VIII. Examination Questions Design 35% Summarize the following article in 200 to 250 words (10%). Based on your rewritten passage, design FIVE cloze test questions (10%) and FOUR reading comprehension questions with 混合題 being the last question (15%) for TNGS 11th graders. The cloze test questions should each have four options and the correct answers should be included. Original Text The secret behind the world’s happiest country For the seventh year running Finland has just been declared the world’s happiest country by the World Happiness Report, launched in 2012 to promote the sustainable development goals of the United Nations (UN). Those surveyed were asked to evaluate their lives on a scale of one to ten, with ten the highest. While Scandinavian countries as usual occupied the top spots, both America and Germany fell out of the top 20. War- and revolution-racked Afghanistan held the bottom spot in the ranking of 143 countries, with a score of only 1.7 compared with Finland’s 7.7 and Denmark’s 7.6. Gender equality, trust in national institutions and fellow citizens, and low corruption are all important factors in Finns’ happiness, says Kai Sauer, Finland’s ambassador to Germany. In 1906 Finland became the first country in the world to give women both the full right to vote and to run in parliamentary elections. When last year a reporter for Reader’s Digest, a magazine, pretended to lose 12 wallets with cash and contact details in 16 cities around the world to test citizens’ honesty, Helsinki, the Finnish capital, turned out to be the most honest of the lot; 11 of the 12 wallets were returned. And according to the latest annual index by Transparency International, a Berlin-based organization, Finland is the second-least-corrupt country in the world—after Denmark. Excellent free education, universal health care and family-friendly policies play an important role in making Finns content with their lives. Finland’s education system ranks eighth among the world’s best educated countries according to the UN World Population Review. Health services are not free, but they are affordable. Yet some argue that the real reason is that the Finns sweat out their negative thoughts. Finland has roughly 3.5m saunas, more than one per two Finns. All government buildings have saunas. An exhibition in Berlin is celebrating sauna culture with photos, videos and, you guessed it, a sauna. It’s a huge hit. All its remaining sessions are booked out.

VI. Curriculum Design 15% Go over the reading text: “The Day I Broke the Rules.” Identify ONE core concept (e.g., writing skills, genre, and text structure) to teach in FOUR periods. Design a FOUR-period course in which you guide TNGS 11th graders to understand the core concept through the reading text. Reading Text Lungteng B3 L1 “The Day I Broke the Rules” A few years ago, I was employed by the McDonald’s Corporation. On “Ronald Day,” I would dress up as Ronald McDonald and visit the community hospital’s sick children. Most of these young patients were suffering from terminal illnesses. Thus, I would try my best to ease their pain. And I found it tremendously rewarding to be able to bring some laughter to the kids. One of the rules of my job was never to visit the children alone when I was dressed as Ronald, for I might frighten them with my painted face and red wig. I wasn’t permitted to have any physical contact with the children either, since doing so might pass on germs to them. Though I understood the reasoning behind these rules, I also felt that sometimes nothing could convey love, empathy, and warmth like a heartfelt embrace. Once, as I was leaving the hospital after finishing my work for the day, I heard a voice coming from a half-open door. “Ronald,” the frail voice called, prompting me to push open the door and go in. I found a small boy of about five lying in bed and looking extremely weak and pale. “His name is Billy,” his parents told me, smiling. It was really heartbreaking to see such a young boy confined to a hospital bed. I knew I had to do anything I could to cheer little Billy up, so I stayed and did some magic tricks for him. A sparkle soon came to his eyes and I asked if I could do anything else for him. Billy replied, “Ronald, can I have a hug?” Although having to turn him down pained me deeply, I had no choice. I told Billy that it was against the rules and then quickly added that we could do some coloring instead. A while later, it appeared that he was getting drowsy, so I rose to my feet to get ready to leave. That was when he stretched out his tiny arms to hug me. I was about to refuse again, but then I saw the look of hope in his eyes. Suddenly, I realized I no longer cared if I was caught breaking the rules. Some things in life, after all, were more important. I picked him up and held him in my arms. After that, we talked and talked. He confided his worries to me. He was afraid that his little brother would have no one to play with. Also, he was scared that his dog would go hungry because he had hidden all its bones. It seemed that Billy knew he would never be going home. And yet, even then, he was only thinking of others. When I finally stood up to leave, I gave Billy’s parents my number and told them not to hesitate to call me if I could be of any assistance. Two days later, I received a call from Billy’s mom, who told me her son had passed away. She wanted to thank me for making a difference in his life, for he’d said to her, “Mommy, I don’t mind if I can’t see Santa this year because I’ve hugged Ronald.”

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