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F.6 Mock Exam 2016-2017 English Language Paper 1: Reading Page 1 of 10 Sing Yin Secondary School Mock Examination (2016-2017) English Language Paper 1: Reading Form 6 Time allowed: 1 hr. 30 mins Full marks: 90 Name: __________________________Class: Class No.:____ Marks: ______ / 90 (_____ / 50) Question-Answer Book Instructions: 1.
Answer ALL
questions. Each question carries ONE
mark unless otherwise stated. 2.
The reading passages are in a separate booklet. 3.
Write your answers in the spaces provided in the Question-Answer Book. Answers written in the margins will not be marked. 4.
For multiple-choice questions, you are advised to blacken the appropriate circle with a pencil so that wrong marks can be completely erased with a clean rubber. Mark only ONE
answer to each question. Two or more answers will score NO MARKS
.
F.6 Mock Exam 2016-2017 English Language Paper 1: Reading Page 2 of 10 Answers written in the margins will not be marked. Answers written in the margins will not be marked. Answers written in the margins will not be marked. Part A (50 marks) Answer questions 1-22 based on the text on pages 2-3 of the Reading Passages Booklet. Write your answers in the spaces provided. For multiple-choice questions, choose the answer and blacken ONE circle only. 1. What does ‘
they
’ (line 14) refer to? 2. Based on the information in paragraph 1, what may readers find objectionable when reading the following? (2 marks) i) Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
ii) The Merchant of Venice 3. a) What does ‘
-
isms’ (
line 4) refer to? b) Name the two examples of ‘
-
isms’ mentioned in paragraph 1.
(2 marks) i) ii) 4. What is the issue described in paragraph 1? Answer by completing the sentence below. Use ONE
word only for each blank. (4 marks) Paragraph 1 describes the disagreement between i) proponents demanding ii) about potentially upsetting content on their reading lists and iii) who are iv) this idea. 5. Decide whether the following statements are True
, False
, or the information is Not Given
in paragraphs 1-2. Blacken ONE circle only for each statement. (3 marks) Statements T F NG i) University students are demanding that all works on their reading lists be politically correct. ii) Some academics think The Merchant of Venice
is discriminatory. iii) The idea of trigger warnings on campus was first raised by a victim of sexual assault.
F.6 Mock Exam 2016-2017 English Language Paper 1: Reading Page 3 of 10 Answers written in the margins will not be marked. Answers written in the margins will not be marked. Answers written in the margins will not be marked. 6. According to paragraph 3, in what ways can a lack of trigger warnings disrupt a class? (2 marks) 7. Why did Loverin
’
s proposal gain particular support at the Santa Barbara campus? 8. Why are specific academic institutions mentioned in paragraph 4? 9. Number the following events in chronological order. Write 1-4 on the lines provided. Use ‘
1
’
for the event that takes place first. (4 marks) Bailey Loverin
’
s idea finds support at the University of Michigan. Bailey Loverin falls victim to an attack. Bailey Loverin initiates a proposal on trigger alerts. Bailey Loverin confronts a professor regarding the content of a film. 10. What does ‘
Its
’
(line 44) refer to? 11. a) What examples of triggers are described in paragraph 6? (3 marks) i) ii) iii) b) What is the purpose of including these examples?
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F.6 Mock Exam 2016-2017 English Language Paper 1: Reading Page 4 of 10 Answers written in the margins will not be marked. Answers written in the margins will not be marked. Answers written in the margins will not be marked. 12. What does ‘
being spoon-fed
’
(line 69) mean? A. analyzing information B. accepting information without questioning it C. having an appetite for knowledge D. deliberating about two sides of an argument 13. According to the educators mentioned in paragraph 7, are the following conducive to the betterment of a society? Put a tick (
√
) in the box next to each item that is conducive to societal advancement and a cross (
×
) in each one that is not. (4 marks) everyday routines long-held beliefs society
’
s norms unexplored territory 14. According to paragraph 8, what dilemma do professors face on the issue of a compulsory trigger warning policy? (2 marks) 15. Find a word in paragraphs 7-8 that has a similar meaning to each of the following. (4 marks) i) anger ii) respectable iii) inspiring iv) sacrifice A
B
C
D
F.6 Mock Exam 2016-2017 English Language Paper 1: Reading Page 5 of 10 Answers written in the margins will not be marked. Answers written in the margins will not be marked. Answers written in the margins will not be marked. 16. According to paragraphs 8 and 9, what three harmful effects may compulsory trigger warnings cause on learning? (3 marks) i) ii) iii) 17. Why do health experts warn against books like Mrs Dalloway
? A. They could encourage imitation among vulnerable individuals. B. They glamorize suicide. C. They are unsuitable for trauma survivors. D. Their unpleasantness distracts the average reader. 18. Where did trigger warnings first appear? 19. Name two conditions mentioned in paragraph 12 that may be triggered by visual stimulations and explain what they are by completing each blank using no more than four
words.(4 marks) Condition What is it i) Intense fear of ii) Intense fear of 20. Which phrase in paragraph 14 is used to describe the unexpected new challenges in the outside world? A
B
C
D
F.6 Mock Exam 2016-2017 English Language Paper 1: Reading Page 6 of 10 Answers written in the margins will not be marked. Answers written in the margins will not be marked. Answers written in the margins will not be marked. 21. What is the writer
’
s attitude towards whether or not trigger alerts should be made compulsory at universities? A. reserved B. critical C. cautiously optimistic D. sympathetic 22. What are the writer
’
s reasons for and against the implementation of trigger alerts by universities?
(2 marks) For: Against: END OF PART A A
B
C
D
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F.6 Mock Exam 2016-2017 English Language Paper 1: Reading Page 7 of 10 Answers written in the margins will not be marked. Answers written in the margins will not be marked. Answers written in the margins will not be marked. Part B (40 marks) Section 1
(This section is not recommended for our students. Please attempt Section 2.) Section 2 Read Text 2 on pages 4-5 of the Reading Passages Booklet and answer questions 23-42. 23. What does ‘
the website
’
(line 5) refer to? 24. Based on the information in the introduction, complete the text by writing ONE word to fill in each blank. You should make sure that your answers are grammatically correct, paying attention to word form, plurals, etc. (8 marks) Three people have caused the American government no end of trouble in recent years. Julian Assange, who (i) the controversial website Wikileaks, has used the Internet to release secret information without (ii) away his sources. Former United States Army soldier Bradley Manning is responsible for leaking large amounts of information to the public also, including videos of airstrikes in Iraq and Afghanistan, diplomatic cables, and restricted (iii) such as army reports. Former CIA employee Edward Snowden, whose job was to (iv) data for the agency, has released details of several top-secret (v) programmes in (vi) and in the United States to The Guardian
. Some people view these men
’
s actions as heroic, while others want them arrested for being (vii) . In any case, the men
’
s actions have raised an important question for today
’
s society: ‘
What is (viii) ?
’
25. Do you think that Assange, Manning and Snowden are heroes or traitors for releasing restricted information to the public? Explain. (2 marks)
F.6 Mock Exam 2016-2017 English Language Paper 1: Reading Page 8 of 10 Answers written in the margins will not be marked. Answers written in the margins will not be marked. Answers written in the margins will not be marked. 26. What is the main purpose of paragraph 1? 27. Based on paragraph 2, match the descriptions (A
―
G) to the correct place in the timeline to show the order of the roles in a modern journalism network. Write the letter in the box. NOTE: Use only SIX descriptions. (6 marks) A. B. C. D. E. F. G. A person attends journalism school to acquire the skills necessary to work in the field. A person chooses what information to keep and what information to discard. A person collects as much information as possible about the event or situation. A person expands on the information to clarify its meaning to the audience. A person follows up on the information to ensure that it is accurate. A person sees an event or situation that is worthy of reporting to the rest of the world. A person uses a variety of means to make the information available to the public. 28. According to paragraph 3, who are included in the categories ‘
traditional journalists
’
and ‘
non-traditional journalists
’
? (2 marks) i) traditional journalists , , ii) non-traditional journalists , , 29. According to Yochai Benkler, journalism …
A. consists only of editors and reporters. B. is none of the few fields that never change. C. relies on groups of people working at different organisations. D. wouldn
’
t be able to exist without the Internet. 30. What does ‘
This
’
(line 57) refer to? A
B
C
D
F.6 Mock Exam 2016-2017 English Language Paper 1: Reading Page 9 of 10 Answers written in the margins will not be marked. Answers written in the margins will not be marked. Answers written in the margins will not be marked. 31. Find a word in paragraph 6 with the OPPOSITE meaning of ‘
glorified
’
. 32. What is the tone in paragraph 7? A. critical B. humorous C. inquisitive D. supportive 33. Do you think that WikiLeaks is a journalistic organization? Explain. (2 marks) 34. What does ‘
The exact same question
’
(line 73) refer to? 35. Read paragraphs 9-10 and decide whether the following statements are True
, False
or the information is Not Given
. (5 marks) Statements T F NG i) Greenwald was Snowden
’
s colleague at the CIA when the leak occurred. ii) The leak has divided journalists on the legality of what Greenwald did. iii) In the US, journalists tend to believe that journalism requires neutrality. iv) Benkler is a former journalist. v) The writer agrees with Benkler about the relationship between journalism and advocacy. 36. Do you agree that a person must be either a journalist or an advocate? Explain. (2 marks) A
B
C
D
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F.6 Mock Exam 2016-2017 English Language Paper 1: Reading Page 10 of 10 Answers written in the margins will not be marked. Answers written in the margins will not be marked. Answers written in the margins will not be marked. 37. In paragraph 11, find a phrase which means ‘
the same as
’
. 38. What metaphor does the writer use in paragraph 12 to describe his definition of journalism? 39. What is the main idea of paragraph 13? 40. According to the writer, giving Manning the death penalty or life in prison will …
A. encourage more whistleblowers to come forward. B. ensure that justice has been served. C. help to improve leak-based investigative journalism. D. make potential whistleblowers reluctant to share information. 41. Which of the following is the best alternative title for this text? A. How has journalism evolved in the modern world? B. What will the journalists of tomorrow be like? C. Who are Julian Assange, Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden? D. Why is WikiLeaks essential to journalism? 42. This text is …
A. a biography. B. a news article. C. a technical report. D. an opinion piece. END OF PART B2 END OF PAPER A
B
C
D
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