English Exercises – Grade 11
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. facsimile B. transfer C. spacious D. fax
2) A. equipped B. delivered C. transferred D. received
3) A. helps B. provides C. documents D. texts
II. Choose the word that has stress pattern different from that of the other words.
4) A. courteous B. subscribe C. service D. customer
5) A. technology B. distribution C. delivery D. facsimile
6) 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 ServiceD. Environment management Service
4. If someone want to send a document and does not want to lose its ……..., 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
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
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.
→………………………………………………………………………………………………….
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D. READING:
I. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
In 1953, a Frenchman, De Valayer (1) …………….……..a postal system in Paris. He set up mail
(2) ..............And delivered any letters placed in them if they used envelopes (3) ………….only he sold. (4)
………enemy put live mice into the letter boxes and ruined De Valayer’s business.
A schoolmate from England, Rowland Hill (5) …………the adhesive postage stamp in 1837, an act
for which he was knighted. Through his efforts the first stamp in the world was issued in England in 1840.
hill created the first uniform postage rates that were based on weight, rather than size.
1. A. established B. erected C. rebuilt D. discovered
2. A. contains B. cans C. bottles D. boxes
3. A. whom B. where C. whose D. which
4. A. A B. An C. The D. x
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
UNIT 10: NATURE IN DANGER
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A. PHONETICS
I. Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words.
1) A. supply B. dirty C. energy D. happy
2) A. decreased B. influenced C. endangered D. established
3) A. answer B. sweater C. swim D. switch
II. Circle the word that has stress pattern different from that of the other words.
4) A. nature B. danger C. human D. environment
5) A. exist B. species C. effect D. condition
6) A. forest B. water C. destroy D. industry
B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Circle the best answer for each sentence.
1. Many rare ____ animals are in danger of extinction.
A. species B. classes C. beings D. pairs
2. If people stop destroying animal’s natural habitat, more species will survive and produce …………..
A. offspring B. ecology C. landscape D. benefit
3. People in this region cultivate mainly rice and vegetables.
A. destroy B. grow C. develop D. support
4. People are destroying the environment by adding ____ to it.
A. pollutes B. pollutions C. polluted D. pollutants
5. Many efforts have been made to protect ____ nature.
A. danger B. dangerous C. endanger D. endangered
6. Many species of animals are threatened and could easily become ____.
A. disappeared B. vanished C. empty D. extinct
7. Many animals are ____ for their fur and other valuable parts of their bodies.
A. that B. who C. whom D. him
22. The concert ____ I listened last weekend was boring.
A. to that B. to which C. for what D. for which
23. That’s the girl to ____ my brother got engaged.
A. which B. who C. whom D. her
24. I like the village ____ I used to live.
A. in that B. in where C. which D. in which
25. The little girl ____ I borrowed this pen has gone.
A. whose B. from who C. from that D. from whom
26. The speech ___ we listened last night was information.
A. to which B. which to C. to that D. that
27. The boy to ____ I lent my money is poor.
A. that B. who C. whom D. B and C
28. The knife ____ we cut bread is very sharp.
A. with that B. which C. with which D. that
29. The authority gathered those villagers ____ they explained the importance of forests.
A. who B. whom C. to whom D. to that
30. The school has been given 20 computers, half of ……………are brand new.
A. that B. those C. them D. which
31. ……………….are very dense, warm and wet , are havens for millions of plants and animals.
A. Rain forests B. Rain forests, that C. Rain forests, where D. Rain forests, which
32. I live in a flat in London. I paid a high rent for it.
A. I live in a flat in London where I paid a high rent for.
B. I live in a flat in London for that I paid a high rent .
C. I live in a flat in London for which I paid a high rent.
D. I live in a flat in London for which I paid a high rent .
33. It was a kind of accident. Nobody was really to blame for it.
A. It was a kind of accident for whom was really to blame it.
B. It was a kind of accident for which nobody was really to blame.
C. It was a kind of accident for which nobody was really to blame it.
A B C D
43. Do you get on with the person whom lives next door
A B C D
44. It is right that politicians should make important decisions without consulting the public to who
A B C D
they are accountable?
45. The song to that we listened last night was beautiful.
A B C D
C. WRITING: Combine each pair of sentences into one, using a relative clause following a
preposition.
0. Margaret is the girl * . I went on holiday with her.
→ Margaret is the girl with whom I went on holiday.
1. The flat * is very dirty. He lives in it.
→ ………………………………………………………………………………………………..
2. This is Jack *. I stayed during the summer with him.
→ ………………………………………………………………………………………………..
3. Helen is the girl *. I have talked to you about her.
→ ………………………………………………………………………………………………..
4. The music * sounds really interesting. You are listening to it.
→ ………………………………………………………………………………………………..
5. I’m waiting for the bus *. I go to work on it.
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→ ………………………………………………………………………………………………..
6. That is the house *. I lived in it when I was young.
→ ………………………………………………………………………………………………..
7. The man * is called Eric. She works for him.
→ ………………………………………………………………………………………………..
8. The boy * is very nice. I go to school with him.
→ ………………………………………………………………………………………………..
D. only law enforcement can help to solve the problem
II. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
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Many environmental experts are pessimistic about the future of our (1) ……………. They say that in
the next few years harmful (2) ……………will further damage the ozone layer, there will be more losses of
irreplaceable tropical (3) ……………. , and serious (4) …………..pollution will cause the (5)
…………...itself to change.
1. A. country B. planet C society D. life
2 A. chemicals B. animals C. species D. plants
3. A. climate B. weather C. rainforests D. rain
4. A. air B. land C. soil D. noise
5. A. weather B. rain C. climate D. storm
UNIT 11: SOURCES OF ENERGY
A. PHONETICS
I. Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words.
1) A. heat B. nuclear C. feat D. clean
2) A. power B. slow C. snow D. show
3) A. plenty B. energy C. only D. hydropower
II. Circle the word that has stress pattern different from that of the other words.
4) A. electric B. potential C. plentiful D. alternative
5) A. alternative B. geothermal C. environment D. expensively
6) A. potential B. exhausted C. pollution D. infinite
B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Circle the best answer for each sentence.
1. Non-renewable energy sources are running ____.
A. up B. on C. to D. out
2. In some countries people use wind or sea ____ as the environment friendly energy sources.
A. waves B. water C. products D. weeds
3. People have used coal and oil to ____ electricity for along time.
A. dam B. windmill C. machine D. panel
18. Nuclear power is cleaner than coal.
A. strength B. might C. rule D. energy
19. We could make better ……….of our energy resources.
A. spend B. use C. need D. limit
20. It’s important for the developed countries to reduce energy …………….as much as possible.
A. exhaustion B. destruction C. consumption D. waste
21. “Have you ever met the man ____ over there?” “No. Who is he?”
A. stands B. is standing C. standing D. who he is standing
22. The boy ____ the piano is my son.
A. who is playing B. that is playing C. playing D. All are correct
23. ____ by his parent, this boy was very sad.
A. Punished B. Punishing C. To be punished D. Be punished
24. We have apartment ____ the park.
A. overlooking B. overlooks C. to overlook D. overlooked
25. He was the last person ____ in this way.
A. to kill B. who killed C. being killed D. to be killed
26. Nellie Ross of Wyoming was the first woman _____ governor in the United State.
A. who elected B. to be elected C. was elected D. her election as
27. She is the only in the discussion ____ to using nuclear power.
A. objects B. objected C. to object D. whom objects
28. Johnny was the last applicant ____ for a position in that energy station.
A. to interview B. interviewing C. to be interviewed D. which is interviewed
29. The instructions ……………. by Professor Johnson helped us know more about the danger of energy
pollution.
A. that explained B. explained C. explaining D. which explained
30. Neil Armstrong was the first person ……………..foot on the moon.
A. set B. to set C. who setting D. to be set
31. The last person that leaves the room must turn off the lights.
A. The person who turn off the lights must leaves the room.
44. It an essay writing in 1779, Judith Sargeant Murray promoted the cause of women’s education.
A B C D
45. A dam is wall building across river to shop the river’s flow and collect the water.
A B C D
C. READING
I. Circle the item among A, B, C or D that best answers the question about the passage.
Energy is fundamental to human beings, especially to poor people – the one- third of humanity that
does not have modern energy supplies like electricity, with which their life could be improve.
Many people who live in countryside have to gather fuel wood. This takes a lot of time. Moreover, it
causes indoor air pollution because of heavy smoke. For many people living in rural areas in developing
countries of the world, biogas is the large energy resources available and costs almost nothing. The main use
of biogas is for cooking and heating. As biogas is smoke-free, it helps solve the problem of indoor air
pollution. Moreover, plant waste and animal manure cost almost nothing.
The tendency to use renewable energy sources is on the increase when non-renewable ones are
running out. In the near, people in the developing countries may use wind or sea waves as the environment-
friendly energy sources.
1. What is the role of energy to human beings?
A. unimportant B. unnecessary C. necessary D. fundamental
2. What is the main use of biogas?
A. It is used mainly for cooking and heating. B. It is mainly used for lighting.
C. It is mainly used for operating. D. It is mainly used for producing in factories.
3. According to the passage, what is the most awful effect of using fuel wood?
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A. It causes indoor air pollution. B. It may cause fire.
C. It damages their houses. D. It affects the local scenery.
4. The tendency to use renewable energy sources ____.
A. goes up B. goes down C. fluctuates D. levels
5. What, according to the passage, may be used as the environment-friendly energy sources.
A. Nuclear energy B. Coal C. Wind and sea energy D. Oil
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