Unit 9: The Post Office

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WELCOME TO THANH BA POST OFFICE !

(Open daily from 7.am. to 9.pm.)

Thanh Ba Post Office is equipped with advanced technology and has a spacious and pleasant front office. We offer the best services with a well-trained staff, who are always thoughtful and courteous to customers.
Mail and Parcel Service
You can choose to send your letters by air or surface mail. We also have the Express Mail Service and your EMS mail will be delivered in the shortest possible time.
The maximum weight limit of a parcel is 31.5 kg. We offer a very competitive rate for parcels under 15 kg.
Express Money Transfer
Just imagine your relatives are living over one thousand kilometres away from you and you want to send them some money quickly. This speedy and secure service for transferring money can be useful. The money will be sent to your relatives in less than 24 hours.
Phone Calls and Faxes
Besides the ordinary telephone call service, our Post Office provides the Messenger Call Service. This service helps you to notify the recipient of the time and place to receive the call.
If you want to send a document and do not want to lose its original shape, our facsimile service will help you. Fax transmission has now become a cheap and convenient way to transmit texts and graphics over distances.
Press Distribution
Don’t bother to go out early to buy your daily newspapers. Just subscribe to your favourite newspapers and magazines and we will have them delivered to your house early in the morning.









TEST FROM TEXTBOOK
I. Choose the best option from A, B, C or D.
Thanh Ba Post Office has a spacious and pleasant front office.
A. large B. beautiful C. cramped D. open
Our well-trained staff are always courteous to customers.
A. helpful B. rude C. friendly D. open
This speedy and secure service of transferring money can be useful.
A. rapid B. hurried C. careful D. slow
If you want to send a document and do not want to lose its original shape, send it by a fax machine.
A. unique B. outdated C. changed D. imaginative
Thanh Ba Post Office is equipped ______ advanced technology and has a spacious and pleasant front office.
A. on B. for C. with D. from
We offer the best services ______ a well-trained staff, who are always thoughtful and courteous to customers.
A. to B. with C. at D. in
We also have ______ Express Mail Service and your EMS mail will be delivered in the shortest possible time.
A. no article B. an C. a D. the
The maximum _______ of a parcel is 31.5 kg.
A. weigh limit B. weight limit C. weighty limit D. weight limitation
We offer ______ very competitive rate for parcels under 15 kg.
A. a B. the C. no article D. an
Just ______ your relatives are living over one thousand kilometres away from you and you want to send them some money quickly.
A. to imagine B. imagining C. for imagining D. for you to imagine
This ______ and ______ service for transferring money can be useful.
A. speed / security B. speedy / security C. speed / secure D. speedy / secure
______ money will be sent ______ your relatives in less than 24 hours.
A. the / for B. a / to C. no article / from D. a / up to
Besides the ______ telephone call service, our Post Office provides the Messenger Call Service.
A. ordinary B. ordinal C. ordinally D. ordinance
Fax ______ has now become a cheap and convenient way to ______ texts and graphics over distances.
A. transmit / transmit B. transmission / transmit
C. transfer / transmit D. transmission / transfer
Thanh Ba Post Office is equipped with ______ technology and has a spacious and pleasant front office.
A. advance B. advanced C. advancement D. advancing
We offer the best services with _______ well-trained staff, ______ are always thoughtful and courteous ______ customers.
A. the / that / on B. a / whom / to C. the / who / for D. a / who / to
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