Вопрос №69

The public person who defined language as “the most important means of human intercourse”

A. V.I.Lenin

B. George Bush Junior

C. Michael Jackson

D. Peter K.Hogan

 

Вопрос №70

The science studying the correlation between the phonetic systems of two or more languages

A. comparative phonetics

B. historical phonetics

C. practical phonetics

D. phonology

 

Вопрос №71

The science whose aim is to trace and establish the successive changes in the phonetic system of a given language at different stages of its historical development

A. historical phonetics

B. comparative phonetics

C. practical phonetics

D. phonology

Вопрос №72

The science studying the contemporary phonetic system of a particular language to give a description of all its phonetic units

A. descriptive phonetics

B. comparative phonetics

C. historical phonetics

D. general phonetics

Вопрос №73

This sound in English never occurs at the beginning of a word

A. [ŋ]

B. [k]

C. [l]

D. [z]

Вопрос №74

This sound in English never occurs word finally

A. [æ]

B. [ð]

C. [ŋ]

D. [z]

Вопрос №75

The science which is widely used in surdo-pedagogics to teach normal oral speech to deaf and dumb people

A. Phonetics

B. Grammar

C. Lexicology

D. Orthography

Вопрос №76

The weakening of a sound due to a decrease in the tenseness of the speech organs resulting in the loss of some characteristics by the sound

A. reduction

B. assimilation

C. accommodation

D. vocalism

Вопрос №77

This sound in Russian never occurs at the beginning of a word in a citation form

A. [ы]

B. [с]

C. [о]

D. [л’]

Вопрос №78

The form of a language varying from locality to locality

A. Dialect

B. Standard

C. literary language

D. language

Вопрос №79

A national language has two material forms

A. written and spoken

B. simple and complicated

C. easy and difficult

D. received and vulgar

Вопрос №80

This variant of English pronunciation has the velar fricative voiceless phoneme similar to the Russian [x]

A. Standard Scottish Pronunciation

B. Received Pronunciation

C. General American

D. Public School Pronunciation

Вопрос №81

A type of pronunciation used by educated native speakers of the language which they learn at school

A. standard pronunciation

B. dialectal pronunciation

C. colloquial pronunciation

D. aboriginal pronunciation

Вопрос №82

A marker of position in society

A. pronunciation

B. height

C. beauty

D. strength