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Arts Arts and and Crafts Crafts PRACTICE PAPER 6A — READING Text 1

There are 50 questions in this paper. Time allowed: 1 hour

Read these results from an internet search for ‘arts activities Hong Kong’ and then answer questions 1–13. (20 marks)

Hong Kong Institute of Contemporary Culture (HKICC): ‘Light Ride’ — techno art camp co-presented by Youth Programme Committee, Home Affairs Department and Hong Kong School of Creativity. For ages 14 to 18. Two courses are running: July 29 – 30 and August 5-6. The course fee includes camping, meals and transportation. HKFYG Jockey Club Sai Kung Outdoor Training Camp. Deadline for booking: June 30. Tel 2766 3703 Warehouse Teenage Club: Graffiti workshop. Open to students aged 12 – 18. Every Sunday from 2 – 4pm, starting 5th March. Fee:$450, including materials. William is the tutor for this course. The Warehouse is in Aberdeen and is also open as a drop-in centre 10am – 10pm Monday to Saturday and 10am-6pm Sunday. To enrol on a course, phone Ellen on 2873 2244. Kiddikraft: Art and Drawing for 2½ years and up. All courses are taught in English. Our arts projects seek to expand the children’s imagination. Fees are currently being revised, but will range from $180 to $220 per class, including materials. There is a 5% discount if you enrol for the whole term (10 weeks). Kiddikraft is in Kowloon Tong. Phone 2338 5890 for details. My Toolbox: Step-by-Step Drawing and painting for 5½ to 8 year olds. English and Chinese medium. 9.30-10.30am on Wednesdays. Fees are $800 per month, including all materials and tools. Course fees are collected bi-monthly in advance (i.e. $1600). A registration fee of $150 covers administration costs and pays for an apron and a school ID card. East Point Road, Causeway Bay. Phone 2234 0025. Kids’ Gallery: Digital Arts course for 10 – 18 year olds. Courses are held in our state-of-the-art computer design studio. Students learn to use web-design software in order to create their own homepages, incorporating photos, video and music. They can produce their own CD roms. Courses run from 3.30 to 5.00 on Saturdays at our school in Central (Garden Road). Phone 2501 4842 for course details, booking and payment. Hong Kong Art School, Arts Centre, Wanchai. Five day arts camp for kids aged 12 to 16. The camp offers the opportunity to learn computer animation, website design, graphic design, drawing skills and photography. Four courses, starting July 25th. Course fees vary depending on student age. Phone 2922 2822 or come and see for yourself. Visitors are always welcome at the Arts Centre!

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Answer the following questions using the information above. Write the letter(s) (A-G) next to each question. The first has been done for you as an example. (6 marks) Which activity starts in March?

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1. Which activity is a camp lasting five days?

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2. Which activity is designed for pre-schoolers?

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3. Which course will involve spraying paint on walls?

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4. Which course is open to both Cantonese and English speakers?

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5. Which course is run in Sai Kung?

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6. Which two courses will involve working with computers?

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Decide whether these statements are True, False or the information is Not Given. Put a tick in ONE box only for each statement. (5 marks) True

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7. The course at My Toolbox costs $150. 8. Contact William if you want more information about the graffiti course. 9. For Kiddikraft, you save money if you pay in advance. 10. For ‘Light Ride’ you need to book at least a month before the course starts. 11. You can drop into the Hong Kong Art School at any time. 12. Which courses do not tell you exactly how much they will cost? One has been done for you as an example. (6 marks) HKICC: ‘Light Ride’

The course fee includes camping, meals and transportation.

13. You want to learn how to design your own website, with all sorts of special effects. You live in Tai Koo Shing. You will be staying with relatives in China from 29th July to 15 August. Based on the information above, which course would be best for you, and why?

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Text 2

Read the following article and then answer questions 14 – 32.

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Children’s art classes

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A number of art studios for children have sprung up around Hong Kong in the past few years. The studios cater for children of all ages – from 18 months up to 16 years, the majority being in kindergarten and primary. In all cases the motivation for setting up the studios has been the same – the founders were unimpressed with the way that art was being taught in playgroups and schools. They wanted to promote a love of art in children, and to encourage more creativity and enjoyment. Encouraging creativity is especially important with young children. For them the opportunity to express their feelings and ideas is more useful than learning to paint accurately. “In my children’s playgroup they were taught painting by being told to copy another picture,” said one parent. “If they chose their own colours and made their own picture, the teacher told them it was wrong! How can a child’s painting be ‘wrong’? That’s no way to teach young children – you must get them interested first, and later you can train them to do things carefully.” There was no doubt that three-year-old Vanessa Tsui was enjoying herself at the Bird in Tree studio in Causeway Bay. She stood in a pan of blue paint, squeezing it between her toes before she stepped out to mark the paper covering the floor. “I’m being a bird, I’m an ostrich,” she explained. Vanessa’s mother said her daughter was always excited about coming to art class. “She gets to experiment and have fun. She especially likes painting with her feet and hands. And she learns something too,” she said. The children at Bird in Tree learn because the artwork follows a theme. First the students are given information about a topic – for example, about birds. They are shown pictures, and talk about them, before starting a related art project. In the case of the ostrich, this was to make steps on the ground to help the flightless bird find its way home. Experts think that encouraging children to be creative when they are young has a beneficial effect upon their thinking in later life. Bird in Tree was founded by a university lecturer who was dismayed at the lack of creative thinking in her students. Teacher Cheung Kuen-kuen explained: “Our founder felt that many adults lacked imagination because no-one is trained to think creatively in Hong Kong,” Ms Cheung said. “She thought that if we did something at a younger level, we could help children to open their minds and so become creative as adults.” Several studios have noticed that they also need to spend time educating parents about what they are doing. At Bird in Tree, Ms Cheung commented, “Many parents expect their children to do beautiful work, to do it neatly, and not to make a mess. They expect a product – a perfect picture painted by a six-year-old! This happens most often with the parents of school children, who don’t realise that in school their teacher does most of the work for them. But here we are interested in the process – we provide children with time and space to express their feelings and be really creative.” Even teachers of Chinese painting, which traditionally requires strict discipline, are introducing a freer atmosphere (a) . Jor Yin-fun teaches art in a Kowloon high school and also runs the Hong Kong Association of Chinese Painting for Children. She said that art was very restricted in school. There were not enough art lessons in the timetable, and no time for children to practise art at home, because of homework (30) . She brings new ideas to her Chinese painting classes in Sha Tin each Saturday. Here she teaches the traditional style, but (31) . For example, children can use all sorts of colours. And rather than painting bamboo or landscapes, they can choose familiar subjects, (32) .

14. Look at the word ‘sprung’ in line 1. Now look at the dictionary entry for ‘spring’ below. Which meaning corresponds to the meaning in line 1? Write the correct number in the box provided. spring v 1 to jump quickly or suddenly, e.g. spring out of bed, spring into action. PHR V 2 spring from sth to originate from something, e.g. The idea sprang from a discussion we had. 3 spring from to appear suddenly or unexpectedly from a place, e.g. Where did you spring from? 4 spring sth on sb to present sth to sb as a surprise or without warning, e.g. I hate to spring this on you at such short notice…5 spring up to appear, grow quickly or suddenly, e.g. New buildings are springing up everywhere. 14. 15. According to paragraph 1, people have been setting up art studios for children because

16. In paragraph 1, which word means ‘encourage’?

17. The mother in paragraph 2 was playgroup. A. pleased with B. impressed by C. upset by D. amused by

the way her child was being taught art in a

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18. The mother in paragraph 2 thinks that children should learn how to paint accurately and neatly before they are allowed to paint what they want. True

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20. 21. According to paragraph 4, how do the children ‘learn’ while they are at the Bird in Tree?

22. In line 21, what does ‘flightless bird’ refer to?

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23. In line 24, ‘dismayed’ means .... A. studied. B. interested. C. surprised. D. shocked.

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24. The founder of Bird in Tree started the studio mainly because she wanted .... A. children to enjoy art classes. B. to study children at play. C. to improve adult creativity in Hong Kong. D. to train children and adults to paint well.

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25. In paragraph 6, Ms Cheung explains that many parents .... A. do not know how to paint. B. do not understand the aims of the studio. C. do not mind messy work, if it is beautiful. D. do not know anything about modern art.

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26. According to Ms Cheung, many parents mistakenly imagine that their school-age child does good artwork because their child’s teacher

27. In line 33, ‘process’ is contrasted with what earlier word in paragraph 6?

28. According to paragraph 7, Jor Yin-fun does not think that art is properly taught in school. True

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29. In what two ways does Jor Yin-fun make her Saturday Chinese painting classes more interesting for (2 marks) the children? a) b) Phrases are missing from the last paragraph. From the five phrases (A – E) below, choose the three which best complete the blanks 30 – 32 in the text. Write the letters in the spaces provided. One has been done for you as an example. (3 marks) D

a) 30. 31. 32. A. B. C. D. E.

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even a McDonald’s toy. and other after-school activities. unlike in school. into their classes. with some creative variations.

Text 3

Read the following interview and then answer questions 33 – 50.

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Interview with Daisy Wong, jewellery-maker Daisy Wong lives in San Francisco, but she recently revisited Hong Kong, where she was born 75 years ago. She is back in Hong Kong because a successful exhibition of her jewellery is being held in Exchange Square, Central. Daisy has many famous customers and her pieces cost between $1,500 and $8,500 each. 5

Interviewer: How do you feel about the success of your exhibition? Daisy: My goodness! I was so worried that no one would come. I tell you, I’m just grinning all day long!

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Interviewer: Let’s talk about your childhood. Daisy: I grew up in San Francisco’s Chinatown, where my family emigrated from Hong Kong. That was in the late 1920s. My father was of the old school which meant he did not approve of education for girls. So, unfortunately, I was discouraged from studying.

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Interviewer: So, did you want to have a career? Daisy: Yes, I did. I loved fashion, ever since I started making my own clothes aged 12, and I had dreams of doing something with my hands. But instead, my father chose a husband for me. I liked him and we married. And right away, there was a baby every year.

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Interviewer: You were a full-time housewife? Daisy: Very much so. Then in my mid-40s, my husband died, leaving me with five children. That was a difficult time. But then they grew up and for the first time in my life, I was all by myself. And I’m the type of person who doesn’t want to stay at home, moping around and feeling sorry for myself. So I enrolled at fashion school. That was in 1971. I was the oldest person there, so I felt a little bit odd. Interviewer: So, when did you start designing jewellery? Daisy: Ten years ago, just for fun, I started to make necklaces from beads. I love pretty things and my weakness is colour. I got lots of compliments especially from my Western friends. Interviewer: What about your Chinese friends? Daisy: I think my Chinese friends prefer gold and diamonds! Interviewer: How did you start selling your jewellery? Daisy: Well, by accident. One day I went into the famous department store Saks Fifth Avenue and a saleslady said that she really liked my necklace. She made an appointment for me to meet the jewellery buyer for the store. I asked the buyer if she wanted to buy any of my pieces and she said: ‘All of them.’! It has made me very, very happy, you know, for an old lady to do this. Interviewer: Where do you get your stones from? Daisy: I always buy from the same dealers. Now I’m the first customer they show their new stones to. I usually say that I’ll take a whole bag, and then I go home and have bread and water for a month. And even on bread and water, I’m happy. My children say: ‘Mom, you’re buying a

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lot, it’s too much!’ so now I hide them in the basement. It’ll take 100 years to use all I’ve bought! 45

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Interviewer: Do you only use semi-precious stones? Daisy: No, not at all. Next I’m going to make a necklace for myself out of a pebble with a hole in it which came from a stream. My grandson gave it to me. He’s 11 and he’s my little friend. I tell him about Chinese culture, he just loves that, and he comes over and gives me a big hug. To me this is happiness, to do something I like and to have a nice talk with my grandson. In the blink of an eye, you know, children grow up and fly off. Interviewer: Do you have any new projects? Daisy: Well, yes. I’d like to help some of the other Chinese ladies where I live. I’m planning to approach a few old ladies who sit in the park every day, doing nothing, and see if they would like to help me make jewellery. Then they would feel useful and they wouldn’t feel sorry for themselves. I can make a little money, they can make a little money, and everyone will be happy. [Adapted from an article in the ‘South China Morning Post’ by Fionnuala McHugh] 33. How does Daisy feel about her exhibition? A. worried. B. happy. C. bored. D. upset.

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34. According to paragraph 4, Daisy Wong’s father .... A. had traditional views about marriage. B. did not want her to get married too young. C. wanted her to study hard. D. went to an old school.

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35. Daisy had a job in fashion before she got married. True False Not stated 36. Daisy had her children early in her marriage. True False Not stated 37. Daisy had ‘a difficult time’ (line 20) because

38. Why did Daisy feel ‘a little bit odd’ (line 24)? 39. In line 27, ‘my weakness is colour’ means .... A. I like colourful things. B. some colours make me feel sick. C. when I feel weak I lose all colour in my face. D. I prefer pale-coloured things.

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40. According to paragraphs 6 and 7, Daisy’s Western and Chinese friends react differently to her work. True False Not stated

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41. According to paragraph 8, Daisy decided to try selling her jewellery because

42. In line 36, ‘them,’ refers to 43. In line 40, Daisy says she has ‘bread and water’ because .... A. she wants to lose weight. B. she is eating bread and water in prison. C. she wants to punish herself. D. she wants to save money.

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44. In line 42, Daisy Wong says ‘I hide them in the basement’.

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a) What does she hide in the basement? b) Why does she hide them?

45. In line 48, ‘that’ refers to 46. Which phrase in paragraph 10 means ‘in no time’? 47. In paragraph 11, Daisy’s plan for the other Chinese ladies is

48. Daisy thinks that her plan would help the other Chinese ladies to .... 1. earn some money. 2. stop feeling sorry for themselves. 3. feel useful. 4. sit comfortably in the park. A. 1. B. 1 and 2. C. 1, 2 and 3. D. 1, 2, 3 and 4.

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49. We learn from the article that most of Mrs. Wong’s necklaces are made from .... A. diamonds and gold. B. beads. C. beads and colourful stones. D. pebbles with holes in them.

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50. What sort of person is Daisy Wong? Give four reasons for your answer.

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PRACTICE PAPER 6B — WRITING Complete both tasks.

Time allowed: 11/2 hours

Task 1 (100 words) You have been asked to write a leaflet about a drawing/painting competition for primary pupils. The pupils have to design a poster about road safety. The aim of the leaflet is to attract pupils’ attention and persuade as many pupils as possible to enter the competition. The first line of the leaflet has been done for you. Write about 100 words. Here are the details of the competition: z Topic: Paint/draw a picture about road safety z Age: P1–P6 z Materials: paint, crayon, or pencil z Deadline: 20th June z Send entries to: HK Road Safety Campaign z Label painting with: name, age and school of pupil z Prizes: three levels P1-2, P3-4, P5-6. $300 of art materials for the winner of each level z You can add other appropriate details if you want

Are you a primary pupil who wants to win a great prize?

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Task 2 Write about 250 words on ONE of the following topics. 1. Finish this story: ‘I walked into the old house. Everything was dusty and dirty. There was a man’s picture on the wall. As I walked across the room it felt like the man’s eyes were looking at me, following me…’ 2. There is a well-known saying: ‘A picture is worth a thousand words’. This means that it is more effective to explain things using pictures, photographs and film than by writing about them. Do you agree? Give reasons and examples to support your opinion.

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