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ENGLIS (I)
Time allowed
Two hours
Alswer all the questions in the spaces as sex out on these engeta } Specs for rough work is provided on Pages 4 and 8
The blank space after a number shows where a preposition is omitted. preposition against ita number in the margin:
He allowed me to spread the repayment (1)... a period (2).....~ 1.
four years.
Encouraged (3)....... his kindness. I decided to
struggle (4)... any odds. First, I had to overcome my excessive indulgence (5)... expensive things. (6)... the]
past. this had stood (7)... me and responsible decisions,
My craving (8)... luxuries had to be resisted, Desirous (91... doing some thing positive, I toyed (10),,, the idea. of undertaking a part-time job..
Write the
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One of the words or phrases given in brackets completes the sentence. Write the word or phrase in the margin against the appropriate number.
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That soup tastes (good, goodly, well),
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He has (less, a few, fewer) sweets than I...
13) Mary is the (young, younger, youngest) or the two sisters. (4)
The (last. latter, latest) book by our present headmaster is most interestina
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the President
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growing up and moht well reach alarming proportions if industrial development continue along the same path as they are doing at present. The increasing duction of automation. of machines instead of men, is going to mean reduced ages and more leisure hours for both employer and employee. day regarded as requiring a skilled craftsman or operator, will eventually be mere matter of pressing the right buttons. How then are the minds or oralna)
be fully occupied? Hobbles, that 19. pursuits which are creative, are the answer. Without them there can only be an increase in frustration and nervo
among the mass of society./
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Write a preris of the passage in not more than 160 words. 120 marks
In the margin and against the appropriate number, write the correct fo of the verb given in brackets
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15) at this moment," my "Deneral English" examination is (upper, up,
uppermost) in my mina,
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Disaster (1)(strike) the 19th Exhibition or nongkong Products on the seventh of December last year. The fire (2){rage) for an hour (3)(send) columns of smoke (4)(billow) skywards 89
high as the top of the Peak. It broke out at 4.10 p.o, when only about a thousand people (5)(be) in the exhibition grounds. 5. and all (6) (evacuate, without accident. If it (7)(happen) at night when the exhibition (8)(crowd), there (9)(be) a flaming holocaust with a probable loss of life. As it was, only material damage (10) (result)
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Arrange each group of words to make a sentence,
(who, whom, whose), do you think," will come first in_the_test?) Twenty years (15, be, are? a long time.
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Joe can t speak Cantonese; (so, neither,"no)"can" Feter).
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Before choosing a pen, she looked at (every, each, all) in turn. 9
ime car was almost new; (but, however, besides) it was in excellent
condition.
3) Questions (2),1(b); and:(c)]below are based on the passage on Page 3,
(a) the words "underlined below have ONE or NONE of the meanings A, B, C, or D.
In the space provided write A, B, C, or to show the meaning. Write X if it' has none of the meanings A, B, C, or D..
(1) Screen
6. fence B. theatre CI¢inema - D.`musical noises'
(2) enchantments
A. profits d. conditions C.advantages D. benerits (3) faculty
A. departmentMB.Habili WLCTEidaa |¦D.discovery]
(4) hitherto
A. never Borgthe future possibly previously
(5) symptoms
4. diseasesTsigns C.Texamples D. proofs、
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(2) we quite was thought beautiful as so not she
(3) dead it was grieved he learn me to
4) similar done anyone in the would circumstances saite have
(5) radio have to songs you on listened hit ever the?.
You didn
we rzequently, especially in conversation, add one phrase to a statemen turning it into a question. £. B. It's a fine day, ISN'T IT?
DID YOU?
Complete the following sentences with question phrases,
(1) Peter nas, a new car,
a
(2) He plays football well,
In the space provided write the phrase which is underlined in the passage,” and which means:
(6) nas a little
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(7) does not encourage the use of
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(6) while practising
(8)
simply
(9) a feeling of disappointment; 10)
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(10).
(a) Write a sentence which answers the question:
(1) What excuse do people give for not having a hobby?'.
\{10 marks)
(2) What is one criticism of visual entertaiment made by the writer?
(3) What do men look for in their leisure while they are fully employed?
(4)
What are elderly people finding to be true?
(5) Bow is automation going to increase the problem?
(10 marks! When most people are questioned these days about their personal hobbies,· *) usual reply is either a face-saving lie about stamp-collecting (they have perhaps few hunarea assorted stamps in en öld album at home which were amassed while they were at school and which have been'ignored for years), or the excuse, which is not without a gem of truth. about there being no time for such pursuits in this age of speed.
Certainly if one yields to the enchantments of the visual entertainment which makes small demands on our intelligence end skills, provided by stage, screen and radio, one will have little time for a hobby. And this is a great pity, because nobozes can be extremely important in the mental health of modern man.
(3) You won't forget to return my gramophone reURG,
(4) The singers were not all Chinese,
(5)
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You ought to study more regularly,
8. Complete the sentences to make statements from the questions.
(1) where do you have your suits made, Peter?/
With the invention am development of television. too. entertainment has grown wuch more visual in character and is demanding less and less use of the imag rátion, sousidered by many to be men's greatest faculty; but its greatest inadequacy lies in -- its inability to exercise just those creative powers in men which are called upon and developed in the pursuit of a worthwhile hobby. This lack is not serious. whale. & man is still fully employed in his day-to-day work which itself often gives him oppure- unities to create either with his hands or with his mind. At this time he seeks only some form or relaxation in his leisure." There comes a time, however, when he must''
remie IIom has occupation on account of age, and it is then that these shallower pastimes, useful enough as a form of relaxation, might cease to satisfy the hitherto ECTIVe man. To-day, many elderly people are finding this to be true, and seem
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She asked
(2) Don't they ever really try to improve their style of swimming?
We wonderea
3) Aren't they rather too weak for the team?,
I enquired whether
(4) Did they bully and fight like that last year?.
we should like to know whether
(5) Which or the concerts have you found most pleasing?
Tell me
furthermorei
Complete the following passages by filling the blank spaces with su words from the following list, ise each word or phrse once only.
However; al though; besides; in fact;
whenever;
also; despite.
(a) (1)
consequently;
being a good student he was (2) ...
footballer.
& fine
(3) ..., he was a joy to his parents at home.
(4) ... volunteers were asked for, he it was who always
headed the list. (5) he was a model boy.
(b) (1).. the car was quite old, it was in excellent]
condition. (2) .....we asked a high price for it.]
The buyers. (3)
........., did not think as we did..:(4)||
our assurances, they refused to pay the price).
(5).... we had to sell it at a much
'demanded.
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