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Unit 3 Reading Ex 1 1 2 3 4 5

C nab 6 D 5

Ex 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

they: many parents (line 1) they: drug awareness programmes (lines 3-4) it: substance abuse (line 5) substance abuse: during addiction (line 1) these young offenders: juvenile drug pushers and addicts (lines 5-6) the issue: drug addiction becoming a serious problem among teenagers in secondary schools (lines 1-2) these measures: drug awareness programmes (lines 3-4) the problem: drug abuse (line 10)

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more than 60% of people surveyed forgery and fraud D B B

* According to the new HKCEE marking scheme, these types of questions will be marked correct even if there are grammatical or spelling mistakes as long as the meaning is clear. Ex 4 1 2 3 4 5 6

replacing higher Unlike demand / request accused / guilty commit

Ex 5 1 2 3 4

B F A D





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Practice for the exam Text 1 1 *2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 *12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

D having only two hours to find 1,000 wireless networks A prowess B improvements pressure responsibility provide / produce / make until / unless B people who tap into unprotected wireless networks A G C E B 4 A B A C

* According to the new HKCEE marking scheme, these types of questions will be marked correct even if there are grammatical or spelling mistakes as long as the meaning is clear.

Writing Ex 6 1 2 3

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To help the principal investigate reports of students experiencing after-school theft The introduction In the Findings In the Introduction In the Conclusion and recommendations The Conclusion and recommendations The Introduction The Findings





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Ex 7 [Suggested answers only] 1 fell dramatically / went down 2 None of the CDs was / were 3 rose / increased significantly 4 Only a small percentage 5 three-quarters of the stolen CDs were not 6 over half of the stolen CDs were recovered Ex 8 [Suggested answers only] 1 over fifty per cent of the items stolen 2 went down 3 number of handbag thefts fell dramatically 4 increased significantly 5 almost three-quarters of the thefts were 6 very few 7 less than twenty-five percent 8 none of the items stolen

Practice for the exam Task 1 Findings: — majority of thefts happened in the changing rooms during PE lessons — over a quarter of phones were taken from bags or jackets at lunchtime — a small number of phones were taken in the playground during morning recess





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Model answer Report on mobile phone thefts Introduction



This term, a large number of mobile phones have been stolen during school hours. To investigate this/the problem, the student council has asked the victims about the time and place that their phones were taken and the features of their phones. This report presents the findings and conclusion and makes some recommendations. Findings The findings show that the majority of mobile phone thefts occurred in the changing rooms during PE lessons. Over a quarter of the phones were taken from bags and jackets during lunchtime. Very few were taken from the playground during morning recess and classroom lessons. The findings also show that nearly half of the phones stolen included a camera and a music player. A third had just a camera, while ten per cent only played music. Very few basic phones were stolen. Conclusion and recommendations According to the above findings, it is clear that there is a problem with security in the PE changing rooms. As such, the student council recommends installing secure lockers there. In addition, it is recommended that students keep their phones secure outside the classroom and preferably leave mobile phones that have a camera and music player at home. 



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Ex 10 [Suggested answers only] 1 Opening Every year, many lives are ruined and lost because of drug abuse. The illegal drug trade threatens every community, and our school is no exception. Recently, a gang was found selling drugs in a nearby park. In this article, I will discuss three ways our school can help prevent students from becoming involved with drugs and drug dealers. Closing In conclusion, since gangs have been found selling drugs in the park near our school, the school could consider running an awareness campaign about the dangers of drugs and the criminal gangs that deal drugs. It could also set up a confidential helpline so students can get help or report information about drug selling. Finally, the school could organise a ‘Safe Routes From School’ initiative so students do not have to walk home alone. To maximise their effectiveness, I believe all of these suggestions should be introduced. 2 Opening In 2004, a single computer virus cost businesses worldwide over 500 million US dollars. Like many computer viruses, the Sasser virus was created and spread by a teenager using his own computer in his family home. As our reliance on computers and the internet increases, it is essential to find ways to stop other teenagers from causing such costly chaos. In this essay, I will discuss three ways to prevent young people in Hong Kong from creating and spreading computer viruses. Closing To summarise, tougher punishments may discourage young people from creating and spreading computer viruses. The Hong Kong Government could also run an awareness campaign on the chaos and true cost of computer viruses. Together, I believe these solutions could provide an effective way of preventing teenagers from creating and spreading computer viruses. 3 Opening Many people believe that buying pirated copies of books is a victimless crime. However, every time someone buys an illegal copy, they are stealing from the author, the publisher and legitimate booksellers. This threatens their ability to produce and sell good quality books in the future, and it can help to fund criminal gangs. Therefore, to ensure the best resources for our education, our school must help stamp out illegal copies of textbooks. In this essay, I shall consider three ways our school could discourage students from buying illegal textbooks. Closing In conclusion, our school could run activities and an awareness campaign informing students of the illegal nature of buying pirated textbooks and explaining the true cost of illegal goods. It could also encourage students to buy legal copies by asking publishers to reduce their prices and to give free gifts with each book. Finally, it could punish any student using an illegal copy. I think that the best solution is to run an awareness campaign because if students understand this problem, they are likely to stop contributing to it.





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Practice for the exam Task 2 Model answer One-third of students have knowingly committed a crime at school by illegally downloading music from the Internet. It is believed that illegal downloading has probably cost record companies millions of dollars in sales. If our school does not stop students from illegally downloading music, it could be taken to court. In this article, I will discuss three possible solutions to this problem. The first solution is for the school to run an awareness campaign about music piracy. Most students probably do not know that by illegally downloading music, they are actually stealing from the artists they admire. They are also threatening the future of the music industry, which relies on the income from sales to produce new music. Another solution is that the school could introduce punishments to prevent students from illegally downloading music at school. This would show that the school is serious about the problem. The punishments could include banning students from using computers for personal use, and contacting the record company if the problem continues. Finally, the school could install a security system on the school’s computer network. The security system could deny access to known unauthorised music web sites. Alternatively, since it is hard to track all new web sites, the school could limit Internet access to a small number of approved web sites. To conclude, since illegally downloading music is a growing problem, the school should run an awareness campaign about music piracy, introduce punishments for illegally downloading music and install a security system on the computer network. I believe that to solve the problem, all these suggestions should be implemented at the same time.