Name:________________ Class:___( ) Date:____________ Mark:__________

NEWSPAPER CUTTING (SCMP 22/11/2004)

Task One: Read the following paragraphs and then complete the sentences that follow.

1. The uses of diary writing are:

a) to _____________________
_______________________
b) to _____________________
_______________________

2. Frequency of diary writing ______

among individuals. For example,
people write one
a) _______________________
b) _______________________
c) _______________________

3. Whose diary had the greatest

impact on the readers?
__________________________
__________________________
__________________________

4. How did she start writing diary?

________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
5. What did she write about most in her diary?
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
6. What made her diary a must to read?
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________

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Task Two: Read the following diary of a taxi driver and then answer the questions in
complete sentences.

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1. What is the name of Hong Kong’s international airport two passengers were taken to
on Monday?

2. Who travelled from North Point to Wan Chai?

3. What time of day did a businessman try to pay with a $1,000 bill?

4. On what day did the taxi driver see two accidents?

5. What crashed into the taxi?

6. On what day did the taxi driver plan to go to McDonald’s for breakfast?

7. Where did the taxi driver plan to go on his day off?

Task Three: Complete the crossword puzzle.

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Task Four: Work out the following abbreviations.

1. SPCA = ________________________
________________________
2. MTR = ________________________
________________________
3. LRT = _________________________
_________________________

4. HKU = __________________________________________________________
5. KMB = __________________________________________________________
6. KCR = ___________________________________________________________
7. CUHK = _________________________________________________________

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