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2000-CE-ENG LANG B2–6 - 5 -
PART 2 USAGE (1 mark each)
Decide which of the choices given on page 6 would best complete the article if inserted in the blanks. Mark your
answers on the multiple-choice answer sheet. (19 marks)
Tourists scared away
A top hotel says (30) number of thieves and conmen are cheating tourists (31) the recession
started, driving business away from Hong Kong.
The Hyatt Regency in Tsim Sha Tsui says one guest a day now (32) bags or purses being stolen,
(33) about one guest a month in 1997. And (34) the past six months, the hotel has received at least 50
complaints about (35) by shops. Most (36) involved cameras and mobile telephones. Staff at the
hotel said they (37) a noticeable increase (38) complaints since December.
Tourists complained of (39) in areas (40) Nathan Road and Lock Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, and
Times Square in Causeway Bay.
‘The number of shops charging very high prices seems to be on the rise since the (41) downturn,’
said the hotel’s communications manager, Therese Necio-Ortega. Assistant manager Justin Williams said the
hotel’s (42) had shown that each dissatisfied customer would tell about 15 people what had happened
(43) them. ‘This shows that people who get (44) in this way are going to think of Hong Kong as a
place (45) shoppers are cheated, (46) a place to go for bargains,’ Mr Williams said.
The Consumer Council may ask the Government to increase its powers to sue rogue traders. Now it
(47) only help consumers (48) legal action and blacklist shops with ‘undesirable sales practices’.
(Freely adapted from an article by Ceri Williams in the Sunday Morning Post, June 6, 1999.)
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2001-CE-ENG LANG B2–6 – 5 –
PART 2 USAGE (1 mark each)
Decide which of the choices given on page 6 would best complete the article if inserted in the blanks. Mark your
answers on the multiple-choice answer sheet. (22 marks)
Disaster memories pay off at auction
The blockbuster movie Titanic has given rise to a huge increase in sales of memorabilia (28) tickets, postcards
and menus from the ship. Some items from the Titanic can be bought online between now and May 15 at
www.sothebys.amazon.com. (29) follows an auction in London earlier this week which centred on the (30) of
Sarah Roth, who sailed on the Titanic to join her fiancé in America.
Sarah and Daniel Iles had been childhood sweethearts. When the young man emigrated to America in (31) of a
better life, she agreed to wait and follow him when he (32) work and made some money. A year later, in 1912,
when Daniel sent her the money for the (33) to join him in New York, Sarah (34) to buy one of the last third-
class tickets on the Titanic.
Sarah survived the disaster – which claimed 1,500 (35) – but lost nearly everything. The only thing that she
did not lose was her handbag (36) her third-class inspection card and ticket holder. Eight days after the sinking, she
married Daniel in New York.
The inspection card made US$19,500 (37) her ticket holder went for US$1,800. Also sold, for US$2,300, was
a collection of correspondence written after the event.
The letters include a dramatic account of how she woke up (38) that the ship had stopped. She wrote, ‘I dressed
and left the cabin to see what was happening. I (39) a conversation with my friend and her husband and we waited
in the corridor. On seeing some officers, we (40) them what the matter was and they said that the ship (41) an
iceberg but reassured us that there was no danger and nothing to be worried (42) .’ (43) , minutes later, another
officer ordered her to put her lifebelt on and proceed towards the second-class deck. It was at this point (44) she
grabbed her handbag. As she climbed the ladder, Sarah saw that there was a gate (45) other third-class passengers
from getting anywhere near the lifeboats. When she reached the top, she (46) a lifeboat that was about to be
lowered (47) the water and hurried towards it.
Sarah’s inspection card is believed to be unique since so few people from the third-class deck came out of the
disaster alive. The prices at this auction are far higher than previous (48) , suggesting that the Titanic boom is not
over (49) .
(Adapted from an article in the Guardian,URL: http://www.guardianunlimited.co.u…ve/Article/0, 4273,4015184,00.html)
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PART 2 USAGE (1 mark each)
Decide which of the choices given on page 6 would best complete the article if inserted in the blanks. Mark your
answers on the multiple-choice answer sheet. (22 marks)
Sleeping keeps you awake
Imagine that you are sitting at your desk and your teacher is (29) something to the class. It is two o’clock
on a hot and humid afternoon. You are still full (30) lunch and you are finding it very difficult to concentrate on
the lesson. Your eyes cannot focus on the board and they are starting to feel very heavy. (31) , your head hits the
desk and you are (32) asleep. Does this sound familiar?
Experts say that (33) sleepy around two or three o’clock in the afternoon is quite common. (34) how
hard people try, they just cannot stay awake. Do you (35) feel like this? (36) you do, experts advise you to
put your head in a comfortable position on your desk, take off your shoes, close your eyes and (37) to sleep. If
your teacher comes over, just explain that you will get (38) done when you wake up. If he is speechless, tell him
that recent research (39) that a quick sleep during the day is good for you and that your work (40) as a
result.
(41) is the research? Researchers from Japan’s Centre for Mental Health studied the sleeping (42) of
24 workers. Twelve lucky workers (43) to take a nap in the afternoon and the other twelve (44) continue
working. The researchers then (45) some tests on all the workers to find out how alert and efficient they were.
The results showed that the people who had been allowed to sleep scored about 10 per cent higher on the tests than
those who had not been allowed any sleep at all. The researchers continued (46) their tests for several hours and
discovered that the ‘sleepers’ (47) performed better in tests done two or three hours later. (48) was found
that sleeping position affected the workers’ performance as well. People who slept sitting up were more clear-headed
and became alert more quickly than those who lay down. The workers who lay down got too comfortable
and (49) slept more deeply. As a result, it was several hours before they were completely alert again.
(50) , the next time you feel sleepy in class, see if your teacher will let you put your head on your desk and
have a quick sleep. If this is not possible, just get someone to shine a bright light in your face!
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