Chinese Typing
中文打字

1) Time limit: 50 minutes. 

2) Contestants bring their own laptops. A USB drive, marked with a designated number, will be provided to each contestant by the organizing committee and collected by the proctor at the end of the contest. Each contestant shall use his/her designated USB drive to type and save the work into a pre-created file which has the same designated number as the file name. 

3) Contestants have to fully charge their laptops before the contest. No charging cables will be allowed in the contest classroom and no wifi will be available. 

4) Proctors will not be available to help contestants solve their computer issues. Contestants are required to operate their laptops independently. They are not allowed to raise any questions concerning the use of their laptops. 

5) Contestants shall use one of these two fonts: Xi-Ming (細明體) or New Xi-Ming (新細明體) with size 16. Only “docx” or “doc”files are accepted. 

6) Questions are in traditional characters only. Students can choose to type in either traditional or simplified characters, or even mix both characters in the same test. 

7) For each test problem, every typed character has to be in its correct position in the correct sequence as shown in the test script to receive credit. If a contestant encounters a character that he/she is unable to type, he/she should skip it. No need to mark its position with any space or identifier. 

8) For a contestant to prevent his/her computer from automatically correcting his/her test problems’ numbering, he/she has to put an “X” after the number of the question that he/she intends to skip. Each correctly typed character or punctuation will earn one point if it is typed with the correctly numbered problem and in the correct position order as shown in the test script. 

9) 30 seconds will be allowed for contestants to save their files into the USB drives after the test time is up. Contestants should not touch their laptops after this 30-second time is up. Violation of this rule will be noted by the proctor and will result in a 5-point deduction. The proctor will collect all the USB drives himself/herself. 

10) Four types of test problems: 

a) unrelated words；for example 

1. 沉假穿執答樂誰順煙縮 

2. 徵臉喜松腳困異免背星 

b) 2-word, 3-word, or 4-word phrases；for example 

1. 塞翁失馬 

2. 快樂人生 

c) phrases without punctuation；for example 

1. 迷迷糊糊的小狗 

2. 健康就是財富 

d) short and long paragraphs；for example 

1. 母親平日就很會燒菜。逢年過節她便使出渾身解數做幾道新的菜餚讓我們一家人大快朵頤。她對肉類和蔬菜的品質非常挑剔；有時為了一樣東西不辭勞苦步行好幾里路到村子另一頭的店舖採購。 

11) Based on the rules above, this contestant only knows some or none of the characters in a problem. The typed script below will allow him/her to earn some points: 

Problem type #1, unrelated words： 

1. 沉假穿執答樂誰順煙縮

2. 徵臉喜松腳困異免背星

This contestant’s typed script will be given 3 points 

1. 假穿答誰樂音 

2. X

Academic Contest Judging Criteria and Rules 學術比賽競賽規則

1. 比賽時間：50分鐘 

2. 考生自備個人電腦。USB由北半島中文學校現場提供，比賽完畢後收回。考生拿到與參賽編號相同的專用USB後，在個人電腦上打開檔案打字。打完後存入USB內同號檔案， 等監考老師取回USB。 

3. 考生電腦電池需備電充足。考試現場不得使用電線，考場不提供WiFi。 

4. 監考老師不得在考場提供任何電腦上的協助，考生需對自己電腦操作熟悉，一切操作問題自行解決，不得提問。 

5. 考生須將字型設在細明體或新細明體，Size16。請統一以 “docx” 或“doc” format 存取檔案。 

6. 試題只用正體字。學生可選擇用正體字或簡體字作答，兩種字體混合作答不予扣分。 

7. 每一個字都需打在正確的編號上，需與試卷上的編號完全對應才予計分。每一題號只打會的字。所有不會的字直接跳過，不需填入記號或留space。 

8. 由於電腦有自動訂正編號的功能，為了避免答題編號混亂，如遇任何編號題目完全不會，仍必需照順序列出編號，並在該編號後鍵入一個“X”，以免混淆。每一字與標點符號的正確輸入各得1分。凡對應編號不正確者或打字順序前後顛倒者將不予給分。 

9. 考試結束時間到時老師會喊停，並計時30秒讓還沒save檔案的學生確定將檔案儲存到USB。老師喊停30秒過後，所有學生都需雙手離開電腦，等待監考老師到座位上將USB收回。時間到而手未離鍵者，該考生將由監考老師當場備註，扣總成績5分。 

10. 題目分四大類： 

a) 不相關個體字；舉例如下 

1. 沉假穿執答樂誰順煙縮 

2. 徵臉喜松腳困異免背星 

b) 二字、三字或四字辭；舉例如下 

1. 塞翁失馬 

2. 快樂人生 

c) 無標點符號的句子；舉例如下 

1. 迷迷糊糊的小狗 

2. 健康就是財富

d) 短段、長段，包括中文標點符號；短段舉例如下 

1. 母親平日就很會燒菜。逢年過節她便使出渾身解數做幾道新的菜餚讓我們一家人大快朵頤。她對肉類和蔬菜的品質非常挑剔；有時為了一樣東西不辭勞苦步行好幾里路到村子另一頭的店舖採購。 

11. 根據以上的題目舉例，如果考生只認識那些題號當中某些字，甚至有些題號後面的字一個都不認識，則答題方式舉例如下： 

 對應第a題舉例： 

1. 沉假穿執答樂誰順煙縮 

2. 徵臉喜松腳困異免背星 

（考生的答案如下， 可得3分。） 

1. 假穿答誰樂音 

2.  x 

Academic Contest Judging Criteria and Rules 學術比賽競賽規則