Territory-wide System Assessment

Mock Paper

English Language

Listening

Question-Answer Book

INSTRUCTIONS

1 There are six pages in this Question-Answer Book.

2 Time allowed is approximately 25 minutes.

3 Answer all questions in this Question-Answer Book.

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Part 1

You are doing a project on cosplay for your Liberal Studies class.

Read the information sheet and listen to a conversation between two students. Answer the questions in
Part A and Part B. You now have two minutes to answer the questions in Part A and read the questions
in Part B.

Information sheet

Who do you want to be?

(1)
Cosplay is very popular around the world. The word ‘cosplay’ comes from ‘costume’ and ‘play’.
People dress up as their favourite characters from comics, films, video games or cartoons. You call
(2)
these people cosplayers. There is no age limit for cosplay, but most cosplayers are teenagers or
young adults. Many people believe that cosplay started in Japan. But now, there are cosplay events
(3)
all over the world from Asia to Europe and North America. People enjoy cosplaying because they
can use their creativity to make the costumes.

Part A

1 Cosplayers come from .

A Japan
B North America
C Europe A B C D
D all of the above

2 The youngest and oldest age for cosplay is between .

A 5 and 15
B 15 and 25
C 25 and 45 A B C D
D all of the above

3 A reason people like cosplay is that .

A they can travel to another country
B they can be creative
C they can be popular A B C D
D they can learn Japanese

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 Your teacher plays a conversation between two teenagers. Listen to the conversation and answer the
Track 74 questions. The conversation will be played twice. Do as much as you can the first time and answer all
questions the second time.

Part B

Charlie’s character Martha’s character

Name 4 A Andy Name 9 A Peachy Princess

B Harley B Pinky Princess
C Gary C Pink Princess
D Joey D Pudding Princess

From 5 A a film From 10 A a film

B a video game B a video game
C a comic C a comic
D a cartoon D a cartoon

What he 6 A hat What she 11 A crown

needs to B jeans needs to B dress
make make
C vest C gloves
D boots D shoes

Famous for 7 A checked shirt Famous for 12 A curly hair

B cow-print vest B pink dress
C cowboy boots C crown
D cowboy hat D white gloves

Personality 8 A cool and calm Personality 13 A calm and polite

B kind and sweet B confident and bright
C brave and loyal C cheerful and clumsy
D cheerful and clumsy D kind and sweet

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 Part 2

You are making a leaflet about school clubs for new students.
Track 75
Listen to a dialogue between two students and answer the questions. The dialogue will be played twice.
Do as much as you can the first time and answer all questions the second time. You now have 30
seconds to read the questions.

1 Which one of the following best describes Alicia? Alicia is .

A tidy
B smart
C shy A B C D
D friendly

Choose the correct answer from the table and blacken the circle.

Computer Club

2 Name of teacher in charge: A Mr Yeung B Ms Leung

3 Meeting time on Friday: A B

4 Rick wants to review: A computer games B computer programs

B use the computer

5 Computer club members can: A get off class early
room at break time

6 When Alicia talked about the Basketball Club, Rick was .

A excited
B embarrassed
C uninterested A B C D
D angry

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 Part 3

You are doing a project on festivals and your English teacher is going to read a poem to your class.
Track 76
Listen to the poem and answer the questions. The poem will be read twice. Do as much as you can the
first time and answer all questions the second time.

Stanza 1
1 What is magical about festivals? You .
A eat a lot of tasty food
B get presents and gifts
C spend time with your loved ones A B C D
D can see fireworks

Stanza 2
2 The phrase ‘kick off’ in stanza 2 means .
A to start
B to hit something with your foot
C to quit A B C D
D none of the above

Stanza 3
3 The dragon boats are .
A slow
B fast
C bright A B C D
D dangerous

Stanza 4
4 Which pair of words is an example of alliteration in stanza 4?
A light and night
B lovely and lanterns
C children and carry A B C D
D bellies and delight

Stanza 5
5 Children go ‘trick or treating’ to get .
A sweets
B crisps
C popcorn A B C D
D all of the above

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Stanza 6
6 Why is Christmas the writer’s favourite festival? He can .
1 get presents 3 eat Christmas pudding
2 go shopping 4 spend time with family

A 1 and 3
B 1 and 4
C 2 and 3 A B C D
D 2 and 4

Stanzas 1–6
7 Words from the poem that rhyme are .
A thing and together
B starts and hearts
C corner and lanterns A B C D
D tree and memories

8 A title for the poem could be .

A ‘Chinese Festivals’
B ‘Western Festivals’
C ‘Magical Festivals’ A B C D
D none of the above

END OF PAPER

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