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? ______________________________________________________________________________ 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. 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. ______________________________________________________________________________ 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 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. ______________________________________________________________________________ 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. ______________________________________________________________________________ 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. 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? _______________________________________________________________________________ 50. Why do(n’t) you think so? _______________________________________________________________________________ . 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. 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. 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