PO ON COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATION WONG SIU CHING SECONDARY SCHOOL, F4 First Term Examination (2004-2005) Date: January 4, 2005 Time 8:30 —10:00 a.m. Setter: Zachary Ng No. of pages: Question Paper ~6; Answer sheet - 2 I. Comprehension (10%) Read this report and then answer questions 1- 10. (1) At the Chinese University of Hong Kong, researchers are testing six herbs that might help to cure heart disease. If successful, the research may find a new way to treat hardening of the blood vessels. This would gain international recognition, said Dr H. M. Chang, head of the research team. (2) ‘The research on traditional Chinese herbal cures was being done in a Westem scientific way, said Dr Chang. There is no doubt that the results will be accepted internationally.” (3) There are three major causes of death -- heart disease, stroke and cancer. The first two are related to the hardening or narrowing of the blood vessels. This leads to high blood pressure, heart failure, and clotting of the blood vessels. If the clotting happens in the blood vessels of the brain, the result is a stroke, If it happens in the blood vessels of the heart, the result is a heart attack. (4) The university is using mice for the test. They are divided into two groups. After the mice are being fed with fatty foods for a month, one group is fed Chinese herbs for about one week. The second group is not given the herbs. Then the livers of the animals from each group will be compared and tested for cholesterol levels. (5) Dr Chang explained that cholesterol is necessary for the body to function. But if we have too much, it can lead to heart problems. In the human body, there is a ‘bad! type of cholesterol -- low density lipoproteins (LDL) — and 'good’ — high density lipoproteins (HDL). Too much LDL is bad while HDL is safe and harmless. However, some people have a better ability to absorb LDL and convert it into useful cholesterol than others. (6) Scientists have also found that some babies are born with low or no LDL, receptor cells. Their chances of developing heart problems are six times greater than those of normal babies. These babies usually die young, mostly around the age of two, said Dr Chang. ) ‘The six Chinese herbs being tested have been used as traditional medicine for heart problems in China, ‘In the research centres of moder hospitals in China,’ explains Dr Chang, ‘we have collected statistics showing that the six herbs are very efficient in preventing and treating heart problems.” (8) However it is not clear how the herbs work. If they discover something new, Dr Chang said, they will publish the results in medical and scientific journals for other scientists to read , before announcing their findings to the public.oooa gog According to paragraph 1, resear- chers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong are ...... A. making a study of Chinese herbs. B. trying to find a cure for heart diseases using herbs. C. studying the cause of hardening of blood vessels. D. doing their best to gain interna- tional recognition. . From the passage we understand that Dr Chang is ...... A. a Western scientist. B. a Chinese herbalist. C. a famous heart surgeon. D. the chief researcher. . In paragraph 3 (line 2), ‘This’ refers TO sees A. hardening or narrowing of the blood vessels. B. clotting of the blood vessels. C. astroke. D. a heart attack. - The writer says that a stroke is ...... goa ooo0o pop> A. the main cause of death. B, caused by heart failure. C. the result of high blood pressure in the brain. D. due to the obstruction of blood flow in the brain. - According to paragraph 4, one group of mice used by the resear- chers ...... is fed only with fatty foods. is given only Chinese herbs. only likes fatty foods. will be tested for cholesterol levels after a certain period. 10 One of the points the writer makes in paragraph 5 is that ..... OA, any cholesterol in the body could lead to heart disease. there is usually more LDL in the body than HDL. OQ C. HDL is harmless to the body. OD. all LDL in our body will finally be changed into useful choles- terol. oB . According to scientists (paragraph 6), babies with low or no LDL receptor cells . DA. are born six times more fre- quently than normal babies. . will die at the age of two. . are all those that die young. . are more likely to have heart problems. cocoa vow -In_ paragraph 6 (line 3), ‘those’ refers to ...... 0 A, babies born with low or no LDL receptor cells. OB. normal babies. © C. chances of developing heart problems. DD. heart diseases. In paragraph 7, Dr Chang says the six herbs being tested ...... © A. are the best known medicine for heart problems. OB. have already been proved effi- cient in treating heart problems. OC. have been used in treating heart problems in China only recently, OD. are proved by statistics to be the most common medicine for heart problems. . According to the last paragraph, the researchers ...... OA. are getting close to discovering the way the herbs work. are going to announce the results of their tests soon. are aware that the public is eager to learn about the results of their tests. . will publish any findings they have in journals first. o B. oc.TI M.C. Cloze in the blanks to complete the article: ‘New hope for the short-sighted’ (10 marks) Some recent research gives hope for the million of people in Hong Kong who wear glasses or contact lenses. (1 )__ their eye-sight, Researchers claim that people who wear (2)__ contact lenses at night can see perfectly the following day, (3) ___ the help of glasses or contact lenses. Around six out of ten people in Hong Kong suffer from eye-disease, (4) __ of them from ‘short sightedness ~ meaning that they cannot see clearly in the distance. This condition is known to doctors (5)__ ‘myopia’. In Hong Kong short-sightedness (6) __ with very young children” a Chinese University study found that 10% of Primary One pupils (7) ____suffer from myopia. The percentage increases to 60 % in Primary Six and 75 % in secondary school. During the five-year research programme, more than 500 Chinese people with myopia, aged five to fifty, (8) __ special lenses to wear every night while (9)__. 97 percent of them found that they were able to see clearly without glasses during the day. The lenses work by changing the shape and curvature of the eye, Dr Tommy Yee, the head of the research programme is very pleased with the results. “ A patient can see (10) results in three weeks. He can drive, play tennis, work (11) __without worrying about having glasses on his noses.” Dr Lee was careful (12) ___about the fact that the new programme was not a ‘magical cure’ for myopia, He explained that patients needed to wear the corrective lenses every night (13) __their eyes gradually returned to their natural shape during the day. The research was (14) ___among Chinese people because Asians (15) to suffer more serious myopia than Westemers beeause of their lifestyle, said Dr Yee. “They (16)___plenty of time in front of the computer, watch TV and do not often take part in activities in green areas.” On average, Asian ‘myopia runs between 500 and 600 degrees, (17)__ Westerners rarely reach 300 degrees, he said. The new optical technique, which is not commonly (18) __ in Hong Kong, costs $12,000 to $1800, which includes an eye examination, a set of lenses to enable gradual improvement and (19) ___ progress checks, Local eye experts were delighted with the finds, noting that myopia was (20) — common condition in Hong Kong that any new approaches to tackle the problem were welcome. A. for correct 6 A isstarting 11 A.onthe computer 16 A. take B. to correct B. starts B. on computer B. spend C. correcting C. started C. with computers C. save D. correction D. is stared D. computer D. make Avaspecial design 7A. already 12, A. for stress 17. Awhile B. special designed B. still B. to stress B. besides C. specially-designed C. yet C. to stress on C. because D. specially-design D. before D. stress on D. even A. lacking 8 A.given 13. A.dueto 18. A.use B. less B. are given B. but B. used C. except C. were given C. because C. using D, without D. were being given D. unless D. useful A. mainly 9. A.slept 14 A.concemed 19. A frequency B. majority B. sleeping B. contacted B. frequents C. the most C. sleep C. contained C. frequent D. most, D. asleep D. conducted D. frequently A. like 10 A.an obviously 15 A. tendency 20. A. very B. by B. an obvious B. tends B.so Cas C. obviously C. tended C. such D. for D. obvious D. tending D. suchaIIL, Pick the best preposition phrase (A-S) to complete the story ‘Romeo and Juliet’. (10%) (1), the Montagues and the Capulets had been enemies of each other. When the members of both families met each other (2), they would quarrel (3) and fight (4). ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is a story about a boy and a girl who grew up in these two families and fell in love in such a time. (Aatfirst B.atlast. C.for ages D.in public) Ina party, the two teenagers fell madly in love with each other and (5) of their parents, arranged a marriage for themselves ina Church. After their secret marriage, Romeo got into a sword fight with Juliet’s cousin, a Capulet, on the street, and (6), killed him. Now, Romeo was driven away from his city (7). He must not be seen in the morning or he would be killed (8). (E.atonce F.byaccident G forever H. In the mean time, Juliet’s parents were arranging a marriage for their daughter. Juliet, (9) her jout the permission) parents to marry a man she did not love, urged her nanny to arrange a meeting between her and her newly wedded husband Romeo (10). That night, Romeo climbed into Juliet’s bedroom (11). They spent the night together, and when the sun rose, and the birds began to sing, Romeo left (12). (Limahurry Jin private K. under the pressure of L. with ease ) Now the marriage day for Juliet is near, Juliet begged her parents not to marry her away (13). Not wanting to have another husband, she took some medicine that would make people think she was dead when (14) she was not. Then, (15) she woke up, if everything went smoothly, Romeo would come back (16) to take her away when she woke up in her tomb. (M. by the time N. incase ©. in time P. without success ) (17), it was a good plan, for if Juliet and Romeo got married and had children, the Montagues and Capulets would become relatives and not enemies again.(18), Romeo did not get the news that Juliet had not died, Under the impression that his wife had died for him, he arrived at Juliet’s tomb to see her for the last time before he poisoned himself. (19) Juliet woke up, Romeo had already died. (20), Juliet took up Romeo’s dagger and stabbed herself to death. (Q. By the time R.In practice S.Intheend T. In theory) IV. Change the verbs in brackets to their correct verb form (active or passive voice in their correct tenses). (10%). A Human Rights Report on Trafficking of Persons, Especially Women and Children Many women from southern China, Thailand and the Philippines e.g. (bring) are brought to Hong Kong to work as hostesses in bars. These women 1, (keep) in flats during the day and 2. (release) to work at night. The women 3. (employ) in their native countries to work as entertainers, often without being told that they will have to provide sex to customers. In addition to being used for sex, there 4. (be) also trafficking in domestic helpers. ‘Women providing domestic work, mostly from the Philippines and Indonesia, 5. (take advantage of) by employment agencies and employers. Employment agencies 6. (target) women who 7.(not speak) English, 8. (charge) them very high fees, and 9. (hold) their passports for guarantee, About 220,000 female migrants 10.(be) domestic workers in Hong Kong, Of those females, 4,000 11. (report) being sexually abused by their employers. Police from Australia, Hong Kong, and the U. K. 12, (work) together to uncover a people -smuggling ring in March 2001. About 30 people 13. (arrest) for being involved in smuggling Chinese immigrants to Australia by way of Hong Kong. In one recent story, a Filipino woman 14. (employ) in Manila to work at a karaoke bar in Hong Kong. She 15. (take) to Hong Kong’s red-light district, on a fake visa and then 16. (force) into prostitution. For 2 years she 17. (lock) in her apartment during the day and watched by a “minder” every time she 18. (go) out. She 19. (say) that she 20, (have) sex with more than 20 men a night for 3 years to pay off the debt.Y. Fill in the blanks with the correct preposition (10%) Do you feel that you are not (e.g. good_at_) English? Are you (e.g. afraid _of ) failing the English paper in your HKCEE? There is nothing to be (1. scared __) if you are (2. aware__) what the paper wants you to do. ‘The English paper is (3. divided __) four papers testing you the four skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking, To pass these four papers, you must be (4. skilful___) all four skills. The dictionary defines skill as “a learned power of doing something competently: a developed aptitude or ability.” Ifyou are (5. clever __) words, you will understand how to get an ‘A’ in your English paper from the four words: ‘learned, competently, developed and aptitude’ Now, let us look at the four words one by one. The first word competently also means ‘expertly’; an expert must feel very (6, comfortable __) and even (7. confident ____) using English. Now how do you develop this competency? ‘The second word apritude means ‘fondness’ or ‘liking’. To do well in English, you must be (8. interested __) ifnot (9. excited __) English. Now, be (10. honest __) it, do you really think you can get a good result if you are by no means (11. enthusiastic __) things in English? The third word ‘develop’ means ‘enlarge, expand, extend, increase, widen, and build up.’ All these require a person to spend time, be (12. patient __) and never get (13. tired _) extending his knowledge about the English world, building up and enlarging his vocabulary day by day, increasing his confidence in communicating with native English speakers, and widening and expanding his horizons so as to make himself (14. useful ___) the global village of tomorrow. If you are (15. keen __) doing all these, the ‘A’ is yours. ‘The last word ‘learn’ suggests the word ‘teach’. You need an experienced teacher to teach you. But if'you want the teacher to teach you well, you must be (16. serious __) learning and you must not play during the lesson. You must not make your teacher (17. angry __) you because you are always (18. careless __) your grammar mistakes. You must also avoid chatting endlessly in class. making your teacher (19. disappointed __) you. If you are respectful and polite, your teacher will feel (20. anxious __) you and teach you well. VI. Complete the meaning of the passage by adding a prefix to or changing the suffix of the words in brackets (10%) Some (1,__sociology__) have found that many (2.__ literate___) parents are (3. _capable_ ) of finding a high (e.g. _ paying_) job to give their children a good education or even an education at all, As a result, many children have an (e.g. __unfinished __) primary education or are utterly (4, __educated_). ‘Those who are lazy and (5.__intelligent_) but manage to get to secondary, find school quite (6._impressive__) and boring as they are (7._competent__) at handling their difficult school work., In class, they are (8. __patient_) with the teachers’ teaching because they will be more (9.__ frustrate _) if they try and are (10. __successful_), ‘When these children grow up, they can only take up (11. _machine_) jobs earning low salary because they have no (12,_confident__) to take up the more (13.__challenge_) jobs. They know itis (14. __practical_) to hope for a better job in this (15. _compete_) world. Deep inside, they still want to be (16. __wealth_) and lead a (17.__wonder_) life. So, they tum to (18. _gamble_) and cheap (19.__excite_) for (20._happy_).y VIL. Change the underlined words into their correct part of speech. (10%) Dear Secretary: Lurge you to take (e.g) act(action) to protect the Pacific Ocean's marine ecosystems by (1) protect the U.S. dolphin. To (2) true protect dolphins in the Pacific itis (3) necessity to protect the ecosystem in which they (4) life. Overfishing is (5) effect dolphins, (6) endanger sea turtles, sharks, sea birds and the fish species themselves. Yet, instead of (7) decrease fishing efforts, countries are doing the opposite, This trend brings (8) disastrous for the entire Pacific Ocean, Itis your ( 9 ) responsible to make sound (10) choose that are in the (11) interesting of all ‘Americans, including future (12) generate. Taking the lead towards stopping overfishing and (13) destruction fishing practices in the Pacific fisheries would (14) achievement this goal. The U. S. has to create international (15) cooperate to ensure that countries are taking the necessary steps to (16) conservation dolphins and other marine (17) live. Stop overfishing in the Pacific and (18) protection dolphins and other marine biodiversity in this (19) importance area. (20) Sincere yours, VIII. Change the verbs in brackets to their correct tenses (10%) My best friend is called Kerry. We (e.g... know) have known each other for eight years and we (J. have) two big arguments in all that time. The first (2. happen) on my eighth birthday. He (3. break) my model plane and I (4. not speak) to him for a week. The second (5. be) just this summer. He (6, say) he (7.not like) my git] friend. I think he (8. be) jealous. Anyhow, now Kerry has got a girl friend too, and he and I (9. be) friends again. I (10. not like) his gir] friend much, she (11. talk) to much, especially to Kerry. We (12. meet) in primary school, on the first day. Kerry (13. say) something funny in class and we all (14 laugh). Humor (15 be) one of Kerry's best characteristics. He (16. laugh) a lot. He (17. be) very intelligent and he sometimes (18. say) things about people which (19 be) quite hurtful but so funny that it (be) hard not to laugh. IX, Fillin the missing words: (10%) Chow Yun-fat grew up ina village, in a house with __1__ electricity. When he was ten the family 2 to Kowloon City. His father__3__ asa seaman and was rarely home; so Chow did not know _4___ well. Chow had to leave __5__ at the age of seventeen to help support the family by doing different __6_ such working in a hotel, working as a salesman and a taxi driver. That is why he says: “I think when people __7___at me acting, they see the real person. For __8___, if I’m playing a taxi driver, I'm the real thing.” He first became successful in films when he __9__an award as best actor for his performance in the __10__ ‘Hong Kong, 1941’. Chow’s acting ability has long_11_ admired by Hollywood. His English films have been as successful __12_his Chinese films. Chow now lives __13__ in Hollywood and partly in Kowloon City. When__14__ Kowloon, he still__15___to the market in the morning to__16__ fish and vegetables which he cooks __17__ his mother. No wonder his fans never disturb him when he is__18__ shopping. They _19__ him like a friend and not a Hollywood movie__20__. X, Proofreading ( do it on the answer sheet 10%) - End of Paper -‘Answer Sheet, Date: January 4, 2005 PO ON COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATION WONG SIU CHING SECONDARY SCHOOL F.4 First Term Examination (2004-2005) Time 8:30 -10:00 am. 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