简答题The English rhythm is largely syllable-timed whereas the Chinese rhythm stress-timed.简答题Stress is usually assigned to the adjective in a noun phrase. For example, the first syllable of "urgent" takes the primary stress in the phrase "an urgent matter."简答题Sentence stress is usually assigned to the most important word of a sentence.简答题Which of the following suffixes does not affect stress placement of the stem? A、-eer B、-ic C、-ese D、-ment简答题Compound words usually take early stress. But there are still some exceptions. Which of the following compounds is assigned late stress? A、Blackboard. B、The White House. C、Three-wheeler. D、Sugar cane.简答题Which of the following simple words places primary stress on the first syllable (in the beginning of the word)? A、Industry. B、Converse. C、Depart. D、Indonesia.