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Englis Language Paper 1

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Secondary 5 Date: 11-11-2014

First Standardized Test (20 14 - 20 15) Session: 1

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PART A
Read Text 1 and answer questions :-20 on pages 2-5 of the Question-Answer Book for Part A.
Text 1
The Determinants of Happiness
[I] What exactly makes ~person happy? This question
has been the subject of much speculation. Common
sense hypotheses about the roots of happineu abound.
- For exam~le, you have no doubt heard ~t money cannot
5 buy happmess. But do you believe.itJ A television
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commercial says, ulf you've got your~' you've
got just about everything." Is health indeed the key?
unemploy~,
What if you're healthy but poor, and
lonely? We often hear about the joys of parenthood,
10 the joys of youth~ and the joys of a simple, rural life.
Are these the factors that promote happiness?
~ ~l;letween attractiveness and happines;'\s negligible.
[2] In recent years, social scientists have begun studying
what factors are related or unrelated to happiness.
Below are the results of empirical analysis of the\~
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15 determinants of happiness:
[3] First are the unimportant ones:
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[4] Money - There is a positive correlation between
income and happiness, but the associatio;\s surprisingly
~· Admittedly, being very poor can make people
20 unhappy, but once people ascend above the poverty
level. there is little relation between income and
happiness.
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[5] Age- Age and happiness are consistently found to
be unrelated. Age accounts for less than 1 percent of
25 the variation in people's happiness. In short, people's
average level of happiness tends to remain remarkably
stable over the life span.
[6] ~r- Like age, gender accounts for less than I
percent of the variation in people's happiness.
30 [7] Parenthood - Children can be a tremendous source
of joy and fulfillment, b~t1tthey can also be a tremendous
source of headaches and'itassles. Apparently, the good
and bad aspects of parenthood balance each other out,
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because the evidence indicates that people who have
35 children are neither more or less happy than people
without children.
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[8] Intelligence- Intelligence is a highly valued trait
in modern society, but there is no association found
between IQ scores and happiness. Educational attainment
40 also appears to be unrelated to happiness.
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[9] Physical attractiveness- Good-tooling people enjoy
a variety of advantages in comparison.s to unattractive
people, but the available data indicate ~~t the correlati<fl
45 [ 10] Second are the somewhat important ones:
[II] He~th - Good physical health would seem to be
, an essential requirement for happiness, but people adapt\>
/to health problems. Good health may not, by itself,
produce happiness, because people tend to take good> ( \
50 health for granted.
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[ 12] Social activity - Humans are social animal~. and
people's interpersonal relations do appear to cOntrjhute
1,91bej happiness People who are satisfied with the..ili.,
frien hip networks report above-average levels . .
55 happiness.
[ 13] Reli!on- People with heartfelt religious convictions
are more likely to be happier than people who characterize
themselves as non-religious.
[ 14] Third are the very important determinants
60 including:
[ 15] Love and larriage - Romantic ~lationships can
be stressful, but people consistently rate being in love
as one of the most critical ingredients of happiness.
Although people complain a lot about their marriages,
 65 the evidence indicates that marital status is
of happiness.

[16] wOk- Although less critical th n love and

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marriage. job satisfaction is st~·ongly as$ociated with

happiness.

70 [ 17] From the above analysis, we can s e that many

commonsense notions about happiness ppear to be
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inaccurate.

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 PARTBl
Read Text 2 and answer questions 21-40 on pages 6-9 of the Question-Answer Book for Part B I.
Text2

Can money buy happiness?

~· 1971, Carol King struck it rich. She bee~ the winner of what- at that time - was the largest lotteryto! in~'%at
Britain, totaling about 3 million (roughly $33 million Hong Kong dollars). Carol was very happy. She told anyone
who would listen that she intended to spen<JJtenmoney. However, Carol had a difficult time coping with her new
circumstances, and became increasingly estrange~from her friends. Her old friends left her, fearing that peo~ would
5 say they went about with her because she had money~Her life ~~e a series of drinking and shopping sprees that,'ll't~
ultimately, made her penniless. Carol filed for bankruptcy and eventually wound up working as a stripper and drinking
heavily.

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The American Jack Nicholson won $314 million in the Powerrich Lottery in 2000, and hoped to make a positive impact
on society by Starting a charitable foundation. Jack's granddaughter died of a drug overdose after he lavished moneY.
10 on her, and he was sued by a gambling casino for bouncing checks. Two years later, Jack had two arrests for drivin J'l-
under the influence, had been the victim of multiple burglaries, was estranged from his wife, had been arreste .,...
attack, and had to close down his foundation. His life was much more desperate than before. Jack did not seem to find
happiness with his lottery win.

c.
There were two young couples in which b,gqt the wife and husband were professors in universities. One couple, called
15 the Johnsons. earned a combined income-of$90,000 !\year, and the other ~~uple, the Thompsons, earned $200,000 a
year. The Johnsons were quite satisfied with their incpm\~nd felt it was adequate to their wants and needs. However,
the richer Thompsons, making more than twice the money of the first couple,aonstantly felt strapped for cash and
frequently argued over finances. The problem is that the Thompsons want mor~expensive luxuries and experiences,
and thus end up feeling poorer.

D. ~
20 Have you heard about rw fascinating story of, John Robbins, the heir of Iva Robbins, the founder of the immensely
successful ice-cream cham Baskin- Robbins. Rather than follow~ in his father's business footsteps or cashing in on
his millions, John broke ranks and moved to a simple cabin in Cadada. He became disillusioned with the dairy and beef
industries and wrote an influential pro-environment book called Diet for a New&America. In recent 9gtis, Job~
worked with his son, Ocean, to form a large environmental organization for ~ufh, and a program K> help wea'!tly
25 people use their money in meaningful ways.

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Bill Gates is the richest man in the world. Years ago he resigned from the post of being the chairman of Microsoft
Comoration and dedicated his time to phila~thropy. founded the Bill and Melinda Gates Found~ion and donated
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more than HK $24 billion to support charitable proje~fs in the areas of global health and learning. The R fQ.ts of his
two books, Business@ the Speed of Thought and The Road Ahead, have been donated to charities that su oH the use
30 of technology in education.
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~;.n money buy happiness? The answer lies in how the m-;rn.ey is used- for selfish spending or altruistic giving.
Money can be more than a crude material concern: it can be a vehicle for helping others and feeling good about youself.

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 Part 82
Te~~t 3 41-52

Fe Jks :.:.:·rne :',;r :i1c celebration.

C.u-ni" :.J.l stu.r:~~ congratulation
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, fun. ~u~d i~bil~tion ..
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• 10 b~mgtng lots cheers

r_)t nOise.
.J yh43aJs arc playing with toys.
41
T¢.dd~ bear gir~s and4~pet s~~'g boys, ·
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d cin mums in clovvn convoysl

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Here come rh..: poppers and strecuner~.

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aJqt}f{"ttn. pop song screamers.
M icians ptck up S\veets and cakes.

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20 ~ tney hecorne slimy trick snak.es.

49 49 41
Cl$IJs and hails for tl1e limbo dancers.
chJerin:; reeking horse prancers_41
,_ 41 '- 49
Musicians p!av banjos and cellos,
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Acrobats wear bells th<,! jingle.49

25 Pa~Jc~ fn~ier dnzli.ng sunshine,

art ts per1onn n1ustcal rrnme.

47a 43 50
Ev r3)s=oshows off a painted fa~ce.
30 dre ses u as aliens ~·Th space. 45
Joy and fun ar;:: common place. .
y c::trniva! fc>r the humar; race.

Note: Answers not shown direct yin the passage for the
following questions: 44, 46, 52

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 Read Text 4 and Oi!S1U::'r 53-72 on -oges 2-4 ofthe Qw:' s;·ver f(;r
Text4
o is happy
[ J J Could n1oncy buy you happinc-:;s? i\•1o::;L \Voukl bct\,>,ccn ii1con1e unci personal happiness is
it. HO\vever, \Vhen a different question is c-:sked-: negligible. Happiness tends to be iower ctmong the
"Vv'ou1d n1i1tle more money make you a little happierT' vel) poor. Hov.-ever, once when one reaches a comfonabk
I\-1any will nod yes. There is some connection bet-vccn life, more rncmey provides diminishing return" on
5 wealth and well-being. \Vhen they are asked how sati:,fied 50 In other ·;>..:ord~., pe1•p1e wlw go to work by
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they \Vere \Vith 13 aspecrs of rht:ir live5gincluding as happy as those who drivt· to work in
friends, house, and schooling, Americans expressed the:<r O'.:..n Benz.
least satisfaction with "the amount of money you have
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to live on." Whu.t would irnprove their qu~!!ity r_:d· iife? Even very rich people are only slightly happier than
10 "Ivl_ore ~one_y"',•..v;:~s the m~st frequent response to .'l the average American. Although they h<:we more than
Umvers1ty ot ~v1 td11gan nammai survey, ano U1·;:; rncr~ 1
i!.:('Hic) to buy many things they don't need and
the better. Jn one G:-dlup FelL one in tv-.·o \\'Onlel~. cwc1 cu.re about, 4 in S of the 49 super-rich people
in chrcc men. unJ four in five pC:'oplc e:.:ming n;orc: ths.n 1
to <:t sun ey flgreed that "'}iioney can increase
$75,000 repented they \VOuld like 10 be rich. Thus. Llk OR ck::cr;6f' on how iL is used:·
• modern American dream seems to have beccmle life, Some were indeed unhappy. One fabJ'1·ely we::dth)
• liberty, nnd the purchase of happine~s. '110SI 60 rr.2r, ,:;alled John could never remember being happy.
people realize that tnt' seemingly of One v>oman n<1JT1ed Mary reported thalJlQley could
the rich arc b..:yonc1 Lhcir reach. Lbc~ not lessen the misery caused by her children's problems.
good life ihat
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20 A survey of nearly a quan.cr :-nillion

indicated th:.tt those agreeing that a "ver) Art Americans happier
reason for their going to college we1s ''tc ma.k': 'h'm in i940, \\hen t'ND out offi\'e hornes lacked
money" rose frorr: one in two in J 971 a shovver or b<lthtub. and 35c;c of home'S had no toilet.
in 1998. The prop0!~~5 '"'ho consider it '·\n~T; Corr'p~1red v.. i~h l 957. l(idDy's Arnericans are part ;Ji

25 th~\tthey become "very well off financially" rose ;:Jflu:.:rH society, with clol'l;le \\:hat money
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today's young Americans. money matters.

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- 5 affluence g:::;

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more eo le strive for mone the more numerous :he:"
:·.::la~rv~·l) well SB. do:::- problems and the less robust their happines cd:Je:C'
~·_-,\ve·y-:-:-. ir, affluent
jift."s :J~cessirl:::~,6{)flucn::e: rL:itkr.~
- ir the United States. Canada. ~u1c

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 the above phenomenon. The infl ence of adaptation
on happiness was identified by we ]-being researchers
a7rt12 970s. It was suggested that m st people experience
"hedonic" neutrality over the years, with only occasional
95 spikes and valleys. That is. with the exception of a
few potent events that temporarily raise an<5~;wer
happiness, people tend to be relatively even-keeled
where happiness is concerned. Tough times bring us
down and joyous occasions are upli_fting, but we quickly
I 00 adapt to both. fn :.1 society in which everyone lived in
4,000-square-foot houses. people would likely be no
happier than in a society in which 1v7Yfff lived in 2.
000-square-foot houses. "Thanks! to our capacity to
adapt to ever greater fame and fdrtune. yesterday's
105 luxuries can soon become today's necessities and
tomon·ow's relics." added David ~'fyers.

[10] It is hard to avoid a stmtling conclusion: Our becoming

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much better off over the last fourt2cades has not been
accompanied by one iota of increased flj~iness. So
lJO far as happinessf2es, economic grpwth has provided
no apparent boost to human huppilss.

Note: Answers not shown ~irectly in the passage for the

following questions: 54, 57t, 59, 62, 68, 70

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