UNIT 9: THE POST OFFICE
Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently.
1. A. population B. commune C. punctuality D. stimulation
2. A. dissatisfaction B. spacious C. facsimile D. telegram
Choose one word whose stress pattern is different.
3. A. eradicate B. expand C. announce D. satisfy
4. A. distribute B. stimulate C. subscribe D. affect
5. A. distance B. daily C. surface D. equip
Choose the one best answer to complete each sentence.
6. This hotel has got a very________ kitchen.
A. spacious B. space C. spaceship D. spacing
7. A ________is someone who sells meat.
A. baker B. butcher C. chemist D. shopkeeper
8. A person who sells flowers is called a ________.
A. florist B. farmer C. vegetarian D. biologist
9. We call a man who delivers the mail a ________.
A. newsman B. mailbox C. mailman D. officers
10. We’d like to buy the house________ overlooks West Lake.
A. who B. whose C. where D. which
11. The woman ________daughter Jack loves is very kind.
A. whose B. who C. whom D. which
12. The letter ________she received this morning is from the USA.
A. whose B. who C. whom D. which
13. I don’t know the girl ________is wearing a long blue dress.
A. whom B. whose C. which D. who
14. Would you mind________ this parcel to Mr. Brown, please?
A. send B. sending C. to send D. sent
15. I would like to have my mails and newspapers________ early in the morning.
A. deliver B. delivery C. delivered D. to deliver
Put the verb into the correct tense:
16. Our house (destroy) ________________ in the storm last night.

35. Somebody robbed the bank near our house last week.
 The bank ______________________________________________________________________
36. Nobody has invited her to the party.
 She ___________________________________________________________________________
37. Their father had driven them to the airport before we came.
 They _________________________________________________________________________
38. People should send their complaints to the head office.
 Their complaints _______________________________________________________________
39. They are introducing the game to students.
 The game ______________________________________________________________________
40. You must fill in this form
 This form ______________________________________________________________________
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41. Your parents are living over one thousand kilometres away from you, ________________?
42. Thanh Ba Post Office provides the Messenger Call Service________________?
43. You sent a parcel which is under 15 kg yesterday________________?
44. A special mail service is fast, ________________?
45. Nobody helps me to send this document to my office________________?
Read the passage and answer the following questions:
When you have a post-office box, the postman does not bring letters to you, but you go to the post-
office and get your letters and parcels from your box. The box is locked, and you have the key, so the
letters are quite safe.
One day, the headteacher of a school wrote to the post-office and asks for a post-office box for his
school. He soon got an answer. It said, “We will give you a post-office box in one month.”
Three months later, the head teacher wrote to the post-office again and said, “Why haven’t we got a
post-office box yet?” This was how the post-office answered:
“ Dear Sir, We gave you a post-office box 2 months ago and wrote to you then to tell you. Here is
the key to your box. You will find our letter to you in it”
46. What happens when you have a post-office box?
 ______________________________________________________________________________

A. pesticide B. offsprings C. species D. survival
12. Some chemical ________which farmers use to make the soil richer can pollute our environment.
A. medicines B. elements C. fertilizers D. proportion
13. Farmers use ________to kill insects that devastate their crops.
A. pesticides B. toothpaste C. cheese D. plums
14. The society was set up to ______ endangered species from extinction.
A. prevent B. distinguish C. preserve D. survive
15. People in this region cultivate mainly rice and vegetables.
A. destroy B. grow C. develop D. support
III. Put the verb into the correct tense:
16. There (be) _______________ some water in the bottle.
17. She (not/work) _______________, she (swim) ______________ in the river now.
18. When she came, I (listen) _______________ a speech by the Presidents on the radio.
19. Their daughter (study) ________________ English since she was in class 6.
20. She (go) _______________ to the cinema on Sundays.
21. While they (dance) _______________ in the hall, the light (go) ________ out.
22. My sister (take) ________________ an exam tomorrow.
23. By the end of next week my wife (do) ___________________ her spring cleaning and we’ll all be
able to relax again.
24. They (get) _______________ five certificates by the time they (graduate) ____________.
25. Her son (save) ________________ a lot of money up to now.
Combine these pairs of sentences, using WHERE, WHICH, WHO, WHOM, WHOSE, THAT
26. The girl is sitting by Jack. She is Mary.
 ______________________________________________________________________________
27. Can you understand the question? He asked you the question last time.
 ______________________________________________________________________________
28. Is that the girl? We saw her on T.V last night.
 ______________________________________________________________________________
29. The farm produces milk. We visited it last Sunday.
 ______________________________________________________________________________

They eat 300 pounds of food a day. An elephant baby can weigh 200 pounds at birth. Elephants can live
up to 70 years. Elephants can be trained to carry logs with their trunks. They also use their trunks for
drinking water, bathing, eating and communicating. There are two kinds of elephants: the African
elephant and the Indian elephant. African elephant can be characterized as larger ears. The African
elephant grows up to 10 feet and weighs as much as 12,000 pounds. The Indian elephant grows up to 9
feet tall, and weighs up to 800 pounds. This elephant is characterized as smaller ears. Another name for
the Indian elephant is the Asian elephant.
46. What is the topic of the passage?
 ______________________________________________________________________________
47. How much does a baby elephant weigh at birth?
 ______________________________________________________________________________
48. According to the passage, can elephants use their trunks for eating?
 ______________________________________________________________________________
49. Which kind of elephant is the largest?
 ______________________________________________________________________________
50. Does an African elephant have smaller ears than an Indian elephant?
 ______________________________________________________________________________
UNIT 11: SOURCES OF ENERGY
Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently.
1. A. comment B. solar C. ecologist D. fossil
2. A. with B. tooth C. both D. tenth
Choose one word whose stress pattern is different.
3. A. renewable B. infinite C. alternative D. potential
4. A. consumption B. resource C. recipient D. pesticide
5. A. maintenance B. geothermal C. satisfaction D. prohibition
Choose the one best answer to complete each sentence.
6. Oil, coal and natural gas are ________.
A. nuclear energy B. fossil fuels C. plentiful D. infinite
7. We try to make full use of our local________.
A. ecology B. potential C. economics D. geothermal

 Unless ________________________________________________________________________
27. All our beautiful forests will be destroyed if we do nothing to preserve them.
 Unless ________________________________________________________________________
28. If he hasn’t got a ticket, they won’t let him in.
 Unless ________________________________________________________________________
29. If it doesn’t rain, we will have no water to use.
 Unless ________________________________________________________________________
30. These flowers will die if nobody waters them.
 Unless ________________________________________________________________________
31. Do your exercises or you will be punished.
 Unless ________________________________________________________________________
32. The building is too high. He can’t climb up.
 If ____________________________________________________________________________
33. That house is too expensive. I can’t buy it.
 If ____________________________________________________________________________
34. He didn’t work hard last term, he lost his job.
 If ____________________________________________________________________________
35. Mary didn’t have money with her. She couldn’t buy that present.
 If ____________________________________________________________________________
36. There was a test yesterday. You didn’t know that, so you didn’t study.
 If I had known that_______________________________________________________________
37. Your friend was in the hospital. You didn’t know that, so you didn’t visit her.
 If I had________________________________________________________________________
38. I’ve never met your friend. You didn’t know that, so you didn’t introduce me.
 If I had________________________________________________________________________
39. It was cold yesterday, so I didn’t not go for a walk.
 If it___________________________________________________________________________
40. I am tired so I can’t cycle to work.
 If I____________________________________________________________________________
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