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1st Term Test (4)
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L3a General English
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Section 1 Comprehension I (12 marks)

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions in complete sentences.

The Science of Sleep

Did you know that you will spend a quarter (四分之一) of your life sleeping? We all know
that sleep is crucial (重要的) and that a bad night’s sleep can affect (影響) our performance the
next day; but what exactly happens to our bodies when we are asleep, and why do we need to
sleep at all?

The simple answer is that nobody is precisely (準確地) sure of the reason why humans
sleep. Scientists have been investigating (調查) this issue for hundreds of years but as yet have
not been able to reach a conclusion (結論). Some experts believe that sleep gives our bodies the
opportunity (機會) to recover (恢復) from the physical activity (體力活動) that we do during
the day. However, some others are doubtful (懷疑的) of this theory, as the amount of energy
saved by sleeping for 8 hours is only about 50 calories – the same amount of energy contained
(包含) in one piece of toast (吐司)!

Although nobody can give a scientific (科學的) explanation for the necessity (必要性) of
sleep, it is evident (明顯的) that we find it hard to function (運行) without it. A lack of sleep can
have a serious effect (影響) on our brain; after just one night without any sleep, our
concentration deteriorates (專注力下降) and our attention span (注意廣度) shortens. If we
continue not to get enough sleep, the part of our brain that controls language, memory and
awareness (意識) of time starts to shut down. Research (研究) has shown that people who are
deprived of (剝奪) sleep have a lot of difficulty responding to changes and they often struggle to
make important decisions.

There is no set amount of time that everyone needs to sleep, since it varies (不同) from person to
person. Research indicates (顯示) that people like to sleep anywhere between 5 and 11 hours, with
the most popular time being 7.75 hours. The current (現在的) world record for the longest period
without sleep is 11 days, set by Randy Gardner in 1965. Four days into the research, he began
hallucinating (產生幻覺). This was followed by a delusion (妄想) where he thought he was a

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famous footballer. Surprisingly, Randy was actually functioning quite well at the end of his
research and he could still beat the scientist at pinball (彈珠台).

1. According to the article, what percentage of your life will you spend asleep? (2 marks)

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2. Find a word in paragraph 2 that means the same as ‘exactly’. (2 marks)

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3. What piece of evidence (證據) is given to show why some scientists disagree with the theory

that we need to sleep to save energy? (2 marks)

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4. Which brain functions are affected (影響) by continued lack of (缺乏) sleep? (2 marks)

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5. How long do the majority (大多數) of people prefer to sleep for? (2 marks)

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6. How long did it take during Randy Gardner’s experiment before the lack of sleep started to

seriously affect him? (2 marks)

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Section 2 Comprehension II (6 marks)
Read the text then answer the short questions below.

Jacob wants to join an after school club. He looks in the local newspaper for more information:

Drama Club Tigers Football Team

Thursdays, 4pm-5pm Have you always dreamt of scoring

goals like JS Park? Professional
Advanced classes, not for beginners. coaches will help you develop your
Ages 12-16 skills.

Price: $200 per lesson. Ages 10-14.

Please bring your own shorts and

sneakers (運動鞋). Shirts are
provided.

Junior Orchestra Debating (辯論) Team

Wednesdays, 3pm-4pm For students aged 10-13.

All levels of experience are Tuesdays and Fridays, 3pm.

welcome.
To join, please write a letter of
Price: $100 per week application to Mr D Wong, giving
your name, school and why you are
interested in debating.

Price: $75 per class

1. Jacob already attends tutoring lessons on Wednesday afternoons at 3.30pm. Which club can he
not join? (1 mark)

2. Jacob is 13 but he has never acted in any plays before. Should he join the drama club? (1 mark)

3. True or false: at Tigers Football Team, players must bring their own shirts. (1 mark)

4. For which club do you need to play an instrument? (1 mark)

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5. Which of the following should Jacob NOT include in his letter of application (申請) to the
debating team? (1 mark)
a) his name
b) his recent test score
c) which school he goes to

6. How much would it cost per week to join the debating team? (1 mark)

Section 3 Prepositions (10 marks)

Fill in each of the blanks in the following passage with the correct preposition.
Jacob writes a diary entry about his first debating class:
Dear Diary, 1. _____________

2. _____________
I felt very sad when my best friend moved (1) last month.
Although I can send emails (2) him, it is not the same as having a friend 3. _____________

to play (3). So I was very happy when my dad suggested that I could 4. _____________
join a club in order to make some new friends. My first debating club
5. _____________
was (4) Tuesday. While we were (5) our way there in the car, I felt a
6. _____________
little nervous as I sometimes find it scary meeting groups of new
people. However, Dad told me that there was nothing to be nervous (6) 7. _____________
and that everyone would be friendly. When I arrived, I saw a boy I 8. _____________
recognised from school and I walked (7) to him. He told me he had
9. _____________
been a member of the debating club (8) one year. Then the teacher
stood (9) and told us (10) what we would be doing during the class. I 10. ____________
really enjoyed myself and I’m glad I tried a new activity!

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Section 4 Forms of verbs (10 marks)
Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of verbs given in the brackets.
Danielle has written a diary entry:
Dear Sara,

Recently I (1. decide) that I wanted to join a club after school. My 1. _________________

dad (2. tell) me that it would be a good way (3. gain) more skills 2. _________________
and to make new friends outside of school. As you know, I (4. be)
3. _________________
feeling quite lonely since my best friend (5. leave) our school to
move to Shanghai with his family. I looked at all the different 4. _________________

advertisements for clubs in the local newspaper. After I had looked 5. _________________
at them all, I (6. decide) that the one I would most like to join was
6. _________________
Debating Club. My dad said that this was a good choice for me as I
7. _________________
(7. be) very good at arguing with him! First of all, I (8. have) to
write a letter of application to the teacher of the Debating Club. I 8. _________________
spent quite a long time (9. write) this as I wanted to be chosen for 9. _________________
the team. Luckily, one week later the teacher called my dad to say
10. ________________
that I could join! I am very excited as I (10. go) to my first debating
class on Tuesday.

Section 5 Vocabulary – Feelings (6 marks)

Fill in each gap with the correct word from the list.
a. stammered b. sputtered c. grumbled d. stared
e. glimpsed f. peeped g. croaked h. peered

1. ‘I told you to pack your things an hour ago!’, __________ Dad.

2. ‘Packing is so boring,’ __________ Jacob.
3. Jacob __________ out of the plane’s window to see the clouds.
4. Jacob was excited when he __________ his friend Michael in the crowd at the airport.
5. Jacob couldn’t help __________ at all the tall buildings.
6. Jacob __________ a little during his first debate, but he remembered all his arguments.

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Section 6 Cloze (10 marks)
Fill in each blank with one word.
Jacob was (1) an email to his friend Caleb who (2) in Shanghai. He 1. _____________
wanted to (3) him about debating club and the new (4) he had made there. 2. _____________
Just as he was about to finish the email, his dad (5) into the room and 3. _____________
told Jacob that he had (6) to tell him. He said that he had (7) to Michael’s 4. _____________
parents in Shanghai and that they would be going to (8) Michael there in 5. _____________
just 3 weeks. Jacob was very (9) to his dad for kindly arranging the trip. 6. _____________
He had (10) Michael a lot since he had left and he couldn’t wait to go to 7. _____________
Shanghai. 8. _____________
9. _____________
10. ____________

Section 7 Present Perfect Tense (6 marks)

Fill in the blanks with ‘never’, ‘ever’, ‘since’, ‘already’, ‘just’ or ‘yet’.
Jacob is talking to one of his new friends from debating.

Maria: Have you (1) __________ tried debating before?

Jacob: No, actually I’ve (2) __________been a member of any after school club before.
Maria: Oh really? I’ve only (3) __________ joined the team so I’m new too. But some people
have been practising debating for a couple of years (4) __________.
Jacob: I see. I’m looking forward to taking part in a debating competition against other teams.
Maria: Me too – I’ve wanted to be in a debate (5) __________ I saw my sister competing last
year.
Jacob: I don’t think I’ve got enough experience (6) __________ to enter a competition, I’ll
have to wait a few months!

:Section 9 Conjunctions (4 marks)

Combine the sentences using the prepositions ‘so’ or ‘because’.
Mark is talking to his mum about what happened at school.
1. It was Jacob’s first time at debating club. He felt a little nervous.
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2. He decided to talk to Michael. He recognised him from school.

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3. Everyone was friendly to Jacob. He felt better.

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4. Jacob had made a new friend at his first class. His dad was proud.
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Section 10 Riddle (2 marks)
I am a round fruit. I am a fruit that is very spiky (有刺的)
I am covered in peel (皮) which you must on the outside and yellow,
remove before eating me. soft and juicy on the inside.
My name is also the name of a colour.
Many people like to drink my juice. I have ‘apple’ in my name,
but I am not an apple!

What am I? What am I?

Section 11 Pronouns (4 marks)

Fill in each blank with the correct pronoun.
1. Jacob set (1) the challenge of meeting new friends. 1. _____________
2. ‘You should be very proud of (2),’ said his dad. 2. _____________
3. _____________
3. Jacob and the rest of the debating team took a photo of (3).
4. _____________
4. ‘This is a great speech! Did you write it all (4)?’

Section 12 Much, many, few, little (7 marks)

Jacob writes a diary entry about his first debate. Fill in the gaps with ‘much’, ‘many’, ‘few’ or
‘little’.
Dear Diary, 1. _____________
I have so (1) to tell you! Today was my first debate with the debating
club. The debate was about school uniform. The first thing we had to 2. _____________
do was research the topic online, and find as (2) arguments as possible
about why school uniform is bad. Annoyingly, there was (3) 3. _____________
information online, so I decided to ask a (4) of my friends for their 4. _____________
opinions instead. They had so (5) ideas that I could hardly write them
all down! Then it was time for the debate. I was nervous about talking 5. _____________
in front of so (6) people, but there was very (7) time to worry about it.
6. _____________

7. _____________

1. much 2. many 3. little 4. few 5. many 6. many 7. little

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Section 13 Proofreading
Proofread the following sentences. There is one mistake in each line.
i. Missing word – Draw an arrow (é) and write the missing word in the answer column.
ii. Extra word – Cross out (X) the extra word and write it in the answer column.
iii. Wrong word – Underline the wrong word and write the correct word in the answer
column.
1. Jacob visited her friend Caleb in Shanghai and they were thrilled to 1. __________
see each other.
2. __________
2. They went out together every day and share stories about their life.
3. __________
3. Caleb was borned in Hong Kong but he is well-adapted to the life
4. __________
in China.
5. __________
4. Caleb enjoyed to showing Jacob around Shanghai.

5. Shanghai is one of the most beautiful city in China.

1. her – his 2. days – day 3. é was
4. to 5. beautifull – beautiful