Class: 11 UNIT 9: THE POST OFFICE
I. Choose the word whose bold part is pronounced differently from that of the other words.
1. A. post B. busy C. swim D. spacious
2. A. commune B. punctuality C. communication D. distribution
3. A. small B. supply C. sure D. species
4. A. rather B. mother C. growth D. brother
5. A. parks B. animals C. planets D. environments
II. Choose the word which is stressed differently from the others
1. A. relative B. subscribe C. customer D. graphics
2. A. technology B. convenient C. dissatisfied D. disappointed
3. A. disadvantage B. installation C. punctuality D. competitive
4. A. environment B. agriculture C. extinction D. survive
5. A. communal B. newspaper C. magazine D. courteous
III. Choose the best answer.
1. Thanh Ba Post Office is equipped with advanced technology.
A. modern B. outdated C. fashion D. beautiful
2. Our post office offers the best services with a well-trained staff.
A. rule B. impolite C. beautiful D. qualified
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
6. This hotel has got a very________ kitchen.
A. spacious B. space C. spaceship D. spacing
7. A person who sells flowers is called a ________.
A. florist B. farmer C. vegaterian D. biologist
8. We call a man who delivers the mail a ________.
A. newsman B. mailbox C. mailman D. officers
9. William Samuel Johnson,________ had helped write the Constitution, became the first president of Columbia College in 1187.
A. whom he B. who C. and he D. that
10. 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
11. She’s one of the kindest people ________ I’ve ever known.
A. that B. whose C. who D. which
12. One of the people _________ I admire most in the history of the world is Gandhi.
A. that B. which C. whose D. of them
13. The speech ___ we listened to last night was informative.
A. which B. whom C. who D. whose
14. She has two grown children, both of ____ live abroad.
A. who B. whom C. that D. whose.
15. The man is my teacher. I am grateful to him.
A. The man whom I am grateful to him is my teacher.
B. The man is my teacher who I am grateful
C. The man whom I am grateful to is my teacher.
D. The man to him I am grateful is my teacher.
16. Ngoc is friendly. We are talking about her.
A. Ngoc, we are talking about, is friendly.
B. Ngoc, about her we are talking, is friendly.
C. Ngoc, whom we are talking about, is friendly.
D. Ngoc, whom we are talking, is friendly.
17. 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.
18. Sue lives in a house. The house is opposite my house.
A. Sue lives in a house where is opposite my house.
B. Sue lives in a house which is opposite my house.
C. Sue lives in a house who is opposite my house.
D. Sue lives in a house and which is opposite my house.
IV. Choose the part that is incorrect.
1. Tom is (A) the most intelligent (B) person whose(C) I have ever met(D).
2. The car who (A) I bought (B) used to be (C) my father’s (D).
3. The (A) man whom (B) remained in (C) the office was (D) the manager.
4. I have (A) two brothers, both (B) of them (C) are studying (D) in England.
5. The (A) man whose spoke (B) to (C) me is John’s brother (D).
V. Give the correct form of the given words to complete the sentences below.
1. A modem building should be ________. (space). spacious
2. It is very __________of you to send us a gift on our wedding day. (thought) thoughtful
3. The postman is always________ to customers. (courtesy) courteous
4. Newspapers and magazines are delivered to your house________ in the morning. (quick) quickly
5. The ________ is very simple. Just insert the CD and read the instructions. (install) installation
VI. Combine each pair of sentences with who, whom, which, that or whose.
1. The old man is my grandfather. He lives next door.
-The old man who lives next door is my grandfather.
2. The trousers are too small for me. I bought them yesterday.
-The trousers which I bought yesterday are too small for me.
3. I saw a girl. Her beauty took my breath away.
-I saw a girl whose beauty took my breath away.
4. The postcard was from Harry. It came this morning.
-The postcard which came this morning was from Harry.
5. The boy is Jane′s brother. He sat beside you at the party last night.
-The boy who sat beside you at the party last night is Jane′s brother.
6. The man is a computer expert. You were talking to him.
-The man whom you were talking to is a computer expert.
7. Computers are very good. They are made in Holland.
-Computers which are made in Holland are very good.
8. John is absent from school. His mother′s in hospital.
-John, whose mother′s in hospital, is absent from school.
9. Alex plays the guitar well. He is Greg′s brother.
-Alex, who is Greg′s brother, plays the guitar well.
10. Mary is one of my closest friends. I have known her for a long time.
-Marry, who I have known for a long time, is one of my closest friends.
VII. 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. The postal worker said, “We will give you a post-office box in one month.” Three months later, the headteacher 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”
1. What happens when you have a post-office box?
-The postman does not bring letters to us.
2. Why are letters safe when they are in a post-office box?
-Because the letters will be kept in the blocked box.
3. Why did the headmaster write to the post-office?
-To ask for a post-office box for his school.
4. Why did he write to the post-office 3 months later?
-Because his school hasn’t got a post-office box yet.
5. Will the headteacher find the letter in his post-box later?
-Yes, he will.
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