Белорусский государственный
TEST 6 Choose the right answer
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| TEST 6
Choose the right answer. 1. … syllables generally initiate a certain pitch figure: they are identified with more or less independent pitch units or pitch contrast between the fully stressed syllables in an utterance. (A) Stressed (B) Partially stressed (C) Fully stressed (D) Unstressed 2. When the number of syllables in adjacent stress-groups is not equal, the tempo is noticeably … in a group having fewer syllables. (A) peculiar (B) unchanged (C) faster (D) slower 3. A … of a minimal size coincides with a … realized in a monosyllabic utterance. (A) tune, figurative meaning (B) tune, tone (C) stress, tone (D) tone, tune 4. The … tone can be used in most utterances for which a falling tone would be fundamentally suitable: it has all the definiteness and finality of a falling tone, but the substitution would add more (A) … to the utterance and change the feeling of it, giving the conversation a much more (B) … and (C) … style. (A) rising-falling (B) falling-rising (C) rising (D) static 5. The most frequent nuclear tones after the … Head are the Low Narrow Fall and the Low Narrow Rise. (A) Low (B) High (C) Stepping (D) Sliding 6. The meaning of the contours is, generally speaking, the sum total of the meanings of the nuclear tone and the …. (A) static tone (B) prehead (C) head (D) tail 7. The contour … is mainly used in straightforward, i.e. non-echo questions. When there is no head, the question sounds casual and light, sometimes tentative. With a head it is more businesslike and formal. (A) High/Stepping Head + low Wide Rise (B) Stepping/High Head + Fall-Rise Divided (C) Low Head + Low Narrow Rise (D) High/Stepping Head + Mid Wide Rise 8. The tone-sequence … is used when the two adjacent parts of an utterance contain some implication without being contrasted to each other. (A) Low Rise | Low Rise (B) Fall-Rise | Fall- Rise (C) High (Mid) Fall | Rise-Fall (D) Low Fall | Low Fall 9. When a low-pitched head is pronounced before an Emphatic … the question acquires a note of antagonism and impatience. (A) Fall (B) Low Rise (C) High Rise (D) Fall-Rise 10. Imperatives with the compound tune Fall + Fall-Rise often have a suggestion of …. (A) surprise (B) dogmatism (C) reproachfulness (D) wonderment |