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Write the second sentence in such a way that is is a similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence and use the word given in brackets and other were necessary. Do not change the form of the given world.
1. Dickens last novel was unfinished when he died.
(Without)DICKEN DIED WITHOUT HAVING FINISHED HIS LAST NOVEL.
2. All the hostages were released by the kidnappers yesterday.
(Let)THE KIDNAPPERS LET ALL THE HOTAGES GO YESTERDAY.
3. John was shocked to hear that he had failed his driving test.
(Came)iT CMAE AS A SHOCK TO JOHN TO HEAR that he had failed his driving test
4. He is likely to come.
(Probability)THERE'S A STRONG PROBABILITY THAT HE WILL COME
5. Mateo did not listen to what his doctor told him.
(Notice)MATEO TOOK NO NOTICE OF HIS DOCTOR'S ADVICE
6. I don't feel like going to the party.
(Mood)I'M IN NO MOOD TO GO TO THE PARTY
7. The new manager blames me for everything that goes wrong.
(Picking)The new manager IS ALWAYS PICKING ON me for everything that goes wrong
8. He talked about nothing except weather.
(Sole)His SOLE TOPIC OF CONVERSATION was the weather.
9. In the end, I felt I had been right to leave the club.
(Regrets)I HAD NO REGRETS HAVING LEFT the club in the end.
10. He is different from his brother in almost all aspects.
(Bears)He BEARS LITTLE RESEMBLANCE TO his brother.
II. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar its possible in meaning
to the original sentence. Use the word/ phrase given and other words as necessary. Do not change
the form of the given word. (2.0 p)
1. My father said I could use his car. (allowed)
__________________My father allowed me to use his car_______________________________________________
2. He didn’t take up the post till early the following year. (It…until)
_______________________It was not until early the following year that he didn't take up the post__________________________________________
3. I won’t swim in the sea because it is too cold. (enough)
_____________________The sea isn't warm enough for me to swim____________________________________________
4. Do you know Mrs. Linda? Her son has just won the scholarship. (whose)
____________________Do you know Mrs. Linda whose son has just won the scholarship?_____________________________________________
5. If we hear any further news, we will be in touch immediately. (Should)
________________________Should we hear any futher news, we will be in tough immediately_________________________________________
6. The police arrived too late, so the burglar escaped. (By the time)
______________________By the time the police arrived, the burglar had escaped___________________________________________
7. Our flight couldn’t take off because of the frog. (prevented)
________________________The frog prevented our flight from taking off_________________________________________
8. You left the key in the room. That was rather careless of you. (which)
___________________________You left the key in the room, which was rather careless of you______________________________________
9. The driver said it was true that he didn’t have a license. (admitted)
________________________The driver admitted not to have a license_________________________________________
10. Their game of badminton is always on Tuesday. (play)
______________________They always play badminton on Tuesday____________________________________
1. One of the characteristics of the postal service before the 1840s was that
A. postmen were employed by various organisations.
B. letters were restricted to a certain length.
C. distance affected the price of postage.
D. the price of delivery kept going up.
2. Letter writers in the 1830s
A. were not responsible for the cost of delivery.
B. tried to fit more than one letter into an envelope.
C. could only send letters to people living in cities.
D. knew all letters were automatically read by postal staff.
3. What does the text say about Hill in the 1830s?
A. He was the first person to express concern about the postal system.
B. He considered it would be more efficient for mail to be delivered by rail.
C. He felt that postal service reform was necessary for commercial development.
D. His plan received support from all the important figures of the day.
It might not have looked very impressive, but the Penny Black, now 170 years old, was the first stamp to be created and it launched the modem postal system in Britain.
Before 1840 and the arrival of the Penny Black, you had to be rich and patient to use the Royal Mail. Delivery was charged according to the miles travelled and the number of sheets of paper used; a 2-page letter sent from Edinburgh to London, for example, would have cost 2 shillings, or more than £7 in today’s money. And when the top-hatted letter carrier came to deliver it, it was the recipient who had to pay for the postage. Letter writers employed various ruses to reduce the cost, doing everything possible to cram more words onto a page. Nobody bothered with heavy envelopes; instead, letters would be folded and sealed with wax. You then had to find a post office - there were no pillar boxes - and hope your addressee didn't live in one of the several rural areas which were not served by the system. If you were lucky, your letter would arrive (it could take days) without being read or censored.
The state of mail had been causing concern throughout the 1830s, but it was Rowland Hill, an inventor, teacher and social reformer from Kidderminster, who proposed a workable plan for change. Worried that a dysfunctional, costly service would stifle communication just as Britain was in the swing of its second industrial revolution, he believed reform would ease the distribution of ideas and stimulate trade and business, delivering the same promise as the new railways.
Hill’s proposal for the penny post, which meant any letter weighing less than half an ounce (14 grams) could be sent anywhere in Britain for about 30p in today’s money, was so radical that the Postmaster General, Lord Lichfield, said, 'Of all the wild and visionary schemes which I ever heard of, it is the most extravagant.’ Lord Lichfield spoke for an establishment not convinced of the need for poor people to post anything. But merchants and reformers backed Hill. Soon the government told him to make his scheme work. And that meant inventing a new type of currency.
Hill quickly settled on 'a bit of paper covered at the back with a glutinous wash which the user might, by applying a little moisture, attach to the back of a letter’. Stamps would be printed in sheets of 240 that could be cut using scissors or a knife. Perforations would not arrive until 1854. The idea stuck, and in August 1839 the Treasury launched a design competition open to ‘all artists, men of science and the public in general’. The new stamp would need to be resistant to forgery, and so it was a submission by one Mr Cheverton that Hill used as the basis for one of the most striking designs in history. Cheverton, who worked as a sculptor and an engineer, determined that a portrait of Queen Victoria, engraved for a commemorative coin when she was a 15-year-old princess, was detailed enough to make copying difficult, and recognisable enough to make fakes easy to spot. The words ‘Postage’ and ‘One Penny’ were added alongside flourishes and ornamental stars. Nobody thought to add the word ‘Britain’, as it was assumed that the stamps would solely be put to domestic use.
With the introduction of the new postal system, the Penny Black was an instant hit, and printers struggled to meet demand. By the end of 1840, more than 160 million letters had been sent - more than double the previous year. It created more work for the post office, whose reform continued with the introduction of red letter boxes, new branches and more frequent deliveries, even to the remotest address, but its lasting impact on society was more remarkable.
Hill and his supporters rightly predicted that cheaper post would improve the ‘diffusion of knowledge’. Suddenly, someone in Scotland could be reached by someone in London within a day or two. And as literacy improved, sections of society that had been disenfranchised found a voice.
Tristram Hunt, an historian, values the ‘flourishing of correspondence’ that followed the arrival of stamps. ‘While I was writing my biography of Friedrich Engels I could read the letters he and Marx sent between Manchester and London,’ he says. ‘They wrote to each other three times a day, pinging ideas back and forth so that you can almost follow a real-time correspondence.’
The penny post also changed the nature of the letter. Weight-saving tricks such as cross-writing began to die out, while the arrival of envelopes built confidence among correspondents that mail would not be stolen or read. And so people wrote more private things - politically or commercially sensitive information or love letters. ‘In the early days of the penny post, there was still concern about theft,’ Hunt says. ‘Engels would still send Marx money by ripping up five-pound notes and sending the pieces in different letters.’ But the probity of the postal system became a great thing and it came to be expected that your mail would not be tampered with.
For all its brilliance, the Penny Black was technically a failure. At first, post offices used red ink to cancel stamps so that they could not be used again. But the ink could be removed. When in 1842, it was determined that black ink would be more robust, the colour of the Penny Black became a sort of browny red, but Hill’s brainchild had made its mark.
1. One of the characteristics of the postal service before the 1840s was that
A. postmen were employed by various organisations.
B. letters were restricted to a certain length.
C. distance affected the price of postage.
D. the price of delivery kept going up.
2. Letter writers in the 1830s
A. were not responsible for the cost of delivery.
B. tried to fit more than one letter into an envelope.
C. could only send letters to people living in cities.
D. knew all letters were automatically read by postal staff.
3. What does the text say about Hill in the 1830s?
A. He was the first person to express concern about the postal system.
B. He considered it would be more efficient for mail to be delivered by rail.
C. He felt that postal service reform was necessary for commercial development.
D. His plan received support from all the important figures of the day.
Ex9 Use a relative pronoun to combine each pair of sentences bellow
1. The man is my father. I respect his opinions most
-> The man whose opinions I respect most is my father
2 Tom has three sisters. All of them are married
-> Tom has three sisters, all of whom are married
3. I recently went back to Paris. It is still as beautiful as a pearl
-> I recently went back to Paris which is still as beautiful as a pearl
4. I recently went back to Paris. I was born in Paris nearly 50 years ago
-> I recently went back to Paris in which I was born in nearly 50 years ago
5. She is the most intelligent woman. I`ve ever met this woman
-> She is the most intelligent woman that I’ve ever met
6. Do you know the music? It is beging played on the radio
-> Do you know the music which is being played on the radio?
7. You didn`t tell us the reason. We have to cut down our daily expenes for that reason
-> You didn’t tell us the reason for which we have to cut down our daily expenses
8. The day was rainy . She left on that day
-> The day when she left was rainy
9. I`ve sent him two letters. He has recevied neither of them
-> I’ve sent him two letters, neither of which he has received
10. That man is an artist. I dontrememberthemantrememberthemangame
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11. That car belongs to Dr. Clark. Its engine is very good
-> That car, the engine of which is very good, belongs to Dr. Clark
12. You sent me a present. Thank you very much fỏ it
-> Thank you very much for the present which you sent me
13. This is Mrs. Jones. Her son won the championship last year
-> This is Mrs Jones whose son won the championship last year
14. Rod Lee has won an Oscar. I know his sister
-> Rod Lee, whose sister I know, has won an Oscar
15. Is this the style of hair? Your wife wants to have it
-> Is this the style of hair which your wife wants to have ?
Ex9 Use a relative pronoun to combine each pair of sentences bellow
1. The man is my father. I respect his opinions most
⇒ The man whose opinions I respect most is my father
2 Tom has three sisters. All of them are married
⇒ Tom has three sisters, all of whom are married
3. I recently went back to Paris. It is still as beautiful as a pearl
⇒ I recently went back to Paris which is still as beautiful as a pearl
4. I recently went back to Paris. I was born in Paris nearly 50 years ago
⇒ I recently went back to Paris in which I was born in nearly 50 years ago
5. She is the most intelligent woman. I`ve ever met this woman
⇒ She is the most intelligent woman that I’ve ever met
6. Do you know the music? It is beging played on the radio
⇒ Do you know the music which is being played on the radio?
7. You didn`t tell us the reason. We have to cut down our daily expenes for that reason
⇒ You didn’t tell us the reason for which we have to cut down our daily expenses
8. The day was rainy . She left on that day
⇒The day when she left was rainy
9. I`ve sent him two letters. He has recevied neither of them
⇒ I’ve sent him two letters, neither of which he has received
10. That man is an artist. I dontrememberthemantrememberthemangame
⇒ ko hiểu???????
11. That car belongs to Dr. Clark. Its engine is very good
⇒That car, the engine of which is very good, belongs to Dr. Clark
12. You sent me a present. Thank you very much fỏ it
⇒ Thank you very much for the present which you sent me
13. This is Mrs. Jones. Her son won the championship last year
⇒ This is Mrs Jones whose son won the championship last year
14. Rod Lee has won an Oscar. I know his sister
⇒ Rod Lee, whose sister I know, has won an Oscar
15. Is this the style of hair? Your wife wants to have it
⇒Is this the style of hair which your wife wants to have ?
I. Fill in the balnk with Who, Whom, Which, That, Whose, Where, When, Why.
1. Have you seen the most beautiful dress where is in this shop?
2. The man and his horse who come from the United States.
ll. Combine each pair of sentences with Who, Whom, Which, That, Whose, Where, When, Why.
1. The painting have now been recovered which they were stolen from mansion in London.
2. Kevin was born on the day when his father was away on that day.
3. The nurse was taking care of the patient when the patient's legs were broken in an accident yesterday.
4. A tsunami killed more than 300,00 people that its is in some Asian countries in 2004.
5. London is one of the most capitals in the world where I was born there.
6. Yesterday I ran into an old man who I haven't seen him for years.
7. That pretty woman has married three times who is wearing a big red hat.
8. I don't know the reason that she left me by that reason.
9. The farmers and their cattle were fortunately rescued whom had been trapped in the storm.
10. I have to call the man who I accidentally picked up his raincoat after the meeting.
I. Fill in the blanks with Who, Whom, Which, That, Whose, Where, When, Why.
1. Have you seen the most beautiful dress....Which...........is in this shop?
2. The man and his horse........That...... come from the United States.
II. Combine each pair of sentences with Who, Whom, Which, That, Whose, Where, When, Why.
1. The paintings which were stolen from a mansion in London have now been recovered.
2. Kevin was born on the day whose father was away on that day.
3. The nurse is taking care of the patient whose legs were broken in an accident yesterday.
4. A tsunami which is some Asian countries in 2004 killed more than 300,00 people.
5. London, where I was born, is one of the most capitals in the world.
6. Yesterday I ran into an old friend whom I haven't seen for years.
7. That pretty woman who is wearing a big red hat has married three times.
8. I don't know the reason why she left me.
9. The farmers and their cattle that had been trapped in the storm were fortunately rescued
10. I have to call the man whose I accidentally picked up raincoat after the meeting
1.Command her English well
2.I mistook him for your friend
3.Liverpool and Everton drew two all in the match on Saturday
Will you lend me $ \(500\) on not account?
5.Venus was the most beautiful of the three goddesses
6.His salary has risen by $\(1000\) since last year
7.Fr.Jones knew nothing about the disease
8.His health showed a steady improvement
Make as little mess as possible
10.She has been delicate all her life since the day she was born
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