UNIT 9: THE POST OFFICE A. PHONETICS I. Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words. 1. A. sea B. ocean C. teach D. cheap 2. A. word B. work C. worm D. world 3. A. desks B. parks C. pays D. effects 4. A. govern B. some C. post D. month 5. A. Pacific B. Atlantic C. American D. balance 6. A. gun B. human C. population D. huge 7. A. partly B. century C. luckily D. supply 8. A. depth B. secret C. between D. prefer 9. A. offices B. introduces C. pollutes D. classes 10. A. oversized B. cared C. filled D. minded 11. A. facsimile B. transfer C. spacious D. fax 12. A. equipped B. delivered C. transferred D. received 13. A. helps B. provides C. documents D. texts II. Choose the word that has stress pattern different from that of the other words. 14. A. courteous B. subscribe C. service D. customer 15. A. technology B. distribution C. delivery D. facsimile 16. A. advanced B. technology C. express D. spacious B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR. I. Circle the best answer for each sentence. 1. The hotel staff is friendly and.. A. unhelpful B. courteous C. discourteous D. impolite 2. We are proud our staff, who are always friendly and efficient. A. well-done B. well-appointed C. well-behaved D. well-trained 3. EMS stand for A. Electronic Mail Service B. Express Mail Service C. Economic Mail Service D. Environment management Service 4. If someone want to send a document and does not want to lose its...shape , facsimile service will help you. A. beginning B. last C. original D. recent 5. People can buy daily . in many local post office in early morning. A. newspapers B. books C. postcards D. letters 6. All post offices in Viet Nam are equipped with advanced . A. knowledge B. machines C. science D. technology 7. Fax transmission has now become a cheap and .. way to transmit texts and graphics over distance. A. inconvenient B. convenient C. uncomfortable D. comfortable 8. If you .. to your favourite newspapers and magazines, they will be delivered to your house early in the morning. A. buy B. book C. pay D. subscribe 9. Post offices offer a special mail service which is called .. A. ESM B. EMS C. SEM D. MES 10 Your EMS mail will be .. in the shortest possible time. A. provided B. delivered C. taken D. caught 11. You can choose to send your letters by air or ..mail. A. sea B. land C. surface D. hand 12. Can you send it to me ..fax. A. through B. by C. on D. in 13. Could you fax it me? A. with B. on C. to D. through 14. Mrs. Pike has just bought some kitchen .for her new house. A. equip B. equiped C. equipment D. equipping 15. He was a kind and courteous mailman. A. polite B. strict C. unpleasant D. rude 16. If you want to send a document and do not want to lose its original shape, our facsimile service will help you A. post B. express C. parcel D. fax 17. John often uses Express Money ..to send money to his parents in the countryside. A. Change B. Exchange C. Transfer D. Send 18. The Messenger Call Service helps you to notify the recipient of the time and place to receive the call. A. receiver B. fax C. call D. telephone 19. Fax ..has become more and more popular because it is cheap and convenient. A. exchange B. distance C. sending D. transmission 20. If you go to the post office, please post these letters. A. fax B. sign C. send D. stamp 21. I can answer the question you say is very difficult. A. which B. whom C. who D. whose 22. This is Mr. Jones, ..invention has helped hundreds of deaf people. A. which B. that C. whose D. whom 23. Tom, . sits next to me, is from Canada. A. that B. whom C. who D. whose 24. The volunteers, .. enthusiasm was obvious, finished the work quickly. A. who B. whom C. whose D. that 25. Many scientists have claimed that like music are often good at mathematics. A. children B. children who C. children whom D. whose children 26. My friend, I visited lask week, is taking a holiday soon. A. that B. whom C. which D. whose 27. The doctor re examining a patient was taken to hospital last night. A. which B. who C. whom D. whose 28. A pacifist is a person .. believes that all wars are wrong. A. who B. whose C. whom D. which 29. My friend, hated horror film, refused to go to the cinema with me. A. whom B. which C. whose D. who 30. Tam, ..parents died last year in an accident, has just moved ta Ha Nam to live with his uncle A. whose B. whom C. who D. which 31. We didn’t want to swim in the sea, .looked very dirty. A. where B. in which C. which D. that 32. The teacher .house is next to mine died this morning. A. who B. whom C. which D. whose 33. Yesterday I went to I had never been to before. A. Thanh Ba Post Office, that B. Thanh Ba Post Office where C. Thanh Ba Post Office which D. Thanh Ba Post Office, which 34. Express Money Transfer is one of the quickest ways helps us to send money. A. who B. whose C. when D. that 35. The government sent money and food to the people ...houses were destroyed by the storm last week A. which B. that C. whom D. whose 36. .has just won an international scholarship. A. David Pike, whose parents are both teachers. B. David Pike whose parents are both teachers C. David Pike parents of who are both teachers D. David Pike, whom parents are both teachers 37. The restaurant .has just opened has a famous chef. A. whose B. who C. it D. that 38. This school is only for children ..first language is not English. A. who B. whose C. which D. that 39. The man had blew off in the wind chased it across the park. A. his B. who C. whose D. which 40. She lives in the house A. which has the red door B. has the red door C. that with the red door D. with its red door 41.What services do you ___________ the post office offers? A. believe B. see C. know D. understand 42.You can _________to send your letters by air or surface mail. A. have B. like C. select D. get 43.You want to send a document and do not want to lose its __________shape. A. creative B. causal C. fresh D. original 44.Fax tranmission has become a cheap and convenient way to ____________ texts over distances. A. transfer B. give C. take D. bring 45.The maximum weight limit of a parcel is 31,5 kg. A. boundary B. length C. check D. end 46.We offer a very ____________rate for parcels os under 15 kg. A. competitive B. emulative C. adjective D. active 47. This service help you to_________ the recipient of the time and place to receice the call. A. talk B. speak C. inform D. report 48.We offer a speedy and_________ servive of transferring money in less than 24 hours. A. secure B. certain C. fast D. sound 49.The ____________ weight limit of a parcel is 31,5 kg. A. tiny B. small C. maximum D. little 50.What services do you think the post office____________? A. withdraws B. receives C. sells D. offers 51.I’m reading a______________story book this week. A. differ B. different C. difference D. differently 52.He gave her a _____________look. “Are you sure?” he demanded. A. challenge B. challenger C. challenged D. challenging 53.It was said that the article was an excellent piece of __________journalism. A. Investigate B. investigative C. investigation D. investigating 54.The boss informs the company needs to reduce its _____________on just one particular product. A. depend B. dependent C. dependence D. dependant 55.My mother’s attitudes are very________________, considering her age A. modern B. modernity C. modernize D. modernization 56. Is it true that the sea bed___________here to 5,000 metres. A. deep B. deeper C. deepens D. depth 57.They’ve got to try to keep_____________as they grow order. A. act B. active C. action D. actor 58.That woman would never do anything to _____________the lives of her children. A. danger B. dangerous C. endanger D. endangered 59.Last weekend they saw a quick film showng the various stages in the ____________of class. A. produce B. products C. producer D. production 60.My brother said that they______________be ashamed of themselves. A. could B. should C. did D. would 61.The doctor is doing all that he____________, but the boy is still not breathing properly. A. can B. could C. shall D. might 62.Mary said she____________see her uncle the next day. A. ought to B. should C. would D. must 63.They say that cars_____________park in front of the entrance. A. mustn’t B. didn’t have to C. couldn’t D. didn’t need 64.Is she ______________in cash or by credit card? A. paying B. paid C. having paid D. to pay 65.They’ll pay us double____________we get the work finished by Saturday. A. if B. unless C. supposing D. provided 66. The man _________is standing overthere is my director. A. who B. whom C. which D. whose 67.The boy __________you met yesterday was my son. A. who B. whom C. which D. whose 68.Martin,______________mother is Spanish, can speak both English and Spanish fluently. A. who B. whom C. which D. whose 69.My house, ______________was built in 1995, was old. A. who B. whom C. that D. which 70.He is the best student________________has just won the scholarship. A. who B. whom C. which D. that II. Use the word given to fill in the blank to complete the following sentences: e-mail communicable communication telecommunication judgement message on-line well-trained facsimile service fax delivery installation 1. I tried working at home, but I prefer working ________ in the office so that I've got access to the computer database. 2. If you want to contect us, please send us a(n) _________ or write us a(n) ________. 3. The _________ cost for the air-conditioner will be small. 4. Maria always shows excellent ________ conditioner will be small. 5. Our ________ staff are always courteous nad helpful to customers. 6. I'd like this letter sent by special ________. I can pay extra money for it. 7. Letters, e-mail ________, and calls are private means of __________. 8. Our ________ will help you send a document over distance. 9. Ideas, emotions or thoughts have to be presented in ways which make them _______. 10. The IBC company specializes in _________, sending and receiving of messages over distance by telephone, radio and television. III. Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting. 1. The waiter whom served us yesterday was polite and friendly. A B C D 2. This class is only for people who’s first language is not Chinese. A B C D 3. This is the boy who sister studied with me in high school A B C D 4. He is moving to Lang Son city, that is in the north-east of Viet Nam. A B C D 5. The girl is standing over there is from Australia A B C D C. WRITING: Rewrite the sentences, using relative clauses. 1. Most of the people speak German. They live in Australia. → . 2. The bus isn’t running today. It goes to Oxford. →. 3. I don’t like the man. He is going out with my sister. →. 4. Michelangelo is one of Italy’s greatest artists. He lived until he was 90. → . 5. Mary was staying with her friend. He has a big house in Scotland. →. 6. The person asked me some very difficult questions. He interviewed me. → . 7. Charlie Chaplin became a very rich man. He was from a poor family. →. 8. The 1992 Olympics were held in Barcelona. It is in the north-east of Spain. →. 9.A girl was injured in he accident. She is now in hospital. →A girl 10.A man answered the phone. He told me you were away. →A man . 11.A waitress served us. She was very impolite and impatient. →A waitress .. 12.A building was destroyed in the fire. It has now been rebuilt. →A building . 13.Some people were arrested. They have now been released. →Some people 14. I met Jane’s father. He works at the university. →I met . 15.Peter is studying French and German. He has never been abroad. →Peter . 16.You’ve all met Michael Wood. He is visiting us for a couple of days. →You’ve ..... 17.We are moving to Manchester. Manchester is in the the north – west. →We are 18.Mr. Smith is my director. He is sitting in the office. →Mr. Smith ....... 19.It takes six hours to drive from here to London. →It is 20.He was sorry he hadn’t said goodbye to her at the airport. →He regretted . 21. Absolute secrecy was crucial to the success of the mission. →Without .. 22.A waiter spilled soup over Lydia’s new dress last night. →Lydia . 23.It was the goalkeeper that saved the match for us. →Had 24.Tim insisted on being told the complete story. →Nothing but the complete story would satisfy Tim. 25.Jane’s husband will be returning from South America quite soon. →It won’t .. 26.I don’t really like her, even though I admire her achievements. →Much as .. 27.Alice and Charles did not decide to move to a bigger house until after the birth of their second child. →Only . 28.Under no circumstances should you phone the police. →The last . 29.We couldn’t find George anywhere. →George was .. D. READING: I. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer. Between the Revolutionary period and the World War I, the United States post office was set out to improve transportation of the post office mails. From those early days to the present, the post office has helped develop and subsidize every new mode transportation in the United States. Transportation has been the most important element in mail delivery. Even when the general public had still suspected of the security of a new means of transportation, the post office experimented with inventions that offered potential for moving the mail faster, occasionally suffering embarrassment, ridicule, or even abuse in the process. As mail delivery evolved from foot to horseback, stagecoach, steamboat, railroad, automobile, and airplane, with intermediate and overlapping use of balloons, and helicopters, post office mail contracts ensured the income necessary to build the great highways, rail lines, and airways that eventually spanned the continent. By the turn of the 19th century, the U.S. Post Office had purchased a number of stagecoaches for operation on the nation’s better post roads – a post road being any road on which the mail travels – and continued to encourage new designs to improve passenger comfort and carry mail safely. 1. The passage is about ____. A. transportation of the Post Office in the US B. the Post Office in the Revolutionary period C. the Post Office in the World War I D. transportation and public ideas 2. According to the passage, the main purpose of the Post Office is ____ A. to develop transportation B. to apply new mean of transportation C. to deliver mail as safely and fast as possible D. to subsidize every new mode of transportation 3. Which means of transportation used in the Post Office is NOT referred in the passage? A. train B. car C. plane D. motorcycle 4. The Post Office ____. A. has never used helicopters in delivery B. contributes income to build highways, railroads, and airways C. has never been the first to use a new means of transportation D. makes no contribution to build roads 5. Any road on which the mail travels is called .. . A. motorway B. highway C. national road D. post road II. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer. THE TREAT TO THE ENVIRONMENT Nowadays people are more aware that wildlife all over the world is in ___1___. Many ___2___ of animals are threatened and could easily become ___3___ if we do not make an effort to ___4___. There are many reasons for this. In some cases, animals are ___5___ for their fur or for other valuable parts of their bodies. Some birds, ___6___ as parrots, are caught ___7___ and sold as pets. For many animals and birds, the problem that their habitat, the ___8___ where they live is ___9___. More ___10___ is used for farms, for houses or industry, and there are fewer open ___11___ than there once were. Farmers use powerful chemicals to help them grow better ___12___, but these chemicals pollute the environment and ___13___ wildlife. The most successful animals on earth, human beings, will soon be the only ones ___14___, unless we can ___15___ this problem. 1: A. danger B. problem C. threat D. vanishing 2: A. forms B. more C. marks D. species 3: A. empty B. vanished C. disappeared D. extict 4: A. harm B. serve C. protect D. safe 5: A. extinct B. hunted C. chased D. game 6: A. or B. like C. such D. where 7: A. alive B. for living C. for life D. lively 8: A. site B. pint C. place D. spot 9: A. departing B. escaping C. exhausting D. disappearing 10: A. soil B. area C. land D. earth 11: A. up B. spaces C. air D. parts 12: A. fields B. herbs C. crops D. products 13: A. spoil B. wrong C. harm D. wound 14: A. missing B. left C. over D. survived 15: A. answer B. calculate C. explain D. solve III. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer. Today I'd like to begin a discussion on the problem of the heating up the earth. First we'll touch on the relationship between fluorocarbons and the ozone layer. You probably remember that the ozone layer is the protective shield around the earth. It is important to all life, because it filters out harmful ultraviolet light from the sun. Ozone itself, a form of oxygen, is regularly destroyed by natural chemical processes. The problem now is that too much of the ozone layer is being destroyed. Scientists suspect that certain chemicals, such as fluorocarbons, are contributing to the depletion of the ozone layer. And how do we use fluorocarbons? The most common uses are in spray cans and cooling systems. The chemical pollution from theses fuorocrabons can account for some of the ozone losses that have been reported. There are, however, new studies linking the sun itself to the depletion of the ozone layer. We'll go into that new study more next time. 1: Who is the most likely speaker? A. A mechanic B. A professor C. A doctor D. A chemist 2: What is the speaker's main topic? A. Fluorocarbons and ozone layer B. Ultraviolet C. Air-conditioning systems D. The uses of spray cans 3: What is the most important purpose of the ozone layer? A. Providing fluorocarbons B. Shielding the sun C. Protecting the earth D. Destroying chemicals 4: What is the ozone layer made of? A. Ultraviolet light B. Shields C. Oxygen D. Fluorocarbons 5: What will the speaker probably discuss next? A. The make-up of the ozone layer B. How to make air conditioners with fuorocarbons C. Harmful effects of ultraviolet light D. The sun as a cause of ozone layer depletion IV. Give the correct form of the words: 1. .I’ll pay you double if you (get) .the work finished by Friday. 2.We’ll have the party in the garden if the weather (be) .good. If not, it’ll have to be inside. 3.If anyone (ring) .for me, please tell them I’ll be back in the office at 4 o’clock. 4.If she hadn’t called, I (not know) 5.We’ll deal with that problem if and when it (arise) 6.Unless you (call) .me to say you’re not coming, I’ll see you at the theatre. 7.Her brother (not listen) .to the radio at all. 8.She(not like) History but she (enjoy) .English 9.What birds (sing) .now?- Birds (sing) ................... 10.The boy who just (leave) here is a good student. &
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