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買四第張七第日三廿月九年午戊瑟夏

WAH KIU YAT PO (1) His sudden death was a shock to us all.

1979

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(f) The chairman is under a lot of pressure.

to

"Under followed by a noun is often used to express the fact that some- thing is in the process of being done. For example, we may say that a road. is being repaired' or 'is under repair'. Other frequently met with examples of this usage are:

under consideration being con- sidered

His plan is being considered. His plan is under consi- deration.

under investigation vestigated

being in-

He is being investigated by the I.C.A.C.

He is under investigation by the I.C.A.C.

under.

by...

care being cared for

He is being cared for by a doctor. He is under a doctor's care.

under construction = being con-

structed

A new post-office is being constructed there.

A new post-office is under construction there.

under repair being repaired

This bridge is being repaired. This bridge is under repair.

under observation = being ob- served (for signs of disease or mental illness, etc.)

The man who tried to jump off the bridge is being observed at the mental hos- pital.

The man who tried to jump. off the bridge is under obser- vation at the mental hospital.

:

under questioning while being questioned

While being questioned, he admitted that he had killed her,

Under questioning, he ad- mitted that he had killed her.

under guard being guarded

The criminal is being guarded: The criminal is under guard.

(g) That decision was forced on (upon)

him.

If someone is given no choice in re- gards to a certain action, we say that the action was forced an' him.

She was forced to marry.

(Begin: Marriage was)

Marriage was forced on her.

This insecticide kills harmful insects without hurting bees.

Often when we have a sentence or two. sentences describing two different actions, one of which is performed and the other of which is not performed; the action not performed may be expressed by using without followed. by a gerunding form) or a noun. He left but he did not say good- bye,

(without)

He left without saying good-bye. She came to school. She did not bring her books.

(Combine using "without")

She came to school without bring- ing her books.

He browsed around the shop but

he didn't buy anything. (without)

He browsed around the shop with- out buying anything.

(1) His arrival in Hong Kong coincided with the completion of the Cross Harbour Tunnel,

coincide with = happen at the same time as

He went to England to study at the same time as Helén returned

to Hong Kong.

fcoincided with)

His going to England to study coincided with Helen's retum to Hong Kong

Note that with 'coincide", which is a

- verb, we must use a noun or gerund as

a subject and so we have to change "He went to 'His going

go to great expense to get or do some- thing spend a great deal of money to get or do something

She went to great expense to educate her two sons and daughter.

(b) BAD C

Note that after without', which is, a preposition, we may use only a noun, pronoun or gerund. This is also true of other prepositions.

He is fond of Chinese food.

He is fond of eating Chinese food.

She is tired of school.

She is tired of going to school. - Therefore, in our answer we have used "letting. Let', however, is always followed by an infinitive without "to", so the word 'finish' must come next in our answer and as 'finish' is followed by a gerund, we must use the word asking' next. For further information on which words in English are usually followed by gerunds and which are usually followed by infinitives, refer to the Answer Book to EFFECTIVE ENGLISH E.F. O'NEILL - H.K. WITMAN PUBLISHING CO. pages 35

41 where a list of such words is given along with many examples.

A C D B

do someone a favour do a favour for someone = help by performing an act of kindness

Peter

did me a favour by taking care of my pets while I was on holiday.

(a) C D A B

have something to do with be con nected with be involved in

He had nothing to do with making that decision. He was not in, volved in making that decision.. He will not have anything to do with that company. He will not deal with that company.

(e) A D B C

get the better of overcome; defeat He got the better of me in the debate.

Do you think you can get the better of him in a game of ping- pong?

First let's briefly discuss the differences between also, too, so", "nor, either and "neither.

Too, so and also. Too' and also have exactly the same meaning but they often appear in different positions in the sentence.

He is also tall. He is tall too.

He also likes coffee. He likes coffee

too.

She also speaks English. She speaks English too.

for emphasis, we may also put the "too" in front of the verb:

He too is tall.

He too likes coffee.

He too speaks English.

Note especially that too and also can never be used with 'not', 'never', 'nor', 'no- body, or other negative words.

When "so' is used with the meaning of also, it must be the first word in a sen. tence and is usually used to introduce a shortened type of sentence.

Peter is a good swimmer. So is George. Tom-likes apples. So does Lawrence. Either, neither and nor, Either when having the meaning of 'also" is used with a negative word.

Helen is not a good swimmer either. Tom never comes here either.

'Nor' and 'neither mean 'not.... either' and usually appear at the beginning of a shortened type of sentence, although 'neither' may be used after 'and',

Peter is not a good swimmer. Neither is George.

Peter is not a good swimmer. Nor is George:

Tom doesn't like apples. Neither does Lawrence.

Tom doesn't like applies. Nor does Lawrence.

"Neither" may also be used after 'and' but 'nor may not be.

Tom doesn't like apples and neither does Lawrence.

Positive Statements

Hong Kong is a crowded city.

Shanghai is also crowded. Shanghai is crowded too.

So is Shanghai.

Peter dislikes tests. Helen also dislikes tests.

Helen dislikes tests too.

So does Helen.

報日僑華

Rodney often visits us. Pamela also often visits us. Pamela often visits us too. So does Pamela, Negative Statements

Dublin is not crowded. Cork is not crowded either. Neither is Cork.

Nor is Cork.

Peter does not like tests. Helen does not like tests either. Neither does Helen. Nor does Helen.

Rodney seldom visits us...

Pamela seldom visits us either.

Neither does Pamela.

Nor does Pamela.

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Notice that if we were to write the sen- tence 'neither does Pamela' in its complete- form, we should have to write:--:

Neither does Parmela ever visit us.

We could not use seldom since the 'neither' at the beginning of the sentence is already negative.

Peter never comes here either. Neither does Peter ever come here.

(a) so

neither

either

nor (neither cannot be used here because of the presence of the word 'even' which is similar in meaning "to either)

(4) (a) with

(b) for (apply for; an application for):

Peter applied for a job.

⇒¬2x′′+3x+1=-2

the straight line

y-2 should be

plotted.

From the graph, the straight line y=-2 cuts

the curve. at (-0.7, -2) and (2,2, -2)

the roots of the

equation

are 017 and 2.2

(Ans.)

(iii) The roots of the

equation x «3

2

give the values of √3. Therefore, we consider

the equation

-2x′′ +3x+1=3x-5

the straight line

y=3x-5 'should be

plotted.

roots of x

and 1.7%

are

from the graph, the

Peter sent in an application for a job,

(c) fromTM

(d) of

After numerals ending in 's' like tens, hundreds, thousands, etc. followed by another numeral, we must use the preposition of

He has tens of thousands of stamps. (He has more than ten ́thousand and less than one hundred thousand stamps.)

She saw hundreds of thousands of soft drink bottles at the factory.

(e) between/among

ut/regarding

at/during

(h) of

have a knowledge of know

at

He has a fairly good knowledge of French. He knows French fairly well.

to be at an advantage = to have an advantage

Note that the phrase to be at an advantage is only used when speaking of people.

She has an advantage over us in English.

She is at an advantage over us in English.

enroll in sign up for

He has enrolled in an evening

course...

He has signed up for an evening

course.

3- 1.7

(11) DE=DC+CE

But Ft-2p

CE--EC

*-2BE

DE=2p-29

(b-4)&"

(ABU)

(Ana.)

(Ans.)

1) AE-DE-(P+q) - (2(p-q)

~2(f+4) · (1−q) −2 (74+4. 212-13)

AELDE.

A Venn diagram can be

constructed as below:

70

30

5

40

(三)

10/ 20

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Suggested solution, to Test one (cont.)

13.

(i) The maximum value of y

Occurs

when x-2

•*• *,,~1+3({)-2(7)2

-2.125

(ii) 2x^~3x-3=0

+=2x2+3x+3=0

(Ans.)

where E-the set of

students passed'

English

C=the net of

students passed

in Chinese

H-the set of

students passed

in Mathematics,

(a) (i) Since there are only 5 students passed in all three subjects,

therefore,

the required probability

-200

10

(ii) Number of støt

passed in one

only

=30+40+20

-90

The required

probability

90 200

:20

(Ang)

(iii)Number of students

failed all three

subjects=20

The required

probability

70

200

-30

(Ans.)

(b) Number of students passed

ip English

=30+20+5+5

-60

Number of students passed

in English and also passed in Mathematics

-10

The required probability

(Ans.)

16. Assume the diet contains

catties of beef and y

catties of pork.

the cost of the diet

(655)

-108x+54y3243

90x+180y7405.

16x+4y322

x>0

The above set of

constraints can be

simplified as

·4x+2y39

2x+4y≥9

8x+2y11

20

Hence, we are going to

minimize the

6.5x+5y under

constraints.

From the figure above, the expression 6.5x+5y gives the minimum value

under the constraints

when x1.5 and y=1.5 Therefore, the cost of the diet-6,5(1.5)+5(1.5) -17.25 (dollars)

Ans: The required cost

is 817.25.

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