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Part AVocabulary (25 marks)

Fill in the blanks with vocabulary from Life 6c, 6e, 7a and 7b. The first letter of the words has
been given to you. You may need to change the form of some words.

Text 1: Finding a job

Chris: Dora, what kind of job do you want to do in the future?
Dora: When I was young, I dreamt to be a (1) p____________ taking pretty photos for
people. Now, I have the thought of being an (2) a____________ keeping and
examining the records of money in a company. How about you?
Chris: I want to be a professional, I don’t want to be like my uncle. He is a (3) t__________
driver who stays in his lorry all day long. It is harsh. Actually, I want to be trained and
learn the skills to be an Information Technology (4) t____________.
Dora: Good to hear that. By the way, my sister just signed a (5) c__________ after a job
interview. She found the (6) m__________ income and the working (7)
e____________ nice. The place is newly renovated and (8) s____________. It is a
1,000 square feet office. The (9) s____________ staff are friendly and experienced.
She said the (10) s____________ chair is new and comfortable!
Chris: Wow, congratulations! What is her duty?
Dora: She is mainly responsible for clerical work and putting documents into the filing (11)
c____________. Sometimes, she has to sit at the (12) r____________ area to greet
people. She will work in an industrial building in Kwai Fong.
Chris: An industrial building? To be safe, tell her to make sure she knows where the fire (13)
e__________ and (14) e____________ stairs are.
Dora: Sure, I will tell her! Thanks!

Text 2: A special occasion

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 Do you know that in certain parts of the New Territories, there are still many old, (15)
t____________ rituals going on? One of them is the ‘Light the Lamp (16) C____________’.
It is a rite of (17) p____________ to bless the new-born male (18) i____________.
At a certain time in a year, villagers will gather baby boys and all the people in the community
in the ancestral hall. Beautiful lamps will be hung up. They are not simply (19) d____________,
the lamps have a function. It is a (20) s____________, religious, important moment. Only the
respected elder men in the village can light up the lamp for the boys, which is a (21)
s_________ for good health, good luck and the continuation of having more boys for the village.
After the ritual, family members and (22) r____________ will stay together and enjoy a big
feast. Usually an (23) e__________ pig will be roasted for the villagers. There will be other
yummy, (24) d____________ food, too.
It is a happy and noisy occasion. People will (25) a_____________ and shout for joy.

Part B Grammar (16 marks)

A. Tenses (10 marks)
Use the correct form of tenses for the following blanks.

Andy: Hey, Susan. (1) ________ you ________ (come) to the picnic this afternoon?
Susan: Yes, the coach (2) __________ (arrive) at 1 p.m. So, I (3) ____________ (leave)
home at 12:30 p.m.
Andy: Good. Thank God, the weather (4) __________ (be) fine today. It is perfect for
outing. You know, if it (5) __________ (rain), we (6) ____________ (cancel) the
picnic.
Susan: (7) ________ you ________ (prepare) things you need for the picnic like food, water,
tissue, mat and mosquito repellent?
Andy: Thanks for reminding me. I (8) __________ (forget) to buy mosquito repellent! Now,
I (9) ____________ (go) to the supermarket. I am forgetful because I was so busy
yesterday. The whole afternoon I (10) ____________ (focus) on the project.

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B. Adjectives and Adverbs (6 marks)
Fill in the following blanks with a suitable adjective or adverb.
1. The pollution in my city is much __________ (bad) than it used to be.
2. My new school is a little ____________ (far) than my old one.
3. Many people think modern life is ____________ (good) than life in the past.
4. They eat ____________ (fast).
5. As we arrived (a) __________ (late), there was (b) ____________ (hard) any time left for
us to prepare ourselves for the performance.

PartC Cloze passage (10 marks)

Fill in one word for each blank below which best completes the meaning.

Composer happy to remain unknown

(1) __________ of the most listened-to musicians in Japan is not a rock star or a teen idol. He is
Takahito Sakurai, and millions of Japanese hear (2) ____________ music without knowing it.
Sakurai’s music is not found in record shops but in railway stations. He writes short melodies
(3) ____________ announce the closing of train doors.
‘An alarm bell used to (4) ____________ before the doors closed, but that made passengers
nervous,’ says Sakurai, (5) __________ is 31 years old. ‘Japan Railways decided to use music
instead so that the passengers would still hurry, but (6) __________ run.’
Sakurai was given the job. That was 10 years (7) __________. Since then, he has
(8) __________ a lot of time writing new tunes so that Japan Railways has a wide choice of
music to (9) __________. He became so good at it that he decided to set (10) __________ his
own recording studio in his small, two-room Tokyo flat.

Part D Proofreading (12 marks)

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There is one mistake on each line in the following passage. Underline the mistake and write the
correct word above it. If it is an extra word, cross it out. For a missing word, put a ‘^’ mark in
the place and write the missing word above it.
1.
Most school children is worried about not getting
2.
a job after they have left. That was one of the
3.
findings that of a recent survey which aimed to
4.
found out young people’s worries about the future.
5.
Chan Wing Kwai, 18, said he was been worried
6.
about finding a good job finishing his studies.
7.
‘My father always tell me to study hard
8.
so that I will be get good grades and increase my chance
9.
of get a job. I am afraid that I won’t be able to get a good
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jobalthought I study very hard. I am also worried
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that I will get very pay for my job, for example,
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less than seven thousands dollars,’ he said.

Part E Idioms (8 marks)

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Choose the appropriate answers and fill in the letter.
A. looks it up B. got cold feet C. costs an arm and a leg D. over the moon
E. goes the extra mile F. pull his socks up G. falls behind H. keep my fingers
crossed
I. look forward to J. give out

1. I am not going to buy that car. It ________.

2. Shirley had never given a speech before and ________. Suddenly, she could not speak a
word in front of the crowd.
3. Tim is eager to learn. Whenever he comes across a new word, he ________ in a dictionary
and copies it into his notebook.
4. Matthew is a generous and helpful man. He always ________ to help the clients even after
office hours.
5. John has never paid attention during lessons and so he ________ with his studies.
6. Tony got the champion in the race and was _______.
7. Sean did not practice well before the competition. The coach was very angry and told him
to________ and practice more in the coming season.
8. Mr. Lee asked the monitor to ________ the worksheets to the class.

Part FM.C.Questions (24 marks)

Choose the best answer for the following passage.
A Forida dog (1) (A. what B. when C. which D. how) fought a crocodile to (2) (A. stop B.
care C. protect D. keep) an elderly woman was given the ‘Dog Hero of the Year’ award.
Two-year-old Blue (3) (A. found B. stopped C. tried D. saved) Ruth Gay from the crocodile,
though it suffered a number of (4) (A. injuries B. hurt C. problems D. damage).
Gay, 85, (5) (A. was taking B. had taken C. taking D. would take) the dog for an evening walk
along a canal behind her house last July when she slipped on wet grass and (6) (A. fall
B. falling C. fallen D. fell). She broke her nose. Blue (7) (A. lie B. lay C. laid D. lain) at her
side while she called for help.

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 Suddenly, the dog barked and ran (8) (A. in B. off C. quick D. angry) into the darkness-
sensing a crocodile that had climbed out of the canal about 50 feet away. Blue fought the
crocodile, which finally went away; (9) (A. but B. however C. and D. soon) Blue was (10) (A.
beat B. beaten C. bit D. bitten) in the stomach and had to be sent to the vet. Luckily, it
survived.

Choose the best answers for the following questions.

11. I like to sit _____ the armchair while my father loves to sit _____ the sofa.
A. in, in B. in, on C. on, on D. on, at

12. Which of the following festivals is a Chinese festival?

A. Halloween B. Easter C. winter solstice D. Thanksgiving Day

13. ____ types letters, answers phone calls and does other administrative work for a company.
A. A pilot B. A flight attendant C. An astronaut D. A secretary

14. Which of the following collocations are correct?

A. play baseball, go swimming, play aerobics
B. play baseball, go swimming, do aerobics
C. do baseball, go swimming, go aerobics
D. play baseball, do swimming, do aerobics

15. The son of your sister or brother is called ____, while the daughter of your sister and
brother is called ____.
A. nephew, niece
B. niece, nephew
C. nephew, cousin
D. cousin, niece
16. David is _____ because he has lost all his money on gambling.
A. going the extra mile
B. on top of the world
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C. down in the dumps
D. there for someone

17. The police are ______ the murder of the famous banker.
A. looking at
B. looking into
C. looking forward to
D. looking up

18. This book looks _____ to read.

A. extreme easy
B. extreme easily
C. extremely easy
D. extremely easily

19. Can you sing ______ Susan?

A. as sweetly as
B. more sweetly
C. sweetest than
D. more sweet than

20. Which of the following sentences is wrong?

A. I dance as well as my brother.
B. I dance as well as my brother dances.
C. I dance as well as my brother does.
D. I dance as well as my brother dancing.

21. Which of the following sentences are grammatically correct?

a. We can make more friends when we speak to others friendlily.
b. Sandwiches are usually not expensive than pizzas.
c. My old car was not as efficient as my new car.
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 d. We can wear jeans comfortably in all seasons.
A. a, d B. a, c C. a, b D. c, d

22. A _____ round brown Chinese wooden table.

A. beautiful small new
B. small beautiful new
C. new small beautiful
D. new beautiful small

23. I am a good girl: I _____ my bed every morning, _____ the clothes to dry and _____ the
floor.
A. do, hang up, mop
B. do, hang up, set
C. make, hang up, mop
D. make, hang up, set

24. Which of the following items is related to Halloween?

A. roast turkey
B. carved pumpkin
C. rice dumplings
D. turnip cakes

Part G Reading Comprehension (27 marks)

Text 1 (13 marks)
Dangerous Dining

1 Fugu is the Japanese word for puffer fish. It is also called blowfish. Fugu are poisonous. Just a

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small taste of their poison can kill you. But in Japan and other countries in the Far East, people
pay hundreds of dollars to eat these exotic fish. It will be the last meal for some of them. Why
do people savour something so dangerous? Some people say they appreciate the taste. Others
like to eat it because of the danger.
2 In the wild, puffer fish use poison to protect themselves. They are very slow swimmers and
have no way to avoid a hungry fish. Instead, they send a warning message to any fish that
approach too close. First, they puff themselves up to look bigger. The puffers rapidly breathe in
water. They start to resemble a ball. This is enough to scare most fish away. If a fish decides to
attack the puffer, it then learns about the second defense: tetrodoxin. This is the chemical that
makes puffers poisonous. It can be found in every part of the puffer’s bodies and swiftly kills
other fish.
3 In fact, scientists say puffers are the most poisonous fish in the world. Nobody has discovered
a way to stop the bad effects of tetrodoxin. That’s why, when eating puffer fish, you have to be
extremely alert.
4 When chefs prepare fugu, they first need to remove the poison from the fish’s body. Chefs
train for years to learn how to do that. At the end of the training, they have to prepare their own
fugu. To pass the test, they need to eat the fish-and survive.
5 Every year, about 50 people die from fugu poisoning. The deadliest year was 1958: 176
people died. In the past, if someone died after eating fugu, the chef would kill himself. These
days, however, fugu chefs are very well trained. You can feel safe eating fugu prepared by a
chef. Most of the deaths every year are caused by untrained home cooks.
6 Not everyone can prepare fugu. To be allowed to serve fugu, chefs need to get a special
license. All fugu restaurants must put the chef’s license in the window. To get a fugu license,
you must train with a licensed fugu chef. The training can take years. Then you must pass two
tests. First, you must take a written test. For the second test, you have 20 minutes to prepare and
eat fugu. Only about 30 percent of chefs pass the second test.
7 Winter is the best time to eat fugu. That is when the fish are fat and not as poisonous. A fugu
meal can be expensive. Uncooked fugu, called fugusashi, can cost as much as US$200 per

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 person.

Answer the following questions. For long questions, write in complete sentences.
1. Find the vocabulary from paragraph 1 to 3 with the following meaning: (5 marks)
a. unusual and exciting because of coming from far away. ____________________
b. to admire and value something. ____________________
c. to look like or be like someone or something. ____________________
d. to enjoy food or an experience slowly, in order to enjoy it as much as possible.
____________________
e. very harmful and able to cause illness or death. ____________________

2. In paragraph 1, why did the writer say that ‘It will be the last meal for some of them’?
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________

3. A puffer fish will scare fish away by puffing themselves up to look bigger. What will
happen to a fish if it still decides to attack a puffer?
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________

4. If I want to eat fugu safely, where should I go to try them?

_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________

5. Is it easy to be a fugu chef? Why or why not?

_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________

Text 2 (14 marks) Read the passage below and answer questions 6-16.
Stories by Agatha Christie
You want to learn more about writing mystery stories. Your teacher shows you a website that

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reveals different parts of Agatha Christie’s life and work.
A. About Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie was born in Devon, England, in 1890, and died in 1976. In her lifetime she
published over 60 novels. Over four billion copies of her books have been sold world-wide.
Most of her crime fiction can be divided into two types: ‘Whodunits’ and ‘Who has done it?’
In this type of book, readers have to solve a mystery, usually a murder, little by little. They
must think hard and read carefully to work out the murderer is. Locked-room mysteries are
crimes that take place in rooms that don’t seem to have a way in-or out-for the criminal to use.
B. HerculePoirot
HerculePoirot is the most well-known of Agatha Christie’s characters. He works as a private
detective who solves very complicated crimes. He has an egg-shaped head, cat-like eyes and a
big moustache.
C. And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None is one of Agatha Christie’s most famous stories. It was first
published in 1939. In the plot, ten strangers, including a doctor, teacher and judge, are sent to
an unknown island off the coast of Devon. After arriving, they start to die one by one.
Gradually, they begin to realize that a killer is among them…
D. Films and Television
Agatha Christie’s second husband was an archaeologist called Sir Max Mallowan. She often
travelled with him to historical digs around the world. Many of the exciting places they visited
were used in her stories. Among those later transferred to the cinema, or TV, screen were
Death on the Nile (2001) and Murder on the Orient Express (2010).

Find the vocabulary that has the following meaning: (3 marks)

6. something strange or not known that has not yet been explained or
understood.
7. involving a lot of different parts, in a way that is difficult to understand.
8. slowly over a period of time or a distance.

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The following article contains information about Agatha Christie and her work that may
not be correct. Underline the mistake in the lines 3-7 and write down the correct answer
in the space provided. (5 marks)

A Murderous Success – Agatha Christie and her World of Crime Drama

Agatha Christie was an outstanding writer of crime fiction working
in the last century. She sold billions of books and many have since been
adapted for TV. In 2011, a version of Murder on the Orient Express was 9.
released. In the film, a Belgian investigator called Harold Poirot solves 10.
a series of crime. He works as a public detective and appears in many 11.
of Agatha Christie’s novels. Christie’s first husband, Sir Max Mallowan 12.
was an architect and she travelled all over the world with him. 13.

14. Which phrase could replace ‘little by little’ in webpage A? (1 mark)

A. All at once B. Slowly and carelessly C. One step at a time D. Chapter by chapter
15. In webpage C, who does ‘them’ refer to? (1 mark)
_________________________________________________________________________
16. Complete the definitions below using words from webpage A. (4 marks)
In a locked-room mystery, it’s hard to know how the criminal got (a) ______________ or (b)
______________ of the room where the crime took place. In a Whodunit readers have to
ponder (c) __________ and read (d) _________ to keep up with the action.

END OF PAPER

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