化文僕略 育教
日七初月五年戊媵翼
英中會考英文(二)試題
ENGLISH LANGUAGE 接一
Time allowed. Two hour
Total Maximum Mark: 100
Gandidates should attemptje)) questioun, AH answers must be written in the answET Banks
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(30 marks)"
Read the following passage unt, you teel you have a general understanding at ..' then answer the questan vet at the end.
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As the ship pero sali, one entera agrotræque nightmare world in which evli secina triumphant. Qus idemiification with Rábson becomes so perional that we (ca) avery stroke of the flugging after ne har beso caught stealing medicine for his mick companion. · Wa share his sympathy for For Bigga an the old alior is hauled under the, ship's keel. Indeed, events might well have become unbearable out for the light reliet provided by the comical antics of Boba, the small cabin boy who skips about uncomplainingly doing whatever
We know, of course, that ultimately evil will be vanquished. 2 task he is given. and so we are given strength to endure the adversities which confront the hera "The mutiny and the consequent escape of Jonathan Robson, therefore, cume aa
Questions*
For each of the rullowing statements choose the word or phrass that bear completes the statement according to the jnformation contained as the
Write the number of the question and the answer you havs'
chosen to your Rohwer book,
Hong Kong or not alone ire her congeen over water The paly of fresh
Water
(1)
The Captiv" waszesiad bý
Janinan Browa
Adam Brown
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« community depends on several factors. enllumenat al water required by one of which to the amuant needed fus household use in DAIDA, showers, warming machines Ivelat. &ld hot water installakat Gigantic va comparison with domestic tesaubereats, however, aw the amount of walke consumed in' industry Pspecially in textile factories, oil refinesics, Chemical plants and steel works, A large amount of water is also used in agricultfire both in the farming of land and the keeping at livestock, Such public services si sewage disposal, dee lighting, and amodities such as public buildings, fountaing kad awimming "puois also cond 5日北 indune of wvET. The water consumption in certai· under-developed countries in 49 low as two or three gallons per person per day while in other countries it reaches a figure of a hundred andions mer omendu per
day.
The modern world may become for the first aime But what of the futare? Intensely "water conscious", for with the expected increase in the world's population will be an increase in the demand for water for domestic purposes. Furthermore, as standards of living improve throughout the world, an increas Fale of consumption per person must be anticipated. Indeed, there has already been a marked increase in the domestic consumption of water in proportion to the increased use of modern automatic household appliances. Areas in which industry is expanding are consuming far greater qualities of water than in pre
Moreover, the past, and this increase in consumption will undoubtedly continue. degree of pullation of the water used in modern industries is often so high as to prevent the water from being used again. More water will also be needed fur
since the urgent need for food in under-developed
swajanies will lead to greater freigation of land, Indeed, with adequate water”? Bupplies arid deserts will be translormed intų fertile crupeurawing areas,
Although the natural supply of water, which comes from precipitation, 19 et present far larger than the world'§ 1018] requirements, this supply is not evenly distributed and full use cannot be made of it: The conveyance of water. over long-distances 18 100 expenaïve to be practicable, and many of the world's great 'rivers contain an enormous surplus of fresh water which can never be of much real use. Modern dame like the Aswan Dam stand au monuments to the great progress made in water storage techniques, but thúch resoarch is artif needed before flood water can be fully unlised over a period of time and the flow of rivers regulated. For the world's immediate Heads, men must now look to $ new source of fresh water; they must develop processes of recovering fresh water from salt waters. Distillation of sea water is about to be put into operation, on a large scale and the reduction of the wait content of brackish water is alku being developed. In the future nuclear power may be used to produce fresh water. Whatever the methode employed, scientipts are confident that the suppl: of fresh water will be increased, but they point qut that the cost of water will Correspondingly increase, /
Question:
Explain, in nor more than 158 words, why, according to the writer, the cpnsumption of water varies so greatly at present and why it iɛ sumportant to find a new source of water supply for the waşidlə future genda,
Mention origili Thái thân qua máy trên s
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Study the following paɛsage and then answer the questions set on it,"
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Life
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Marcel k下
Catherine Winaume
In The Captive" Marcel Lyme conveys the atmosphere of it) nineteenth century chiefly through
close attention to amell details
the use of conventional scenery
stage coaches, old inne, and thatched coltages
depicting dramatic events of the time
The passage implies that "Adam Brown", was,
• very moving film
a-realistic and vital film
nordinary adventură film
a sincere film
Jonathan Robson tb angry ama ré ONE OF
having to wait to go to Australik
being wrongly convicted
meeting Catherine
being re-captured
On the voyage to Austrália Robson!
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we learn a lot about flying.
we learnt a lot about flying.
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the does
4.
(8 marks)
begins to have nightmares
1* hauled under the an p'a keer
receives a fucking
5.
(10 marks)
Please urn over
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Bono i introduced into the story to help as to bear the grim events by
making us laugh
behaving in a strange but interesting way
doing everything without complaining
acting kindly towards the herr
things cannot get worak
will matiny
road win win in the car the hero is very brave
Four words are given after each number in the following passage. Choose the one · that best fits the meaning of the passage and write it with ate number in your KRSWET bocks:
Like all other young men, Tony Wu has to work for hia (1) (Hfe, living. Hveliosas, lifetime) but it is a (21 (sympathetic. mourning, depressed, pitiful} wight to see such a clever boy making money out of tourists in such a dishones way. No one would object to his taking tourists to the top of the Peak to look at the (3) (portrait, vision, view, outlook) of the harbour, but yesterday he was actually seen trying to sell them fruit which had (5) (gone, changed, grown. comel bad. Much of this dishonesty is probably the result of Tony's (5) (conditions, circumstance, context, environment), for this is by no means the only kind of (6) (labour, toil, work, duty) Tony could get, Ha used to be very interested in teaching, and many people consider him a good boy at heart. be were to continue his studies and become a teacher, he could earn quite a good (7) (reward, fee, pay. salary). A lot of schools in Hong Kong are 18t
lacking, short, scarce, want) of good teachers.
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Read the Bugh the following conversation and decida upon the correciturm of the verbs given in brackets, Write these correct forms, with their mumbere so your answer
There is no need to write out the whole partage.
Petari
I didn't know that Mr. Wong was coming 200 m on a gr ie Kay Tak to meet him, 1 da hupe that he didn't wait there 100 long.
Don't worry.
Mr Wpng (1} fase)o 2)讴ei; along on hiw All commercial travellera beyg this ability!
But when he (31 (come) to Hong Kong he always (1) (sand) me a telegram tiral,
He may (5) (send)' you one this time, out it probably went astray
BUmewhoTC,
If he did seng qne to me, ne must (6) 40ej yery annoyed when be {7} (not see) po új the airport.
Never mind. Surely he will call in to see what wem wrong, Oh. It sure he will. In any case, fingius that ne (8) jaray here (pr at least a week.
Yes. I think he will be.
Look, it's already nearly one o'clock, It's about thine we, 19) leat those sandwiches your mother made this morning,
Iwkish my mutḥer (10) (make) sandujches as well as yours docă,
plate the following passage by waing sight of the words given below.
Do not use any word more Wrimbach word with ike number in your answer book. than once.
Joseph to agree to took (2)
after, si, away, by, down, in, fop, like, of, off, on, to, up, wild,
I was good (1)
Mea Wong'• saby. Mr and Mrs Wong had put (3)
going out for a long tfia becaure they had been unable to find a suitable baby-ritter. Meg Wong would not agree
She felt that a
* her husband'a proposal to hire a professional baby-sitter," "attough theually had the greatest respect (5) baby-sitter could not cope (6)
histopinimge,
her baby and would be (7)
14 know what to do if the baby awakened. However, the could rely (B)
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he
was used to children.
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in the passage. Find the worde and wells them in your answer you?
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finally
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"The Captive" is a strange but sincere and tender film, 4în indeed Shëj [would impact from a director of the calibre of Marcel Lyme. In addition to his -Keen senshävity, Lyme has a strong feeling for historical atmosphere, ko
apparent in his sarßer film “Under the Shadow of the Guillotine", "in which the Tevinta of the French Revolution are depicted with surprising stahem and wijalizuj - In "The Capuve" Lyme manges to evoke the at mosphere of an English town in the early part of the niesteenth century, not so much through lahe more obvious devices of surge-coaches, old inna; and thatched cottages as
Thedagh Windya'atvankien er details of spreek, dronk, curtersko and mannertswiki. Siintay in theme to “Adam Brown": "The Captive"he distinguished by's interin which the former lacks and which helps to transform this film from an ordinary adventure story into a memorable sud a very moving tragedy. Especially unforgettable is the farewell scene at Plymouth, when-Jonathan Robson, fee Catherine Wisdoms og hip way to the grim, squalia ship which is waiting to take him to Australia," "Robson bresks louse from his captors for a fleeding moment ta sid farewell to Catherion. "I'll prove my innocence”, ne crigu
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