1 . The TheatreWorks Writers’ Lab:

a development space for worldwide writers

24-HOUR WRITING COMPETITION

A programme of TheatreWorks Writer’s Lab

LET YOUR IDEAS SPARK

5 Stimuli

24 Hours

1 script

Are you up for it? Anyone can discover a new you through the competition!

The 24-hour writing competition organized by TheatreWorks Writers’ Lab is back for its 9th year!(Held at the peaceful seaside resort, Aloha Changi, the challenge is on again to stimulate one’s heart and mind to produce a script within 24 hours.)

TheatreWorks Writers’ Lab has for the past 16 years discovered and nurtured new talent, and provided research and development opportunities for existing writers.

Dates: Thu 29 July (4 pm) to Fri 30 July(4pm) 2010

Venue: Aloha Chanji

Competition Categories     Prizes for each category

Youth Category 1st Prize: $800

15 to 18 years 2nd Prize: $500

Open Category 3rd Prize: $200

19 years and above Merit Prize: $100

Registration Fee Registration Deadline

Youth-$25   15 July 2016

Open-$25     Limited to 100 places

Visit www.theatreworks.org for a registration form.

1. The underlined word “nurtured” probably means _________.

A．discovered

B．provided

C．emphasized

D．cultivated

2. This event has been held for _________ years.

A．5

B．8

C．16

D．24

3. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．The event was held by TheatreWorks Writers’ Lab.

B．The highest prize is $800.

C．The competition is limited to existing writers.

D．The registration forms can be downloaded online.

2 . SPORTS EVENTS

BASKETBALL Central Sports Center, ★City Road All Stars vs. Rockets, Sat. 8:30 p.m., $12 ★Northerners vs. Tigers, Sun. noon, $10	LAWN BOWLS Tans Town B.C ●Tans Town vs. White Vale Sun. 9:00 a.m. Wake Hill B.C ●Wake Hill vs. Colls, Sat. 2:00 p.m.
BUSHWALKING ◆Meet at Wanda Station, Sat. 9:00 a.m. sharp for hour. ◆Walk to Canary Mountains $5, ph 5432868 ◆Meet at Westley Station, Sun. 9:00 a.m. Sharp for full day ◆Walk to Wombat Valley $5, ph 3416384. Bring your own lunch	FOOTBALL St. Martins Sports Center ▼Martins vs. Doonsberg, Sat. 2:00 p.m. $8 ▼Eastside Central vs. Light Hill, Sun 2:00 p.m. $8 ▼Neil Park Recreation Center Neil Park vs. Robinson, Sat. 2:00 p.m. $11 ▼Essen vs. Springwood, Sun. 2:00 p.m. $11

1. Which of the following events can be viewed by the same person?

A．Martins vs. Doonsberg and Wake Hill vs. Colls.

B．Northerners vs. Tigers and Eastside Central vs. Light Hill.

C．Essen vs. Springwood and Eastside Central vs. Light Hill.

D．Neil Park vs. Robinson and Northerners vs. Tigers.

2. Which of the following events is the most expensive to attend?

A．Martins vs. Doonsberg	B．Eastside Central vs. Light Hill
C．All Stars vs. Rockets	D．Neil Park vs. Robinson

3. Which day and time is the most popular for spots events?

A．Sat 8:30

B．Sun noon

C．Sat 2:00 p.m.

D．Sun 2:00 p.m.

3 . Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Just a craze … or crazy?

When an estimated one in sixty participants will die, why would anyone want to base jump?

The world record for base jumping     1     (break) again, when Nasr Al Niyadi and his trainer Omar Al Hegelan jumped 672 meters from the 16^th floor of the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. They were not the first ones     2     (attempt) this. In 2008, two other men illegally jumped from unfinished building. Having got into the building dressed as engineers, they were arrested     3     they jumped from the building. This is not unusual for base jumpers though,     4     often act without permission.

For those who may not know, base jumping is an increasingly popular extreme sport which involves jumping off high building, bridges or cliffs with a parachute. It is unbelievably dangerous. Although a sky diver     5     have up to three minutes to open his or her parachute, a base jumper has only seconds. There is also the risk of hitting the building or cliff on the way down. Since its invention in 1981, there     6     (be) at least 147 fatalities (死亡事件)related to the sport. Even fans of the sport estimate that one in sixty participants will die. Brave, or simply foolhardy?

I find     7     hard to understand why such dangerous sports are so popular. Many psychologists believe that it is all a question of individual personality. Men are     8     (likely) to enjoy thrill seeking than women, and our desire to experience these excitements is highest in     9     late teens and early twenties. But some people are naturally drawn to enjoy thrills and danger, while others are not. Both types are important in any society, as low-excitement seekers will happily carry out relatively unexciting jobs, while high-excitement seekers will work very well     10     firefighters or on the stock market.

4 . Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. aired；B. insured；C. operation；D. streaming；E. equivalent F. driver；G. wide-ranging；H. involved；I. additional；J. injected；K. brand

Japan's Prime Minister and the International Olympic Committee agreed to postpone the Summer Olympics until 2021 because of the coronavirus outbreak.

The decision, announced Tuesday, has    1    ramifications for the sports world as well as for NBC, the network that has become synonymous with the event.

The Olympics, which were scheduled to take place from July 24 to August 9 in Tokyo, are both a global athletic competition and a major television event in which NBC and its parent company, Comcast (CMCSA), are heavily invested.

NBC has    2    every summer Olympics since 1988. Postponing this year's games disrupts multiple pans of NBC, from its ad revenue business to the promotion of Peacock, the, network's new     3    service. “This is significant to NBC because They've built their    4     around it. They're the network of the Olympics, said Jay Rosenstein, a former vice president of programming at CBS Sports. "The peacock is intertwined with the rings.” Rosenstein added that nearly every part of NBC is    5    with putting together the games, including its sports, news and cable divisions.

Japanese PM and IOC chief agree to postpone 2020 Olympics until 2021. "This is much more than just a two-week    6    for them. They have to prepare for it for years. Pausing and restarting it is a big challenge, Rosenstein told CNN Business. 'It's also a(n)     7    challenge because the Beying Winter Games in 2022 would likely only be six months later now."

Patrick Crakes, a media consultant and former Fox Sports executive, said that the Olympics are a “top-five investment for Comcast." "Every two years the whole company goes all in to present one of the world's unifying premiere events,” M Crakes told CNN Business, Ulf’s    8    to turning around an aircraft carrier to do all this again next year.

The games are a huge advertising and ratings    9    . NBC Sports announced that it exceeded $1.2 billion in ad sales for the upcoming Olympics - a new record for the games.

Brian Roberts, Comcast’s CEO, said earlier this month that he was "optimistic" that the Olympics would lake place as scheduled, but added that the company is    10    if the games are interrupted or canceled by the outbreak.

5 . Charlie Boice from Georgia has been crowned this year’s “Papa” Hemingway at a look-alike contest. The 56-year-old retired air traffic controller won the annual competition at Sloppy Joe’s Bar in Florida—a place Hemingway often visited during his time in Key West in the 1930s—on his 15^th attempt.

Dressed in a wool fisherman's sweater in a bid to imitate photographer Yousuf Karsh's famous portrait of the world-famous American writer, Boice looked extremely happy as he was declared winner. He was chosen as the winner by the judging committee made up of former “Papa” Hemingways, all of whom look strikingly similar. Speaking to CBS Miami, Boice said. “Winning the Hemingway Look-Alike Contest is fantastic. I feel like a champion. Hemingway was a champion.”

During the contest, the 122 competitors had to take to the stage and attempt to convince the judges that they were the most similar to the “Papa” character of Hemingway, who won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1954 but committed suicide in 1961.Many did so by performing poetry or singing.

The competition, which helps to raise money for a Hemingway Look-Alike Society-administrated college scholarship fund, is a highlight of the annual Hemingway Days festival honoring the author. Just before the competition, an unusual event Running of the Bulls took place with the look-alikes. The video made by Florida Keys News Bureau shows the white-bearded men chanting and singing as they march through Key West's historic downtown with several life-sized, but fake bulls.

Also on Saturday, a California community college professor won the Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition, which attracted as many as 857American and international entries. Riba Taylor of Palm Springs won the first award with her story titled “Between My Ribs.” Lorian Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway’s granddaughter, said Taylor displayed deep sympathy in her story to the woman who lost her love, a life changed and the power of memory.

1. What did many competitors do to prove that they were the most similar to Ernest Hemingway?

A．They should wear fisherman’s sweaters.

B．They should pay a visit to Sloppy Joe’s Bar in Florida.

C．They should perform poetry or sing on the stage.

D．They should march with several life-sized fake bulls.

2. What is the significance of the annual Hemingway Days festival?

A．The event takes place to raise money for a college scholarship fund.

B．The festival is held in memory of Ernest Hemingway.

C．The event takes place in honor of the Nobel Prize winners in literature.

D．The festival is held in hope of passing down the local traditions.

3. What can we infer from the passage?

A．Many people look like Ernest Hemingway in the US.

B．Bull fighting is very popular throughout the world.

C．There are many people interested in writing short stories.

D．Ernest Hemingway is loved and respected worldwide.