PAKET B

The text for Questions numbers 1 - 2

While . .
You were out
For : Zahra
From : Amalia
Time : 16.30
Date : 14/12/2017
Phone : 085263 777
Urgent

Message

She calls you since she has an apology for postponing the Story Telling Extracurricular
due the technical reason. Futher information will be conveyed soon.

Call her or Shinta - her assistant, when you’ve been back

Chiko

Chairperson

1. Why does Chiko leave the message? Because . . .

A. She will fix the problem with language practise as soon as possible
B. There is a technical meeting cancelation problem at Chiko’s school
C. She will ask Shinta to solve the story telling extracurricular problem
D. There is a problem with the place of the story telling extracurricular

2. What should Zahra do when she had been back ?

A. Phone Amalia
B. Call her assistant
C. Make an apology to Amalia
D. Convey futher information soon
The text is for number 3 –5.

Attention ALL Creative Craft Students

You need to come to room B and claim all your

ceramics and art projects
Please come down right away to claim your art work
Any projects not claim will be thrown out!!
Hurry – don’t walk, RUN and get your art - time is
ticking!!

Thank you

3. Why does the school publish the announcement?

A. The students are asked to submit their art projects.
B. The students need to collect their ceramics project.
C. The students should take their crafts soon.
D. The students have to run quickly.

4. What will be happened if the students ignore the announcement ?

A. Their art work will be recycled.
B. Their art project will be ousided.
C. They will have their project be sold.
D. They will be punished by the teacher.
5. “Please come down right away to claim your art work”. The underlined word has
the closes meaning to ….
A. take
B. give
C. send
D. ask

The text is for number 6 – 8.

Thanks to all the students who participated in this fall’s Super Short Essay
Scholarship Contest! A panel of six judges reviewed over 275 entries, and the
competition was fierce.

We are excited to announce our winners, who will each receive a $1,000 college
scholarship:

ALLI BARNEY from North Ogden, Utah

MEGAN SEAICH from Sandy, Utah

DAWNTAE SHAW from Blandy, Utah

All three winners wrote excellent essays. We commend them for their work and
wish them great success as they move forward in their educational endeavors.

Congratulations to Alli, Megan, and Dawntae!

6. We may find the announcement in a/an . . . .

A. flyer
B. letter
C. magazine
D. brochure

7. This award is important for the winner to . . . .

A. encourage their spirit in writing essay
B. their further educational endeavors
C. get success in their studies
D. take a scholarship
8. The competition . . . is followed by 275 works is so intense.
A. who
B. whom
C. which
D. where

Text for number 9 to 10

9. The text is intended to ….

A. invite someone to enjoy a magic show
B. give information about Melissa’s birthday party
C. ask someone to attend Melissa’s birthday party
 D. ask someone to prepare Melissa’s birthday party

10. What should the invitee do before attending the party?

A. Wear a fairy costume.
B. Confirm his/her attendance.
C. Contact Mellisa before D’day.
D. Bring a birthday gift to Melissa.

Michael Faraday

Faraday studied the magnetic field around a conductor carrying a DC electric

current. While conducting these studies, Faraday established the basis for the
electromagnetic field concept in physics, subsequently enlarged upon by James
Maxwell. He similarly discovered electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism, and
laws of electrolysis. He established that magnetism could affect rays of light and
that there was an underlying relationship between the two phenomena. His
inventions of electromagnetic rotary devices formed the foundation of electric
motor technology, and it was largely due to his efforts that electricity became
viable for use in technology.

As a chemist, Michael Faraday discovered benzene, investigated the clathrate

hydrate of chlorine, invented an early form of the Bunsen burner and the system
of oxidation numbers, and popularized terminology such as anode, cathode,
electrode, and ion.

Although Faraday received little formal education and knew little of

higher mathematics, such as calculus, he was one of the most influential
scientists in history. Historians of science refer to him as the best
experimentalist in the history of science. The SI unit of capacitance, the
farad, is named after him, as is the Faraday constant, the charge on a
mole of electrons (about 96,485 coulombs). Faraday’s law of induction
states that magnetic flux changing in time creates a proportional
electromotive force.

Faraday was the first and foremost Fullerian Professor of Chemistry at the Royal
Institution of Great Britain, a position to which he was appointed for life.

Albert Einstein kept a photograph of Faraday on his study wall alongside pictures
of Isaac Newton and James Clerk Maxwell.

Faraday was highly religious. He was a member of the Sandemanian Church, a

Christian sect founded in 1730 that demanded total faith and commitment.
Biographers have noted that a strong sense of the unity of God and nature
pervaded Faraday’s life and work.
 11. What is the main idea of the 3rd paragraph?
A. Faraday received little formal education
B. Faraday knew little of higher mathematics
C. One of the most influential scientists in history was Faraday
D. Faraday was the best experimentalist in the history of science

12. “… Faraday established the basis for the electromagnetic field concept …”
The underlined word has closest in meaning to …

A. founded
B. discovered
C. invented
D. demonstrated
Hotel Work :
One Month Training Course

Suitable young men and women are invited to apply for places on the one month
training course on hotel work organized by Hong Kong Institute of Hotel
Management. Tuition is free of charge and students who successfully complete the
course will be offered employment in the Colony’s leading hotels.

The Training Course will take place from Monday 21st July to Friday 22nd August,
from 9 a.m to 4.30 p.m. daily , except Saturdays and Sundays.

Applications for places on the course are welcome for students now in their third
year at secondary school, who have good knowledge of English, and have interest in
hotel work.
Application forms may be obtained from :
The Hong Kong Institute of Management,
Box 948,
The South China Times.

The closing date for applications is April 29th

13. Who will probably take advantage from the above information?
A.    Hotel Managers and staffs.
B.    Hong Kong Institute students.
C.   The hoteliers and food beverages staffs.
D.   The third year secondary school students.

14.  What requirement is needed to join the course?

A.      Able to speak Mandarin.
B.      Secondary school graduate.
 C.      Good knowledge of English.
D.      2-year experience in hotel work.

15. “Tuition is free of.........”

The underlined word is closest in meaning to....
A. training
B. meeting
C. gathering
D. practicing

This new and unusual building in the down-town business district offers unique
opportunities for small to midsized tenants to occupy an entire floor.

OFFICE SUITES

From 1,600 to 6,000 square feet are available for immediate occupancy.

Commuting is easy, with the nearest subway stop only one block away. Convenient
to shops, restaurants, hotels, and business services.
For leasing call

303-572-5947

16. The text is addressed to person who ....

A. has a lot of money
B. own many companies
C. want to live in quite place
D. want to run some business

17. From the text we know that ....

A. the building is only for rent
B. the subway stop is only two block away
C. the office is in the city town business district
D. the office building is only suitable for restaurant

18. “...for small to midsized tenants to occupy an entire floor.”

    The underlined word is closest in meaning to….
            A.      occupant
            B.      buyer
            C.      seller
            D.      owner

Bolt is an Olympic legend who has been called as “the fastest man alive” for
breaking the world records and winning 9 gold medals as the champion in the 2008,
2012 and 2016 Summer Games. Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt (born August 21,
1986) is well-known as the fastest man in the world. He has won three gold medals
at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, and become the first man in the
Olympic history to win both 100-meter and 200-meter races. Bolt also won three
Olympic gold medals at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London.
He ran the men's 100-meter race in 9.63 seconds, a new Olympic record,
making him the first man in history to set three world records in Olympic
competition. Again, he made a history at the 2016 Summer Games in Rio when he
won the gold medal in 100-meter and 200-meter race and 4x100-meter relay.
(adapted from https://www.biography.com/people/usain-bolt-20702091)
19. The text is written to ... .
A. inform the readers about Bolt’s biography
B. tell the readers about the fastest man alive
C. describe about the biography of Bolt
D. entertain the readers about Usain Bolt

20. Bolt won 100-meter & 200-meter race and 4x100-meter relay in ... .
A. China
B. In Rio
C. Beijing
D. London