English Exercises – Grade 11
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. facsimile B. transfer C. spacious D. fax
2) A. equipped B. delivered C. transferred D. received
3) A. helps B. provides C. documents D. texts
II. Choose the word that has stress pattern different from that of the other words.
4) A. courteous B. subscribe C. service D. customer
5) A. technology B. distribution C. delivery D. facsimile
6) 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…..., 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 favorite 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 and more popular because it is cheap and convenient.
A. exchange B. distance C. sending D. transmission
20. If you go to the post office, please post these letters.
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A. fax B. sign C. send D. stamp
21. I can answer the question ……………… you say is very difficult.
A. which B. whom C. who D. whose
22. This is Mr. Jones, …………..invention has helped hundreds of deaf people.
A. which B. that C. whose D. whom
23. Tom, ……………. sits next to me, is from Canada.
A. that B. whom C. who D. whose
24. The volunteers, …………….. enthusiasm was obvious, finished the work quickly.
A. who B. whom C. whose D. that
25. Many scientists have claimed that ……………… like music are often good at mathematics.
A. children B. children who C. children whom D. whose children
26. My friend, ……………… I visited last week, is taking a holiday soon.
A. that B. whom C. which D. whose
27. The doctor re examining a patient …………… was taken to hospital last night.
A. which B. who C. whom D. whose
28. A pacifist is a person …………….. believes that all wars are wrong.
A. who B. whose C. whom D. which
29. My friend, ……………… hated horror film, refused to go to the cinema with me.
A. whom B. which C. whose D. who
30. Tam, …..parents died last year in an accident, has just moved ta Ha Nam to live with his uncle
A. whose B. whom C. who D. which
31. We didn’t want to swim in the sea, ………………….looked very dirty.
A. where B. in which C. which D. that
32. The teacher …………….house is next to mine died this morning.
A. who B. whom C. which D. whose
33. Yesterday I went to …………………I had never been to before.
A. Thanh Ba Post Office, that B. Thanh Ba Post Office where
C. Thanh Ba Post Office which D. Thanh Ba Post Office, which
34. Express Money Transfer is one of the quickest ways …………helps us to send money.
A. who B. whose C. when D. that
35. The government sent money and food to the people …...houses were destroyed by the storm last week
A. which B. that C. whom D. whose
36. ………………….has just won an international scholarship.
A. David Pike, whose parents are both teachers. B. David Pike whose parents are both teachers
C. David Pike parents of who are both teachers D. David Pike, whom parents are both teachers
37. The restaurant ………….has just opened has a famous chef.
A. whose B. who C. it D. that
38. This school is only for children …………..first language is not English.
A. who B. whose C. which D. that
39. The man ……………had blew off in the wind chased it across the park.
A. his B. who C. whose D. which
40. 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
II. Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting.
41. The waiter whom served us yesterday was polite and friendly.
A B C D
42. This class is only for people who’s first language is not Chinese.
A B C D
43. This is the boy who sister studied with me in high school
A B C D
44. He is moving to Lang Son city, that is in the north-east of Viet Nam.
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A B C D
45. The girl is standing over there is from Australia
A B C D
C. WRITING: Rewrite the sentences, using relative clauses.
1. Most of the people speak German. They live in Australia.
→ ………………………………………………………………………………………………….
2. The bus isn’t running today. It goes to Oxford.
→………………………………………………………………………………………………….
3. I don’t like the man. He is going out with my sister.
→………………………………………………………………………………………………….
4. Michelangelo is one of Italy’s greatest artists. He lived until he was 90.
→………………………………………………………………………………………………….
5. Mary was staying with her friend. He has a big house in Scotland.
→………………………………………………………………………………………………….
6. The person asked me some very difficult questions. He interviewed me.
→………………………………………………………………………………………………….
7. Charlie Chaplin became a very rich man. He was from a poor family.
→………………………………………………………………………………………………….
8. The 1992 Olympics were held in Barcelona. It is in the north-east of Spain.
→………………………………………………………………………………………………….
D. READING:
I. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
In 1953, a Frenchman, De Valayer (1) …………….……..a postal system in Paris. He set up mail
(2) ..............And delivered any letters placed in them if they used envelopes (3) ………….only he sold. (4)………enemy
put live mice into the letter boxes and ruined De Valayer’s business.
A schoolmate from England, Rowland Hill (5) …………the adhesive postage stamp in 1837, an act for which he
was knighted. Through his efforts the first stamp in the world was issued in England in 1840. hill created the first
uniform postage rates that were based on weight, rather than size.
1. A. established B. erected C. rebuilt D. discovered
2. A. contains B. cans C. bottles D. boxes
3. A. whom B. where C. whose D. which
4. A. A B. An C. The D. x
5. A. operated B. worked C. invented D. examined
II. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.
Between the Revolutionary period and the World War I, the United States post office was set out to improve
transportation of the post office mails. From those early days to the present, the post office has helped develop and
subsidize every new mode transportation in the United States. Transportation has been the most important element in
mail delivery. Even when the general public had still suspected of the security of a new means of transportation, the post
office experimented with inventions that offered potential for moving the mail faster, occasionally suffering
embarrassment, ridicule, or even abuse in the process.
As mail delivery evolved from foot to horseback, stagecoach, steamboat, railroad, automobile, and airplane, with
intermediate and overlapping use of balloons, and helicopters, post office mail contracts ensured the income necessary to
build the great highways, rail lines, and airways that eventually spanned the continent.
By the turn of the 19th century, the U.S. Post Office had purchased a number of stagecoaches for operation on the
nation’s better post roads – a post road being any road on which the mail travels – and continued to encourage new
designs to improve passenger comfort and carry mail safely.
1. The passage is about ____.
A. transportation of the Post Office in the US B. the Post Office in the Revolutionary period
C. the Post Office in the World War I D. transportation and public ideas
2. According to the passage, the main purpose of the Post Office is ____
A. to develop transportationB. to apply new mean of transportation
C. to deliver mail as safely and fast as possible
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D. to subsidize every new mode of transportation
3. Which means of transportation used in the Post Office is NOT referred in the passage?
A. train B. car C. plane D. motorcycle
4. The Post Office ____.
A. has never used helicopters in delivery
B. contributes income to build highways, railroads, and airways
C. has never been the first to use a new means of transportation
D. makes no contribution to build roads
5. Any road on which the mail travels is called ……………….. .
A. motorway B. highway C. national road D. post road
UNIT 10: NATURE IN DANGER
A. PHONETICS
I. Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words.
1) A. supply B. dirty C. energy D. happy
2) A. decreased B. influenced C. endangered D. established
3) A. answer B. sweater C. swim D. switch
II. Circle the word that has stress pattern different from that of the other words.
4) A. nature B. danger C. human D. environment
5) A. exist B. species C. effect D. condition
6) A. forest B. water C. destroy D. industry
B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Circle the best answer for each sentence.
1. Many rare ____ are in danger of extinction.
A. species B. classes C. beings D. pairs
2. If people stop destroying animal’s natural habitat, more species will survive and produce …………..
A. offspring B. ecology C. landscape D. benefit
3. People in this region cultivate mainly rice and vegetables.
A. destroy B. grow C. develop D. support
4. People are destroying the environment by adding ____ to it.
A. pollutes B. pollutions C. polluted D. pollutants
5. Many efforts have been made to protect ____ nature.
A. danger B. dangerous C. endanger D. endangered
6. Many species of animals are threatened and could easily become ____.
A. disappeared B. vanished C. empty D. extinct
7. Many animals are ____ for their fur and other valuable parts of their bodies.
A. hunted B. chased C. run after D. followed
8. They started a campaign to ____ smoking among teenagers.
A. encourage B. decrease C. discourage D. prohibit
9. Dinosaurs became ____ millions of years go.
A. disappear B. extinct C. lost D. endangered
10. The chemical ____ from cars and factories make the air, water and soil dangerously dirty.
A. pollution B. polluted C. pollutants D. pollute
11. Human beings are ____ for the changes in the environment.
A. account B. faulty C. blame D. responsible
12. By cutting down trees, we ____ the natural habitat of birds and animals.
A. hurt B. would C. damage D. injure
13. ____ aren’t effective anymore because insects have become resistant to them.
A. Fertilizer B. Pesticides C. Herbicides D. Composts
14. The earth will be a happy planet where human beings, animals and plants …………coexist.
A. peaceable B. peaceful C. peace D. peacefully
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15. We are attempting to ……………a close relationship with the neighboring countries.
A. install B. establish C. pick D. fix
16. Nowadays, people are more aware that wildlife all over the world is in ……………… .
A. danger B. threat C. problem D. vanishing
17. For many animals and birds, the problem is that their habitat is ………………. .
A. exhausting B. departing C. escaping D. disappearing
18. It is time that governments ………….levels of environmental pollution.
A. reduced B. decreased C. dropped D. A & B
19. In this …………we are very fortunate.
A. respect B. field C. matter D. All are correct
20. The …………..is the air, water and land in or on which people, animals and plants live.
A. consequence B. environment C. planet D. resource
21. He is the singer about ____ I often tell you.
A. that B. who C. whom D. him
22. The concert ____ I listened last weekend was boring.
A. to that B. to which C. for what D. for which
23. That’s the girl to ____ my brother got engaged.
A. which B. who C. whom D. her
24. I like the village ____ I used to live.
A. in that B. in where C. which D. in which
25. The little girl ____ I borrowed this pen has gone.
A. whose B. from who C. from that D. from whom
26. The speech ___ we listened last night was information.
A. to which B. which to C. to that D. that
27. The boy to ____ I lent my money is poor.
A. that B. who C. whom D. B and C
28. The knife ____ we cut bread is very sharp.
A. with that B. which C. with which D. that
29. The authority gathered those villagers ____ they explained the importance of forests.
A. who B. whom C. to whom D. to that
30. The school has been given 20 computers, half of ……………are brand new.
A. that B. those C. them D. which
31. ……………….are very dense, warm and wet , are havens for millions of plants and animals.
A. Rain forests B. Rain forests, that C. Rain forests, where D. Rain forests, which
32. I live in a flat in London. I paid a high rent for it.
A. I live in a flat in London where I paid a high rent for.
B. I live in a flat in London for that I paid a high rent .
C. I live in a flat in London which I paid a high rent.
D. I live in a flat in London for which I paid a high rent .
33. It was a kind of accident. Nobody was really to blame for it.
A. It was a kind of accident for whom was really to blame it.
B. It was a kind of accident for which nobody was really to blame.
C. It was a kind of accident for which nobody was really to blame it.
D. It was a kind of accident, which nobody was really to blame for .
34. I must thank the man. I got the present from him.
A. I must thank the man from whom I got the present .
B. I must thank the man from which I got the present.
C. I must thank the man from whom I got the present from him.
D. I must thank the man whom from I got the present.
35. Washington is the man. The Americans owe their independence to him.
A. Washington is the man whose independence the Americans owe to him.
B. Washington is the man that the Americans owe their independence to.
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