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Practice paper 4A Reading Text 1 1.
C
7.
False
2.
D
8.
Not Given
3.
B
9.
Not Given
4.
E
10. False
5.
A and D
11. True
6.
False
12. True
13. Eight Immortals Cross the Sea: The Eight Immortals: a (vast) sea Journey to the West: Xuanzang, Monkey, Pig and Sand Demon: (many) demons and monsters * 14. Journey to the West because it is about a long journey to find holy scriptures. It is also a long book (2,346 pps) that comes in paperback and the review doesn’t mention it having any pictures in it. (4 marks) / Creation of the Gods / Eight Immortals Cross the Sea because they are about journeys. (1 mark) / Creation of the Gods / The Legend of White Snake / Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio because they do not have pictures in them. (1 mark) / Creation of the Gods / Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio because they are long books. (1 mark) / Eight Immortals Cross the Sea / The Legend of White Snake because it is available in paperback. (1 mark)
Text 2 15. D
25. True
16. 1
26. False
17. commands
27. False
18. Like
28. False
19. situations / enemies
29. Not Given
20. risk
30. Not Given
21. say / speak / talk
31. A
22. aims
32. C
23. quitting
33. E
24. cloud
34. D
35. Christine Chapel Dr McCoy Mr Spock 36. A 37. 4 38. slumbered 39. each leg = same size as the writer mouth = cave-like teeth = long 40. disgust 41. meticulously 42. D 1
Answer key 43. the back of the narrator’s neck 44. C 45. cave-like mouth: how the beast’s mouth looked description of the teeth: how strands of the beast’s saliva looked like a warm and wet washcloth: what the beast’s tongue felt like crawled like a snake: how the beast’s tongue moved 46. B 47. A 48. 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.
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Practice paper 4B Writing Task 1
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Task 2 Question 1
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Task 2 Question 2
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