Exercises for Wai Chow Public School (Sheung Shui)

Suspension of
School Name: ____________________( )
HKAT Practice Paper 1
Class: P. 6( )
Date: _____________________

Sections B – C (Reading and Writing): 35 minutes

Section B
Reading (38 marks)

(B-1) (14 marks, 2 marks each)

Below is the back cover of a book.

Read it carefully and choose the best answers to Questions 21-27.

‘Two thumbs Up! One of the most fascinating books

published in this year,’ Carl McCain, a film producer

‘Touching! Brilliant! The Pianist brings you to an adventure of a

hero,’ James Grant, a novelist

‘Bravo! A must-read book for all. A man with power, courage

and love is vividly illustrated by excellent writing of Ryan McMillan,’ Karen
Washington, a writer

The Pianist, a touching story about a man with great talent. He started playing the piano
at the age of three and entered the famous Trinity College of Music at the age of thirteen.
His story goes on with his romantic life and his mental illness. With courage and love, he
became one of the most brilliant performers in the 21st Century.

Come and Read this Triumphant Story

ISBN _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Crystal Publishing _
House Ltd

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Fill in each blank with ONLY ONE word.

To: judywong@popularworld.com
From: lillianmok@popularworld.com
Subject: A good book

Dear Judy,

How are you?

I would like to recommend a book to you. The book is called (e.g.) The Pianist . It is about
the life of a (21) pianist. The book is published by (22) and is well-written
by the famous writer (23) .

I am sure you will love the book. Other than the parts about the pianist’s road to (24) ,
there are (25) parts too! It’s about his love with a beautiful violinist. The story is
touching and will surely bring you to tears.

Besides the excellent plot of the story, the book is well-written with excellent (26) .
Book reviewers have great comments about the words the author chose to use. I learnt a lot of
new words while reading.

Although the book is published (27) year, it is pretty hard to find it in bookstores.
Therefore, I bought one for you. Go and check your mail box. And Happy Birthday to you!

Love,
Lillian

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(B-2) (12 marks, 2 marks each)

Lillian is reading an article on music in a magazine.

Read it carefully and choose the best answers to Questions 28-33.

The Benefits of Music

The invention of music dates back to thousands of years ago. Its role in culture is no
less important than other cultural activities such as eating. Why is music important
to us?

First, music can stimulate our sensory system. Different rhythms, textures, melodies
and keys can give us various sensations. For example, a piece of music in the key of
F can bring us joy while music in minor keys can echo the hidden worries and
sadness deep in our hearts.

Second, playing musical instruments can help strengthen our motor skills and
coordination between the brain and parts of our body. For example, playing piano
with both hands can improve coordination between both sides of the brain and
between brain and the hands.

Third, playing musical instruments in groups can help improve communication

skills and social skills. This is particularly important in the area of music therapy, a
kind of therapy with the use of music for people with special needs, such as
children with poor communication skills. Evidence has shown that playing musical
instruments in groups can motivate them to speak and interact with one another.

Music has always been treated as unnecessary. However, if you make music part of
your life, you will surely enjoy the sensations and the magic of it.

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28. What is true about music according to the article?
A. It is not important.
B. It is not as important as food culture.
C. It is as important as food culture.
D. It is important.

29. According to the article, which of the following areas can bring us different sensations?
A. notes on music scores
B. melodies
C. a CD player
D. a pianist

30. According to the article, what can music in minors do to us?

A. arouse our sadness
B. hide our sadness
C. arouse happiness
D. hide our happiness

31. What areas can music NOT help improve?

A. motor skills
B. writing skills
C. communication skills
D. speaking skills

32. Music therapy is for _______________.

A. children who are good at music
B. children who are not good at singing.
C. children who are not good at communication
D. children who are poor in music

33. What is the author trying to say in the article?

A. He/She wants to introduce music therapy to readers.
B. He/She wants to let readers know the importance of music.
C. He/She wants to play music in groups.
D. He/She wants to compose music in different keys.

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(B-3) (12 marks, 2 marks each)

Read Lillian's diary entry carefully and choose the best answers to Questions 34-39.

Saturday, 15th June Cloudy

Today I attended a workshop on music therapy at the city hall. The workshop was
conducted by a music therapist, Mr. Lee. Mr. Lee gave us a lecture to introduce to us the
basic concepts of the therapy. Then he demonstrated to us how to conduct a music
therapy session to children.

Music therapy is simply using music to heal. Clients of music therapy include
children with poor communication or motor or social skills, people who have a stroke,
and the elderly with physical disabilities. Music therapists guide clients to play musical
instruments individually or in groups, and ask them to listen to different programmed
music.

He then invited four children aged four to six to do a demonstration. Cute and
attentive, the children followed Mr. Lee’s instructions carefully and started singing and
playing instruments in groups. Mr Lee tied a wrist bell to the right arm of one of the
boys. The boy could not regain the full mobility of his right arm after a car accident.
When the boy played the bell and heard the bell ring, his face glowed and started to
giggle. His mother said that playing musical instrument helped regain his son’s
confidence and encouraged him to move his right arm more often.

I am surprised to see such benefits that playing music can bring. I would like to
learn more about the topic. I hope that I will become a music therapist one day.

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34. What did Lillian learn from the workshop?
A. the concepts of music therapy
B. the concepts of music groups
C. the concepts of special education
D. the concepts of demonstration

35. What is music therapy?

A. a means to clean musical instruments
B. a means to share music with others
C. a means to promote music
D. a means to heal people with music

36 According to the diary entry, how can a music therapist help his clients?
A. teach them to play instruments
B. bring them to concerts
C. teach them to read music notes
D. teach them to perform on stage

37. How many children took part in the demonstration?

A. three
B. four
C. five
D. six

38. The boy who played the wrist bell showed improvement in his ____________.
A. ability to smile
B. ability to talk
C. ability to move his right arm
D. ability to sing

39. What is Not true about Lillian?

A. She is interested in finding more about mobility.
B. She is interested in finding more about music therapy.
C. She wants to be one of the clients.
D. She wants to be a pianist.

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Section C
Writing (25 marks)
Yesterday you went to a music store to look for a musical instrument. Based on the pictures below,
write an article about what happened. Write about 80 words.

(a) (b)

music store / musical instruments a violin

(c) (d)

a man / broken

End of Test

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Section B
Reading (38 marks)

Section B-1
(14 marks, 2 marks each)
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27.

Section B-2
(12 marks, 2 marks each)

28. 29. 30.

31. 32. 33.

Section B-3
(12 marks, 2 marks each)

34. 35. 36.

37. 38. 39.

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Writing (25 marks)

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End of Test
Exercises for Wai Chow Public School (Sheung Shui)
Suspension of
School Name: ____________________( )
(Answer) HKAT Practice Paper 1
Class: P. 6( )
Date: _____________________

Section B
Reading
Section B-1
21. talented
22. Crystal Publishing House Ltd
23. Ryan McMillan
24. success
25. romantic
26. writing
27. this

Section B-2

28. D 29. B 30. A

31. B 32. C 33. B

Section B-3

34. A 35. D 36. A

37. B 38. C 39. B

Section C
Writing
Accept any reasonable answers