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P6 1st Term Examination


Name: Marks: /90
A. Complete the conversation with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. (10% @1%)

Daniel: How are you going to spend your weekend?

Sophie: If the weather (1) ___________ (be) nice, I (2) ________________ (go) to the beach
with my family. How about you?

Daniel: If my Dad (3) ___________________ (not/have) to work on Saturday, we (4)


__________________ (visit) the Ocean Park!

Sophie: Wow, that sounds nice! But if I (5) __________________ (be) you, I (6)
___________________ (not/go) there.

Daniel: Why?

Sophie: I would go to the Disneyland. I love Disney characters!

Daniel: Is it crowded in Disneyland?

Sophie: If you (7) _______________________ (arrive)there early in the morning, it (8)


_______________________ (not/be) too crowded.

Daniel: You are a real fan! If I (9) ____________ (be) you, I (10)_________________ (book)
a room in one of the Disneyland hotels.

Sophie: You’re right! That is on my wish list!

B. Read the job advertisement below and answer the questions in short. (8%)

Posting date: 8 April, 20XX

Web Designer
University graduate
• Update and design company’s website from time to time.
• Handle technical problems about the mobile phone apps.
• Willing to work after office hours to handle ad-hoc matters
• Good command in written English and Chinese
• Experienced in website and apps making
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the web designer? (2 marks)

C. Write the jobs that match the descriptions. (6%)

This is a person who interviews different A r


people and shows up in the broadcast.

This is a person who helps citizens to stand


for rights in court.

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D. Proof-reading. There is one mistake in each line. Underline the mistake and do the
corrections in the space provided. (12% @2%)

1. Social worker need to be understanding so that they can listen to the 1.

problems of people.

2. Firemans need to be strong and brave so that they can rescue people in 2.

danger.

3. Tourist guides need to know the scenic spots well so that they can show 3.

people around.

4. Fashion designers need to be creative so that they can design new cloths. 4.

5. Nurses need to be clam even if they see blood. 5.

6. If I was my teacher, I would make the test easier! 6.

E. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the given words. (10% @1%)

John 1. (travel) a lot. In fact, when he was only two years old when he first

2. (fly) to the US. His mother is Italian and his father is American. John was born in

France, but his parents had met in Germany after they had lived there for five years. They 3.

(meet) one day when John's father 4. (read) a book in the

library and his mother sat down beside him. John travels a lot because his parents also travel a lot. At

the moment, John 5. (visit) his parents in France. He lives in New York now and

he really 6. (enjoy) living in New York, but he also loves coming to visit his parents

at least once a year. Since January, he 7. (fly) over 5000 km for his job. He has

been working for Apple for almost two years now. He thinks he 8. (work) for

them next year too. His job requires a lot of travel. In fact, by the end of this year, he'll have traveled

over 120,000 km! His next journey 9. (be) to Australia. He really

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10. (not like) going to Australia because it is so far. He'll have been sitting

for over 18 hours by the time he arrives!

F. Fill in the blanks with the given conjunctions or prepositions. You can use the word more than

once. (8% @1%)

when while so because and but for since or

Good morning everyone. I am Gary. I am now 32 years old. I have been a musician

1. more than 15 years. I love music 2. it lets me forget all unhappiness.

I can play the piano, the violin 3. the trumpet. I moved to Hong Kong 4.

I was 12 years old. I have gone to many places to perform 5. 2001. I saw a lot of

interesting things 6. I visited different countries. My favourite composer is Mozart.

He was a genius in music. He could compose a lot of beautiful music 7. he was a

teen. Mozart’s music inspired me a lot 8. I hope you like his music too.

G. Rewrite the sentences with relative pronouns, ‘which’ and ‘who’. (8% @2%)

1. The detective found some blood stains. The blood stains belonged to the victims.

______________________________________________________________

2. Angel saw an actress in a cafe. The actress has starred in many Hollywood films.

______________________________________________________________

3. Here is an article. The article might interest you.

______________________________________________________________

4. The people lived next door. They are not very friendly.

______________________________________________________________

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H. James is surfing the Internet and looking for the biography of Princess Diana. Read the

passage and answer the answer in complete sentences. (14%)

Answer the questions in complete sentences.


1. When was Lady Diana born? (@1)

2. What was Diana good at? (@2)

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3. Which word means ‘sad’ in the passage? (@1)

4. Were Diana’s nannie nice to her? How do you know that? (@3)

5. Was Diana’s marriage happy? Why or why not? (@3)

6. Where did Diana die? (@2)

7. What do you think about Diana? (Please write in your own opinion) (@2)

I. Writing – Amazing People. Do you have some idols that inspire you? Write about his /her
story. What do you learn from him / her? Follow the guidelines below and write a passage
about him / her in not less than 120 words. (14%)

Personality

Amazing His / Her job


What do you learn from (Detail)
him /her? person (How hard does she/he
work?)

His / Her
achievements

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You may use the following sentences to help you:


l is a famous / well-known / popular (job) .

l He / She is determined that (example) .

l He / She has put great effort on +ing .

l He / She has received some / a lot of / a number of achievements.

l Her / His story inspired me because .

l Everyone should learn from his /her hard work / determination /…

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