1) Speech is perceived as a sequence of _______in time.

1. events
2. words
3. syllables
4. phenomes

2) In the American structuralist tradition, __________ degrees of stress are usually distinguished.

1. two
2. three
3. four
4. five

3) A vowel may take one out of three forms: stressed, unstressed and _________

1. reduced
2. standard
3. central
4. denial

4) Intonation refers to the ___ in the pitch of a speaker’s voice

1. similarities
2. variations
3. disturbances
4. breaks

5) In Mandarin (Chinese). /ma/said with high pitch means ________

1. mother
2. hemp
3. grandmother
4. hump

6) Vowels lend to be _______ in the stressed syllables.

1. longer
2. softer
3. shorter
4. lower

7) The idea of cardinal vowels was given by _________

1. Daniel Jones
2. Peter Ladefoged
3. Keith Johnson
4. Peter Roach

8) The ‘strong’ form is the result of a word being _________

1. focused
2. stressed
3. repeated
4. realized

9) In the articulation of /u/sound, the tongue is at _________ position

1. high
2. low
3. central
4. lax

10) Citation speech is the one where word is in the _________ forms

1. complete
2. short
3. definite
4. realistic