Unit 9

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. sea B. ocean C. teach D. cheap
2. A. word B. work C. worm D. world
3. A. desks B. parks C. pays D. effects
4. A. govern B. some C. post D. month
5. A. Pacific B. Atlantic C. American D. balance
6. A. gun B. human C. population D. huge
7. A. partly B. century C. luckily D. supply
8. A. depth B. secret C. between D. prefer
9. A. offices B. introduces C. pollutes D. classes
10. A. oversized B. cared C. filled D. minded
11. A. facsimile B. transfer C. spacious D. fax
12. A. equipped B. delivered C. transferred D. received
13. A. helps B. provides C. documents D. texts
II. Choose the word that has stress pattern different from that of the other words.
14. A. courteous B. subscribe C. service D. customer
15. A. technology B. distribution C. delivery D. facsimile
16. A. advanced B. technology C. express D. spacious
B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR.
I. Circle the best answer for each sentence.
1. The hotel staff is friendly and……………..
A. unhelpful B. courteous C. discourteous D. impolite
2. We are proud our …………… staff, who are always friendly and efficient.
A. well-done B. well-appointed C. well-behaved D. well-trained
3. EMS stand for ………………………
A. Electronic Mail Service B. Express Mail Service
C. Economic Mail Service D. Environment management Service
4. If someone want to send a document and does not want to lose its…...shape , facsimile service will help you.
A. beginning B. last C. original D. recent
5. People can buy daily …………. in many local post office in early morning.
A. newspapers B. books C. postcards D. letters
6. All post offices in Viet Nam are equipped with advanced ………………….
A. knowledge B. machines C. science D. technology
7. Fax transmission has now become a cheap and …….. way to transmit texts and graphics over distance.
A. inconvenient B. convenient C. uncomfortable D. comfortable
8. 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
9. Post offices offer a special mail service which is called ……………..
A. ESM B. EMS C. SEM D. MES
10 Your EMS mail will be ……………….. in the shortest possible time.
A. provided B. delivered C. taken D. caught
11. You can choose to send your letters by air or …………………..mail.
A. sea B. land C. surface D. hand
12. Can you send it to me ……………..fax.
A. through B. by C. on D. in
13. Could you fax it ……………me?
A. with B. on C. to D. through
14. Mrs. Pike has just bought some kitchen ……………….for her new house.
A. equip B. equiped C. equipment D. equipping
15. He was a kind and courteous mailman.
A. polite B. strict C. unpleasant D. rude
16. If you want to send a document and do not want to lose its original shape, our facsimile service will help you
A. post B. express C. parcel D. fax
17. John often uses Express Money ……………..to send money to his parents in the countryside.
A. Change B. Exchange C. Transfer D. Send
18. The Messenger Call Service helps you to notify the recipient of the time and place to receive the call.
A. receiver B. fax C. call D. telephone
19. Fax …………..has become more