[单选题]The similarity between the English consonants /p/, /b/, and /m/is that they are all （ ?）.
A.fricative
B.plosive
C.labial-dental
D.bilabial

[单选题]The distinction between vowels and consonants lies in_________
A.the place of articulation
B.the obstruction of airstream
C.the position of the tongue
D.the shape of the lips

[单选题]Which of the following consonants does not fall under the same category according to the voicing?_______
A.[m]
B.[b]
C.[d]
D.[p]

[单选题]Consonants are classified in terms of__________.
A.the place where the airstream obstruction occurs
B.the part of tongue that is the highest
C.openness of the mouth
D.the length of the sound

[不定项选择题]共用题干 English and English Community

1There is no doubt that English is a useful language.The people who speak English
today make up the largest speech community in the world with the exception of speakers of
Chinese.
2 A speech community is similar to other kinds of communities.The people who make up
the community share a common language.Often they live side by side,as they do in a
neighborhood（街坊）,a village,or a city. More often they form a whole country. National
boundaries,however,are not always the same as the boundaries of a speech community.
A speech community is any group of people who speak the same language no matter where
they happen to live.
3 We may say that anyone who speaks English belongs to the English speech community.
For convenience（方便）,we may divide the speakers into two groups:one in which the
speakers use English as their native language,the other in which the speakers learn English
as a second language for the purpose of education,commerce,and so on.
4 Learning a second language extends one's vision and expands the mind.The history
and literature of a second language record the real and fictional（虚构的）lives of people
and their culture;a knowledge of them adds to our ability to understand and to feel as they
feel .Learning English as a second language provides another means of communication
through which the window of the entire English speech community becomes a part of our
heritage. Many people learn English as___________.
A.a second language
B.the same language
C.the same speech community
D.any other language
E.national boundaries
F.a part of one's heritage

[不定项选择题]共用题干 English and English Community
1. There is no denying that English is a useful language.The people who speak English today make up the largest speech community in the world with the exception of speakers of Chinese. Originally they were small tribes of people from northern Europe who settled in England.Their languages became more and more similar to each other. Finally,the language had enough uni-formity to be used by all speakers in England.The people were united into a speech community through their shared language.
2. A speech community is similar to other kinds of communities.The people who make up the community share a common language .Often they live side by side,as they do in a neighborhood, a village,or a city.More often they form a whole country.National boundaries,however,are not always the same as the boundaries of a speech community.A speech community is any group of people who speak the same language no matter where they happen to live.
3. We may say that anyone who speaks English belongs to the English speech community.For convenience,we may classify the speakers into two groups:one in which the speakers use English as their native language,the other in which the speakers learn English as a second language for the purpose of education,commerce,and so on.
4. English serves as an alternative language in several areas of public activity for many nations of the world which employ it as an international second language .English has been adopted as the language of air traffic,commerce,as well as international diplomacy .Moreover,English is the language of the majority of published materials in the world so that education has come to rely heavily on an understanding of English.
5. Learning a second language extends one's vision and expands the mind.The history and litera- ture of a second language record the real and fictional lives of people and their culture;a knowl- edge of them adds to our ability to understand and to feel as they feel .Learning English as a sec- ond language provides another means of communication through which the window of the entire English speech community becomes a part of our heritage. An understanding of English______.
A.that of a speech community
B.can a speech community be formed
C.in order to learn English better
D.for the sake of simplicity
E.has played an important role in the field of education
F.is widely used in several areas of public activity

[单选题]English teacher Alice stopped Tom's reading and asked him to follow her and repeat the word“eat”again and again.What can we conclude from the description above?
A.The teacher concerns the principle of accuracy.
B.The teacher should stop student's reading to correct their pronunciations.
C.Tom's pronunciation is poor.
D.Every pronunciation is important in English.

[单选题]____our English teacher, our English has been greatly improved.
A.Thanks to
B.Thank for
C.But for
D.Except for