Unit 9. The post office

UNIT 9 THE POST OFFICE
I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others.
A. facsimile B. transfer C. spacious D. fax
A. ready B. friend C. telephone D. speedy
A. subscribe B. facsimile C. pride D. provide
A. spacious B. courteous C. document D. technology
A. commune B. security C. punctuality D. distribute
II. Choose the word or phrase, A, B, C, or D, that best completes the sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
You can subscribe to your favorite newspapers and magazines ...... the nearest post office. .
A. in B. on C. from D. at
He is very capable ...... learning and understanding things.
A. with B. of C. at D. about
Thanh Ba Post Office provides customers ...... the Messenger Call Services.
A. with B. for C. of D. to
The post office offers the ...... Mail Service which is particularly fast.
A. Secure B. Efficient C. Express D. Reliable
We are proud of our ...... staff, who are always friendly and efficient.
A. well-done B. well-appointed C. well-behaved D. well-trained
The hotel staff are always friendly and courteous.
A. efficient B. polite C. helpful D. perfect
There was no mention of the incident in the national press.
A. television B. newspapers C. Internet D. radio
I need to ...... £1,000 to my daughter`s account.
A. transfer B. transform C. transmit D. transact
...... to the magazine can take advantage of this special offer.
A. Subscribe B. Subscription C. Subscribing D. Subscribers
...... is someone who works from home on computer and communicates with their office by telephone, fax, or e-mail.
A. Telecomputer B. Telecommuter C. Telephonist D. Telemarketer
III. Choose the word or phrase, A, B, C, or D, that best completes the sentence.
My mother ...... enjoys hill walking.
A. who is in her seventies B. that is in her seventies
C. , which is in her seventies D. who is in her seventies
She`s one of the kindest people .......
A. that I know B. whose I know C. who I know D. which I know
Where is the house ......?
A. where they are living B. which they are living
C. where they are living there D. where they are living in
She lives in the house .......
A. which has the red door B. has the red door
C. that with the red door D. with its red door
Mark Twain is an author ...... I like best.
A. his books B. that books C. the book of whom D. whose books
The problem ...... never occurred.
A. I hadn`t expected it B. that I had expected it
C. who I had expected D. I had expected
In 1850, Yale University established Sheffield Scientific School, .......
A. engineers were educated there B. where engineers were educated
C. in which were engineers educated D. where were engineers educated
It was the ragtime pianist Scott Joplin .... the Maple Leaf Rag, perhaps the best known of all ragtime tunes.
A. wrote B. the writer of C. who wrote D. writing
A keystone species is a species of plants and animals ...... absence has a major effect on an ecological system.
A. that its B. its C. whose D. with its
William Samuel Johnson, ...... helped write the Constitution, became the first president of Columbia College in 1787.
A. whom he had B. who had C. and he had D. had
IV. Choose word or phrase, A, B, C or D, that needs correcting.
Fred, who usually conducts the choir rehearsals, did not show up last
A B
night because he had an accident on his way to the practice.
C D
I think whatever was responsible for damaging the trees should be fined or sent to prison.
A B C D
Now that I no longer have to wear uniform, I`ll be able to wear which I want.
A