1. What is the passage mainly about? (1 mark)
a. Einstein’s theory of motion
b. The idea that time is relative
c. Traveling at a speed of light
d. The atomic clock experiment
2. What will happen to time if we travel close to the speed of light? (1 mark)
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
3. How fast is “the speed of light”? (1 mark)
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. Why did the writer mention an astronaut traveling in space in P5? (1 mark)
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
5. Based on the passage, whom do you think will age more quickly, a person traveling in a rocket or the one riding a jet? Also, provide a reason to support your opinion. (2 marks)
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
6. How many ways is Einstein’s idea about time tested? And which way is the most important? State your reason. (2 marks)
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
7. What can the atomic clock do? (1 mark)
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Passage B (6%)
P1 Technology brings problems as well as benefits to humankind. Since Henry Ford began mass-producing automobiles in 1908, they have provided us with a cheap and convenient means of transportation. However, they have also brought us traffic jams and air pollution. A technological development that is changing our lives as much as the automobile is the personal computer. Since the 1980s computers have become common in homes, schools, and businesses, and just as automobiles have brought unexpected problems, so have personal computers.
P2 To begin with, communication by computer has caused some problems. Although we can easily send messages to hundreds of people in an instant, we can also receive hundreds of unwanted messages in just a few minutes. A newspaper reporter for the Chicago Herald-Tribune recently received more than twelve hundred junk mails in one day!
P3 The lack of censorship in cyberspace is another problem that no one has solved yet. Our expanded ability to communicate means that anyone with a computer can communicate anything to anyone on any subject at any time. Therefore, a child can receive photos and listen to chat-room conversations about sex.
P4 In addition, computers have also caused problems in business. They have created excellent opportunities for computerized crimes. Computer hackers use their skills to obtain secret business information and to steal money. For example, Kevin Mitnick, a computer hacker from California, obtained twenty thousand usable credit card numbers breaking into the computer files of a credit card company. He also erased the accounting records of another big company before he was caught and arrested.
P5 It is clear that personal computers have made our lives easier, but they have done so at a cost. As with every new invention, there have been negative consequences. It is up to us to find the solutions to the problems as well as to enjoy the convenience of the new tool.
1. This passage mainly discusses______________________________________ (1 mark)
________________________________________________________________________
2. How many main points are stated in the passage? What are they? (2 marks)
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
3. Which point do you think is the most important? Why? (1 mark)
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
4. Do you agree with the author? Why or why not? (2 marks)
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Part II: Opinion Paragraph (2.5%)
Instructions: Read the paragraph below and fill in the blanks.
A difficult problem that is facing society is the legalization of euthanasia, another word for mercy killing. Euthanasia is a method of causing death painlessly to end suffering. From my point of view, euthanasia should be legalized for two reasons. The first and most important reason to support euthanasia is that these patients have no chance of recovery. They can never lead normal lives and are clearly more dead than alive. Besides, medical costs are very high. Today the cost of a hospital room can be as much as 1,200 Bath per day for basic care which does not include the cost of specialized car or the use of special equipment. In brief, because these patients have no chance to recover, they should be allowed to die with dignity.
Topic sentence: (0.5 mark)
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Reasons: (1.5 marks)
Reason (1) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Supporting detail:
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Reason (2) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Supporting detail:
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Concluding sentence: (0.5 mark) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Part III: Conversation (5%)
Instructions: Complete the following conversation with the most appropriate expressions in the box. Each EXPRESSION can be used only ONCE.
I don’t think that’s the case
Are you saying
I think you’re right
I didn’t mean that
Excuse me, could I just make a point here?
I really feel
Moderator: The controversial issue needed to be discussed is whether Cumbria, a small town in England, should welcome the nuclear waste storage project. Let’s hear from Eddie first.
Eddie: (1) ________________________________________ that Cumbria is not the best place geologically in the UK and the government must focus on dumping the waste underground in the safest place, not the easiest.
Dr. Ruth: (2) ________________________________________ Cumbria has a unique and famous landscape which needs to be protected. Would anyone come to Cumbria if a nuclear waste storage facility was built here?
Moderator: (3) ________________________________________ that this nuclear waste project will destroy local tourism industry?
Dr. Ruth: Yes, definitely. We fear that if the area becomes known as the place where nuclear waste is stored underground, tourism industry will be affected immensely.
Elaine: (4) ________________________________________
Moderator: Go ahead, Elaine.
Elaine: In my opinion, the basic problem is the fear. The government should do something to ensure that dumping nuclear waste underground is safe.
Dr. Roger: I agree with Elaine. The technology is here now! GE Hitachi has designed the technology that can be used with the nuclear waste storage. They can use the UK's nuclear waste as fuel. We will have enough to power the UK for 500 years.
Eddie: (5) ________________________________________ No one can guarantee that technological errors will never occur. It will never be 100% safe.
Part V: Transition (2.5%)
Instructions: Choose the best answer in the box to complete each blank. Each WORD can be used only ONCE.
In brief Consequently However First of all
For instance Similarly Because Immediately
1. In 2010, Iran successfully sent a rat, turtle and worms into space. _________________, an attempt to send a monkey up in a rocket failed in 2011.
2. Many big companies have been affected by the explosion of
lithium-ion batteries. ____________, General Motors reported several lithium-ion b
1. What is the passage mainly about? (1 mark)
a. Einstein’s theory of motion
b. The idea that time is relative
c. Traveling at a speed of light
d. The atomic clock experiment
2. What will happen to time if we travel close to the speed of light? (1 mark)
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
3. How fast is “the speed of light”? (1 mark)
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. Why did the writer mention an astronaut traveling in space in P5? (1 mark)
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
5. Based on the passage, whom do you think will age more quickly, a person traveling in a rocket or the one riding a jet? Also, provide a reason to support your opinion. (2 marks)
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
6. How many ways is Einstein’s idea about time tested? And which way is the most important? State your reason. (2 marks)
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
7. What can the atomic clock do? (1 mark)
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Passage B (6%)
P1 Technology brings problems as well as benefits to humankind. Since Henry Ford began mass-producing automobiles in 1908, they have provided us with a cheap and convenient means of transportation. However, they have also brought us traffic jams and air pollution. A technological development that is changing our lives as much as the automobile is the personal computer. Since the 1980s computers have become common in homes, schools, and businesses, and just as automobiles have brought unexpected problems, so have personal computers.
P2 To begin with, communication by computer has caused some problems. Although we can easily send messages to hundreds of people in an instant, we can also receive hundreds of unwanted messages in just a few minutes. A newspaper reporter for the Chicago Herald-Tribune recently received more than twelve hundred junk mails in one day!
P3 The lack of censorship in cyberspace is another problem that no one has solved yet. Our expanded ability to communicate means that anyone with a computer can communicate anything to anyone on any subject at any time. Therefore, a child can receive photos and listen to chat-room conversations about sex.
P4 In addition, computers have also caused problems in business. They have created excellent opportunities for computerized crimes. Computer hackers use their skills to obtain secret business information and to steal money. For example, Kevin Mitnick, a computer hacker from California, obtained twenty thousand usable credit card numbers breaking into the computer files of a credit card company. He also erased the accounting records of another big company before he was caught and arrested.
P5 It is clear that personal computers have made our lives easier, but they have done so at a cost. As with every new invention, there have been negative consequences. It is up to us to find the solutions to the problems as well as to enjoy the convenience of the new tool.
1. This passage mainly discusses______________________________________ (1 mark)
________________________________________________________________________
2. How many main points are stated in the passage? What are they? (2 marks)
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
3. Which point do you think is the most important? Why? (1 mark)
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
4. Do you agree with the author? Why or why not? (2 marks)
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Part II: Opinion Paragraph (2.5%)
Instructions: Read the paragraph below and fill in the blanks.
A difficult problem that is facing society is the legalization of euthanasia, another word for mercy killing. Euthanasia is a method of causing death painlessly to end suffering. From my point of view, euthanasia should be legalized for two reasons. The first and most important reason to support euthanasia is that these patients have no chance of recovery. They can never lead normal lives and are clearly more dead than alive. Besides, medical costs are very high. Today the cost of a hospital room can be as much as 1,200 Bath per day for basic care which does not include the cost of specialized car or the use of special equipment. In brief, because these patients have no chance to recover, they should be allowed to die with dignity.
Topic sentence: (0.5 mark)
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Reasons: (1.5 marks)
Reason (1) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Supporting detail:
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Reason (2) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Supporting detail:
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Concluding sentence: (0.5 mark) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Part III: Conversation (5%)
Instructions: Complete the following conversation with the most appropriate expressions in the box. Each EXPRESSION can be used only ONCE.
I don’t think that’s the case
Are you saying
I think you’re right
I didn’t mean that
Excuse me, could I just make a point here?
I really feel
Moderator: The controversial issue needed to be discussed is whether Cumbria, a small town in England, should welcome the nuclear waste storage project. Let’s hear from Eddie first.
Eddie: (1) ________________________________________ that Cumbria is not the best place geologically in the UK and the government must focus on dumping the waste underground in the safest place, not the easiest.
Dr. Ruth: (2) ________________________________________ Cumbria has a unique and famous landscape which needs to be protected. Would anyone come to Cumbria if a nuclear waste storage facility was built here?
Moderator: (3) ________________________________________ that this nuclear waste project will destroy local tourism industry?
Dr. Ruth: Yes, definitely. We fear that if the area becomes known as the place where nuclear waste is stored underground, tourism industry will be affected immensely.
Elaine: (4) ________________________________________
Moderator: Go ahead, Elaine.
Elaine: In my opinion, the basic problem is the fear. The government should do something to ensure that dumping nuclear waste underground is safe.
Dr. Roger: I agree with Elaine. The technology is here now! GE Hitachi has designed the technology that can be used with the nuclear waste storage. They can use the UK's nuclear waste as fuel. We will have enough to power the UK for 500 years.
Eddie: (5) ________________________________________ No one can guarantee that technological errors will never occur. It will never be 100% safe.
Part V: Transition (2.5%)
Instructions: Choose the best answer in the box to complete each blank. Each WORD can be used only ONCE.
In brief Consequently However First of all
For instance Similarly Because Immediately
1. In 2010, Iran successfully sent a rat, turtle and worms into space. _________________, an attempt to send a monkey up in a rocket failed in 2011.
2. Many big companies have been affected by the explosion of
lithium-ion batteries. ____________, General Motors reported several lithium-ion b
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