Even when the general public had still suspected of the security of a new means of transportation, the post office experimented with inventions that offered potential for moving the mail
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A PHONETICS
I Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words
II Choose the word that has stress pattern different from that of the other words
B VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR * Circle the best answer for each sentence
7) The hotel staff is friendly and
8) We are proud of our staff, who are always friendly and efficient
9) EMS stand for
10) If someone want to send a document and does not want to lose its , facsimile service will help you
11) People can buy daily in many local post office in early morning
12) All post offices in Viet Nam are equipped with advanced
13) Fax transmission has now become a cheap and way to transmit texts and graphics over distance
14) If you to your favourite newspapers and magazines, they will be delivered to your house early in the morning
15) Post offices offer a special mail service which is called
16) Your EMS mail will be in the shortest possible time
17) The message introduces the provided by the National Post Office
18) I cannot tell you all I heard
19) I can answer the question you say is very difficult
20) This is Mr Jones, invention has helped hundreds of deaf people
21) Tom, sits next to me, is from Canada
22) The volunteers, enthusiasm was obvious, finished the work quickly
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24) My friend, I visited lask week, is taking a holiday soon
25) The doctor re examining a patient was taken to hospital last night
26) A pacifist is a person believes that all wars are wrong
27) My friend, hated horror film, refused to go to the cinema with me
C READING * Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer
Between the Revolutionary period and the World War I, the United States post office was set out to improve transportation of the post office mails From those early days to the present, the post office has helped develop and subsidize every new mode transportation in the United States Transportation has been the most important element in mail delivery Even when the general public had still suspected of the security of a new means of transportation, the post office experimented with inventions that offered potential for moving the mail faster, occasionally suffering embarrassment, ridicule, or even abuse in the process
As mail delivery evolved from foot to horseback, stagecoach, steamboat, railroad, automobile, and airplane, with intermediate and overlapping use of balloons, and helicopters, post office mail contracts ensured the income necessary to build the great highways, rail lines, and airways that eventually spanned the continent
By the turn of the 19th century, the U.S Post Office had purchased a number of stagecoaches for operation on the nation’s better post roads – a post road being any road on which the mail travels – and continued to encourage new designs to improve passenger comfort and carry mail safely
28) The passage is about
A transportation of the Post Office in the US B the Post Office in the Revolutionary period
C the Post Office in the World War I D transportation and public ideas
29) According to the passage, the main purpose of the Post Office is
C to deliver mail as safely and fast as possible
D to subsidize every new mode of transportation
30) Which means of transportation used in the Post Office is NOT referred in the passage?
31) The Post Office
A has never used helicopters in delivery D makes no contribution to build roads
B contributes income to build highways, railroads, and airways
C has never been the first to use a new means of transportation
D WRITING * Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting
31) The waiter whom served us yesterday was polite and friendly
A B C D
32) This class is only for people who’s first language is not Chinese
A B C D
33) The man with who I spoke in the meeting used to work here
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34) He is moving to Lang Son city, that is in the north-east of Viet Nam
A B C D
35) She asked me if I knew whom had got the job
A B C D
UNIT 10: NATURE IN DANGER
A PHONETICS
I Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words
II Circle the word that has stress pattern different from that of the other words
B VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
* Circle the best answer for each sentence
7) Many rare o animals are in danger of extinction
8) People are destroying the environment by adding to it
9) Many efforts have been made to protect nature
10) Many species of animals are threatened and could easily become
11) Many animals are for their fur and other valuable parts of their bodies
12) They started a campaign to smoking among teenagers
13) Dinosaurs became millions of years go
14) The chemical from cars and factories make the air, water and soil dangerously dirty
15) Human beings are for the changes in the environment
16) By cutting down trees, we the natural habitat of birds and animals
17) aren’t effective anymore because insects have become resistant to them
18) They started a campaign to smoking among teenagers
19) He is the singer about I often tell you
20) The concert I listened last weekend was boring
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22) I like the village I used to live
23) I don’t know the reason she hasn’t talked to me recently
24) The little girl I borrowed this pen has gone
25) The speech _ we listened last night was information
26) The boy to I lent my money is poor
27) The knife we cut bread is very sharp
28) The authority gathered those villagers they explained the importance of forests
C READING
* Read the passage carefully then circle the correct answers
Many environmental experts are pessimistic about the future of our (29) They say that
in the next few years harmful (30) will further damage the (31) layer, there will be more losses of irreplaceable tropical (32) , and serious (33) pollution will cause the (34) itself to change They also warm us that Third World (35 will continue to suffer ecological (36) , while the (37) countries consume the vast majority of the world’s (38) Animals are also at (39) It is feared that some (40) species may soon die out, as their natural (41) are destroyed In some cases, the only way to save rare species from (42) is
to breed them in (43)
D WRITING
* Circle the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting
43) I have two brothers, both of them are studying in England
A B C D
43) It was a kind of machine with that we were not familiar
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44) Radio stations at which broadcast only news first appeared in the 1970s
A B C D
45) It is right that politicians should make important decisions without consulting the public to who
A B C D they are accountable?
46) The song to that we listened last night was beautiful
A B C D
UNIT 11: SOURCES OF ENERGY
A PHONETICS
I Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words
II Circle the word that has stress pattern different from that of the other words
B VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR * Circle the best answer for each sentence
7) Non-renewable energy sources are running
8) In some countries people use wind or sea as the environment friendly energy sources
9) People have used coal and oil to electricity for along time
10) Coal and oil are non-renewable sources
11) People on earth are need of more nuclear energy
12) energy uses natural sources of energy such as the sun, wind, or water for power and fuel, rather than oil, coal, or nuclear power
13) Oil, coal and natural gas are fuels made from decayed material
14) All fossil fuels are resources that cannot be replaced after use
15) We should develop such sources of energy as solar energy and nuclear energy
16) Increased consumption will lead to faster of our natural resources
17) heat comes from deep inside the earth
18) “Have you ever met the man over there?” “No Who is he?”
standing
19) The boy the piano is my son
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21) We have apartment the park
22) He was the last person in this way
23) Nellie Ross of Wyoming was the first woman _ governor in the United State
24) in large quantities in the Middle East, oil became known as black gold because of the large profit it brought
discovered
25) She is the only in the discussion to using nuclear power
26) Johnny was the last applicant for a position in that energy station
interviewed
27) The instructions by Professor Johnson helped us know more about the danger of energy pollution
explained
C READING
* Circle the item among A, B, C or D that best answers the question about the passage
Energy is fundamental to human beings, especially to poor people – the one- third of humanity that does not have modern energy supplies like electricity, with which their life could be improve
Many people who live in countryside have to gather fuel wood This takes a lot of time Moreover, it causes indoor air pollution because of heavy smoke For many people living in rural areas in developing countries of the world, biogas is the large energy resources available and costs almost nothing The main use of biogas is for cooking and heating As biogas is smoke-free, it helps solve the problem of indoor air pollution Moreover, plant waste and animal manure cost almost nothing
The tendency to use renewable energy sources is on the increase when non-renewable ones are running out In the near, people in the developing countries may use wind or sea waves as the environment-friendly energy sources
28) What is the role of energy to human beings?
29) What do poor people in countryside do to have energy?
30) How long does it take to gather fuel wood in the countryside?
a day
31) According to the passage, what energy sources do poor people often use for fuel?
32) What is the main use of biogas?
A It is used mainly for cooking and heating B It is mainly used for lighting
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33) According to the passage, what is the most awful effect of using fuel wood?
A It causes indoor air pollution B It may cause fire
34) Why, according to the passage, is biogas introduced to poor people?
C Because they like it
D Because it is the largest energy resources available in the countryside and cheap
35) What, according to the passage, are the main advantages of using biogas?
C It is clean because it is smoke-free and costs almost nothing D It is clean 36) The tendency to use renewable energy sources
37) What, according to the passage, may be used as the environment-friendly energy sources/
D WRITING
* Circle the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting
38) The man to speak to me is John’s brother
A B C D
39) He is the second person be killed in that way
A B C D
40) They work in a hospital sponsoring by the government
A B C D
41) It an essay writing in 1779, Judith Sargeant Murray promoted the cause of women’s education
A B C D
42) A dam is wall building across river to shop the river’s flow and collect the water
A B C D