頁二第張八第日一十月二年亥癸屣夏
WAH KIU YAT · PO
報日僑華
五期星
Whale
means
B. late.
A. in the north-west coast of
Africa.
A. a mad man.
B.
a very masculine man.
C.
a person who sets a dynamite. D. a terrorist..
1983
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Stephen Lau
Dear Students,
Last week we started our "mock examination with the appearance of specimen Paper 1. I am aware of some sort of misunderstanding on the part of the students these days, I have to make it crystal clear that the notion of these Specimen Papers being "tips" or "hints" of whatever nature is entirely. crroneous, depending perhaps more on misconstrued expectations than on any impartial appreciation of the purpose of these, Specimen Papers. They are designed for revision purposes, and not. for providing short-cuts of any sort. SPECIMEN PAPER II
One hour and fifteen minutes Answer ALL questions.
PART 1 COMPREHENSION - PASSAGE AP
Read this passage and then answer questions I 10.
Although the tropics conjure up an image of luxurious vegetation
and colourful coral reefs, the blue waters of the tropical seas are generally deficient in nutrients and as a result underpopu lated. A dearth of plankton results in poor fisheries and comparatively few of the giant whalebone whales that feed on krill are found. Exceptions are the sea off the Caribbean Sea, the Galapagos Islands, and the Gulf of Aden, where the waters. teem with plankton, an abundance of fishes, schools of por- poises and dolphins, together with Sei Whales, Bryde's Whales and Sperm Whales, as well as migratory Blue Whales, Fin Whales and Humpbacks. These have to travel through thousands of kilometres of barren water from the polar seas, before reaching their tropical feeding grounds. While actually migrat ing, they find little food and, for at least four months of the year, their cavernous stomachs are almost empty. Yet, during this time, they may travel more than 6400 kilometres, some of them while pregnant or suckling their young.
The oldest report on the migration of Blue Whaley dates back to the last century, when whales caught at Nor wegian whaling stations were found to carry within their bodies the fragments of American bomb-lances. This indicates that Blue Whales migrating north along the American coast must cross the North Atlantic. In 1954, the stomach of a whale killed off New Zealand was found to contain a tin of tooth powder, inside which was a piece of paper on which was written the name and address of a member of the crew of the Willem Barendsz. It was found later that the tin had been thrown overboard, south of Madagascar, during the previous whaling
season.
The systematic marking of whales was not begun until about 1920, but it was only at least 10 years later that whales began to be marked regularly by means of tubular metal cylinders fired at close range (not more than 20 metres) from a specially modified harpoon gun. The giant whales show no signs of reacting to these attentions, which are probably no more than pin- pricks to them. From the recovery of such marks, when whales have been subsequently caught, it is now known that Blue Whales and Fin Whales migrate each winter to tropical regions rich in food, such as the north-west coast of Africa, the Gulf of Aden and Bay of Bengal, returning year after year in summer to the same areas of the Antarctic Ocean.:
1. Tropical seas are very often
A. crowded with whales.
B. deficient in sea lives.
G. occupied by luxurious vegeta
tion.
D. full of plankton which is
marketable and is expensive..
2. In line 20, the word "cavernous":
means
A hungry.
B. empty.
numerous.
C. D. huge.
3 The long distance of water through
which Humpbacks migrate consists
of
A. many feeding grounds..
B. abundant food.
C. little food.
D. numerous breeding grounds.
4. The first report on the migration of
Blue Whales was made
A
before the nineteenth century.
B. in the twentieth century.
C. in the nineteenth century.
D. in 1954.AN AN
5. Regular marking of whales began
A. in about. 1920.
B. before. 1920.
C. in the last century..
D. in the 1930s.?
6.
The giant whales... when tubular
metal cylinders for marking are
fired at them.
B. in the sea off the Gulf of Aden. C. in the sea off the Galapagos .: Islands.
D. in the Antarctic Ocean.
There'、....... in the migrating whales,
A. are only male whales B. are no mothers
Care some mothers and mothers.
to-be
D. are whales who eat their young 9 The writer tells us that ..........
10.
all tropical seas are deficient in plankton.
B. all tropical seas are deficient in
plants.
ةن.
some tropical seas consist of abundant fish.
D. some tropical seas are colder
than others.
The migration of Fin Whales to tropical regions is ajan...
A. diurnal event. C. biennial event. B. annual event D. quarterly event. PASSAGE B
Read this passage and then answer questions 11-20
Bombs have increased in power from the 20-ton chemical bombs of the early 1940's to the 20-thousand-ton atomic bombs of 1945 and on to the 20-million-ton hydrogen bombs after 1953. Today there are enough hydrogen bombs of the greatest destructive power (100 million tons) to wipe out all life on our planet. Will we make even larger bombs in the future? We can if we want: to, but even for the most over-whelming military purposes we do not need to.
We have already reached some sort. of limit. How much more dangerous can the situation get? At the present time, we are very near the verge of death. Every year or two, în some major inter- national crises → Korea, Suez, Berlin, Cuba, Vietnam probability of an
there is a serious
17. In line 23, "boost of" means
A. "work hard for".
B.
C.
"increase the chances of". "praise\\
D.Increase rapidly"..
18. In line 29, the writer refers to an "alterative". What is this alter native?
A. Building nuclear powers under-
ground.
B. Some people survive a nuclear
war in underground shelters.. C. Rebuilding nuclear weapons 20
years later...
D. Rebuilding nuclear weapons 40
years later.N
19. A suitable title for this passage can
be
A. Nuclear war an avoidable
holocaust..
B. Bombs.
C. How to survive in a nuclear
war. D. We
bombs. 20. Has the writer answered the ques-.
need more hydrogen
tion in the first paragraph: Will we make even larger bombs in the future?
A. Yes, in the second paragraph. B. Yes, in the third paragraph. C. Yes, in the fourth paragraph. D. No.
PART II
Below is an extract from the school regulations of Cosmopolitan · Boys' School Decide, which of the choices following the extract would best com- plete it if inserted in the blank spaces. COSMOPOLITAN BOYS SCHOOL SCHOOL REGULATIONS (EXTRACT).
The registration of a student in this School is (21) as a token, on the *** (22) of the student and his parents, of confidence in the school and of willingness to (23) fully by all its regulations.
Politeness and respect for others should be the (24) of each student. Students are expected to maintain the
which gives offence to others is to be avoided
(a) Students should stand up and (26) teachers or visitors politely when these enter or (27) the classroom.
accident that could lead to a nuclear war. Dedicated men have worked hard and long in each of these situations to avoid a nuclear inci- dent, but we may not continue to be so lucky. Next time, it may be a nuclear terrorist or a maniac or a mistaken junior officer or just faulty equipment.highest standard of (25) Anything It is foolish of us to boost of the de crease in our death rate and the increase in the individual human life expectancy in the 20th century, as long as this. nuclear danger is so uncontrolled. This is the first time in the history of the human race that babies all babies everywhere have had such a small chance of living to an old age. We are indeed very near the limit in this danger. This situation, cannot continue. We cannot live very long walking on loose at the edge of a cliff. Either in 10, 20, or 30 years we fa over the nuclear cliff; or else very soon, before that time runs out, we arrive at an international under standing and move back from the danger.
Some people talk of yet another possibility: we might have a nuclear war with a few people surviving by going underground into shelters, and mines. But this, even if it could work, would only temporarily postpone the horrible problem. Do the survivors come out of the shelters and mines at last to bury, to clean up and to rebuild only to have their survivors go underground again after a revival of nuclear powers in an- other 20 years or so? And then again 20 years after that?
This is obviously not an alternative at all. It is nothing more than a refusal to face the necessity of finally agreeing on a foolproof method of international nuclear control. We must conclude that if we live and if we work to live, then we still have a chance to survive and to
keep from passing the point of no return. But time is fast running out. It is up to the men of today, in this present generation, within the very next few years, to permanently decide: will we, the human race, live or die?
11. The number of hydrogen bombs we now have can be described as, for
all practical purposes,
A. inadequate.
B. adequate.
Cmore than enough.
D. just enough.
12. The writer thinks that no nuclear wars have been broken out in previous international crises be- cause..
A we were on the verge of death.
B.
many dedicated men worked
for such nuclear incidents,
C.
we were merely a little lucky.
D.
(b) Students should report, if they come (28) to the teacher before sitting down.
(c) Students should (29) at the door before entering classrooms, offices and the Teachers Rooms.
(d) Students should (30) good order:
when they are in the tuck shop, waiting for the school, bus after school, or waiting on the (31) to go to drill
(e) Students should show good (32)
when they are travelling on public. transport...
(f)
On the way to drill, to the labora tories, to music lessons and up and down stairs, all should keep to the. right, two (33), in absolute silence.
(g) Any damage caused by a student to the property of the School, or of others, besides (34) the offender to punishment, must be repaired at the parent's (35) ____
C. early
"D.back (29)
A. kick B.. look C. knock
D. strike
(30) A. keep
B. put Chave
D. be.
classroom
(31) A
B. door
C. school D. corridor
(32) A. appearance.
B. looks. C. manners D. sequence
abreast
(33) A.
B. aside
C. groups
D. lines
(34) A. liable
B. forced C. eligible D. subjecting
loss
(35) A.
B. expense
C. expenditure D. pay
(36) A. prohibited
B. prevented
C. stopped D. ceased.
(37) A. notified
B. known C. recognized .D. cared
(38) A. only
B. strictly
C. very D merely
(39). A. said
B." real
C express D. true
(40) A life
.B. time
C. apartment D. campus
日五廿月三年三八九一屦公年二十七國民華中 育教僑華
In each of the following questions, decide which one of the four choices given would most suitably complete the sentence if inserted at the place marked
41. Winson I think I'd better quit.
Tommy: You've made a very
decision. I think any reasonable person would do the same thing. sensitive.
B. scnsible
C. sensational D.. sensed
42. Alan Aren't you sorry for all this
mess?
Angel I'm sorry to hear that."
Surely I'm not your own mistake:
A. to blame
B. faulty
for
C. wrong
D. wrong-doing
43:
(h)
Eating or drinking inside the class- room is (36),
to what was expected, he decided to stay home and look after his younger brothers.
(1)
A. Contradictory
B. Unlike
(1)
The General Office should be (37) of changes of address or telephone number:
Students are (38) forbidden to bring offensive literature of any kind to school
(k) Without the (39) permission of
the Principal, card playing is for bidden within the school (40)....... on any day on which there has been class.
(21) A. given
B. taken C. thought
D. Remembered
(22) A part
B. whole C. shoulder D, hand-
(23) A. obey.
B. keep
C. abide
D.
agree
we were serious about the pro (24) A. attention. bability that they would not
happen.
13. In the 20th century, every person
is expected to
grounds.
A. die more
B. die later.
14. The writer thinks that..
B. mark
C. possession.
D. belonging.
on medical.
C. die less D. die earlier
(25) A. conduct
B. action
can re
C. attention D. acts
(26) A. thank
B. ask
C. call:
D. salute
(27) A. in
B. inside
move the menace of a nuclear incident..
A. increased life expectancy.
B. walking away from the edge of
a cliffs
Ĉ. decreased death rate.
D. in temational agreement
15. In line 14, the word "verge" means
A
feels almost nothing
B. are painfully hurt
C.
become sick
C. danger.
D. die...
D. probability.
A. edge.
B. heart.
7.
In summer, one can find a Blue 16. In line 22, the word "maniac"
C. stay
D. leave
(28) A. lately
C. Opposed
D. Contrary
44. It is the....in Hong Kong for the father of the bridegroom to pay for the wedding. A. habit
B. normality
C. custom
D. comman
45. When Mabel was still a little girl, she was taught not to interrupt when someone else was.
A saying.
B. talking.
C. remarking.
D. discussing.
46. Nowadays we seldom see a bus con
ductor walking around the bus asking the passengers to pay the
A. fee.
B. bill:
C. journey.
D. fare.
47. Joe: He needn't do that, need he?
Richard: Yes, I'm afraid.
A. he needs.
B. he neel.
C. he must..
D. he needn't.
48. I didn't have time to ask her what
she thought of the book, but she seemed..... it very much.
A. to have enjoyed
B. to enjoying
C. enjoyed
D. having enjoyed.
49. I will telephone you if you
A, would be like;
B. will like.
C. like'.
D. liked.
50. Did I hear you say that you
A. Yes, I won't.
to
B. It's my pleasure.
Hawai during the summer holi- days?
A. will not go
B. would not be going
C. are not to go
.D. are not going
51. My sister can't type faster than 60
words per minute. I can't type, faster than that
neither.
A
B. either.
C. ever.
D. nor..
52. You cannot stop reading if you are
to keep up
A.
the time.:
B.
the times.
C. with time.
D. with the times.
53. I have liked reading since the time
when a child.
A. had been
B. have been
C. was
D. am
54. I had just locked the door
55.
bed when I heard people downstairs, shouting at one another loudly.
and went
A.
B.
going
Cand gone
D. went
improving fifth-formers" English, I have written this book. for them to have a whole picture of the coming Certificate Examina- tion,
A... In view of
B.
For the good
C Intending to
D.
With the view of
56. The chairman ends his speech by saying: I would like to thank you all for attending this meeting. A. At last
B. Lastly
C. Eventually
D. Eventfully
57. They all regard him as a good doctor... he is very patient with even the less co-operative patients.. A is because B. such that`
C. is that
D. in that
58. Little did I know about the new
arrangement,
A has it
Bdidn't F
C. did l
D. hasn't it
59. He is that kind of person who takes
in every gossip; he really cares
what people think.
A
for
B. of
C. with
D. about
60. To convince her. I need is
patience and considerateness.
A all what
B. all that
C. only what
D. only that
61. Muriel: Have you read this week's.
Time?
Celia: F'm afraid
A. hadn't
B. no.
C. haven't.
D. not.
62. Dolly: Are you not a secretary
Rachel:
A. Yes, I'm not.
B. No, I'm.
C. Yes, I am.
D. No...
63. Gilbert: Give my best regards to
your wife.
Harvey:
A. Thank you, I certainly will.
B. How about you?
C. It's my pleasure.
D. That's no trouble at all.
64. Bob. I'm afraid I've made a mess.
of your nice table-cloth.
Larry: 16
A.. Thank you.
B. Oh, that doesn't matter.
C. It's my pleasure..
D. You are welcome.
65. Lawrence:
Carroll: Not at all..
A. Aren't you feeling well!!
B. Having you nothing else to do?
C.
What troubled you?
D. Do you mind if I open the
window?
66. Hilary What beautiful dress
Julie
a
you've got!
A. Not at all.
B. The pleasure is mine.
C. Thank you.
D. I really like this kind of dress-
ing.
67. Fred: "Don't tell anyone about this.
Keep it only to yourself..
Dora:
Cwouldn't dream of doing
that.
D. No, I will.
68. This essay topic is the most popular choice, but a death-trap vocabulary- wise for the average candidate. This means that...
A. this essay topic traps those candidates with a good voca- bulary...
B. the average candidate will be in a dangerous position if he or she attempts this topic without the appropriate vocabulary... this essay topic is very popular among average candidates but not those who are above aver- age
D this essay topic attracts the average candidate and he or she shows a wise choice of words.
69. Although he was treated with the newest drug, his present situation is no better than last month's. From this we know that...
A his present situation is better. than his situation last month:
B. his situation, has been deterio-
rating...
C. his situation has remained
more or less the same.
D. his present situation is worse
than last month's;
70. For good results in examinations, constant revision of taught material. is the method of choice. This means that if one wants to have good results in examinations, one should a
A constantly revise one's lessons. B. constantly revise one's method of choosing the subject to be studied.
C. choose a good method of
study.
D. teach others who do not know
their lessons.
71. There is no room for doubt that the new hotel is the best in the world. This means that ha
A. the new hotel is full, doubt.
lessly.
B. it is with doubt that the new
hotel is the best
the new hotel consists of more rooms than others.
D. the new hotel is really the best
in the world.
72. Lawrence brought all his family to the party, let alone his lovely daughter.
This means that
A. Lawrence brought all his family except his lovely daughter, to the party.
B. Lawrence left his lovely daugh- ter behind to look after the house
C. Lawrence's lovely daughter is not a member of his family. D. Lawrence brought every mem- ber of his family, including his lovely daughter, to the party.. 73. It's all one to Titus, the mathe
matician, whether or not he can be elected chairman. This means that
A.
Titus has received only one vote for his election.
eare about
B. Titus does not
C.
whether or not he can be elected chairman.
there is unanimous approval for Titus being elected chair-
man.
all the other candidates of the election are against Titus no matter what the outcome will be
to
74. “Argumentative essays seem
bring out the worst in our students, so reluctant are they to express anything approaching a personal opinion," a teacher said dejectedly. This teacher thought
his
students argumentative essays were done badly because they were reluctant to express their own ideas in their essays. argumentative essays let bad students have a chance of pass ing.
only the worst students were their reluctant to discuss opinions.
D. his students did not approach. their opinions from the right angle and hence wrote unsatis- factory essays.
75. The politicians were skilful in con-
cealing the tragic fact that the days: of the peasants' peaceful existence were numbered.
This means that
A the peasants secretly counted
their peaceful days.
B. the politicians were skilful în keeping the time from the knowledge of the peasants. the peasants were ignorant of. the impending destruction of their peaceful life.
.D.
the politicians did not tell the peasants that the politicians were responsible for recording and standardizing the time in their country.
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日一十月二年亥癸潘昱
WAH KIU YAT PO