Writing - Paper 1B; Listening & Integrated Skills

1. Writing an introduction about yourself.
2. Writing a description of a person.
3. Writing an informal letter.
4. Writing an article about a festival.
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Students need to listen, organize, differentiate and write down information in different forms including tables, charts, maps,

A Letter of Advice

Your friend, Amy is sending you a letter sharing with you some unhappy experience. She wants to ask for your help. Read the letter and reply her with your suggestions.

Hi Coco,

I'm very stressed these days. Let me share with you what have happened, so you may give me some advice.

In the past two weeks, our school was preparing for the open days. I was one of the choir members and I needed to stay two days after the school for the choir practice. At the same time, I also needed to help to decorate the classrooms for the open days. It took me two more days after school.

The problem is I was so tired after I came home. I went straight to bed. I couldn't manage to study and revise for the tests. So, I failed two tests in the past two weeks. I felt very bad about the results.

What shall I do? Please help me.

Best Wishes,
Amy

1. Use two adjectives to describe the personality of Scrooge and give ONE reason to support each of your descriptions.

Self-fish - he only thought of himself not the others. He did not celebrate Christmas and he wanted Bob Cratchit to stay at office and continued to work.

Stingy - he is unwilling to spend money even to the poor. He earned a lot of money but he did not want to spend any money. He did not want to donate any money to the charity even he was asked to.

Foolish - he was not wise in using his time and money. He did not know how to enjoy his life. He spent all his time in his office. He worked busily everyday. He did not even know his own problem.

Cold-hearted - He had no sympathy to other people around him. He did not donate any money to the charity. Owing more money was the only purpose of his life, so he became cold-hearted. He would not show sympathy even to his nephew and his family members.

Unkind - He showed no love to people in need. He did not love any people around him. He was rude and unkind not to donate money at Christmas.

2. describe FOUR strange things happened when Marley first appeared in the story.

a. Marley’s face was lit with a strange, pale light. It was not angry or fierce. It looked at Scrooge sadly.

b. Marley’s glasses were pushed up into its hair.

c. Marley’s hair was moving. It moved as if there was a soft wind blowing very gently, or hot air rising from below.

d. Marley’s eyes were wide open, but they were still. They looked straight at Scrooge.

3. According to scrooge, why was he so afraid of his own thoughts of believing in ghosts? Give three examples to support your reasons.

It was because a little thing could easily change his thoughts and made them strange. Firstly, he saw Marley’s ghost. The voice of the Ghost had frightened him until he shook with fear. Secondly, he saw Marley wearing the chain. He shook with fear more and more. Lastly, when he heard that Marley’s Ghost would help him, and he did not need to become like Marley. The thought was not a pleasant one to Scrooge.

4. Do you believe in ghosts? Why or why not? Please give ONE Bible verse to support your reason.

I don’t believe in the ghosts described in the Christmas Carol. But I believe that there is life after death. Normally, ghosts are seen as the souls of dead people. In Luke 24:39, when Jesus raised from death, He said to his disciples “Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have."

5. Why did the Ghost of Christmas Past come to Scrooge? Where did the Ghost take scrooge to? What were Scrooge’s immediate actions when the Ghost took him there?

It was because Scrooge needed the ghost’s help to know and see himself as a child. He was brought back in time. He then saw himself as young boy reading quietly. This reminded him for his lack of mercy towards the boy who sang a Christmas Carol at his door last night. He started feeling sorry for the boy and himself.

http://www.charlesdickens.ca/carol/stave1.htm