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2009-CE
ENG LANG

HONG KONG EXAMINATIONS AND ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY

HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION 2009

ENG Ll SH LANGUAGE PAPER 1A

Question-Answer Book

8.30 am - 9 30 am (1 hour)

INSTRUCTIONS

Write your Candidate Number in the space provided on

this page

2 Stick your barcode labels in the spaces provided on this

page and on pages 3 and 5

3 Answer ALL questions

4. The reading passages are in a separate booklet. Write

your answers clearly and neatly in the spa.ces provided
in this Question-Answer Book. Use a pencil to write your
answers. Answers written in the margins will not be
marked

5 For multiple-choice questions , blacken the appropriate

circle with a penci l. Wrong marks must be completely
erased with a clean rubber. Mark only ONE answer to
each question. Two or more answers will score NO
MARKS

6 00 NOT take away the Reading Passages bookle t. It

will be collected separately at the end of the examination

7. Supplementary answer sheets will be supphed on

request 叭Irite your Candidate Number, fill in the
question number and stick a barcode label on each
sheet and fasten them with string INSIOE this Question-
Answer Book

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 There are 42 qu間tions in this paper.
Each question carries ONE mark unless otberwise stated
Part 1 (16 marks)

8elow is an intervíew with Alex Ch賊。 pupil stu再jdng ín Hong Kong. Match the questíons on thís page with his
answers on page 3 of 的ís Question-Answer 8001<. 肝ite the letters of his answers in the spac四 provided below.
Question 11 h目 been done for you as an example. Each letter should be used ONCE only

pupil voice

I' d like to travel back in time

Alex Chu , 9 , is a P4 pupil at St Agnes' Primary School in Mong KOk ,
Hong Kong. He shared his thoughts with Hannah Frankel

Q: What' s your favouri扭 subject 阻d why?

i\: 1. [ ]

Q Wh at makes a good teacher?

A 2. [ ]

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Q: you Iike and about school?
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Q: What's the best lesson you've had?

i\: 4. [ ]

Q: What stops you from learn泊g?

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1\: 5. [ ]

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Q How do you think 0叮 society sees children?

i\: 7. [ ]

Q What's your favourite DVD or TV show?

A. 8 . [ ]

Q What' s your proudest achievement?

i\: 9. [ 1
Q: Wh at would you do ifyou were ChiefExecutive for a day?
1\: 10. [ 1
Q: What's your favourite possession?
i\: 11. [ H 1
Q: What's your favourite clothes label?
A . 12. [ 1
Q Ifyou had super powers, what would you do?
i\: 13. [ 1
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A. Giye all of the schools in Hong Kong $50 m iII ion.

Bτ11e one when we were put into groups and asked to build b討dg晶 out ofs甘aws ，

C. Good teachers, welI-behaved pupiIs 血d nice 100區ngare扭扭side 血dou阻ide.

D. As naughty p曲ple who ask their pare臨 for 側的也ing 血d try to ruIe the home.

E. ICT, because 1 like go詛g on the comput訂 and we 0扭扭 get 個 do fun things in cl揖S.

F. 1 don't have one. My mum does aII ofmy shopping.

G. Ilike 也.e Seconds from Disaster docu血entaries on the National Geographic Channel
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H. 甜食曲重蠍啪tySIlI:館臨翩翩的us A3 80m叫el

1. 1 like the chaIIenge oflearning new things, but 1ha扭曲e smeII of the toiIe阻. 2
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J. We haven't got blinds in our cl晶宮。omsoltg的 too hot. It's hard to concen回te
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K. They must know about the廿 subjects and be funay.
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L. When 1 got my first gold medaI in 也e inter-school swimming competition E

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M. l' d travel back in time to find out what ha即阻.edd叮mg 四 e缸Iy historical event. -自
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14. Below are two mo扭曲Swers given by Alex Chu. Write the qt且estions for them. 向 ma耐 j
Q: 。
A: 1 woulda't like to be 危mo間. 1 也ink my Iife is good enough

Q: 。
A: A commerciaI airline piIot b自ause 1 like airpl曲目.

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 Part 2 (26 maT，蚓

Answer the following qu目的悶悶'ng the information from the t，甜 on page 2 of the Reading P師傅臼 booklet.
時'rite your answers in the spcic四 pruvided For mult伊le-choice 明自t悶悶" choose the best a凡swer and blacken
ONE circle only.

15 Where would this text most likely appe缸9

ABCD
in a novel
111 a magazrne
A B
CO D
in a history book
詛 a report O O O

16 Who does '1' refer to 血 the text? Write the name of the person below.

17 Wh y do you think the writer enjoyed studying English much more a缸:er she started her A-Ievels? You m田t use
information from the text (2 marks)

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18. In para伊ph4，‘motley' (l ine 23) h阻 a m巳祖祖E

A positive A B
B. negative f、
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19 Who does refer to in line 33?
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20. Which ofthe following words c扭扭place 'go' in 尬1e 36?

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move
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lead AO BO CC D
try
change O

2 1. Which ofthe following pictures best shows Mrs Symons' hairstyle?

A B. C D

A B C D
O O O O
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22. Complete the follawing mind map aboz叫你矽'mons. Use ONE word for each blank Th e first letter of e叫
word has been given to yozι
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Extra-curricul叮 ac誼vi世間
App祖rance
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• She looked g
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• She dressed w

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Attitude lowards her students

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• She tr閏臨d her students like ad凶包• •• She motivated her students

• Shew田 very~ to them She w晶 p

su句 ect
about her
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23. Belaw is part o[ a job application [orm completed 旬， the woman described in the article bψ're she started

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work at Whi，但 CltffSchool. Fill in the b呵呵 belaw 間cng 的formation from the 阻t. Some have been done [or
you 個缸四npl，且 (5 marks)

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Job applied for: V，江仔jn，if'<'l ('&..dl,,1.. k"d...u..

T蜘: Mr<(亟) Miss f Ms (C肘1e缸中P叩Iria.叫

Sur質缸ne Firstname

Age:

M叮i祖Is扭扭s: (Circle 囚 appropriate) Spouse' s full n祖祖 (if appropriate):

Mar吋ed I Single f Divorced f Widowed

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 24. Answers
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Tru e and False stat四"甜甜" please ndbo叩
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example. (4marks)

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Number
True FaIse Not
Mentioned
Mary 曲d 抽s Symons 帥 now lHends.
1.
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她s SymODS 組II works at the 揖血escbω1.

111. Maryworks 晶 a 祖師:hernow.

四- Marylives 鼠Londonnow.

v. Mary achieved hl叮缸nbition to wri阻 novels.

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25. BelDw is an 揖tractfrom M均每lT1Ions' di，呵I when she w宙間F枷Ig at the schDol. Th ere are fD前 piec目 Df
wrong infDrmatio1l which are underl，師叫脖子'ite the correct wDrd(s) abuve the 叩derlined wDrd SD that the

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infor吶助。'n is co阿'ect. On e has been done for y，叩 asanex珊，ple. (4marks)

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Friday 5命 nec目nber

U摺吾 EnuEZ
I' ve be海n working at White Cli宜 School now for 也r明 months. I' m e吋oying my work 晶 vice
祖E

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principaI but 扭扭st part of 曲 job 扭曲蝴砌磚. 1 t聞 ch English 個 aFor且主 class. They had 祖師師
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yesterday and I put some stickers on 郎ir desks to 間courage 也閉一 I 也inktheyr目I1yappr目iatl叫 it.
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One girl，主到l!，包 very keen. I'm try姐g to persuade her如何申lytoSE個d且y at CEnbddge I 也垣k J'l1個ke

也em 扭曲ecineman開tWI軒:k to 揖eamu吋e- 吐"，y' l1 like that.

Very tired - ti血e for bed. 1 must rememb前 to buy some more 包控 for the office tom凹TOW.

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 Part3β5 棚rks)

Answer the fol/owing 仰自'tions using the information from the 師t on pages 3-4 01 the Reading p，的 ages boo1det,
Write your answers in the spac臼 pravided For mult伊le-choice 仰自liO間" choose the b目t answer and blacken
ONE circ/e only

26. Wh atdid 由e peop1e who organis叫出e exp 出mentw祖t to find out? ρm 叮ks)

27. Lo ok at the word ‘ run' in 1ine l. The word has different m闊別ngs. Read the dictionary entry for 'run' be10w
and decide which meaning co阿 esponds 扭曲eme曲恆g in 1恆e 1.

A. lf you say 由at some也ing long, such 晶 a road, runs in a

particular direc世on， you are describing its ∞urse or position.
B. lf you run for 0缸ice in an e1ection , you take p缸t as a
開ndida阻.
C. lf you fU n some也ing such as a business or an activi旬， you BO C D
are in charge of it or you organise it. ~
D. lf you run an experiment, comp臨r progranune, or other U o 0
甘ωU

process, you start it and let it continue 苟

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28. wh副 exampleωes 加 writer give to show 伽t some of 也e young teach的 were NOT very independentl g
b的re they join仙he experim凹.t?ρ ma.砌|宮
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29. ln line 10 ，祖祖lJ order' mear自 itw自.....

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A. difficult to achieve.
B. afan阻stic iàea.
C. as旭pid idea. A B C D
D. dangerous to do O 000

30. In 1函e 16, 'it' refers to .

A. Summerhill
B. theBBC
C 也eyoung gen盯ation A B C D
D. 也e project.
。 。 。 。

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 31. Complete the sentence below wi也 ONEword. 官時指討 let扭，rof 由e word has been given to you.

In line 時，叮1油田ands' refers to thousands of t

32. The teache凹 were chosen because .....

A. 也.ey all had problem backgrounds

B. they all had a negative experience at school
C 由ey aII had int叮'esting ideas for improving schools. A B C D
D. they could aII be role models to 0也er chiIdren. o 0 o 0
33. Using information from the t.甜; complete this email from the TV producer 10 his boss. Use ONE word for
eachb扮成 The firSI le.甜'er 01each word has been giv帥的 yo.ι βm甜甜

Dear Annie,

1 have a great id且 for a new (i) d . ChiI曲田1 are aIways

(ii) c about school so l' d like to make a prograrom也 about

-可
苟且自EBHE

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a school wh間也e 啪d扭扭 are 個ught by (iii) t. .1 would fiI血 them

iri the school for (iv) t we旭，ks. 1 w由世linking of having twelve

Za-囂
teachers in ch前ge of(v) t y國r-old pup iIs. What do you 也扭的

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的局岫E屆

Tony

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34. What role did Hannail have at 也e school?
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35. According to paragraph 乳白e pupiIs were 也e teachers that they could learn a lot at 也eIr
new school

A. 醋。 pt凶istic 晶
B. less optimistic th血 A B C
C. 血。自 01'世mist扭曲曲
o 0 O

36. Find an expression used in paragraph 10 to say that some也ing was surpris函g. Wri阻 ONEw叮d 函 each sp缸e.

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 37司阱。t could real teachers learnfrom this experiment? Use ONE wordfor each blank. Th efirst letter of each
wòrd has been gIV闊的 y叫 (3 ma喇

Don't 1 your stud阻ts al1 the t加e; they don't like it

11. Take more r

iìi Let yo耐 pupils be more r. for their 0附 leaming

38. Match these ψotatíons 削紛紛e peaple that you 晰的 were 鎧鎧tlJiJJåJ!. 10 S句I them. WI門的 the appropri叫e
letter n帥tto the nam砌的 the tabl. on th. right. Th. ß付toneh附 b••" do附fory，翩翩翩翩。mpl.. 向 marks)

A) ‘ 1 didn't have much respect for my teachers. 1 didn't 也姐k they

worked hard enough or c缸.ed 阻ough and 1 ended up lea:咖品， BiIal Ayω1I0\e B
B) ‘ I took some 街lIe out ofmy j仰的總ke part in the exp前im開t
P帥ple think th剖 young p帥ple 即可 bad butlw，甜甜d to show them $副11 Wadey
that we're not'

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•
的‘ Iw帥 impressed with what 甘ley did. 1 think all of us involved in H曲nOO
u自

edncation could leam something from 甘l1sexp前nne瓜，

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舌。的同言自湖

Tom
D) ‘1 don't like the way t的，nagers are aJways being criticised. 1 think

間 O叫相當自吶
it's unfair 城at young people 酬 judged by the clothes they we且
Ifyou wearaωp with a hood, people 愉切kyou're 甘ouble.'
Jackie Beere
H側目

E) ‘ ltw曲曲 arnazing experie~臼 .1 w阻 put 恤 ch前ge of all of 也e

E姆O總
teachers. Wehad lots ofproblems but 1 think we did qui祖 well.'

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39 . 那ou are the.11的ir ofa new.司paper. J向ich TWO sections of th. n帥'spaper would th臼附t be SUii的ble for?
lndicate your choic即 by putting ticks (-1 in the boxes n帥t to the 伽om個t suitable sec自'ons. No marks will
be given if more than 仰。 bo.翩翩 tic/æd. ρ marks)
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