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.
17. The police (look) ________________ for the painting now.
18. _________you (find) ________________ the wallet which you lost yet?
19. Spring (be) ________________ the time when many kinds of flowers blossom.
20. He (not, phone) ________________ his girlfriend every day.
21. I would like (fax) ________________ this document to my office in Hanoi.
22. Before the postage stamp (invent) ______________________, it was difficult to send a letter to
another country.
23. You (meet) ________________ Henry tomorrow.
24. Laura (paint) ______________________ a picture at 6:00 yesterday morning.
25. I (pick) ________________ you up when you (arrive) ________________ at the airport at 9 o’clock
tomorrow.
Rewrite the following sentences in the passive voice:
26. Someone can’t make a cake without sugar.
A cake ________________________________________________________________________
27. Dangerous driving causes many accidents.
Many accidents _________________________________________________________________
28. I was making coffee when the light went out.
Coffee ________________________________________________________________________
29. She is telling us the news.
We ___________________________________________________________________________
30. The police haven’t arrested the man who stole your money.
The man ______________________________________________________________________
31. Jonh will subscribe to Hoa Hoc Tro weekly magazine if he lives in Vietnam.
Hoa Hoc Tro weekly magazine _____________________________________________________
32. When did people build this hotel?
When _________________________________________________________________________
33. Mai cleans this room everyday.
This room _____________________________________________________________________
34. That man is sending money to his relatives
Money ________________________________________________________________________
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 ______________________________________________________________________
Tag questions
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?
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47. Why are letters safe when they are in a post-office box?
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48. Why did the headmaster write to the post-office?
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49. Why did he write to the post-office 3 months later?
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50. When do you think the headmaster will receive the key to his post-box?
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UNIT 10: NATURE IN DANGER
Choose the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. A. pesticide B. city C. centre D. campaign
2. A. survive B. service C. notify D. stimulate
Choose the word whose main stress is different from that of the others.
3. A. capture B. endanger C. pesticide D. devastate
4. A. extinct B. decrease C. affect D. influence
5. A. prohibit B. increase C. chemical D. announce
Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence or substitutes for the underlined word
or phrase.
6. Has she bought the dress ________yet?
A. that she is fond in B. which she is fond of C. who she wants it D. which you made of
7. My father is the man________.
A. who I believe of B. whom I believe in C. whom I believe into D. that I believe at
8. The man ________is the headmaster of that school.
A. who I am introduced B. to whom I am introduced
C. whom you are introduced about D. to who I am introduced
9. There are a lot of species of being in the ________world.
A. alive B. living C. live D. lived
10. Human being have great ________on the rest of the world.
A. focus B. attention C. influence D. attraction
11. Some snakes lay eggs, but others give birth to live________.
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.
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27. Can you understand the question? He asked you the question last time.
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28. Is that the girl? We saw her on T.V last night.
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29. The farm produces milk. We visited it last Sunday.
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30. At last he married the girl. He loved her.
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31. The man is an engineer. We play with his daughter every day.
______________________________________________________________________________
32. He didn’t receive the letter. I sent him the letter last January.
______________________________________________________________________________
33. He often tells me something about his village. He was born there.
______________________________________________________________________________
34. My sister wants to speak to you. You met her at my birthday party.
______________________________________________________________________________
35. The children like the funny stories. Their grandmother tells them those stories every evening.
______________________________________________________________________________
36. Jack London is a famous American writer. He wrote “Iron heel”.
______________________________________________________________________________
37. The boy is sitting next to Mary. He is Jack.
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38. I didn’t receive the letter. My mother sent me the letter last month.
______________________________________________________________________________
39. The factory makes exported furniture. We visited it yesterday.
______________________________________________________________________________
40. The baby likes those songs. His grandmother sings those songs every evening.
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Tag questions
41. You always learn hard, _______________?
42. The number of rare animals is decreasing so rapidly, _______________?
43. Dinosaurs became extinct millions of years ago, _______________?
44. Visitors do not help to preserve and protect national parks, _______________?
45. No one has been there, _______________?
Read the passage and answer the following questions:
The elephant is the largest animal to walk on Earth. An elephant can carry a load of 1,200 pounds.
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?
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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?
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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
8. Scientists have done researches on ________ activities of the world’s volcanoes.
A. sport B. ecological C. geothermal D. geodetic
9. Vietnam is rich in ________ , such as coal, apatite, bauxite, etc.
A. natural resources B. seas C. land D. fish
10. Some people think nuclear power is the only real________.
A. alternation B. energetic C. alternative D. fossil fuel
11. Do you know the girl ________ a long white dress?
A. wears B. to wear C. wear D. wearing
12. The house________ 40 years ago is still in good condition.
A. which built B. to build C. built D. building
13. I like the food________ by my mother.
A. was cooked B. cooked C. which cooked D. cooking
14. Linda was the last student________ at the oral exam.
A. to be asked B. asking C. asks D. to ask
15. The man________ the bank is a millionaire.
A. is entering B. entering C. to be entered D. enters
Put the verb into the correct tense:
16. My parents let me (go) ________ out without (say) ________________ anything.
17. George (not, complete) ________________ the assignment yet.
18. Janet and Betty (play) ________________ tennis with Jack and me every afternoon.
19. Tom used to (go) ________________to a lot of parties when he was a student.
20. Last night, he (apologize) ________________ me for (arrive) ________________ late.
21. My grandfather (die) ___________ after he (be) ________________ ill for a long time.
22. I (ask) ________________ him (take) ________________ you to school tommorow.
23. My sister (write) ___________ the first article when she (be) ____________ 14 years old.
24. I (find) _____________ this old photo when I (look) ________________ for my passport.
25. When we (arrive) ________________ at the meeting, the first speaker (just, finish)
________________ speaking and the audience was clapping.
Make conditional sentences for the following situations.
26. The war will spread everywhere if we don’t stop it.
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____________________________________________________________________________
Tag questions
41. Her name is Linda Martin, ________________?
42. You often have bread and meal for breakfast, ________________?
43. He never drink wine, ________________?
44. I think she is a good teacher, ________________?
45. No salt is needed, ________________?
Read the passage and answer the following questions:
Scientists are now looking for cheaper way to use solar energy to heat air and water. Many
buildings are using solar energy to heat their water now. Solar unit on the roofs of buildings collect the
energy and use it to heat water. Although these units are still very expensive, more and more people are
buying solar hot water heaters. Universities and colleges give solar energy courses where students learn
to build their own solar collectors. They are also many books that explain the construction of solar
collectors. In the future, there will be more and more solar collectors, especially in the sunny desert
areas of the world.
46. What are the scientists doing now?
_______________________________________________________________________________
47. Are solar units cheap or expensive?
_______________________________________________________________________________
48. Where do students learn to build their own solar collectors?
_______________________________________________________________________________
49. Do you think solar energy is expensive?
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50. Why do(n’t) you think so?
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