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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

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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