UNIT 9: THE POST OFFICE

Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. A. population B. commune C. punctuality D. stimulation 1. A. dissatisfaction B. spacious C. facsimile D. telegram 2. Choose one word whose stress pattern is different. A. eradicate B. expand C. announce D. satisfy 3. A. distribute B. stimulate C. subscribe D. affect 4. A. distance B. daily C. surface D. equip 5. 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 A ________is someone who sells meat. 7. 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. Wed like to buy the house________ overlooks West Lake. A. who B. whose C. where D. which The woman ________daughter Jack loves is very kind. 11. 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 dont 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 I would like to have my mails and newspapers________ early in the morning. 15. 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 oclock tomorrow. Rewrite the following sentences in the passive voice: 26. Someone cant make a cake without sugar. A cake 27. Dangerous driving causes many accidents. Many accidents I was making coffee when the light went out. 28. Coffee 29. She is telling us the news.

We The police havent arrested the man who stole your money. 30. 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 Somebody robbed the bank near our house last week. 35. 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 They are introducing the game to students. 39. The game You must fill in this form 40. 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 postoffice 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 havent 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?
47. Why are letters safe when they are in a post-office box? 48. Why did the headmaster write to the post-office? 49. Why did he write to the post-office 3 months later? 50. When do you think the headmaster will receive the key to his post-box?

UNIT 10: NATURE IN DANGER

Choose the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others. A. pesticide B. city C. centre D. campaign 1. A. survive B. service C. notify D. stimulate 2. Choose the word whose main stress is different from that of the others. A. capture B. endanger C. pesticide D. devastate 3. A. extinct B. decrease C. affect D. influence 4. A. prohibit B. increase C. chemical D. announce 5. 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 There are a lot of species of being in the ________world. 9. 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 Farmers use ________to kill insects that devastate their crops. 13. 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 well 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. 30. At last he married the girl. He loved her. 31. The man is an engineer. We play with his daughter every day. 32. He didnt 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. 38. I didnt 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.

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?
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. A. comment B. solar C. ecologist D. fossil 1. A. with B. tooth C. both D. tenth 2. Choose one word whose stress pattern is different. A. renewable B. infinite C. alternative D. potential 3. A. consumption B. resource C. recipient D. pesticide 4. A. maintenance B. geothermal C. satisfaction D. prohibition 5. 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 We try to make full use of our local________. 7. A. ecology B. potential C. economics D. geothermal 8. Scientists have done researches on ________ activities of the worlds 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 The house________ 40 years ago is still in good condition. 12. 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 dont stop it. Unless 27. All our beautiful forests will be destroyed if we do nothing to preserve them. Unless 28. If he hasnt got a ticket, they wont let him in. Unless 29. If it doesnt rain, we will have no water to use.

Unless These flowers will die if nobody waters them. 30. Unless 31. Do your exercises or you will be punished. Unless 32. The building is too high. He cant climb up. If 33. That house is too expensive. I cant buy it. If 34. He didnt work hard last term, he lost his job. If Mary didnt have money with her. She couldnt buy that present. 35. If 36. There was a test yesterday. You didnt know that, so you didnt study. If I had known that 37. Your friend was in the hospital. You didnt know that, so you didnt visit her. If I had 38. Ive never met your friend. You didnt know that, so you didnt introduce me. If I had It was cold yesterday, so I didnt not go for a walk. 39. If it I am tired so I cant cycle to work. 40. 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?

50. Why do(nt) you think so?