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1 2011-CE ENG LANG Please stick the barcode label here. PAPER 1A HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION 2011 Candidate Number ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAPER 1A Question-Answer Book 8.30 am 9.30 am (1 hour) INSTRUCTIONS 1. Write your Candidate Number in the space provided on this cover. 2. Stick your barcode labels in the spaces provided on this page and other pages as specified. 3. Answer ALL questions. 4. The reading passages are in a separate booklet. Write your answers clearly and neatly in the spaces provided in this Question-Answer Book. Use a pencil to write your answers. 5. For multiple-choice questions, blacken the appropriate box with a pencil. 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. DO NOT take away the Reading Passages booklet. It will be collected separately at the end of the examination. 7. Supplementary answer sheets will be supplied on request. Write your Candidate Number, fill in the question number and stick a barcode label on each sheet and fasten them with string INSIDE this question-answer Book. Prepared by Mr A. English League 2011-CE-ENG LANG 1A-1

2 There are 45 questions in this paper. Each question carries ONE mark unless otherwise stated. Part 1 (19 marks) Answer the following questions using the information from the interview on page 2 of the Reading Passages booklet. Write your answers in the spaces provided. For multiple-choice questions, choose the best answer and blacken ONE box only. The questions posed by Terrence McNally are missing. Retrieve them from the following list and put the appropriate letters a-h in the spaces provided Questions asked by Terrence a. But is this a global phenomenon? b. Did you do any research into how little people know about where stuff comes from? c. Do you see signs of hope? d. First of all, how long is it? e. How did you decide on the internet as the primary or initial venue? f. What led you to this action? g. What's the message? h. Why do we buy into it, as it were? 9. The word illuminating in line 9 can best be replaced by. A. difficult. B. informative. C. delightful. A B C D D. tedious. 10. In line 10, what does Annie want other people to join her in? A. Visiting factories all over the world. B. Producing online videos. C. Thinking more about the products we buy. A B C D D. Going through life with more imagination. 11. In line 34, opting out of can best be replaced by A. saying no to. B. speaking ill of. C. reflecting on. A B C D D. actively involved in CE-ENG LANG 1A-2

3 You are going to post the interview on your blog, but you spot some mistakes in lines Identify and correct the mistakes following the instructions given below. Examples: a. Mandy Yip is a teenager who smokes. She has heard so much b. of about the bad effects on smoking and knows all about the health c. risks, but despite of this knowledge, she continues to smoke. d. in The reasons for this may lie her childhood background. 12. A: There are a number of different force driving our excessive 13. consumption. Perhap the most significant one is the advertising 14. industry, which spends billion of dollars each year aimed at 15. creating desire for new stuff. What is the point of an advertisement 16. except for to make us unhappy with what we have? So 17. throughout day, we are bombarded with messages that 18. stimulate desire, that artificially creates need. 19. From the last paragraph of the text, find a word that has an opposite meaning to fleeting CE-ENG LANG 1A-3

4 Part 2 (27 marks) Answer the following questions using the information from the article on page 3 of the Reading Passages booklet. Write your answers in the spaces provided. For multiple-choice questions, choose the best answer and blacken ONE box only. 20. Who does I refer to in the text? Write the name of the person below. 21. From paragraph 2, we know that The Citizen is A. a national newspaper. B. owned by Ian Mean. C. a newspaper of Gloucestershire. A B C D D. run by local campaign groups. 22. How did the writer find the speech? A. Boring. B. Too long. C. Too short. A B C D D. Absorbing. 23. In paragraph 5, compelling (line 28) has a meaning. A. positive A B B. negative 24. Who does us refer to in line 31? 25. From paragraph 6, what Dr Connett thinks is the biggest problem? 26. Incinerators have negative effects on I. consumption II. sustainability III. innovation IV. environment V. human health A. All of above. B. I, II, III, & V C. II & III only. A B C D D. II, III, IV, & V CE-ENG LANG 1A-4

5 27. While using incinerators to get rid of waste, we also produce.(2 words) 28. Complete the flow chart showing how dioxins finally end up in our babies. One word for each blank. (7 marks) The we dump Incinerators Dioxins Babies 29. In line 77, in place can best be replaced by.. A. available. B. desirable. C. possible. A B C D D. feasible. 30. From paragraph 10, we know that Dr Connett A. is totally against material consumption. B. feels threatened because things are getting worse. C. thinks we all should change our way of talking to our friends. D. has hope in the future. A B C D 31. In line 89, that refers to. A. a threatened community being a strengthened one. B. having to teach the future generations. C. the hope of making a difference by spreading out the message. D. the prospect of having more planets. A B C D 2011-CE-ENG LANG 1A-5

6 32. Decide whether the following statements are true, false or not mentioned in the text. Tick ( ) the appropriate Answers column. For True and False statements, please also give the paragraph number in the Paragraph Number column to indicate where the information can be found. The first one has been done for you as an example. (9 marks) Statements True Answers False Not Mentioned 1. Dr Paul Connett is a professor of Biology Mrs Green s whole family were in the meeting. 3. Dr Paul Connett was the first person to speak in the meeting. 4. Dr Paul Connett has seen Annie Leonard s video before. 5. Men are in no way affected by dioxins. 6. Dioxins are the most toxic among all the toxins produced by incinerators. 7. Dr Paul Connett has worked for the United Nations before. Paragraph Number 2011-CE-ENG LANG 1A-6

7 Part 3 (26 marks) Answer the following questions using the information from the text on page 4 of the Reading Passages booklet. Write your answers in the spaces provided. For multiple-choice questions, choose the best answer and blacken ONE box only. 33. In paragraph 1, a sleeper hit (line 4) has a meaning. A. positive A B B. negative 34. In paragraph 1, an outlined skull and crossbones (line 2) are probably used to. A. suggest that the chemicals are deadly. B. make the video child-friendly. C. contrast with the dark puffs of factory smoke. A B C D D. show the effects of human consumption. 35. Which 4-worded expression in paragraph 2 suggests that the video has personal effects on some viewers? 36. What does it in line 9 refer to? A. Big-box store. B. The planet. C. A new set of Legos. A B C D D. To buy or not. 37. According to paragraph 3, which of the following statements is NOT correct? A. Annie is an uncompromising activist. B. Annie always gives talks on the evils of consumption. C. Annie always criticizes corporations and the government. A B C D D. Annie is still working for Greenpeace. 38. Find a word in paragraph 2 that suggests the enthusiasm is not universal. (line 19). 39. In line 21, boon probably means A. alternative. B. benefit. C. result. A B C D D. warning CE-ENG LANG 1A-7

8 40. According to paragraph 7, which of the following statements is NOT correct? A. Many nonprofit organizations support Annie. B. Annie has gone to many places to attend conferences. C. The simple approach of the video makes it a great success. A B C D D. Much of the content of the video was unknown before its release. 41. In line 33, segue into can be replaced by A. move to. B. do without. C. benefit from. A B C D D. draw conclusions from. 42. In paragraph 10, Jasmine insists on using tap water instead of bottled water because A. filtered tap water tastes better. B. filters are easily available. C. it is more environment-friendly. A B C D D. she has bought a filter and wants to convert the household. 43. Fill in the blanks below with words that can be found in paragraphs ONE word for each blank. (6 marks) Ms Kennedy: What I wanted to do was get the 1 to think, not to say this is the 2 they should all adopt. I want them to be aware of our role in the entire spectrum of life, and I felt like this 3 was a good place to start. But I didn't think it was the be-all, end-all explanation of things. Mr. Zuber: I don't say no to videos, as long as they are used appropriately, fully explained and explored, and put in the proper context. But I did 4 to the way the 5 used them in the 6. I don't believe they did the necessary work to set the context to show those videos CE-ENG LANG 1A-8

9 44. Match these quotations with the people that you think were most likely to say them. Write the appropriate letter next to the names in the table on the right. The first one has been done for you as an example. (6 marks) A. We do need to put in more updated information to fill the gaps when we are designing courses on the subject. B. Changes don t come overnight or with a magic wand. We need to start with ourselves and extend to our family, to the community and then to the whole world. C. Rather than engage on the ideas from the video, they sort of shut down. And that taught me something about the limitations of the video as a tool. D. I would not hold back what should be told, especially after knowing that my message can make a difference. E. I take it as a means rather than an end from which meaningful brainstorming ensues. F. Its one-sided point of view is what I oppose most strongly. We need balanced views to avoid indoctrination. G. At first I was quite sure that it was wrong to buy the toy. But now I feel much easier. Jonathan Batker Annie Leonard Bill Bigelow Mark Lukach Jasmine Madavi Mark Zuber Dawn Zweig G 45. Below is a personal profile of Ms Annie Leonard. There are four pieces of wrong information which are underlined. Write the correct word above the underlined word so that the information is correct. The correct words can be found in paragraphs 1, 3 & 10. One has been done for you as an example. (4 marks) Annie Leonard is one of American opponents of sustainability and critics of excessive consumerism. She is most known for her animated film The Story of Stuff about the life-cycle of marketing. Annie is a co-creator and coordinator of GAIA and serves on the boards of International Forum for Globalization and the Environmental Health Fund. She is supportive of the government which has a huge economic She budget. He previously held positions with Greenpeace International. She is now a coordinator of the Funders Workgroup for Sustainable Production and Consumption. END OF PAPER 2011-CE-ENG LANG 1A-9

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