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18. Three main types of cultivated speech in the USA are:
a) the Northern type, the Southern Type, the Eastern Type,
b) the Eastern Type, the Southern Type, the Western Type,
c) the Eastern Type, the Central Type, the Northern type.
19.American twang is:
a) nasalization of vowels when they are preceded or followed by a nasal consonant,
b) pronouncing [r] between a vowel and a consonant,
c) diphthongization of a monophthong.
20.Vowel drawl is:
a) diphthongization of a monophthong,
b) more open articulation,
c) yod dropping.
21. Retroflex pronunciation of R is when:
a) the pronunciation is closer to French and German [r],
b) [r] is dropped out,
c) tip of the tongue is bent backwards more than in EE.
22. In AE [t] in intervocalic position is pronounced:
a) d b)t
23. In AE [s] in final weak syllables ending with –ion, -ia like Asia, version is pronounced:
a) [ʃ ] b)[ ʒ ]
24. What is not true about Conversational style:
a) lack of planning,
b) slips of tongue,
c) slow tempo.
25. What is not true about Declamatory style:
a) use of parenthetic “you know”, “I mean”,
b) stable rhythmicality,
c) slow tempo.
26. What is not true about Publicisticstyle:
a) increased loudness,
b) long pauses,
c) great number of level tones.
27. What is not true about Academic style:
a) very low degree of speech preparedness ,
b) contrasts of tempo,
c) alteration of pauses, types of heads, terminal tones.
28. What is not true about Informational style:
a) normal or slow tempo,
b) speaker seems passionate,
c) medium or long pauses.
29. What is not true about an intonationalstyle:
a) used in a certain social sphere,
b) serves a definite aim in communication,
c) used by representatives of a social class.
30.Match an antonym: speech can be:
a) formal- b) prepared - c) dialogical-