S.T.F.A. Tam Pak Yu College
Second Term Test (02/03)
Answer Key
Section I Comprehension (24%)
Passage A (12% @ 2 %)
(1) He is writing the letter to complain about dangerous driving.
(2) His flat is in Clearwater Bay.
(3) He thought that it would be peaceful and quiet.
(4) It starts each night just as Mr. Kwok is going to bed.
(5) The loud engines and screeching brakes keep him awake.
(6) The letter is written on 17th May 2002.
Passage B
Part 1 (6 %)
1. March and May (1 %)
2. Children (1 %)
3. From their mothers (1%)
4. Kites (1%)
5. Sweet rice cakes and small round dumplings (1%)
Part 2 (6% @ 1%)
1. Festival 2. Silk 3. Generation
4. Display 5. Pole 6. Warrior
Section II Vocabulary (22% @ 2%)
(1) properly / (2) swap / (3) barber’s(4) date / (5) similar to / (6) French
(7) keen / (8) intelligent / (9) due to
(10) giraffe / (11) ring finger
Section III Open Cloze (11% @ 1%)
(1) are (2) me (3) at (4) can
(5) is (6) but (7) more (8) much
(9) it (10) next (11) Yours
Section IV Matching (10% @1%)
1. ( i ) 2. ( h ) 3. ( b ) 4. ( d ) 5. ( k )
6. ( e ) 7. ( g ) 8. ( c ) 9. ( a ) 10. ( j )
Section V Gerunds/ Infinitives (10 % @1%)
(1) like playing/ to play (2) like swimming/ to swim
(3) do not like playing/ to play (4) like watching/ to watch
(5) like playing/ to play (6) like playing/ to play
(7) love surfing/ to surf (8) love playing/ to play
(9) do not like doing/ to do (10) hate revising/ to revise
Section VI Countable/ Uncountable nouns (12% @1% )
(1) are (2) many (3) is (4) some
(5) isn’t (6) much (7) bottle (8) much
(9) cans/ bottles (10) some (11) bar (12) piece
Section VII Proofreading (11 marks)
1. Are them coming with us? they
2. Why are ＾ looking so happy, Tina? you
3. I think that Edison is ＾ tallest student in our class. the
4. May you stand on one foot only? Can
5. The colour of this dress is good, but I think it’s price its
is too expensive.
6. Steven is ＾ handsome than Kenny. more
7. How weigh is this blue whale? heavy
It weighs 190 tonnes.
8. I want ＾ buy some junk food. to
9. I ＾ visit the Ocean Park tomorrow. will
10. Can you give me some informations about the competition? information
11. He go to school by bus. goes