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Sing Yin Secondary School

Final Examination 2017-2018
English Language
Paper 1: General English

Form 1 Time allowed: 1 hour

Full marks: 100

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Instructions:

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1. Write your name, class and class number on page 1 and page 5 of the Answer Sheets.

2. Put all your answers on the Answer Sheets.

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3. Hand in the Answer Sheets only.
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Do not turn over the question paper until you are told to do so.
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Part 1: Reading Comprehension (20 marks)

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions in Sections A, B and C.

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Terror from your tablet

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[1] With the widespread use of social media, there is a growing concern
about cyber-bullying among teenagers in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Family
Welfare Society surveyed 1,500 students between Primary 4 and Form 3. The majority
of students said they had received unpleasant messages and negative comments on
the Internet. Over half of them said photos showing their embarrassing behaviour had 5
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been posted online and laughed at by their friends. It also found that up to 30.9 per
cent of local students have been cyber-bullied ― a figure much higher than the
global 20 percent.
[2] Some may think that Hong Kong students are more likely to be cyber-
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bullied than students in other places in the world because they just love to stay 10

connected ― by tablets, smartphones or other means. However, social workers

disagree with it.
[3] <I don9t think the high figure necessarily means that the problem is more
serious in Hong Kong than in other places. As Hong Kong students are aware of what
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it means to be cyber-bullied, they are more willing to speak up about it,= says Elvis 15

Ng Ho-hei, a local social worker.

[4] Marian Merritt, an Internet safety expert also agrees that awareness is
very important when dealing with the issue. <In the United States, many children are
bullied but do not talk about it,= she says. <The culture there teaches children to be
tough and not to complain. Sometimes this has led to cyber-bullying cases going 20

unnoticed.=
[5] Merritt adds that it is wrong to think that cyber bullies are hard to trace.
In fact, they are usually people the victim knows in real life. <In many cases, the bully
will make fun of the victim on the Internet, and schoolmates who have looked at the
online post will mock the victim at school,= she says. 25

[6] Both Ng and Merritt say that teachers play an important role in
preventing cyber-bullying. <Some teachers do not have the confidence to handle
cyber-bullying cases because they worry that they will not find the bullies, but that is

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misunderstanding,= says Ng. <Teachers do not necessarily need to catch the culprit in
order to help. They can simply let the victims know they are handling their cases 30

seriously. These students will then feel safer to go to school if they know that teachers
are aware of their troubles.=
[7] In Hong Kong, very few schools have a policy to handle cyber-bullying.
Ng urges schools to develop policies to cope with the problem. It is also necessary for
the government to provide training and guidelines to teachers. 35

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Section A: (12 marks)

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Answer the following questions in COMPLETE sentences.
1. Who did the Hong Kong Family Welfare Society survey?
2. What are the two common forms of cyber-bullying that most students have experienced?
3. Why are Hong Kong students more willing to report cyber-bullying cases?
4. Does Marian Merritt think it is difficult to find the cyber bullies? Why?
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5. According to Ng and Merritt, who can help the victims of cyber-bullying? How can they help?
6. What does Elvis Ng urge the government to do?
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Section B: (4 marks)
The following words are underlined in the article. What do they refer to?
1. It (line 6) 2. they (line 10)
3. the issue (line 18) 4. their (line 32)
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Section C: (4 marks)
Replace the underlined word(s) in each sentence with ONE WORD from the article. The paragraphs
where you can find the words are given in brackets.
1. Students9 misbehaviour is causing great worry to the teachers. (Paragraph 1)
2. Greenpeace works to promote knowledge and understanding of environmental protection.
(Paragraph 4)
3. It is rude to laugh at your classmates because they fail to answer the question. (Paragraph 5)
4. There was a bank robbery last night. Police hope the public will help them find the person who
committed the crime. (Paragraph 6)

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Part 2: Vocabulary & Usage (70 marks)

Attempt all the questions from Section A to Section G.

Section A: Vocabulary (18 marks)

Complete the text using the appropriate vocabulary items from Units 7 and 8 in 8Longman English
Edge Vocabulary Booster 1B’. You may need to change the form of the words. Spell the whole word.

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Playing hard is a good way for us to 1. r after tests and exams. Games play an
important part in our life as students. At school, not only do we enjoy exciting ball games but we
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also sit still to plan our moves through playing 2. s games. Every year, our teachers organise
a lot of meetings for us to 3. p playing these games to improve our skills.

Most of us also prefer hi-tech games. Though not all of us have a 4. t computer to
use at school, we all know how to produce our own videos. Some of us even produce 5. v to
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go with our video clips. My classmate Bill is a YouTuber. Some of us are 6. s to his channel.
As he wants his videos to go 7. v , he is now introducing his games to many 8. n online.
I hope these games won9t be 9. a , making us forget about our homework.

On the other hand, many of our F.1 students insert coins into claw- 10. v machines in
shopping centres for the lovely toys. Therefore, the 8Toys and Games Club9 will soon be set up. We
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plan to collect 11. v toys from teachers, parents or grandparents. As outdated as these toys
may seem, they are of high quality. Members of this club will learn why toys can be 12. b to
our lives and even our studies!

Section B: Diphthongs (5 marks)

For each of the five words, match the underlined syllable with one of the symbols given. Circle the
correct answers.

1. life /aɪ/ or /eɪ/ 2. browser /ʊə/ or /aʊ/

3. cosplayer /ɪə/ or /eɪ/ 4. theatre /eə/ or /ɪə/
5. disappointment /ɔɪ/ or /əʊ/

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Section C: Forms of Verbs (12 marks)

Complete the diary entry of a Form 1 student using the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets.

Our school 1. (enjoy) a good reputation because the students do very well in
public examinations. Most of us 2. (be) gentle and well-mannered. Every year, Primary 6
students from different schools 3. (wish) to enter our school and they need to take the Form 1
entrance exams.

Last year, I 4. (apply) for a place in Form 1. I 5. (sit) the entrance exams
in April. I 6. (feel) nervous at first when I saw so many students doing the exam with me.

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Luckily, I 7. (pass) and was admitted as a Form 1 student.

One year 8. (pass) already, and soon I 9. (become) a Form 2 student. All

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my good friends 10. (also be) promoted to Form 2. After the Final Exams, we 11. (have)
a very long summer holiday. As my parents have many holiday plans for me, I 12. (finish) all
the homework as soon as possible.
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Section D: Question Tags (6 marks)
Write a question tag for each of the following sentences. Remember to use the correct punctuation.

1. Mary doesn9t write on every other line,

2. We all studied very hard yesterday,
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3. The boy hasn9t finished doing the exam questions yet,

4. I am still paying full attention to my work,
5. Don9t answer back,
6. Let9s get started,
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Section E: Gerunds & Infinitives (11 marks)

Complete the book journal using the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.

The other day, I read a book titled 8127 Hours9. It is about Aron Ralston, a young
American who planned 1. (hike) through some beautiful but steep mountains in the US all on
his own. After 2. (cycle) for a few hours, he reached his starting point.

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Unfortunately, while 3. (climb) a mountain, Aron9s right arm got trapped

between the mountain wall and a huge fallen rock. He tried 4. (set) his arm free with tools
but he failed. Days passed, and no one came to his help. At this point, Aron stayed strong and refused
5. (despair). He dreamt of 6. (meet) his parents and friends, so he was still filled
with hope. At last, he decided 7. (cut) his right arm. He did so by 8. (use) the
knife in his knapsack. It was very painful but he knew he needed to do that 9. (save) his
own life.

I finished 10. (read) the book within two hours because I found it very exciting.
I am considering 11. (share) this book with my classmates during the oral lesson. I am sure

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they will love it.

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Section F: Comparatives & Superlatives (12 marks)
Refer to the chart and compare the three ways to have lunch. Fill in the blanks with the correct form
of the words given in brackets. You may need to change the adjectives to adverbs.
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Restaurants School Tuck shop Packed Lunch

 Price $ 50 $ 15 $ 20
 Taste úúúúú ûû úú
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 Total time spent 35-40 minutes 10-20 minutes 10 minutes

 Things to do choose where to go wait in the line bring &
wash the lunchbox
 Preparation no need no need almost daily
 Good for health   
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 Fat, salt & sugar too much some just right

If you eat at a restaurant, you9ll have to pay for the service. Therefore, it9s much 1. (expensive)
than the other two options. However, the food cooked in restaurants is 2. (delicious) among
the three. Having lunch at restaurants is good for you if you don9t mind spending 3. (much)
time than the other two.

If you eat at the school tuckshop, on the other hand, you needn9t choose where to eat or bring your
own food. You have very little to do, so it9s much 4. (simple) than the other two ways.
Moreover, you9ll finish the meal 5. (quick) compared with eating at restaurants.

What about a packed lunch? You9ll need to prepare 6. (often) than eating at the tuckshop or
restaurants. Out of the three options, however, you are going to eat 7. (healthy) by having
your own packed lunch. Why? You will take in 8. (little) fat, sugar and salt.

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Section G: Rewriting Sentences (6 marks)

Your classmates have written sentences for an essay to commemorate the 50th anniversary of your
school. Put them in one paragraph and follow the instructions in brackets.

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1. (Rewrite the sentence with 8used to9.) Our old campus was in Lam Tin.
2. (Rewrite the sentence using 8but9.) Although the old campus was small, the students

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had a great time there.
3. (Rewrite the sentence with 8enjoyed9.) During the lunch breaks, the students liked to play
with shuttlecocks.
4. (Replace 8and9 using the word 8or9.) Back then, most students did not swing their
chairs and they did not make so much noise.
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Part 3: English Literature (10 marks)

Answer the questions on 8Frankenstein9. Put your class, name and class number in the spaces
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provided on page 5 on the Answer Sheet.

Section A: Which character said this? (4 marks)

Write down the name of the character in the story who said each quote.
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1. <We cannot live here now. My father9s life is in danger. My sister will never forget what she
saw.=
2. <I am bad because I am unhappy. I am hated by everyone.=
3. <You have power. But I will not do something that I know is wrong.=
4. <The family are all well. A prison is not a happy place, my son.=

Section B: Questions (6 marks)

Answer the following questions in COMPLETE sentences.
1. Why was the monster disliked by people so much? How did they treat him?
2. In your opinion, when did the monster really change? Why?
3. Should Victor have tried to create life by making the monster? Why / Why not?

End of Paper

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Sing Yin Secondary School
Answer
Final Examination 2017-2018
Key
F. 1 English Language
Paper 1: General English

Part 1: Comprehension (20%)

Section A (12%) 2 marks @
Deduct 0.5 mark for each grammatical mistake (deduct max 1 mark).

1. The Hong Kong Family Welfare Society surveyed

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1500 (Hong Kong) students (1 mark) between Primary 4 and 3. (1 mark).

2. The two forms of cyber-bullying that most students have experienced are …

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- receiving unpleasant messages and negative comments on the Internet (1 mark)

- photos showing their embarrassing behaviour had been posted online and laughed by

their friends (1 mark)

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3. Hong Kong students are more willing to report cyber-bullying cases because Hong Kong

students are aware of what it means to be cyber-bullied. (2 marks)

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4. No, Marian Merritt thinks it is not difficult to find the cyber bullies (1 mark) because
they are usually people the victim knows in real life. (1 mark)

5. They think teachers can help the victim of cyber-bullying (1 mark) by letting the victims
know they are handling their cases seriously. (1 mark)
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6. Elvis Ng urges the government to provide training and guidelines to teachers. (2 marks)

Section B (4%) 1 mark @

1. The survey (conducted by the
2. Hong Kong Students
Hong Kong Family Welfare Society)

3. cyber-bullying 4. the victims’

Section C (4%) 1 mark @

1. concern 2. awareness

3. mock 4. culprit
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Part 2: Vocabulary & Usage (70 marks)

Section A: Vocabulary from Vocabulary BoosterLEE1B (18 marks) 1.5 marks@

1. relax 2. strategy
3. practise 4. tablet
5. vlogs 6. subscribers
7. viral 8. netizens
9. addictive 10. claw-vending
11. vintage 12. beneficial

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Section B Diphthongs (5 marks) 1 mark @

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1. aɪ 2. aʊ 3. eɪ
4. ɪə 5. ɔɪ

Section C: Forms of Verbs (12 marks) 1 mark @

1. enjoys 2. are
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3. wish 4. applied
5. sat 6. felt
7. passed 8. has passed
9. will become 10. will also be
will finish / am going to finish / must finish …
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11. will have/ are going to have/ 12.

are having / will be having

Section D: Question Tags (6 marks) 1 mark @

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1. does she? 2. didn’t we?

3. has he? 4. aren’t I?
5. will you? 6. shall we?

Section E: Infinitives & Gerunds (11 marks) 1 mark @

1. to hike 2. cycling
3. climbing 4. to set
5. to despair 6. meeting
7. to cut 8. using
9. to save 10. reading
11. sharing

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Section F: Comparatives & Superlatives (12 marks) 1.5 marks @

1. more expensive
2. the most delicious
3. more
4. simpler
5. more quickly
6. more often
7. the most healthily
8. less

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Section G: Rewriting sentences (6 marks) 1.5 marks @

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We go to school in Choi Wan but the old campus 1. used to be in Lam Tin. It was very
small 2. but the students had a great time there. During the lunch break, many students
3. enjoyed playing with shuttlecocks. Back then, most students did not swing their chairs
4. or make so much noise .
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Part 3: English Literature(10 marks)
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Section A: Which character said this? (4 marks) 1 mark @

1. Felix 2. the monster
2. Victor 4. Victor’s father

Section B: Questions (6 marks) 2 marks @

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1. Why was the monster disliked by people so much? How did they treat him?

2. In your opinion, when did the monster really change? Why?

3. Should Victor have tried to create life by making the monster? Why / Why not?

End of Suggested Answer Key & Marking Scheme

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