rise
d) The Low Narrow Rise
10. __________________ has the least degree of finality of all the falling tones. It sounds light and
airy. It is typically used in direct address and short comments expressing agreement, etc.
a) The Mid Wide Fall
b) The High Wide Fall
c) The High Narrow Fall
d)
The Low Narrow Fall
11. __________________, alongside completeness, finality, etc., often conveys additional
connotations of an emotional kind, such as insistence, protest,
personal concern, and
involvement.
a) The Low Narrow Fall
b) The High Narrow Fall
c) The High Wide Fall
d) The Mid Wide Fall
12. ___________________ completely lacks personal interest or enthusiasm and often sounds
phlegmatic, calm and rather dogmatic.
a) The Mid Wide Fall
b) The High Wide Fall
c) The High Narrow Fall
d) The Low Narrow Fall
13. From the semantic point of view the falling-rising tone has __________________: utterances
with this nuclear tone give the impression that the speaker intends the hearer to understand more
than the words themselves convey.
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a) a quizzical meaning
b) an interrogative meaning
c) an implicatory meaning
d) a negative meaning
14. In __________________ the implication is basically of a modal-attitudinal kind: it often gives
the impression that what the speaker admits or denies is in conflict with his own or his
interlocutor’s previous opinion.
a) the High Rise
b) the Low Fall
c)
the Fall-Rise
d) the Rise-Fall
15. __________________ a combination of a descending overall contour, even pitch throughout a
stress-group, and a diffuse (or mixed) distribution of prominence.
a) The Stepping (Gradually Descending Stepping) Head
b) The Ascending Stepping Head
c) The Low Head
d) The Scandent Head
16. ________________ before a falling nuclear tone may express the speaker’s irritation or vice
versa, cheerfulness and interest (the exact meaning is always clear from the context).
a) The Sliding Head
b) The Scandent Head
c) The High Head
d) The Broken Descending Stepping Head
17. Since the whole utterance with ___________________ is pronounced
within a narrow voice-
range there is an impression of smaller overall prominence. Such utterances often convey a cool,
detached, phlegmatic, disinterested or disapproving attitude.
a) The High Head
b) The Stepping Head
c) The Sliding Head
d) The Low Head
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