UNIT 9: THE POST OFFICE
A. PHONETICS
I. Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words.
1) A. facsimile B. transfer C. spacious D. fax
2) A. equipped B. delivered C. transferred D. received
3) A. helps B. provides C. documents D. texts
II. Choose the word that has stress pattern different from that of the other words.
4) A. courteous B. subscribe C. service D. customer
5) A. technology B. distribution C. delivery D. facsimile
6) A. advanced B. technology C. express D. spacious
B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
* Circle the best answer for each sentence.
7) The hotel staff is friendly and ____.
A. unhelpful B. courteous C. discourteous D. impolite
8) We are proud our ____ staff, who are always friendly and efficient.
A. well-done B. well-appointed C. well-behaved D. well-trained
9) EMS stand for ____.
A. Electronic Mail Service B. Express Mail Service
C. Economic Mail Service D. Environment management Service
10) If someone want to send a document and does not want to lose its ____, facsimile service will help you.
A. beginning B. last C. original D. recent
11) People can buy daily ____ in many local post office in early morning.
A. newspapers B. books C. postcards D. letters
12) All post offices in Viet Nam are equipped with advanced ____.
A. knowledge B. machines C. science D. technology
13) Fax transmission has now become a cheap and ____ way to transmit texts and graphics over distance.
A. inconvenient B. convenient C. uncomfortable D. comfortable
14) If you ____ to your favourite newspapers and magazines, they will be delivered to your house early in the morning.
A. buy B. book C. pay D. subscribe
15) Post offices offer a special mail service which is called ____.
A. ESM B. EMS C. SEM D. MES
16) Your EMS mail will be ____ in the shortest possible time.
A. provided B. delivered C. taken D. caught
17) The message introduces the ____ provided by the National Post Office.
A. parcels B. messengers C. expresses D. services
18) I cannot tell you all ____ I heard.
A. which B. that C. as D. because
19) I can answer the question ____ you say is very difficult.
A. which B. whom C. who D. whose
20) This is Mr. Jones, ____ invention has helped hundreds of deaf people.
A. which B. that C. whose D. whom
21) Tom, ____ sits next to me, is from Canada.
A. that B. whom C. who D. whose
22) The volunteers, ____ enthusiasm was obvious, finished the work quickly.
A. who B. whom C. whose D. that
23) Many scientists have claimed that ____ like music are often good at mathematics.
A. children B. children who C. children whom D. whose children
24) My friend, ____ I visited lask week, is taking a holiday soon.
A. that B. whom C. which D. whose
25) The doctor re examining a patient ____ was taken to hospital last night.
A. which B. who C. whom D. whose
26) A pacifist is a person ____ believes that all wars are wrong.
A. who B. whose C. whom D. which
27) My friend, ____ hated horror film, refused to go to the cinema with me.
A. whom B. which C. whose D. who
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