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Assessment Task 1 (Units 1–3)

Reading and Writing

Name: _______ _____ _ _______ __ ( ) Class: __ __ ___ Date: ___ __ _ ______________ ___

Section Part Language focus and skills Score

A 1 Locate specific information in a text / 152 Write suitable antonyms in a given context / 20

B 3 Use idioms to talk about people and events / 154 Use ‘as … as’ to describe people and things / 105 Use ‘either … or’ and ‘neither … nor’ to talk about

choices/ 10

6 Use ‘because’ to give reasons Use ‘therefore’ to talk about results

/ 10

C 7 Write a book report using pictorial clues / 20Total score / 100

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Section APart 1 (15 marks, 3 marks each)

Nancy is reading a biography of her favourite author. Read the biography and choose the best answers by blackening the circles.

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Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll, whose real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, was born in England in 1832. He had many talents, including being a mathematician and a photographer. But he is best known as the author of the popular children’s novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

When Carroll was very young, he suffered a fever which caused him to be deaf in one ear. He also suffered from a bad stammer, which made it difficult for him to speak with confidence.

Carroll started writing poems and stories from a young age, first for the family magazine, and then for national newspapers and magazines. His famous book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was published in 1865. Due to the success of the book, Carroll published a sequel in 1871 － Through the Looking Glass And What Alice Found. By the time of Carroll’s death in 1898, the Alice series had become the most popular children’s book in England.

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1. What was Carroll’s birth name? ○ A. Lewis Carroll○ B. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson○ C. Charles Carroll○ D. Alice Dodgson

2. Which of the following about Carroll is NOT true?○ A. He was good at Maths.○ B. He wrote novels.○ C. He acted in plays.○ D. He took photographs.

3. Carroll’s deafness was caused by ____.○ A. an illness○ B. his father○ C. a fight○ D. an accident

4. If you suffer from a stammer, you have problem with your ____.○ A. sight○ B. speech○ C. hearing○ D. sense of smell

5. Through the Looking Glass And What Alice Found ____.○ A. is the first book of the Alice series○ B. was written after Carroll’s death○ C. was the most popular book in England in 1898○ D. continues the story of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland


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Part 2 (20 marks, 2 marks each)

Nancy is reading a story. She wants to change the story. Replace the underlined words with words that have opposite meanings.


Alice’s Adventure

Alice entered the room. It was very (1) bright inside. She saw

a (2) large table in the corner, with several bottles and plates

on top. Alice was hungry. She looked at one of the bottles. The

words ‘Drink me’ were written on it. So Alice opened the bottle

and drank the content inside. (3) Slowly, her arms and legs

became (4) shorter. She drank from the bottle again and she was

back to her normal size.

Suddenly, she heard a (5) loud sound outside the room. She

peeped outside and saw a rabbit running along the

(6) narrow corridor. Alice decided to follow him.

Soon they were outside in the field. It was (7) hot and (8) sunny.

There were many animals standing beside a round table. Behind

the table, on a tree, was a poster that said ‘Happy Birthday!’. The

animals invited Alice to join them. They played games and ate

delicious food. It was an (9) exciting party. Soon it was time to

leave. Alice felt (10) sad saying goodbye to her new friends. 10.

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Section BPart 3 (15 marks, 3 marks each)

Nancy is talking to her dad. Complete their conversation with the correct idioms. Use the correct form of the verbs.

Dad: How was your day at school, Nancy?

Nancy: It was great! We had a running competition with Class 6D and we

won!

Dad: Don’t (1) ______________________. I thought Class 6D is the school

running champion.

Nancy: They are. That’s why we were so happy. Miss Chan

(2) ______________________ － she joined us on the running track

after we won!

Dad: How did Class 6D feel?

Nancy: They really (3) ______________________. Mr Law, their class

teacher, (4) ______________________ and told the whole class to

stay behind after school to practise!

Dad: Oh, poor kids. Hey, what’s that you’re drawing?

Nancy: I’m making a card for Mum for her birthday, but don’t

(5) ______________________. I want to surprise her.

Dad: Don’t worry, I won’t say a word.


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feel blue get carried away go

bananas

pull my leg spill the beans

busy fast prettyslow white

bee picturesnail

snow wind

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Nancy is writing a letter to her new pen-friend, Tom. Complete the letter with the correct similes.


Dear Tom,

How are you? Let me introduce my family to you. I have a big family. My father

is hard-working and he works every day. He is always as

(1) ____________________________. My mother is very gentle. She always

talks in a very soft voice. She also eats very slowly. We sometimes laugh at her

and say she is (2) ____________________________.

I have an elder brother and a baby sister. My brother is good at sports. He runs

fast. He is (3) ____________________________. My sister has big eyes and

long hair. All my friends think that she is (4) ____________________________.

I look like my sister, so that means I am pretty too!

I have a kitten called Kitty. Her fur is (5) ____________________________.

I think she looks like a big snowball!

How about your family? Please tell me about them.

Love,

Nancy

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Nancy is at a restaurant with her family. Look at the menu and complete their conversation using ‘either ... or’ or ‘neither ... nor’.

Happy Eaters Menu Starter

Cream of mushroom soup Sweet corn soup Vegetable soup Chicken salad Garden salad Smoked salmon salad

Main course Fried fish Pork chop Roast chicken Steak

Dessert Cheesecake Chocolate mousse

Drinks Coffee Tea Lemon tea Cola

Mum: I’m not too hungry. I think I’ll just have a starter and a drink.Nancy: You can have (1) __________ soup __________ salad.Mum: I think I’ll have the smoked salmon salad. What about you, Dad?Dad: I don’t want a starter. I like (2) __________ soup __________ salad.

It’s a shame they don’t have any onion rings. But you can have a starter, Nancy.

Nancy: I want the garden salad. We ate fish yesterday, so I don’t want it for main course again. I’m not too keen on pork chop. So I’ll have (3) ___________________________ the steak. Um ... I’ll try the steak.

Dad: I’ll take the chicken then. What about dessert? Mum?Mum: (4) ______________________________________ is fine with me.

I like them both.Nancy: Why don’t we order both? We can all share.Dad: That’s a good idea. I’ll have coffee as well.Nancy: Um ... I like (5) __________ coffee __________ tea, so I think I’ll have

a cola. Mum: I want tea. Let’s order now.


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Nancy is writing in her diary. Complete her diary entry using ‘because’ or ‘therefore’.

10th December 20XX

I wore my long winter coat and boots to school today (1) ___________

it was very cold. My feet felt like ice lollies!

Sally kept falling asleep in class today. She didn’t sleep well last night

(2) ___________ she had a stomachache. Also, she didn’t study hard

enough for the Maths test. (3) ___________, she failed the test. I feel

sorry for her. She usually gets high marks in her tests. I hope she feels

better tomorrow.

Today, there was another earthquake, this time it was in Taiwan. A

large housing estate was destroyed in the earthquake. (4) ___________,

many people are now homeless. I hope there won’t be any more

earthquakes. It’s so sad to hear about these natural disasters.

Tomorrow is a holiday (5) ___________ the teachers are having a full

day of training. Hurray! I can go to the cinema with Mandy and Claire.

I hope we can get tickets for the new Disney movie.


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Section CPart 7 (20 marks)

Nancy is writing a book report. Look at the pictures and complete the book report. Write about 80 words.

1. 2.


Snow White Three Little Pigs

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Book Report

Book title: ____________________________________________

Author: ____________________________________________

Main characters: ____________________________________________

Summary of the story:

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