BÀI TẬP TIẾNG ANH LỚP 11UNIT 9 THE POST OFFICE A.. MULTIPLE CHOICES: I/ Select the synonym of the following bold and underlined word in each sentence in the unit: 1/ What services do you
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UNIT 9 THE POST OFFICE
A MULTIPLE CHOICES:
I/ Select the synonym of the following bold and underlined word in each sentence in the unit:
1/ What services do you think the post office offers?
2/ Thanh Ba Post Office is equipped with advanced technology and a
spacious , pretty place for transaction.
3/ You can choose to send your letters by air or surface mail.
4/ The maximum weight limit of a parcel is 31.5 kg.
5/ We offer a very competitive rate for parcels of under 15kg.
6/ We offer a speedy and secure service of transferring money in less
than 24 hours
7/ Besides the ordinary telephone call service, our Post Office provides
the Messenger Call Service
8/ This service helps you to notify the recipient of the time and place to
receive the call
9/ You want to send a document and do not want to lose its original
shape?
10/ Fax transmission has now become a cheap and convenient way to
transmit texts and graphics over distances.
II/ Select the antonym of the following bold and underlined word in each sentence in the unit:
1/ What services do you think the post office offers ?
2/ Thanh Ba Post Office is equipped with advanced technology and a
spacious , pretty place for transaction.
3/ You can choose to send your letters by air or surface mail.
4/ The maximum weight limit of a parcel is 31.5 kg.
5/ We offer a very competitive rate for parcels of under 15kg.
6/ We offer a speedy and secure service of transferring money in less
than 24 hours
7/ Besides the ordinary telephone call service, our Post Office provides
the Messenger Call Service
A noteworthy B impressive C unusual D irregular
8/ This service helps you to notify the recipient of the time and place to
receive the call.
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9/ You want to send a document and do not want to lose its original
shape?
A ultimate B unproductive C sterile D imitative
10/ Fax transmission has now become a cheap and convenient way to
transmit texts and graphics over distances
A inopportune B remote C unavailable D distant
III/ Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each sentence:
1/ I’m reading a _ story book this week
2/ He gave her a _ look “Are you sure?” he demanded
A challenge B challenger C challenged D challenging 3/ It was said that the article was an excellent piece of _ journalism
A investigate B investigative C investigation D investigating 4/ The boss informs that the company needs to reduce its _ on just one particular product
5/ My mother's attitudes are very _, considering her age
6/ Is it true that the sea bed _ here to 5000 meters?
7/ They've got to try to keep _ as they grow older
8/ That woman would never do anything to _ the lives of her children
9/ If our product doesn't work, the customers are given the _ of
a refund or a replacement
10/ Last weekend they saw a quick film showing the various stages in the _ of glass
IV/ Choose the correct words to complete the sentences:
1/ My brother said that they _ be ashamed of themselves
2/ The doctor is doing all that he _, but the boy is still not breathing properly
3/ You _ to have agreed to buy that MP4 player without knowing how much it would cost
4/ Linh said she _ see her uncle the next day
5/ They say that cars _ park in front of the entrance
A mustn't B didn’t have to C couldn’t D didn’t need 6/ Is she _ in cash or by credit card?
7/ I _ home every two weeks to tell my mother I'm fine
8/ They'll pay us double _ we get the work finished by Saturday
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9/ They wouldn't work for him _ he paid them twice their current salary
10/ I’ll ask them to buy everything you produce, _ of course the price is okay
V/ Choose the word whose underlined part has a different pronunciation from the others in each group:
9/ A offices B introduces C pollutes D classes
10/ A oversized B cared C filled D minded
VI/ Choose the word whose underlined part has a different pronunciation from the others in each group:
1/ A undersea B ocea n C revea l D brea the
9/ A challenges B devices C submarines D passages 10/ A moved B killed C required D landed
VII/ Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others
in each group:
8/ A sophisticated B independently C biodiversity D international
10/ A investigate B interaction C indication D understanding
VIII/ Match the words in column A with their synonyms in column B:
IX/ Match the words in column A with their antonyms in column B:
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X/ Complete the following sentences by inserting the missing Adjective clauses Choose the Adjective clause that fits each sentence best:
1 The policewoman _ is my
mother’s friend
A that ever acted on this stage
2 Hanh and Nguyen, _ have just
3 That lake _ is not very wide C who arrested the thief
4 We don’t have anything to do,
_
D we crossed
5 She’s the finest woman _ E whom you met yesterday
6 They will visit the garage _
before they come back home F which makes us bored
7 He was glad to find the wallet
_
G where their father works
8 Mrs Hoa, _, is working in a
hospital
H whose daughter is a good student
9 Rooney is playing for MU, _ I who can answer this question
10 Is there anyone _? J which is a famous football club
XI/ Find the one mistake (A, B, C or D) in these sentences and then correct them:
1/ (A) I'll pay you (B) double (C) unless you get the work (D) finished by Friday
2/ (A) There are, (B) if you don't mind me (C) to say so, one or two problems (D) with this plan
3/ You (A) won’t pay (B) for time off (C) unless you have (D) a doctor’s note 4/ He (A) hasn’t got (B) any hobbies—(C) if you call watching TV (D) a hobby 5/ (A) Provided that you (B) had the money (C) in your account , you can withdraw (D) up to £100 a day
6/ (A) We’d buy everything you produce, (B) provided (C) of course the price is (D) right
7/ “She doesn’t think (A) she’ll get a job.” “She (B) should worry, (C) with all her qualifications (= she does not need (D) worrying).”
8/ (A) In order that training (B) should be effective (C) there must be planned (D) systematically
9/ You (A) ought have come (B) to the meeting (C) It was (D) interesting 10/ (A) What do you need your own computer (B) for ? You (C) can use (D)
us
XII/ Find the one mistake (A, B, C or D) in these sentences and then correct them:
1/ There are, (A) unless you don't mind me (B) saying so, one or two (C) problems (D) with this plan
2/ (A) Unless you call me (B) saying you're not coming, (C) I'll see you (D) at the theatre
3/ (A) If Europe fails (B) to agree on this, we can (C) tell goodbye to any (D) common foreign policy
4/ (A) If you (B) need any help, (C) please don't hesitate (D) to say
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5/ They (A) were wondering where (B) to hold the office party and I (C) warned the Italian restaurant (D) near the station
6/ (A) We’d buy everything you manufacture, (B) provided (C) certainly the price is (D) acceptable
7/ “My brother doesn’t think (A) he’ll find a job.” “He (B) should be anxious, (C) with all his education (= he does not need (D) worrying).”
8/ (A) In order that training (B) should be efficient (C) there must be intended (D) systematically
9/ We (A) ought have come (B) to the ballet (C) It was (D) exciting
10/ (A) What do they need their own laptop (B) for ? They (C) can use (D)
me
XIII/ Find the one mistake (A, B, C or D) in these sentences and then correct them:
1/ She (A) asked me (B) if I knew (C) whom had got (D) the job
2/ (A) I've been meaning (B) to ask you (C) where you get your hair (D) to cut 3/ (A) There were 500 (B) passengers, (C) whose 121 (D) drowned
4/ She was (A) only twenty (B) when she (C) having her (D) first baby
5/ (A) To see (B) if you can guess (C) which one is me in my old (D) school photo
6/ The police (A) asked me (B) would explain (C) why I hadn't reported the accident (D) sooner
7/ She lived (A) in Rome (B) for a couple of years, (C) where she taught (D) England
8/ (A) Have you been (B) to the restaurant (C) it's just opened (D) in town? 9/ He (A) rang James, (B) who was a good friend (C) as well as the (D) doctor family
10/ (A) Someway , that evening, (B) which I'll tell you more about (C) later , I ended up (D) staying at Rachel's place
XIV/ Read the following passage carefully, and then select the best option A,
B, C or D to complete it:
AUSTRIAN POST OFFICERS IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
Austria and other European nations maintained an extensive (1) _ of post offices in the Ottoman Empire, typically motivated by the unreliable postal system of the Ottomans For Austria, the (2) _ started
in 1748 with the establishment of a (3) _ in Galata outside of Constantinople, and eventually extended to dozens of (4) _ throughout the Balkans and the eastern Mediterranean
Beginning in 1863, (5) _ of Lombardy-Venetia were used, but after the losses of these areas in 1867, Austria had to issue special stamps; in appearance identical to (6) _ stamps of the period, but denominated in soldis and florins In 1886 this was changed to paras and piasters to match Turkish money, (7) _ 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 (8) _ 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 (9) _ 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 (10) _
+ New words:
- denominate (v.): cho tên là, gọi tên là, đặt tên là
- florin (n.): đồng florin (đồng hào của Anh bằng 2 silinh)
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- surcharge (v.): 1 Chở/ chất quá nặng; bắt phạt quá nặng; đóng thuế quá nặng
- jubilee (n.): lễ kỉ niệm 50 năm; dịp vui mùa mở hội
XV/ Read the following passage carefully, and then select the best option A,
B, C or D to complete it:
Approximately one-third of the Arctic (1) _ is underlain by continental shelf, (2) _ includes a broad shelf north of Eurasia and the narrower shelves of North America and Greenland Seaward of the continental shelves (3) _ the Arctic Basin proper, which is subdivided (4) _ a set of three parallel ridges and four basins (also (5) _ as deeps) These features were discovered and explored (6) _ in the late 1940s The Lomonosov Ridge, the major ridge, cuts the Arctic Basin (7) _ in half, extending as a submarine bridge 1,800 km (1,100 mi) (8) _ Siberia to the northwestern tip of Greenland Parallel (9) _ it are two shorter ridges: the Alpha Ridge on the North American (10) _, defining the Canada and Makarov basins, (11) _ the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge on the Eurasian side, (12) _ the Nansen and Amundsen basins The average (13) _ of the Arctic Ocean is only 1,300 m (4,300 ft) (14) _ the vast shallow expanses on the continental shelves The deepest (15) _ in the Arctic Ocean is 5,450 m (17,880 ft)
New vocabulary:
- to underlie- underlay- underlain (v.): nằm dưới, ở dưới
- seaward (n.): hướng biển; (adv.): về hướng biển
- to subdivide (v.): chia nhỏ ra
- ridge (n.): chóp, chỏm, ngọc, đỉnh (núi)
- basin (n.): chỗ trũng, lòng chảo; (địa chất) lưu vực; vịnh nhỏ
- tip (n.): đầu, đỉnh, chóp
- expanse (n.): dải, dải rộng (đất )
6/ A starting B beginning C appearance D creation
B USE OF ENGLISH:
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I/ Match the sentences, clauses or phrases in column A with the ones in column B
to make meaningful sentences:
1/ The doctor _ is my mother’s
friend
A/ which bores them
2/ Mr Nam and Ms Nga, _ have
just traveled to Bangkok
B/ who can help me with these difficult questions
3/ The street _ is not very wide C/ which she left in her room this
morning
4/ My friends have nothing to do,
_
D/ who cured my brother well
5/ Tom Cruise is a handsome man
_
E/ which is a famous football club in Italy
6/ Her classmates will visit the zoo
_ after they have finished the
exam
F/ that ever acted in many films
7/ She was glad to find the handbag
_
G/ where there are a lot of fun animals
8/ Mr Minh, _, is working in a
9/ Ronaldo is now playing for AC
10/ There isn’t anybody _, is
there?
J/ we are riding along
II/ Supply the correct form of the word in brackets:
1/ He suffers from a (nerve) _ disorder
2/ I worry about the (destruct) _ effect that violent films may have on children
3/ (Mystery) _, the light came on, although no one was near the switch 4/ The river froze to a (deep) _ of over a meter
5/ Children are encouraged to take an (investigate) _ approach to learning
6/ Disneyworld is one of Florida's major (tour) _ attractions
7/ Tyler is remarkably (world) _-wise for such a young girl
8/ He never goes out without his security men in (attend) _
9/ There's not enough (interact) _ between the management and the workers
10/ Commodity prices can be a useful (indicate) _ of inflation, he claimed
III/ Supply the correct form of the word in brackets:
1/ It was too dark to read our map and we took a wrong (turn) _
2/ The book was delivered yesterday with a note (say) _ the bill for it would follow in a day or two
3/ As (chair) _ of the association, he held office for over twenty years 4/ Such unpopular legislation is unlikely to be introduced before the next (elect) _
5/ She sent a message with John (say) _ that she couldn't come
6/ The company was set up to buy and sell shares on behalf of (invest) _ 7/ The police said that it was the blow that (deliver) _ to her head that had killed her
8/ "If you like I can do some (shop) _ for you." "That's a very kind
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9/ I'd been away for a few days so I had a lot of post (wait) _ for me 10/ The (major) _ of people in the town strongly support the plans to build a by-pass
IV/ Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, using the word in brackets:
1/ You might win $ 1500, and then you’d travel to Singapore (if)
→ You’d travel _ $ 1500.
2/ Our electric fan is not working properly and we feel hot (would)
→ If our so hot.
3/ Her brother should give up smoking to protect his health (would)
→ If he _ improve his health.
4/ Perhaps my family would go to Hue to visit our grandparents (went)
→ If my family visit our grandparents.
5/ I think you should not talk too much in class (you)
→ If I _ in class.
6/ His sister doesn’t speak English well enough to work for that foreign company (better)
→ If his sister _ for that foreign company.
7/ My roommates don’t have enough money so they can’t travel to Nha Trang (could)
→ If my roommates Nha Trang.
8/ We’re not as rich as Rockefeller so we can’t buy a big house here (were)
→ If we here.
9/ I won’t go out if it doesn’t stop raining (unless)
→ I won’t _ raining.
10/ She wouldn’t write unless she heard some news (if)
→ She wouldn’t _ some news.
V/ Supply the correct verb tense, paying careful attention to the tense sequence:
1/ If war (come) _, the people in the nation will be ready
2/ If today (be) _ Sunday, I should not have to go to school
3/ If we don’t study our lessons, we (not have) _ good marks in the exam
4/ If he had had her address, he (write) _ to her
5/ You (catch) _ cold if you went out in the rain
6/ If the weather is fine, we (go) _ to the mountain
7/ If he (write) _ more carefully, he might not have made so many mistakes
8/ Were she to speak to him like that, he (be) _ very angry
9/ Supposing your sister (see) _ you going to the concert with me, what might she think?
10/ If it (be) _ convenient, let’s meet at the park
VI/ Supply the correct verb tense, paying careful attention to the tense sequence:
1/ I'll pay you double if you (get) _ the work finished by Friday
2/ We'll have the party in the garden if the weather (be) _ good If not, it'll have to be inside
3/ If anyone (ring) _ for me, please tell them I'll be back in the office at 4 o'clock
4/ If she hadn't called, I (not know) _
5/ I wouldn't work for them (even) if they (pay) _ me twice my current salary
6/ We'll deal with that problem if and when it (arise) _
7/ If disturbed, the bird (abandon) _ the nest, leaving the chicks to die
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8/ Unless you (call) _ me to say you're not coming, I'll see you at the theatre
9/ "Jacinta (be) _ there with her boyfriend." "Which one? She's got several."
10/ It's either Spanish or Portuguese that she (speak) _, but I've forgotten which
VII/ Complete the following sentences, using “WILL, WOULD, SHOULD, CAN, COULD, MAY, MIGHT, DON’T, DOESN’T, WAS” Each word is used only once:
1/ We tried phoning them but there _ no answer
2/ The coach leaves at 8.58, so we _ be in Scotland by lunchtime
3/ Why _ we have lunch together on Sunday morning?
4/ He _ be ashamed of himself as he has done something wrong
5/ She brought me some juice because she thought I _ be thirsty
6/ Do the best you _ - We realize the circumstances are not as ideal as
we think
7/ He knew there _ be trouble unless the report was finished by 5pm 8/ _ she look lovely in that new dress and that colorful hat?
9/ I know that the cause of the accident _ never be discovered
10/ When my brother was younger he _ stay up all night and not feel tired
VIII/ Rewrite the sentences using the word in brackets, beginning as shown:
1/ There’s no point in asking her to kelp (worth)
→ It her to help.
2/ Thu couldn’t get her teacher’s permission to be absent yesterday (let)
→ Thu’s teacher _ yesterday.
3/ “Where are you going tomorrow, Hanh?” asked Nguyen (where)
→ Nguyen asked .
4/ Lan’s behavior at the wedding party annoyed me (Lan)
→ I was _ at the wedding party.
5/ It’s very kind of you to have lent me some money or I would have had to borrow my classmates (you)
→ I would have had _ some money.
6/ Mai didn’t listen to what her mother told her (notice)
→ Mai took _ advice.
7/ The students had to finish the homework and write an assignment as well (addition)
→ The students had to _ an assignment.
8/ When Maradona was a child, he played football almost every day (his)
→ Maradona played football .
9/ Let’s visit the National park this morning (go)
→ Why _ this morning?
10/ Long found it difficult to concentrate on his lesson because of the noise (difficulty)
→ Long because of the noise.
IX/ Read the sentences below carefully, and then put them in the correct order to make a meaningful reading: (Number 1 and number has done first for you)
1/ Cleveland is the county seat of Cuyahoga County , the most populous county in the
U.S state of Ohio
2/ Recent investments have provided the city with tourist attractions in the downtown area, such as Jacobs Field , the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame , and Playhouse Square Center
3/ With the decline of heavy manufacturing, Cleveland's businesses have diversified into the service economy , including the financial services, insurance, and healthcare
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4/ Nevertheless, the city faces continuing challenges, in particular from concentrated poverty in some neighborhoods and difficulties in the funding and delivering of high-quality public education
5/ It was founded in 1796 near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River , and became a
manufacturing center owing to its location at the head of numerous canals and
railroad lines
6/ In studies conducted by The Economist in 2005, Cleveland and Pittsburgh were ranked as the most livable cities in the United States, and the city was ranked as the best city for business meetings in the continental U.S
7/ As of the 2000 Census , the city proper had a total population of 478,403, making it the 33rd largest city in the nation
X/ Read the sentences below carefully, and then put them in the correct order to make a meaningful reading: (Number 1 and number 12 have done
first for you)
1/ Tsunami, Japanese word meaning “harbor wave,” used as the scientific term for seismic sea waves that can cause catastrophic damage when they hit a coastline
2/ Since 1819, about 40 tsunamis have struck the Hawaiian Islands
3/ Tsunamis can be generated by an undersea earthquake, an undersea landslide, the eruption of an undersea volcano, or by the force of an asteroid crashing into the ocean
4/ When the ocean floor is uplifted or offset during an earthquake, a set of waves is created similar to the concentric waves generated by an object dropped into the water
5/ The most frequent cause of tsunamis is an undersea earthquake
6/ Most tsunamis originate along the Ring of Fire, a zone of volcanoes and seismic activity, 32,500 km (24,000 mi) long, which encircles the Pacific Ocean
7/ A tsunami can have wavelengths, or widths (the distance between one wave crest to the next), of 100 to 200 km (60 to 120 mi), and may travel hundreds of kilometers across the deep ocean, reaching speeds of about 725 to 800 km/h (about 450 to 500 mph)
8/ People onboard a ship passing over it would not even notice the tsunami 9/ A tsunami is not one wave but a series of waves
10/ Upon entering shallow coastal waters, however, the waves suddenly grow rapidly in height
11/ In the deep ocean, the waves may be only about half a meter (a foot or two) high
12/ When the waves reach the shore, they may be 15 m (50 ft) high or more
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