Bài tập E9

I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the other.
1. A. pagoda B. banyan C. gather D. relax
2. A. bamboo B. afternoon C. soon D. took
3. A. collection B. comment C. rest D. blanket
4. A. crop B. grocery C. locate D. picnic
5. A. business B. hamburger C. tomb D. baggy
II. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.
6. A. admire B. blanket C. gather D. comment
7. A. logical B. sightseer C. hamburger D. location
8. A. enjoyment B. pagoda C. collection D. business
9. A. economical B. federation C. itinerary D. complication
10. symbol B. picnic C. relax D. logic
III. Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English.
11. I wish I could swim so I would feel safely in a boat.
A B C D
12. Columbus made his first voyage from Europe till America in 1492.
A B C D
13. Our flight was delayed, so we had decided to take a long walk around the terminal.
A B C D
14. I’m busy just now but I’ll be with you on a moment.
A B C D
15. I wish you would stop fight and try to work things out.
A B C D
16. It’s more expensive to travel on Friday, then I’ll leave on Thursday evening.
A B C D
17. It was raining, so we didn’t go to a walk.
A B C D
18. We’re full of admiration to all your work hard.
A B C D
19. People refer to these different medical conditions collectively as heart diseases.
A B C D
20. Researchers who read the report commented that they have many errors.
A B C D
IV. Find the one choice that best completes the sentence.
21. I wish the sun ________ shining right now.
A. is B. are C. were D. was
22. I wish Al ________sing a couple of songs.
A. would C. will C. can D. is going to
23. If the sky is clear, you can see the stars ________ night.
A. at B. in C, on D. when
24. The first man walked on the moon ________ 21 July 1969.
A. in B. at C. on D. no preposition
25. In Britain people send each other cards ________ Christmas.
A. in B. on C. at D. till
26. Her handling of the crisis fills me with ________.
A. admire B. admiring C. admired D. admiration
27. The statistics are ________ purely for administrative purposes.
A. collected B. collecting C. collective D. collection
28. I’m not in a position to comment ________ the matter.
A. on B. in C. at D. for
29. The two sides agreed an ________ of prisoners of wars.
A. exchanging B. exchanged C. exchange D. exchanges
30. Easter is one of the best times for a family ________.
A. gathering B. gather C. gathered D. gatherings
31. We went ________ around America.
A. hike B. hiking C. hikes D. hiked
32. Engineers are still trying ________ locate the flaw.
A. to B. for C. on D. in
33. The fields were being ________ for winter wheat.
A. plow B. plowed C. plows D. to plow
34. First prize is three days of ________ in a top health spa.
A. relax B. relaxing C. relaxed D. relaxation
35. Shall we ________ a tip for the waiter?
A. get B. leave C. hand D. hand over
V. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best fits each of the blank spaces.
(36) _______ country is more beautiful than a town and (37) _______ to live in. Many people think so, and go to the country for the summer holidays though they cannot live there all the year (38) _______. Some have cottage (39) _______ in a village (40) _______ they can go there whenever they can find the