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HKME 2023/24
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
PAPER 1 PART A
QUESTION-ANSWER BOOK
A
COMPULSORY

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Read Text 1 and answer questions 1 - 20. (42 marks)

Text 1
1. What does the ‘crowdfunded series’ (line 6) refer to?

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2. Find a word in paragraph 2 which means ‘gathered or accumulated’.

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3. What is Jim Caviezel’s occupation?

A. a Catholic

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B. a player
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C. a federal agent
A B C D
D. an actor    

4. According to paragraphs 1 to 3, are the following statements True (T), False (F) or Not Given (NG)?
(4 marks)

Statements T F NG

(i) Midlothian, Texas is a popular place to visit.   

(ii) The Chosen is a popular series.   

(iii) The number of adult Christians in America is increasing recently.   

(iv) Campaigns of promoting Christianity is broadcasted across America nowadays.   

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 5. Below is a summary of paragraphs 4 and 5. In four of the lines there is ONE mistake. If you find a
mistake, underline it an replace the word with one that expresses the correct idea. Write the word in
the box on the right. Both grammar and spelling must be correct. In one of the lines, there is no
mistake; put a tick (✓) in the corresponding box. The first one has been done for you as an example.
(5 marks)

Summary Correction
e.g. People are not aware of the small movement toward Jesus right now. powerful

(i) A celebration is held for faith-based films by Ted Baehr every month.

(ii) He thought it is common to see people to be positive to Christianity.

(iii) Professor Bivins did support this comment, no evidence of bias

(iv) could be found, but he discovered that less ‘likes’ would be

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(v) received for people who are oppressed by Christianity.

6. According to paragraph 6, are the figures of Movieguide a valid representative for faith-based films?
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7. What does ‘offerings’ (line 35) mean?

A. films
B. money from believers
C. gestures of help
A B C D
D. gifts    

8. Find a word or phrase in paragraphs 5 to 8 which has a similar meaning to each word or phrase given
below. (4 marks)

(i) natural ________________________________

(ii) regarded ________________________________

(iii) something becoming popular again ________________________________

(iv) significant event ________________________________

9. What was the attitude of Christian groups towards the current rise of faith-based movies? Explain your
answers.
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 10. How did Bivin’s point of view on Christianity in the US change throughout the years?
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11. Complete the notes below about paragraph 10 below by using ONE word or phrase taken from the
paragraph for each gap. Your answers must be grammatically correct. (4 marks)

Event Significance

The Jesus Movement in - Created a new culture by (ii) _______________ Christianity

(i) _________________ with 1960s counterculture

- (iii) _______________ arbitrary as the messaging has been

reframed.
The current religious

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movement - A (iv) _______________ increase of young believers may be

seen in churches.

12. Find a word in paragraph 11 that means ‘decreased’.

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13. How do movies about Jesus help with the image of Christianity in America?
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14. How did the Wedgwood Circle help push the rising movement of Christian movies?
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15. Complete the summary of paragraph 13 below by using ONE word taken from paragraph for each gap.
Your answers must be grammatically correct. (5 marks)

The Chosen project was started out by online ideas and a collection of $11 million from netizens, in

order to support the (i) _______________of the first season, instead of asking for the film industry

to (ii) _______________their project. Little did the donors know that they would break a record of

(iii) _______________ an entertainment project. The Chosen was such a success as it made its way

to (iv) _______________streaming services like Netflix, since they would like to

(v) _______________ the series on their platforms.

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 16. Which of the following is NOT a way of generating revenue for The Chosen?
A. streaming the series
B. crowdfunding
C. DVDs
A B C D
D. t-shirts    

17. Why would people cry when seeing Roumie? (2 marks)

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18. ‘The Chosen and Jesus Revolution is a response.’ (lines 91-92). What do these shows respond to?

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19. From the text, identify two examples of “there’s never enough ‘Jesus’ in pop culture”. (lines 101-102).
(2 marks)
(i) Example 1: ____________________________________________________________________________________

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(ii) Example 2: ____________________________________________________________________________________

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20. Below are some comments made by some of the people in Text 1. Match each person with ONE
comment. Each letter can be used ONCE only. One letter is NOT used. One has been done for you as
an example. (4 marks)

A. Brad Pelo B. Craig Detweiler C. Jonathan Roumie

D. Ted Baehr E. Jason Bivins F. Greg Laurie

Comments Letter
I believe more people will be more welcoming to faith-based films. (i)

Let God take care of your problems. (ii)

People would like to know more about what happened in afterlife. (iii)
Perhaps, faith-based movies can help solve their problems.
Instead of asking for help from Hollywood, let’s make a project together A (example)
by crowdfunding!
The rise of faith-based films must be the calling from God. I firmly (iv)
believe this is the right time to let Jesus come in and help us.

END OF PART A

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