EXERCISES OF UNIT 9,10,11-ENGLISH 11

UNIT 9: THE POST OFFICE
READING
Exercise 1: PRONUNCIATION
Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others.
1.A. facsimile
B. transfer
C. spacious
D. fax

2.A. ready
B. friend
C. telephone
D. speedy

3.A. subscribe
B. facsimile
C. pride
D. provide

4.A. spacious
B. courteous
C. document
D. technology

5.A. commune
B. security
C. punctuality
D. distribute

Exercise 2: Complete these sentences with the correct form of the words from the box.
compete distribute transmit space post
courteous transfer subscribe deliver satisfy
All mail ……………...... were suspended during the strike.
It`s only common ..................... to thank someone when they help.
Do you wish to take out a full twelve-month .................. to the journal?
We offer a wide range` of goods at very ................ prices.
If you are ................ with our service, please write to the manager,
This ticket is only used by the person who bought it. It is not ………….......
Fax …………...... has now become a cheap and convenient way to transmit texts over distances.
White walls can give a feeling of ..................
The newspaper is ...................... free.
How much was the …………….... on that letter?
Exercise 3: Fill in each blank with an appropriate preposition.
We take great pride .......... offering the best service in town.
This post office is equiped ……..... advanced technology …...... transaction.
What is the Messenger Call Service used ............?
Let us take care ............ your postal and telecommunication needs for now and ever.
We subscribe ............ all the main medical journals.
This computer isn`t capable ........... running this software.
She seemed satisfied ............. the results.
She was fiercely proud .......... family traditions and continuity.
I was useful ............ them because I could speak French.
I am living away ............ my family and my relatives.
Exercise 4: Choose the word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
A major revolution for the automated office is electronic mail. The customary (1) ...... system requires message written on paper to be (2) ...... physically from one location to another. With electronic mail, messages are converted (3) ..... electronic signals, tranmitted (4) ..... in the world, and then changed back into the original written form, all in several seconds and minutes at (5) .......
Through the use of video screens in company offices, a single (6) ...... can be transmitted to hundreds of people in dozens of branch offices at the same time. Thus, electronic mail, along with (7) ......, can be an important asset in teleconferences. Furthermore, the use of electric mail in the form of a `mailbox` (8) ...... to a telephone is also of great value. Since in offices many telephone (9) ...... go uncompleted on the first attempt, with electronic mail, two-way conversion is not essential, so it (10) ...... telephone use and saves time.
1.A. post
B. postal C. postage D. posting

2.A. transformed
B. transferred C. transacted D. transmitted

3.A. from
B. by C. into D. with

4.A. wherever
B. anywhere C. somewhere D. everywhere

5.A. most
B. all C. least D. last.

6.A. data
B. instrument C. document D. information

7.A. programs
B. graphics C. websites D. databases

8.A. attached
B. transmitted C. extended D. spread

9.A. bills
B. calls C. uses D. services

10.A. increases
B. receives C. reduces D. transfers

Exercise 5: Read the passage carefully, then decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
THE POSTAGE STAMP
Before the invention of the postage stamp, it was difficult- to send a letter to another country. The sender paid for the letter to travel in his or her own country. Then the person in other country paid for that part of the trip. If the letter crossed several coutries, the problem was worse.
Rowland Hill, a British teacher, had the idea of a postage stamp with glue on the back. The British post office made the first stamps in 1840. They