Columbus College, 241 Queen Elizabeth Drive, Kowloon City

To: All  Staff (工作人员)

From: Jakie Mok, leader; Sports Committee

Date: May 20. 2012

A week ago, "Sports for Life" programme was sent to the parents, asking them to choose a sport they wanted their child to play. Since then, our staff have received lots of calls from parents asking for more information about it. Here is a memo for your reference（参考） when you answer the phones.

Sports l: Basketball

We expect that this will be the most popular of the four sports. So students should be advised to signup(报名) as soon as possible. Students will take a bus to and from Kwun Tong Sports Park. Each student will have to pay $10 each time. There will be four basketball courts for our use with one teacher watching over each game.

Sports 2: Gym

We will be using St. Peter's Memorial Park. There are two reasons for choosing this park. First, it is not very busy and crowded before 6:00 pm. Second, it has lots of trees with plenty of shade（树荫）. Students must bring along two bottles of water to prevent thirst. Three activities, skipping, jogging, outdoor aerobics will be arranged, all of which are free. And there will be a teacher for each of the activities.

Sports 3: Hiking

Hiking will take place at Kowloon Peak. The activity will start at 2:30 pm and finish 90 minutes later. Three teachers will be ,together with the students, and a hiking instructor（教练） will accompany each group of 15 hikers. Each instructor will cost $ 75 per hour.

Sports 4: Swimming

The Kowloon City Aquatic Centre is a 10 minute walk from our school. Four teachers will go to the swimming pool. Only students skillful at swimming can take up this activity. The pool will have two lifeguards(救生员). Girls must wear a swimming suit, The cost is $ 10 per visit.

53. Students should pay for the sports except_______.

   A. basketball        B. swimming        C. hiking      D. jogging

54. It can be inferred from the passage that_______.

   A. students taking part in basketball will walk to the courts

   B. every student can take part in any of the four sports

   C. skipping students can have a regular rest in the shade of trees

   D. students taking up the four sports should bring bottles of water

55. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

   A. Students choosing basketball should sign up early.

   B. Students taking part in gym should arrive at 6:00 pm.

   C. Hiking usually begins at 2:30 pm and lasts 2 hours.

   D. Students having swimming suits can take up swimming.

56. The purpose of the memo is to_______.

   A. make the students interested in the programme

   B. ask the parents to choose a sport for their child

   C. help the staff explain the programme to the parents

   D. tell teachers and lifeguards to start to work on time

Columbus College, 241 Queen Elizabeth Drive, Kowloon City

To: All  Staff (工作人员)

From: Jakie Mok, leader; Sports Committee

Date: May 20. 2012

A week ago, "Sports for Life" programme was sent to the parents, asking them to choose a sport they wanted their child to play. Since then, our staff have received lots of calls from parents asking for more information about it. Here is a memo for your reference（参考） when you answer the phones.

Sports l: Basketball

We expect that this will be the most popular of the four sports. So students should be advised to signup(报名) as soon as possible. Students will take a bus to and from Kwun Tong Sports Park. Each student will have to pay $10 each time. There will be four basketball courts for our use with one teacher watching over each game.

Sports 2: Gym

We will be using St. Peter's Memorial Park. There are two reasons for choosing this park. First, it is not very busy and crowded before 6:00 pm. Second, it has lots of trees with plenty of shade（树荫）. Students must bring along two bottles of water to prevent thirst. Three activities, skipping, jogging, outdoor aerobics will be arranged, all of which are free. And there will be a teacher for each of the activities.

Sports 3: Hiking

Hiking will take place at Kowloon Peak. The activity will start at 2:30 pm and finish 90 minutes later. Three teachers will be ,together with the students, and a hiking instructor（教练） will accompany each group of 15 hikers. Each instructor will cost $ 75 per hour.

Sports 4: Swimming

The Kowloon City Aquatic Centre is a 10 minute walk from our school. Four teachers will go to the swimming pool. Only students skillful at swimming can take up this activity. The pool will have two lifeguards(救生员). Girls must wear a swimming suit, The cost is $ 10 per visit.

53. Students should pay for the sports except_______.

      A. basketball        B. swimming        C. hiking      D. jogging

54. It can be inferred from the passage that_______.

      A. students taking part in basketball will walk to the courts

      B. every student can take part in any of the four sports

      C. skipping students can have a regular rest in the shade of trees

      D. students taking up the four sports should bring bottles of water

55. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

      A. Students choosing basketball should sign up early.

      B. Students taking part in gym should arrive at 6:00 pm.

      C. Hiking usually begins at 2:30 pm and lasts 2 hours.

      D. Students having swimming suits can take up swimming.

56. The purpose of the memo is to_______.

     A. make the students interested in the programme

     B. ask the parents to choose a sport for their child

     C. help the staff explain the programme to the parents

     D. tell teachers and lifeguards to start to work on time

                               Questionnaire

Read the questions and answer YES or NO, then you will find out how good you are.

1. When you don t understand something, you ask questions.                   

2. You like listening to older people talk about the post.                       

3. You think that you con learn something interesting from everyone around you.  

4. You ore brave enough when you have to talk to people you don't know.          

5. You enjoy reading books about famous people.                            

6. You always see and talk to different people.                                

7. You are interested in learning new ways of doing things.                     

8. You enjoy shying experiences with friends and learning from people of all ages.  

9.You talk o lot about yourself.                                             

10. Even if you ore often wrong, you make your own decisions.                   

11.You hate teaching what you are good at: sports, technology, whatever.            

12.Your parents don't understand you, so you don't talk to them much.              

SCORE NOW!

Score 2 points if you answer YES to each of tile first 8 questions, and 0 if you choose NO.

Score 2 points if you answer NO to each of the last 4 questions, and 0 if you choose YES.

                                                                         

18--24. You are friendly and open-minded. You make people feel important by listening to what they have to say. You'll probably succeed in learning al1 kinds of interesting things. Good for you!

10--16 Remember that every single person you know can teach you something. You will greatly make your life rich and colorful.

0- 8 About 400 years ago, a famous writer wrote, "No man is an island." This is still mm today. Try to be more open and interested in people around you.

1.If you say "YES" to all these questions, you'll get ____ points.

    A. 12              B. 16                  C. 20              D. 24

2. When you score 22 points, you are _____.

    A. shy and nervous          B. silent and serious

    C. open and friendly         D. brave and strong

3.The writer thinks you should _____.

A. always see and talk to the same people

 B. make your Own decision whenever you want

 C. enjoy teaching what you are good at

 D. talk much about yourselves when possible

4."No man is an island." in the text probably means that _____.

 A. the famous writer was very clever

 B. everything is the same as 400 years ago

 C. you will feel lonely if on an island

 D. you can not live alone in the world

5.The questions are used to test whether you are willing to __

     A. learn from others    B. help other people

     C. do all by yourself    D. depend on others

 

My class will put on a short play in English at the end of the year. Yesterday our English teacher gave us copies of the play.
“Choose a character in the play whom you’d like to be, ”she told us. “This afternoon learn a few lines of this part for homework. Then tomorrow you can say those lines in front of the class. Ill decide who play each part.”
I wanted to have one of the bigger parts in the play, so I choose the part of the king. He has a lot of lines to say. I learned them by heart.
This morning in our English lesson we had to say our lines. I acted the part of the king. When I said my lines, I put a lot of expression into my acting. I thought I acted really well.
Everyone in the class read a part and then the teacher who would play each part.
Many of the students in my class couldn’t act at all. They couldn’t even read without making lots of mistakes. I was sure that I would get a big part in the play.
However, the teacher gave me the part of a soldier. He has only one line. It is, “Yes, sir!”
I was very disappointed. At the end of the lesson I went up to her and asked her why I had such a small part.
“You put too much expression in your acting,” she said. “Good acting is not big acting. It is acting the audience can believe in.”
I think I know what she means.
【小题1】 What did the boy want to do in the play?

A．To get a morning eating part
B．To organize the play
C．To get a large acting part.	D．To work the lights.

【小题2】How did the boy feel when the teacher told the class they would put on a play?

A．Bored.

B．Sad.

C．Excited.

D．Unhappy.

【小题3】Why didn’t the teacher give him the part of the kings?

A．He did not act correctly.	B．He did not know the lines.
C．He was not handsome.	D．He was too short.

【小题4】 What does the underlined word “expression” in the passage mean?

A．表情

B．建议

C．模仿

D．服饰

One day when some government officials were rebuilding a barn(谷仓), they found a mouse hole in a corner and used smoke to force the mice inside the hole to come out. A while later they indeed saw mice running out, one after another. Then, everyone thought that all the mice had escaped. But just as they began to clean up, they saw two mice squeezing（挤）out at the mouth of the hole. With some efforts, the mice finally got out. However, it was strange that after they came out of the hole, they did not run away at once. Instead, one chased after the other near the mouth of the hole. It seemed that one was trying to bite the tail of the other.

Everyone was puzzled, so they stepped nearer to take a look. They realized that one of the mice was blind and could not see anything, and the other was trying to allow the blind mouse to bite on his tail so that he could pull the blind one with him to escape.

After seeing what happened, everyone was speechless and lost in thought. During the meal time, the group of people sat down in a circle and started to chat about what happened to the two mice.

One serious American official said: “I think the relationship between those two mice was that of king and guard.” The others thought for a while and said: “That was why!”

A smart French said: “I think the relationship between those two mice was that of husband and wife.” Again the others thought for a while, and all felt it made sense.

A Japanese said: “I think the relationship between those two mice was that of mother and son.” Once again the others thought for a while, and felt this was more reasonable. So they expressed agreement another time.

At that moment, one Chinese asked: “Why did those two mice have to have a certain relationship?”

Suddenly, the group looked back at the Chinese and remained speechless. The American official, the French and the Japanese who had spoken earlier all lowered their heads in shame, and did not dare to answer.

In fact, the true love is not built on friendship, loyalty or blood relationship. Instead, it is based on no relationship.

1.“it made sense” probably means ______.

A. it was strange                   B. it was correct

C. it was sweet                     D. it was funny

2.Why did they lower their heads in shame according to the passage？

A. They did not dare to answer.

B. They regretted（后悔）driving a poor blind mouse away.

C. They had mistaken the relationship of the mice.

D. They did not express themselves much better.

3.It is clear that ______.

A. all the mice came out of the hole easily

B. the people knew one of the mice was blind at the first sight

C. the people wanted to kill the mice with smoke

D. each of the people understood the relationship differently

4.The best title for the passage is ______.

A. Two lovely mice                  B. Help produces love

C. Love is all                      D. Friends in need