English to Enjoy 5A

English to Enjoy 5A

Assessment Task 2 (Units 4–6)

Listening

Name: ______()Class: ______

Date: ______

Part / Language focus and skills / Score
1 / Identify the gist or main ideas and extract specific information
Work out the meaning of unfamiliar words using pictorial clues / / 24
2 / Recognise key words and locate specific information / / 26
Total score / / 50

Part 1(24 marks, 4 marks each)

Alice is asking her grandpa about his life in the old days. Listen to what they say and tick the correct answers.

  1. What isFunny Mary?
     A. a song

 B. a cartoon
 C. a TV drama

 D. a comic book

  1. Which game did Alice’s grandpa NOT usually play in his childhood?
     A. hopscotch

 B. skipping rope
 C. hide-and-seek

 D. stone, paper, scissors

  1. Why is Alice’s dad worried about her?
     A. She has no friends.

 B. She has poor exam results.
 C. She does not have enough exercise.

 D. She spends too much time outdoors.

  1. Alice’s grandpa thinks that children nowadays are ______.
     A. luckier

 B. smarter
 C. happier

 D. healthier

  1. Which of the following is a vacuum cleaner?

 A. /  B. /  C. /  D.
  1. Alice thinks that washing clothes by hand is NOT ______.
     A. poor

 B. easy
 C.modern

 D. convenient

Part 2(26 marks, 3 marks each for Questions 1−6, 4 marks each for Questions 7 & 8)

Alice is interviewing Dr Fung for the school magazine. Listen to the interview and complete the notes.

Notes for the interview

A healthy diet means a (1) diet. It includes

vegetables, fruit, (2) and meat.

We should eat a lot of (3) because they

give us energy.

We should eat less (4) than vegetables.

We should ask our (5) before taking
vitamin pills.

Potato chips are a kind of junk food. They are high in salt and (6) .

Healthy snacks:

(7) Nuts: rich in and

(8) Plain yoghurt: made from but low in

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