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