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(1)TEST YOURSELF C I PRONUNCIATION Choose the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from the rest A post B busy C swim D spacious A best B text C exist D letter A commune B punctuality C communication D distribution A express B recipient C secure D messenger A satisfaction B facsimile C punctuality D spacious A noisy B subscribe C service D graphics A transfer B newspaper C thousand D relatives A equipped B delivered C transferred D received A helps B provides C documents D texts 10 A stop B post C offer D from II VOCABULARY Circle the letter before the word that can be best replaced with the word(s) in italic 11 Thanh Ba Post Office is equipped with advanced technology A modern B outdated C fashionable D beautiful 12 Thanh Ba Post Office has a spacious and pleasant front office A cramped B large and with a lot of space C narrow D safe 13 Our post office offers the best services with a well-trained staff A rule B impolite C beautiful D qualified 14 Your EMS mail will be delivered in the shortest possible time A European Monetary System B Enhanced Messaging Service C Express Mail Service D Emergency Mail Service 15 Express Money Transfer is a speedy and secure service for transferring money in less than 24 hours A fast and fixed B fast and protected C slow and safe D useful and confident 16 The Message Call Service helps you to notify the recipient of the time and place to receive the call A see B watch C write D tell 17 If you want your favorite newspapers to be delivered to your house early in the morning you should subscribe to them A pay money B write a letter C make a call D send e-mail 18 The staff of that post office are always thoughtful and courteous to customers A kind and beautiful B helpful and friendly C helpful and polite D nice and arrogant 19 If you want to send a document and not want to lose its original shape, send it by fax machine A first B changed C modern D good 20 You can save money if you send a parcel which is under 15 kg A letter B package C box D present III GRAMMAR Choose the word or phrase A, B, C or D - that best completes the sentence 21 The problem never occurred A I hadn’t expected it C who I had expected B that I had expected it D I had expected 22 In 1850, Yale University established Sheffield Scientific School, _ A engineers were educated there B where engineers were educated (2) C in which engineer educated D where were engineers educated 23 It was the ragtime pianist Scott Joplin _ the Maple Leaf Rag, perhaps the best known of all ragtime tunes A wrote B the writer of C who wrote D writing 24 A keystone Species is a species of plants and animals absence has a major effect on an ecological system A that its B its C whose D with its 25 William Samuel Johnson, helped write the Constitution, became the first president of Columbia College in 1187 A whom he had B who had C and he had D had 26 My mother, _ , enjoys hill walking A whom is in her seventies B that is in her seventies C which is in her seventies D who is in her seventies 27 She’s one of the kindest people I’ve ever known A that B whose C who 28 Where is the house ? A where they are living C where they are living there D which B which they are living D where they are living in 29 She lives in the house _ A which has the red door C that with the red door B has the red door D with its red door 30 Mark Twain is an author I like best A his books B that books C the book of whom D whose books IV READING Read the following passage carefully, and then select the best option to complete it: AUSTRIAN POST OFFICERS IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE Austria and other European nations maintained an extensive (31) _ of post offices in the Ottoman Empire, typically motivated by the unreliable postal system of the Ottomans For Austria, the (32) _ started in 1748 with the establishment of a (33) in Galata outside of Constantinople, and eventually extended to dozens of (34) _ throughout the Balkans and the eastern Mediterranean Beginning in 1863, (35) _ of Lombardy-Venetia were used, but after the losses of these areas in 1867, Austria had to issue special stamps; in appearance identical to (36) _ stamps of the period, but denominated in soldis and florins In 1886 this was changed to paras and piasters to match Turkish money, (37) _ by surcharging the existing stamps of the offices, then regular Austrian stamps Stamps printed specifically for the offices resumed in 1906, by using Austrian stamps (38) _ the denomination (at this point the denomination of Austrian stamps was printed in a second step), and the Jubilee issue of 1908 included the same (39) _ denominated in piasters While early issues are not common, the volume of mail by the end of the empire was such that both used and unused stamps are still commonly (40) _ + New words: - denominate (v.): cho tên là, gọi tên là, đặt tên là - florin (n.): đồng florin (đồng hào Anh silinh) - piaster (n.): đồng bạc (tiền Tây Ban Nha, Ai Cập, Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ) - surcharge (v.): Chở/ chất quá nặng; bắt phạt quá nặng; đóng thuế quá nặng - jubilee (n.): lễ kỉ niệm 50 năm; dịp vui mùa mở hội 31/ A way B method C system D network (3) 32/ A purchase 33/ A school 34/ A regions 35/ A stamps 36/ A American 37/ A first 38/ A having 39/ A designs 40/ A alive B sale B post office B areas B books B Austrian B second B removing B shapes B new C practice C factory C houses C things C European C next C releasing C forms C fresh D service D company D locations D pictures D Asian D last D missing D images D available V WRITING Choose the sentence that is the best combination of each of the following pairs: 41 The elderly are usually thought to be passive They can actually have active lives A The elderly, thought to be passive, can actually have active lives B The elderly can actually have active lives that are usually thought to be passive C The elderly thought to be passive can actually have active lives D The elderly lives which are thought to be passive can actually be active 42 Shoes are the products The company exported only these products to Mexico A The company exported only shoes to Mexico, that are the only products B Shoes are the only products to be exported to Mexico C Shoes, which are the only products to be exported to Mexico D The only products to be exported to Mexico, which are shoes 43 Tommy is late Does anybody know why? A Does anybody know what the reason why is Tommy late? B Does anybody know what the reason why Tommy is late? C Does anybody know the reason why is Tommy late? D Does anybody know the reason why Tommy is late? 44 She is the advisor We got those recommendations from her A She is the advisor, who we got those recommendations from B She is the advisor whom we got those recommendations from her C She is the advisor from that we got those recommendations D She is the advisor from whom we got those recommendations 45 My sister is the only member in my family She holds a Ph.D degree in Physics A My sister is the only member in my family to hold a Ph.D degree in Physics B The only member in my family is my sister, who holds a Ph.D degree in Physics C The only member in my family which holds a Ph.D degree is my sister D My sister, who holds a Ph.D degree in Physics, is the only member in my family 46 Few people know about C.A.Lindburgh He was the first person who flew across the Atlantic Ocean A Few people know about C A Lindburgh, the first person flying across the Atlantic Ocean B Few people know about C A Lindburgh, that was the first person to fly across the Atlantic Ocean C Few people know about C A Lindburgh, who was the first person flown across the Atlantic Ocean D Few people know about C A Lindburgh, who was the first person to fly across the Atlantic Ocean 47 The Mountain Region is in the Great Himalayan Range It makes up the northern part of Nepal A The Mountain Region which makes up the northern part of Nepal is in the Great Himalayan Range B The Mountain Region in the Great Himalayan Range makes up the northern part of Nepal C The Great Himalayan Range, which makes up the northern part of Nepal, is the Mountain Region (4) D The northern part of Nepal, made up by the Great Himalayan Range is the Mountain Region 48 This is the best book on the market It was written for university students A This is the best book written for university students, which are on the market B This is the best book to be writing for university students on the market C This is the best book to be written for university students on the market D This is the best book that is on the market, which is written for university students 49 I have a passion for winter It is usually a sad season for many people A I have a passion for winter when is usually a sad season for many people B I have a passion for winter, which is usually a sad season for many people C I have a passion for winter, when is usually a sad season for many people D I have a passion for winter which is usually a sad season for many people 50 That is the student I borrowed his book last week A That is the student I borrowed whose book last week B The student whose book I borrowed that is C That is the student whose book I borrowed last week D That is the student, whose book I borrowed last week ANSWER KEYS 10 B C B A D A A A B B 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 A B D C B D A C A B 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 D B C C B D A A A D 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 C C B D A B A D A D 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 C B D D A D B C B C (5)