BÀI TẬP THỰC HÀNH UNIT 9

Thanh Ba Post Office is equipped with advanced technology and a spacious and pleasant front office.. What is Thanh Ba Post Office equipped with?. * Ta cần phân biệt mệnh đề quan hệ làm h

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UNIT 9 THE POST OFFICE

GLOSSARY

1 architect ['ɑ:kitekt] kiến trúc sư

2 arrogant ['ærəgənt] kiêu ngạo, kiêu căng

3 bother ['bɔðə] điều bực mình, điều khó chịu, what a bother! chà, phiền quá

làm buồn bực, làm phiền, quấy rầy

4 brave [breiv] gan dạ, can đảm, dũng cảm

5 burglar ['bə:glə] kẻ trộm

6 capacity kə'pæsiti] sức chứa

7 communal ['kɔmjunl] công, chung, công cộng

8 courteous 'kə:tjəs] lịch sự, nhã nhặn

9 coward ['kauəd] người nhát gan, người nhút nhát; người hèn nhát

(tính từ) nhát gan, nhút nhát; hèn nhát

10 cramped [kræmpt] chật hẹp, tù túng

11 customer ['kʌstəmə] khách hàng

12 facsimile [fæk'simili] bản sao, bản chép

13 fax [fæks] bản sao của một tài liệu; bản fax

14 graphics ['græfiks] hình vẽ; đồ hoạ

15 in operation: hoạt động, có tác dụng

16 make: mác, hiệu

17 network ['netwə:k] mạng lưới, hệ thống

18 notify ['noutifai] ( to notify somebody of something; to notify something to somebody) báo tin ; thông báo; cho hay; cho biết

 notification

19 pacifist ['pæsifist] = pacificist [pə'sifisist] người theo chủ nghĩa hòa bình

20 pickpocket ['pik,pɔkit] kẻ móc túi

21 punctual ['pʌηkt∫ukt∫uəl] đúng giờ (không chậm trễ)

22 recipient [ri'sipiənt] người nhận

23 reduction [ri'dʌk∫n] sự thu nhỏ, sự giảm bớt

24 release [ri'li:s] sự thả, sự phóng thích

25 secure [si'kjuə] ( secure about something) không có cảm giác lo âu, nghi ngờ; an tâm; yên tâm; bảo đảm

26 shoplifter ['∫ɔp'liftə] kẻ cắp giả làm khách mua hàng

27 spacious ['spei∫əs] rộng rãi

28 speedy ['spi:di]nhanh chóng

29 subscribe [səb'skraib]( to subscribe to something) đặt mua dài hạn

30 surface mail: thư gửi bằng đường bộ hay đường biển

31 telecommunications [,telikə,mju:ni'kei∫nz] viễn thông

32 telegram ['teligræm] bức điện tín

33 tenant 'tenənt] người thuê, người mướn

34 thoughtful ['θɔ:tfl] có suy nghĩ, chín chắn, thận trọng, thâm trầm, chu đáo; quan tâm; ân ần

35 transaction [træn'zæk∫n] sự giao dịch

36 transfer ['trænsfə:] sự di chuyển, sự dời chỗ;

37 transmission [trænz'mi∫n] sự phát, sự truyền

(Open daily from 7 a.m to 9 p.m.)

Thanh Ba Post Office is equipped with advanced technology and a spacious and pleasant front office

We offer the best services with a well-trained staff, who are always thoughtful and courteous to customers

Mail and Parcel Service

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You can choose to send your letters by air or surface mail We also have the Express Mail Service and your EMS mail will be delivered in the shortest possible time

The maximum weight limit of a parcel is 31.5 kg We offer a very competitive rate for parcels of under 15 kg

Express Money Transfer

Just imagine your relatives are living over one thousand kilometres away from you and you want to send them some money quickly This speedy and secure service of transferring money can be useful The money will be sent to your relatives in less than 24 hours

Phone Calls and Faxes

Besides the ordinary telephone call service, our Post Office provides the Messenger Call Service This service helps you to notify the recipient of the time and place to receive the call

If you want to send a document and do not want to lose its original shape, our facsimile service will help you Fax transmission has now become a cheap and convenient way to transmit texts and graphics over distances

Press Distribution

Don't bother to go out early to buy your daily newspapers Just subscribe to your favourite newspapers and magazines and we will deliver them to your house early in the morning

Task 1 Circle the word that has the opposite meaning to the italicised word

1 Thanh Ba Post Office has a spacious and pleasant front office

2 Our well-trained staff are always courteous to customers

3 This speedy and secure service of transferring money can be useful

4 If you want to send a document and do not want to lose its original shape, send it by a fax

machine

A unique B outdated C changed D imaginative

Task 2 Read the text again and then answer the following questions

1 What is Thanh Ba Post Office equipped with?

………

2 What services are offered at Thanh Ba Post Office?

………

3 What are the three different ways of sending a letter?

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4 What is the Messenger Call Service used for?

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5 What will you have to do if you want to get your newspapers and magazines delivered to your house?

………

GRAMMAR FOCUS RELATIVE CLAUSES

* Relative pronouns: who, whom, which, whose, that.

- The man gave me the money He met me at the airport

 The man who met me at the airport gave me the money

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- This is the man We saw him at the party yesterday

 This is the man whom we saw at the party yesterday

- The pencil belongs to me It is in your pocket

 The pencil which is in your pocket belongs to me

- The car is very expensive He bought it

 The car which he bought is very expensive

- That is the man His wallet was stolen

 That is the man whose wallet was stolen

- The tree should be cut down The branches of the tree are dead

 The tree whose branches are dead should be cut down

For people Who / that whom / who / that whose

For things, animals Which / that which / that whose

Thông thường ta có thể dùng that để thay thế cho who, whom hoặc which.

- The man that met me at the airport gave me the money.

- This is the man that we saw at the party yesterday.

- The pencil that is in your pocket belongs to me.

- The car that he bought is very expensive.

* Ta cần phân biệt mệnh đề quan hệ làm hai loại : mệnh đề xác định (defining relative clause)

và mệnh đề không xác định (non-defining relative clause) :

(*) Defining clause : (hoặc Restrictive clause)

- The man who met me at the airport gave me the money.

Mệnh đề who met me at the airport là mệnh đề quan hệ xác định vì nó rất cần thiết để định nghĩa hoặc giải thích cho tiền vị từ the man Nếu không có nó, từ the man sẽ rất mơ hồ và ta

không biết người đàn ông đó là ai

- The book (which / that) you lent me is very interesting.

- The man (whom / that) you met yesterday is coming to my house for dinner.

(*) Non-defining clause : (hoặc Non-restrictive clause)

- Shakespeare, who wrote “Romeo and Juliet”, died in 1616.

Mệnh đề who wrote “Romeo and Juliet” là mệnh đề quan hệ không xác định vì nó chỉ bổ túc thêm nghĩa cho tiền vị từ Shakespeare nên dù có bỏ đi mệnh đề này thì nghĩa của câu văn vẫn rõ

ràng Mệnh đề quan hệ không xác định thường được ngăn cách bởi dấu phẩy (trước và sau mệnh

đề) và không được dùng that để thay thế cho who, whom hay which.

- My brother Jack, who came here last night, is an engineer.

- That house, which was built a few months ago, doesn’t look modern.

- Vietnam, which lies in Southeast Asia, is rich in coal.

Mệnh đề quan hệ không xác định được dùng khi tiền vị từ là tiếng được xác định : thường là danh từ riêng chỉ người hay địa danh (Mr Brown, Vietnam…), hoặc danh từ đi với các tính từ chỉ định (this, that…) hay tính từ sở hữu (my, his, her, their…) hoặc do ta tự qui định lấy

-A man, who said he knew my father, asked me for money.

(Có một người mà người đó nói rằng biết ba tôi hỏi xin tiền tôi.)

where, when , why

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- That is the village in which I used to live.

 That is the village where I used to live

- Sunday is the day on which most people rest.

 Sunday is the day when most people rest

- There must be a reason for which you said that.

 There must be a reason why you said that

In (on / at) which - (place)  where

On (in / at) which -(time )  when For which (reason)  why

Where và when có thể được dùng để giới thiệu mệnh đề xác định và mệnh đề không xác định.

- We visited the town where I was born (defining)

- I bought them at the supermarket, where I met Mrs.Brown (non-defining)

- I saw the film last year, when I was in Paris (non-defining)

- I think that was the time when I lost all my money (defining)

Why thường được dùng trong mệnh đề xác định và thường theo sau a reason hay the reason.

- That is the reason why I didn’t come to the party yesterday.

Where, when và why được gọi là trạng từ quan hệ (relative adverbs)

EXERCISE I: Join each pair of sentences using relative pronouns :

1/ This is the man I met him in Paris

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2/ I wanted the painting You bought it

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3/ This is the chair My parents gave it to me

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4/ She’s the woman She telephoned the police

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5/ He’s the person He wanted to buy your house

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6/ We threw out the computer It never worked properly

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7/ This is the lion It’s been ill recently

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8/ The man was badly injured He was driving the car

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9/ The children broke the window They live in the next street

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10/ That’s the woman I was telling you about her

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EXERCISE II : Combine these pairs of sentences using relative pronouns:

1/ There’s the lady Her dog was killed

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2/ That’s the man He’s going to buy the company

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3/ He’s the person His car was stolen

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4/ She’s the new doctor The doctor’s coming to the hospital next week

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5/ She’s the journalist Her article was on the front page of The Times

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6/ They’re the people Their shop burned down last week

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7/ That’s the sales director He’s leaving in March

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8/ I’m the person You stayed in my flat

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9/ That’s the boy He’s just got a place at university

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10/ I’m the one My flat was broken into

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EXERCISE III: Join each pair of sentences using relative pronouns :

1/ The man didn’t come back again I shouted at him

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2/ The television never worked again I dropped it

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3/ The machine was broken I hired it

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4/ The clothes were beautiful She bought some clothes

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5/ The wall fell down after three weeks They built the wall

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6/ The policeman wasn’t very helpful I asked him

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7/ I didn’t really like the car We bought it

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8/ I lost the money I borrowed it from John

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9/ I really liked the new teacher They sent the new teacher

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10/ I sacked a sales assistant I had a terrible argument with him

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EXERCISE IV: Join each pair of sentences using relative pronouns or adverbs.

1/ We need a room We can study in that room

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2/ Swimming makes people strong It is a good sport

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3/ This is Mrs Jones Her son won the championship last year

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4/ The Smiths were given rooms in the hotel Their house had been destroyed in the explosion

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5/ He invited her to eat out on a day It rained heavily on that day

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6/ The house was built in 1945 They are living in that house

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7/ The reason was that he didn’t want to make her worried He didn’t tell the truth for that reason

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8/ The day was sunny She arrived on that day

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9/ I know the woman You bought the car from her son

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10/ Are you the man? The man won the first prize

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EXERCISE V : Join each pair of sentences, using a relative pronoun.

1/ She’s the one I told you about her

- She’s the one whom I told you about.

2/ I don’t like the people They are staying with the Browns

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3/ I like books They make you think about things

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4/ I’m looking for the person I’ve just hit his car

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5/ Most of the books are still popular today I read them as a child

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6/ You can buy a pasta from that Italian shop It has just opened in the High Street

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7/ The woman is coming back soon I’m doing her job

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8/ Is she the new television presenter? Everybody’s talking about her

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9/Is Technico the company? Sarah works for the company

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10/ This is the job I’ve always wanted it

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11/ The swimming pool is only open to the public in the mornings I use it

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12/ We’ve just bought a computer package It teaches you how to play the piano

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13/ My favourite holiday is the one We spent it in a cottage in the mountains

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14/ We haven’t seen the friends for ten years They are coming to visit us this weekend

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EXERCISE VI: Combine each pair of sentences, using a relative pronoun.

1/ When I was in town , I met your sister She was shopping for some clothes

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2/ Their house needs a lot of work doing to it It is near the beach

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3/ Sandra’s just got a new job with Capital Insurers It’s a much better company than the last one she worked for

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4/ That new manager seems to be a very capable woman I met her last week

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5/ This case is full of books I carried it all the way from the station

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6/ Her latest novel is good I read it on holiday

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7/ This sales manager is planning a new advertising compaign I support her idea

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8/ My parents send their best wishes You met them last month

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9/ Maria is my sister’s friend I introduced you to Maria last night

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10/ The book is about Dannis Thatcher His wife became Prime Minister

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11/ Robert Gibbs has been recaptured He escaped from prison last Friday

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MORE EXERCISES

I Complete these sentences with the correct form of the words given below

compete, courteous, transmit, subscribe, deliver, post, satisfy, distribute, transfer, space

1 All mail were suspended during the strike

2 It's only common to thank someone when they help

3 Do you wish to take out a full twelve-month to the journal?

4 We offer a wide range of good's at very prices

5 If you are with our service, please write to the manager

6 This ticket is only used by the person who bought it It is not

7 Fax has now become a cheap and convenient way to transmit texts over

distances

8 White walls can give a feeling of

9 The newspaper is free

10 How much was the on that letter?

II Write the information in brackets as a relative clause (defining or non-defining) in an appropriate place in the sentence Give alternative relative pronouns if possible

1 Julia's father has just come back from a skiing holiday (he is over 80)

………

2 The problems faced by the company are being resolved (I'll look at these in detail in a

moment)

………

3 Parents are being asked to take part in the survey (their children are between four and six)

………

4 The Roman coins are now on display in the National Museum (a local farmer came across them in a field)

………

5 These drugs have been withdrawn from sale (they are used to treat stomach ulcers)

………

6 The minister talked about the plans for tax reform (he will reveal them next month)

………

7 My aunt is now a manager of a department store (her first job was filling shelves in a

supermarket)

………

8 John Graham's latest film is his first for more than five years (the film is set in the north of

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Australia) ………

III Choose the best answer

1 Post office is a place you can buy stamps, mail letters and packages, and receive mail

2 Do you know the date _we have to hand in the essay?

a which I b in which c on that d when

3 My uncle you met yesterday is a lawyer

4 The council is in discussion with Lord Thomas, land most of the village is built on

5 These adults, come to my night class, are very eager to learn

6 Regina, _ you have never met before, is a genius in painting

7 The paintings _ Mr Flowers has in his house are worth around $ 100,000

8 Oxford, attracts many tourists, is often crowded in the summer

9 It's the best film has ever been made about madness

10 She cycled from London to Glasgow, _ is pretty good for a woman of 75

11 Most folk songs are ballads have simple words and tell simple stories

12 wins will go on to play Barcelona in the final

13 I think the reason we get on so well is that we both enjoy talking

14 Children diets contain high levels of protein do better in examination

15 I'm sure that Keith will do well at university, _ one he goes to

a which b whichever c where d wherever

VI Fill in each blank with an appropriate preposition

1 We take great pride offering the best service in town

2 This post office is equipped advanced technology transaction

3 What is the Messenger Call Service used ?

4 Let us take care your postal and telecommunication needs for now and ever

5 We subscribe all the main medical journals

6 This computer isn't capable running this software

7 She seemed satisfied the results

8 She was fiercely proud family traditions and continuity

9 I was useful them because I could speak French

10 I am living away my family and my relatives

VII Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one

1 I live in the town not far from the capital

 The town ………

2 Nobody does it better than you

 There isn't ………

3 Thanks to Laura's report I was able to finish the project

 Had ………

4 He got down to writing the letter as soon as he returned from his walk

 No sooner ………

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5 That question cannot be answered satisfactorily

 There is ………

6 & It is my impression that she's enjoying her new job a great deal

 She seems ………

7 The secretary didn't reply me for ten days

 No reply ………

8 All of those present were in agreement with the proposal

 Everyone ………

9 It's a pity it's too late to do anything about it

 I wish ………

10 She was so good to me that I'll always remember it

 I'll always remember ………

TEST 9

A PHONOLOGY

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from those of the rest

Choose the word which has a different stress pattern

8 a convenient b recipient c transmission d possible

B READING COMPREHENSION

I Read the text and do the task that follows

In early colonial times, correspondents depended on friends, merchants, and Native Americans to carry messages between the colonies However, most correspondence ran between the colonists and England, their mother country It was a very hard work to handle so many letters like that In 1639, the first official notice of a postal service in the colonies appeared The General Court of Massachusetts designated Richard Fairbanks' tavern in Boston as the official place of mail brought from or sent overseas, in line with the practice in England and other nations to use coffee houses and taverns as mail drops Local authorities operated post routes within the colonies Then, in 1673, a monthly post was set up between New York and Boston The service was of short duration, but the post rider's trail became known as the Old Boston Post Road, part of today's U.S Route 1 William Penn established the first post office in 1683 In the South, private messengers, usually slaves, connected the huge plantations

After the Boston revolution in September 1774, the colonies began to separate from the mother country A Continental Congress was organized at Philadelphia in May 1775 to establish an independent government One of the first questions before the delegates was how to convey and deliver the mail

1 In early colonial times,

a the English did not know how to write a mail

b merchants were not allowed to send letters

c the US was the mother country of many colonies

d England had many colonies

2 The first place which was used as a post office was

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a a tavern b a big house c an official place d a coffee house

3 In 1673, letters were sent from New York and Boston, and vice versa _ a month

4 The first post office was set up in _

5 According to the passage, _ had to work as a mailman between the huge plantations

a delegates b governors c messengers d slaves

II Fill in the blanks with the correct answers

A LETTER TO A GIRLFRIEND

Dear Kim Oanh

I was thrilled to receive your letter this afternoon We have been away from (1) _for exactly six months, haven't we? The past six months have been so long to me I'm just longing to the day when I can come back to Ha Noi to be near you again

You wrote in your letter that this year Ha Noi is colder than the (2) _years It makes me remember the cold winter afternoon of Ha Noi so much Here, it is still as warm as in summer They don't have the gentle wind and cold, not (3) the spring rain like in our home city I miss Turtle Tower; I miss West Lake - where we spent our first date two years ago

Dearest Kim Oanh, my work here is (4) quite well I am busy going to enterprises all day With a graduate fresh from college like me, there are so many new and unfamiliar things in my work Luckily I have many good friends and colleagues (5) helped me a lot

My beloved, you are busy (6) as well, aren't you? You must be very stressful, having to study for your coming exams as well as working on your thesis at the same time (7) yourself and don't stay up too late, for my sake, can you?

I hope you (8) _my little present I bought from Ben Thanh market yesterday I know you love surprises, (9) I will not give you the smallest clue of what my present is

My love, I hope you will be successful (10) _the upcoming exams Dream well of all the wonderful things of ours, won't you? Miss you much Love always

C USE OF ENGLISH

I Vocabulary

Choose the best answers

1 Since she fell in love with him, she couldn't thinking of him

2 People say that this time she is leaving for _