Name: ______________________ ( ) Date: 31st March 2010
Class: F.1 A / B / C / D Group ______ Time allowed: 35 minutes Teacher: KHL / MSL / NHK / NK S.R.: NIL Part I Vocabulary (15 marks) A. Fill in the blanks with suitable vocabulary from the word box. You may need to change the word form. (5 marks) calendar bossy lantern celebrate red packet 1. Parents give ___________________ to children at Chinese New Year.
2. We played with ___________________ under the full moon.
3. Advent ___________________ are popular in December.
4. The manager is very ___________________. He always tells people what to do.
5. Kids paint colourful eggs to ___________________ Easter.
B. Write the parts of speech (e.g. N., Adj., Adv., V. and N. Phrase) of the highlighted vocabulary. (5 marks) 1. Valentine’s Day is a day to celebrate love.
2. Bunnies and eggs are linked to Easter because they are symbols of life.
3. He is quite confident that he will pass the exam.
4. The activity is well organised.
5. Flower markets open a few days before the Chinese New Year.
6. The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th dayof the eighth month of the Lunar calendar.
7. Chinese New Year is an important festival.
8. Mum gave me a pirate costume for the Halloween party.
9. He is selfish. He never shares.
10. Children prepare their ‘wish lists’ for Santa Claus.
C. Rearrange the following words to a meaningful sentence. (5 marks)
e.g. is / subject. / English / best / my English is my best subject. 1. decorate / their houses / with / coloured lights. / People 2. her students. / with / is / The teacher / very patient
3. apple bobbing / We / the Halloween party. / can play / at
4. because / is having / He / a hard time. / looks moody / he
5. Santa Claus / to children / at Christmas. / presents / brings
1 Part II Reading Comprehension (21 marks) Your brother Ted and his friends are planning their trip to Japan. Read their conversation and find out what they have decided.
Jordan: I can’t believe the three of us are going to Japan together!
Candy: That’s right! And I can’t wait for next Friday – when the fun starts.
Ted: Let’s start planning our trip. I suggest we go to Akihabara on the first day.
Jordan: That is a famous shopping area, right?
5 Ted: Yes. You can find all the latest electronic goods there.
Jordan: Great! I can get myself a new mobile phone.
Candy: But that can be very expensive. Your parents will have a heart attack when they see the
bill.
Jordan: Well, I guess you are right. We will not go there. We can go shopping in Shibuya
10 instead. It is another famous shopping area. I want to buy some new clothes there.
Ted: Wow, you really like shopping a lot! By the way, I saw some beautiful pictures of
cherry blossoms of Ueno Park in a magazine. Why don’t we go there as well? We can
have a picnic under the cherry blossoms, just like the Japanese.
Candy: I don’t think this is a good idea. We won’t see any cherry blossoms this time of the
15 year.
Ted: That’s right. It is summer! We won’t see them in summer. Umm… maybe we can go
up Mount Fuji and watch the sunrise instead.
Jordan: Good idea! The views are great from up there. We can take lots of good pictures to
show to our friends.
20 Ted: Great! Where should we go to the next day?
Candy: Let me think… Tokyo Disneyland! How can we miss that? I can’t wait to meet my
favourite Disney characters like Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Peter Pan.
Ted: Then, it is decided. Hey, let’s write our plan down on a piece of paper.
2 A. Answer the following questions. Choose the best answers. (2 marks)
1. Which of the following places will Ted and his friends NOT visit? a. Akihabara b. Shibuya c. Tokyo Disneyland
2. Look at the word ‘miss’ in line 21. Now look at an excerpt of a dictionary entry of ‘miss’ below. Which meaning corresponds to the meaning in line 21?
miss: verb 1. to fail to go somewhere: You missed a good party last night. 2. to be or arrive too late for something: I don’t leave now I’ll miss my plane. 3. to feel sad because you can no longer do something that you like: What did you miss most where you were in France?
B. Decide whether these statements are True or False, or if the information is Not Given. Circle only ONE answer for each statement. (3 marks)
i. Ted and his friends will go shopping on the first day. (True / False / Not Given)
ii. Cherry Blossoms can only be seen in spring. (True / False / Not Given)
iii. Japanese like to have picnics under the cherry blossoms. (True / False / Not Given)
C. Answer the following questions in complete sentences. (16 marks)
1. What does ‘there’ in line 10 refer to? (2 marks)
2. What are the two famous shopping areas mentioned in the conversation? (3 marks)
3. Why does Jordan want to go to Shibuya? (2 marks)
4. What did Ted see in a magazine? (3 marks)
5. What are the two things Ted and his friends plan to do on Mount Fuji? (3 marks)
6. What would you like to do in Japan? Why? (3 marks)
3 Part III Language Arts (20 marks)
Hankie is reading a poem about a festival. Read the poem.
Oh, here comes Halloween!
You’d better stay at home at night Many things that you’ve never seen Will show up to give you fright.
5 Pumpkins with wicked faces
Roll around here and there Unlucky black cats and screeching bats Will give you a real scare.
Skeletons rise from their tombs
10 Ghosts and goblins walk near you. Witches on their magic brooms Cast a spell and make it true.
Werewolves wake up at full moon
Hungry monsters search for food 15 But you’ll find out the truth soon They’re all masks, gowns and hoods!
Join friends to haunt the streets
By wearing scary costumes. Knock on the doors for trick-or-treat 20 After this night, normal it resumes.
Katy Holmes A. Give short answers to the following questions. (14 marks)
1. Who is the writer of the poem? (2marks)
2. Name three kinds of creatures you can find in this festival. (6 marks)
3. What does the writer ask readers to do in the last stanza? (2 marks)
4. Give two pairs of rhyming words. (4 marks)
B. Answer the following questions. Choose the best answers. (6 marks)
1. In lines 1 – 4, what day is it?
a. 28 February b. 4 April c. 31 October d. 25 December
2. In line 7, the word ‘screeching’ means
a. flying very fast b. making a loud high noise c. eating slowly d. sleeping in a cave
4 3. Look at the word ‘spell’ in line 12. Which of the following meanings correspond to the word in line 12?
spell: v 1. form a word with letters in the correct order 2. to cause something bad to happen spell: n 3. a period of time when something happens continuously 4. spoken words that have magical power
Part IV Grammar (44 marks)
A. There is / There are (20 marks)
I. Davy’s cousin, Polly, lives in Singapore. She is coming to Hong Kong. Davy is writing her an email about a shopping centre in Tsim Sha Tsui. He asks you to help him with the language. Complete his email with ‘there is’ or ‘there are’. (10 marks)
To: polly123@friends.com From: littledavy@friends.com Subject: Shopping Attachment: shoppingcentre.jpg, filmposters.jpg
Dear Polly,
How are you? I know you like shopping very much, so let me tell you something about shopping in
Hong Kong.
Hong Kong is a heaven for all shoppers. (e.g.) (1) There are shopping centres everywhere. Don’t
miss this new shopping centre in Tsim Sha Tsui.
(2) __________________ a lot of new shops. (3) __________________ three storeys of shops in
the shopping centre. On the ground floor, (4) __________________ a place called the Old City,
(5) __________________ a coffee shop. (6) __________________ many old films posters in the
wall. My favourite shop is on the first floor. The shop sells T-shirts. (7) __________________
pictures of sport stars on the T-shirts.
(8) __________________ a restaurant on the third floor. The food is very expensive. Many films
stars like eating there.
My friends and I love the video game centre on the third floor. It’s the biggest video game centre in
5 Hong Kong. We usually go there on Satureday morning because (9) __________________ not
many people. (10) __________________ a shop on the same floor. It sells baseball caps. My friends
often buy baseball caps there.
(11) __________________ two files in this email. They’re pictures of the shopping centre. Let’s go
there when you come to Hong Kong.
Bye for now.
Davy
II. Ann’s brother wants to know more about the new bookshop near Ann’s school. Complete his questions and Ann’s answers with ‘There is’ / ‘There are’ / ‘Is there’ / ‘Are there’. (10 marks)
Ken: Ann, (e.g.) (1) is there a new bookshop near your school?
Ann: Yes, (e.g.) (2) there is.
Ken: (3) __________________ any storybooks for children there?
Ann: Yes, (4) __________________. They have a lot of storybooks.
Ken: (5) __________________ any stationery in the shop?
Ann: No, (6) __________________. They don’t sell stationery.
Ken: (7) __________________ any magazines?
Ann: Yes, (8) __________________. They have lots of different magazines for kids.
Ken: (9) __________________ any CDs?
Ann: (10) No, __________________. It’s not a music shop.
Ken: (11) __________________ a discount for students?
Ann: Yes, (12) __________________ a 20% discount but it’s only for students at my school.
6 B. Countable / Uncountable Nouns (12 marks) A group of students are talking about their eating habits and lifestyles in the school canteen. Complete what they are saying with the correct words in brackets.
Peggy: I like (e.g.) (1) fruit. I always have an (2) ___________________ after lunch.
(apple, fruit)
Kenny: I don’t like (3) ___________________. I usually have a (4) ___________________.
(juice, fizzy drink)
Nancy: I love (5) ___________________. I always enjoy a good (6) ___________________.
(food, meal)
Polly: I like (7) ___________________. I sometimes have two (8) ___________________ for
lunch. (bread, sandwich)
John: I don’t often have (9) ___________________. I have two baked
(10) ___________________ every day. (potato, rice)
Jack: I do (11) ___________________ every day. I sometimes play some
(12) ___________________ of football with my friends. (exercise, game)
Peter: I spend some (13) ___________________ doing exercise every day. (time)
7 C. Quantifiers, Singular and Plural Nouns (12 marks)
Look at the pictures. Help Daniel write a shopping list. Match the food and the quantifiers in the
