English Screening Quiz The Office S1E5 &quot;Basketball&quot;

Complete the basketball expression Michael uses for a perfect shot in his talking head.3 pts

Points are split evenly across the two blanks. Two words.

And I'm sinking a few, you know? Swish, swish, swish. but .

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複習 → ② 文化典故

Complete the exchange about Dwight's job title — the single word that decides the whole rank, and Michael's verdict on it.3 pts

Points are split evenly across the two blanks. One word per blank.

DWIGHT And that's why you have an assistant regional manager. MICHAEL Assistant the regional manager. DWIGHT Same thing. MICHAEL No, it's not. It's .

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JIM This is the smallest amount of power I've ever seen go to someone's head. What has just happened, and what does the idiom mean?3 pts

A.Dwight has been made team captain, and the idiom means he is about to get hurtB.Michael has handed Dwight the holiday and weekend work calendar, and within a minute Dwight has used it to put Jim on Saturday — go to someone's head = to make somebody self-importantC.Michael has promoted Dwight to assistant regional manager, and the idiom means the job is beyond himD.Dwight has been put in charge of the suggestion box, and the idiom means nobody will read it

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Which of these definitions match the handout? (Select all that apply.)4 pts

A.trash talk = the insults traded before and during a game to rattle an opponentB.zinger = a fast, sharp one-line put-downC.posse = the group of people who back you up, from the sheriff's search party of the WesternsD.naked aggression = aggression that has been carefully hidden behind politeness

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Pam is on the phone about the toaster oven she was given at her engagement shower. Fill in the two consumer-service words.3 pts

Points are split evenly across the two blanks. One word per blank.

No, I know that the is expired, but isn't it supposed to last longer than two years if it isn't ?

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III. Grammar Patterns

Cloze 3 points per question, split evenly across blanks; single-answer 3 points. Five questions, 15 points in total. One word per blank.

Michael turns Oscar down but promises to call on him later in the year. Fill in the one-word opener that means "when ... arrives".3 pts

I will use your talents baseball season, my friend. Or if we box.

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Nobody can produce a final score, so Michael proposes a rule. Fill in the word that introduces the noun clause.3 pts

Well, let's just say was ahead won.

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Michael cancels Saturday and, for the first time this season, says the quiet part out loud. Fill in the sarcastic clause opener and the preposition this verb demands.3 pts

coming in an extra day is going to prevent us being downsized. Have a good weekend.

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Michael sends Dwight onto the court with an instruction built on the "make an effort not to" pattern. Fill in the two words.3 pts

Just to be too gay on the court.

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Which sentence uses nothing but the way nothing but net uses it — meaning "that and nothing else"?3 pts

A.The pitch was nothing but easy — we rehearsed it for a week.B.The pitch was nothing but buzzwords: no demo, no numbers, no plan.C.The pitch was anything but buzzwords, which is why nobody followed it.D.The pitch had nothing but, so we rewrote the whole deck.

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IV. Listening Recall

Matching, 1 point per box (6 points); cloze 3 points (both blanks required); single-answer 3 points. Three questions, 12 points in total.

On the left is what went into our notes during the screening. Find what was actually said on the right and write its letter in the box.6 pts

1 point per box, 6 in total.

not the limit
Mittal Raj
co-pack
Pam with the singer
the best of them came upstairs
we're low on water

Athe best looking one upstairs
Bwe got a truck going out at 1:15
Cnothing but net
DPam with the zinger
EMr. Rogers
Fa cold pack

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複習 → ⑤ 聽力糾錯

The invitation nobody in the room could make out. Fill in the two words that give it away as outlet-mall advertising copy.3 pts

Points are split evenly across the two blanks.

Well, I'm going to Lake Delta Saturday, so if you want to save big on and Roy has to work, which he will, because I'm also competitive, you should feel free to come along.

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複習 → ⑤ 聽力糾錯

We heard Threat neutralized. and could not work out why anybody would say it. What is the answer?3 pts

A.It is a line from a video game Dwight plays, and quoting it is how he signals he is not really angryB.It is military and police radio language for "the danger is gone" — deployed here over something as small as a weekend calendar being taken off Dwight, and that mismatch of register is the jokeC.It is standard Dunder Mifflin phrasing for closing a workplace-safety report, which is why the safety officer uses itD.It is a mishearing: the actual line is Free and neutralized, said about the basketball hoop

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V. Plot Comprehension and Short Answer

Answer in English. Bullet points and short sentences are fine — nobody is asking for an essay. Marked by hand; the value of each question is printed beside its number (5 + 7 + 8 + 7). Four questions, 27 points in total.

Trace the bet: what each side puts up, who raises it and to what, and how Michael avoids honouring the result. Quote the line he uses to decide the winner.5 pts

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Michael picks his starting five. Choose three people he handles badly and, for each one, say what he says or does and what it reveals about how he is sorting the office.7 pts

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The Dwight sub-plot: what does Michael hand him and why, what does Dwight do with it almost immediately, what does he ask for next and get refused, and how does Michael shut the whole thing down? End with the two-word line that closes it.8 pts

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Jim, Pam and Roy in this episode: what does Jim say he is looking forward to and who is the camera actually pointing at, how does Pam manage to stand on both sides, what is Jim's Saturday invitation disguised as, and how does it land?7 pts

Hint: high school, a wish of luck, an outlet mall and a lake all make an appearance.

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