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1 F1 Exam Practice 7 Question paper Part I: Comprehension 55 marks Passage A Read the following passage carefully. Then use your own words to answer all the questions in complete sentences. (15 marks) Animals that broke the law They had to answer for their crimes in court (adapted from ‘Strange Stories, Amazing Facts’, Readers Digest, 1982) (1) Punishing animals that break the law is an ancient practice, maybe even older than the Bible. It was not only four-legged animals that broke the law. Offenders have included horseflies, moles, caterpillars, locusts and snails. Here are descriptions of some rather comical and funny animal trials that took place in history. (2) The first ‘recorded’ animal trial was in AD864, when the Diet of Worms decreed that a hive of bees which had stung a man to death should be suffocated. They were not particularly successful in suffocating the bees and many ‘executioners’ got stung instead. (3) A priest was preaching in a French church in the 11thcentury when a swarm of flies irritated him with their buzzing. He excommunicated them on the spot. Next day the flies had to be shovelled out of the church in heaps – killed, it was suspected, by severe overnight frost. (4) Pigs roamed the village streets in France in the Middle Ages, and sometimes pigs would commit offences against the law. A sow and her six piglets were accused of eating a child in 1394, and the sow was killed for food. The piglets, however, were spared because of their youth and the bad example set by the mother. (5) One of the most merciful sentences was that pronounced on some moles which were the subject of criminal proceedings at Stelvio, in Northern Italy, in 1519. The moles were accused of damaging crops by burrowing. They were required to turn up in court and were
2 summoned to do so. However, the moles did not turn up in court in answer to the summons and were sentenced in their absence to exile. (6) Animal trials were normally conducted according to established legal procedure, and some lawyers made a reputation as defence counsel. The trial of a bear which had ravaged some German villages in 1499 was delayed for over a week due to legal arguments, in this case, the lawyer argued that this bear had a right to be tried by its peers - a jury of fellow bears! (7) A lawyer by the name of Chassenee made a reputation with skillful defence of some rats which had destroyed a barley crop in 1521. When his clients failed to appear in court, he successfully argued that the summons was invalid: it should have been served on all the rats in the district. When the new summons was ignored by the rats again, Chassenee pleaded that cats belonging to the prosecutors were intimidating them, and demanded a cash guarantee that the cats would not attack the rats on their way to court. The prosecution refused to give this guarantee, and the case was dismissed. (8) One of the strangest ‘animal’ cases was that of Italian caterpillars which were asked to appear in court in 1659 on charges of trespassing and willful damage of property. A copy of the summons was nailed to a tree in each of the five districts where the damage had occurred. The accused were asked to return to the woodlands and stop destroying crops. The court, in all fairness, conceded that the caterpillars had the right to enjoy life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, provided their behaviour did not ‘destroy or impair the happiness of men’. (9) In the the 19thcentury, in the same spirit of ‘live and let live’, American families plagued by rats would send them a polite letter asking them to leave. All proper courtesy was observed by coating the letter with butter and treacle and ‘posting’ it in the rats’ warren. (10) As recently as 1974 in Libya, a dog was tried for a crime of biting a human, and sentenced to one-month imprisonment on a diet of bread and water. It served its sentence and was released. Justice was seen to have been done. 1.When was the first ‘recorded’ animal trial? (1 mark) 2.Were the people successful in suffocating the bees? Why or why not? (2 marks) 3.How did the priest punish the flies? (1 mark) 4.What crime did the moles commit? (2 marks) 5.To be fair, what did the lawyer argue for the bear in its trial? (1 mark) 6.How did the court inform the caterpillars to appear in court? (1 mark) 7.Which case do you find the most amusing and why? (2 marks) 8.From the passage find words that match the following meanings: a.Officially exclude someone from participating in the sacraments and services of the church (paragraph 3) (1mark) b.An order to appear in court (paragraph 7) (1 mark) c.Refused to take notice of or acknowledge (paragraph 7) (1 mark) d.People who break the law (paragraph 1) (1 mark) e.The show of politeness in one’s attitude and behaviour towards others (paragraph 9) (1 mark).
3 Passage B True, False or Not Given (10 marks, 1 mark each) Read the passage and decide whether the statements are true, false or not given according to the passage. Write ‘T’ for True, ‘F’ for false or ‘NG’ for Not Given in the appropriate spaces on the answer sheet.. Freebies for young in US Covid vaccination drive (The Times, UK, 9 May 2021) What’s the best way to persuade the millions of Americans who are still unvaccinated against Covid-19 to get their vaccine shots? Frequent public service announcements saying the vaccines are safe and effective have worked for some, but increasingly, people are realizing that it will take more than just information to sway the hesitant. In recent randomized survey experiments by the U.C.L.A. Covid-19 Health and Politics Project, two seemingly strong incentives have emerged. Roughly a third of the unvaccinated population said a money reward would make them more likely to get a shot. This suggests that some governors may be on the right track; West Virginia’s governor, Jim Justice, for example, recently announced the state would give young people $100 bonds if they took the vaccine shot. A similar number of people have said they are willing to take vaccines if doing so meant they wouldn’t need to wear a mask or keep social distance in public. About 150 million Americans — 57 per cent of adults — have received at least one shot. Now, in order to help meet President Joe Biden’s target of 70 per cent by Independence Day on July 4, states are getting creative. New York’s governor, Andrew Cuomo, is offering baseball fans free tickets to games if they get a jab at the stadium. Not to be outdone, the city’s mayor, Bill de Blasio, is bringing in mobile vaccination sites for visiting tourists. “New York City is open for business, one shot at a time,” he tweeted. Some states are offering money rewards to boost the numbers. Maryland is giving $100 to fully vaccinated state employees. Anyone who drives a neighbour to a clinic in Detroit gets $50. Canadians, keen to take advantage, are flying in. Many of the schemes are designed to reach younger Americans: West Virginia offers $100 savings bonds to young adults who get the jab. New Jersey is targeting the over-21s with free drinks at bars and breweries. A marijuana dispensary in Michigan has been handing out pre-rolled joints in a “pot for shots” scheme. Biden last week asked all over-18s to get the vaccine. “There are a lot of younger people ... who believe they don’t need it. Well, I want to be absolutely clear: you do need to get vaccinated.” Businesses have rallied behind the effort. The celebrity chef José Andrés has offered $50 vouchers for his Washington restaurants to anyone who gets vaccinated in May. People are venturing out into social spaces, but around them, unvaccinated people still outnumber the inoculated in many places — and rates of vaccination are slowing. Reversing this trend will take more than impassioned pleas from politicians, friends or medical professionals. Delivering real rewards beyond the vaccine’s health benefits may be required.
4 Statements:1.According to the first paragraph, more than half of the American people have not received their vaccine shots. 2.Some people have been persuaded to take the vaccine after hearing public service announcements that the vaccines are safe and effective. 3.The two incentives that have emerged are money rewards and $100 bonds. 4.The difference between the number of people who would take the vaccine in return for money rewards and those who would take it in return for not having to wear masks is not big. 5.President Biden has set a target for 70% of American adults to get vaccinated by Independence Day. 6.The governor and mayor of New York are giving different tickets to different games to people who agree to take the vaccine shot. 7.In Canada, anyone can get $50 for driving a neighbour to a clinic to take the vaccine. 8.Less than 50% of all over-18s in the US have taken the vaccine. 9.The celebrity chef José Andrés has offered $50 vouchers for his Washington restaurants to anyone who gets vaccinated in May, other offers for people who get the vaccine after May. 10.According to the last paragraph, there are more people who have not taken the vaccine than those who have. Passage C Multiple Choice Cloze (15 marks, 1 mark each) Read the passage and select the best answer to the following questions. Write A or B or C or D in the spaces provided on the answer sheet. Debunking a popular myth: Cold causes a cold The common cold is the world’s most widespread illness – which is probably (1)__there are more myths about it than any of the other illnesses on the planet. It is generally estimated that adults can (2)__an average of two to three colds a year, and for children, the average can be up to six or seven colds a year. The most widespread fallacy of all is that the common cold (3)__ caused by being cold, or feeling cold. They are not. Colds (4)__viruses which are passed on from person to person. You catch a cold through (5)___into contact with someone who already has one. If being cold causes a cold, it would be reasonable (6)__the Eskimos to suffer from the common cold permanently. But they do not. In the germ-free atmosphere of the Poles, explorers have reported being completely free from colds until coming into contact again with infected people. During the First World War, soldiers who (7)__long periods in the trenches, being cold, wet and miserable, showed no increased tendency to catch colds. In the Second World war, prisoners who were freezing and starving in concentration camps were (8)__to find that they did not catch a cold from not having enough to wear. At the Common Cold Research Unit at Salisbury, Wiltshire, volunteers took part in experiments in (9)__they took hot baths, then stood without drying in draughty corridors. After half an hour of (10)__only bathing costumes, they were allowed to dress, but had to
5 put on wet socks. Others were sent for walks in the rain, and on their return they were confined to rooms with no heating and they were not allowed to dry themselves. (11)__group showed any increased susceptibility to colds. Similar groups in Chicago met with the same results. If then, cold and wet have nothing to do with catching a cold, why are they more prevalent in winter? Despite the most painstaking (12)___in Britain and America, no one has yet found a satisfactory answer. The nearest the scientists have (13)__to a solution is a theory that people tend to stay together indoors more in cold weather than at other times, and thus making it easier for the virus to be passed on. Additionally, there is no (14)__for the common cold. There are no vaccines either, as the common cold can be caused by more than 200 types of viruses. There are drugs and painkillers, but all they do is relieve the symptoms. The (15)__way to recover from a cold? Take it easy, stay hydrated and rest, rest, rest. 1.A. who B. why C. what D. which 2.A. catch B. caught C. catches D. catched 3.A. have B. has C. are D. is 4.A. caused B. are cause by C. are caused by D. having been caused 5.A. come B. coming C. came D. comes 6.A. to expect B. expecting C. expected D. expect 7.A. spends B. spended C. spend D. spent 8.A. astonished B. astonishing C. astonish D. astoned 9.A. where B. which C. why D. who 10.A. worn B. wore C. wear D. wearing 11.A. either B. nor C. neither D. both 12.A. research B. researches C. to research D. researched 13.A. get B. getting C. got D. gets 14.A. cured B. cure C. curing D. have cured 15.A. more B. bestest C. good D. best
6 Passage D Cloze passage (15 marks, 1 mark each) Fill in the following blanks with the most suitable word from the box below. No word is used more than once. who peel peal they’ve and met simple do puzzled puzzles one while because an leaves they’re hard water boiling strain When Adversity Knocks This is a story that explains how adversity is (1)differently by different people. There was a girl named Asha (2)lived with her mother and father in a village. One day, her father assigned her a (3) task. He took three vessels filled with (4)water. He placed an egg in (5)vessel, a potato in the second vessel, (6)some tea leaves in the third vessel. He asked Asha to keep (7) eye on the vessels for about ten to fifteen minutes (8)the three ingredients in three separate vessels boiled. After the said time, he asked Asha to (9)the potato and egg, and (10) the tea leaves. Asha was left (11)– she understood her father was trying to explain something to her, but she didn’t know what it was. Her father explained, “All three items were put in the same circumstances. See how (12)responded differently.” He said that the potato turned soft, the egg turned (13), and the tea leaves changed the colour and taste of the (14). He carried on and said, “We are all like one of these items. When adversity calls, we respond exactly the way they (15). Now, are you a potato, an egg, or tea leaves?” We can choose how to respond to a difficult situation.
7 Part II : Grammar - 110 marks A. Tenses (20 marks, 1 mark each) Complete the following passage using the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. Do not change the voice or use modals. Study the example given. The Golden Touch Once there (e.g.live)a greedy man in a small town. He (1.be) very rich, and he (2.love)gold and all things fancy. But nothing (3.mean)more to him than his daughter, and he (4.not give)up his daughter for all the gold in the world. One day, he (5.chance)upon a fairy. The fairy’s hair (6.be)caught in a few tree branches. He (7.help)her out, but as his greediness took over, he (8.realise)that he had an opportunity to become richer by (9.ask)for a wish in return for helping her out. The grateful fairy (10.grant)him a wish. He (11.say), “I (12.wish)that all that I touch should (13.turn) to gold.” And the greedy man (14.walk)away feeling pleased with his new ability. The greedy man rushed home to (15.tell)his wife and daughter about his wish, all the while (16.touch)stones and pebbles and watching them (17.turn)into gold. Once he got home, his daughter rushed to greet him. As soon as he (18.bend)down to scoop her up in his arms, she turned into a gold statue. He was devastated and started crying and trying to bring his daughter back to life. He realised how stupidly he (19.act)and spent the rest of his days (20.search)for the fairy to take away his wish. Greed will always lead to downfall. B. Parts of Speech (20 marks, 1 mark each) Read the following passage. State clearly the parts of speech of the words in bold according to their usage in the passage.Write ‘noun’, ‘verb’, ‘adjective’, ‘adverb’, ‘conjunction’, ‘determiner’, ‘pronoun’ or ‘preposition’ in the spaces on the answer sheet. The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams There was once a velveteen rabbit, and in the (1) beginninghe was really (2) splendid. He was fat and bunchy, as a rabbit should be; his coat was spotted brown and white, he had real (3) threadwhiskers, and his ears were lined with pink sateen. (4) OnChristmas morning, when he (5) satwedged in the top of the Boy’s stocking, with a sprig of holly between his paws, the effect was charming. There were other things in the stocking, nuts and oranges and a (6) toyengine, and chocolate almonds and a clockwork mouse, (7) butthe Rabbit was quite the best of all. For at least two hours the Boy loved him (8) dearly, and then Aunts and Uncles came to dinner, and there
8 was a great rustling of tissue paper and (9) unwrappingof parcels, and in the excitement of looking at all the (10) newpresents the Velveteen Rabbit was (11)soonforgotten. For a long time, he lived in the toy cupboard or on the nursery floor, and no one (12)thoughtvery much about him. He was (13)naturallyshy, and being made only of velveteen, some of the more expensive toys quite snubbed him. The (14) mechanicaltoys were very superior, and looked down (15)uponeveryone else; they were full of modern ideas, and pretended they were real. The Rabbit could not claim to be a model of anything, for he didn’t know that real rabbits (16)existed. He thought they were stuffed with sawdust like (17)himselfand he understood that sawdust was quite (18)out-of-dateand should never be mentioned in modern circles. Even Timothy, the jointed wooden lion, put on airs and pretended he was connected to the Government. (19)Betweenthem the poor little Rabbit was made to feel very insignificant and commonplace, and the only toy who was (20) kind to him was the old Skin Horse. The Skin Horse was the oldest of all the toys and he was wise, for he had seen a long succession of other toys that had come and gone. C. Phrasal Verbs (20 marks, 2 marks each) Fill in the blanks using phrasal verbs from the box below. Change the tense where necessary. light up work out hang up look for put up log on hand over hurry up put on take out look forward to wake up keep out run out of turn down take off throw out try on set up sum up 1.The robber was tied up and (1)to the police by the shopkeeper and two brave passers-by. 2.The cookie jar is empty! We (2) cookies! Please fill it before the kids arrive. 3.Mum’s face(3)when she heard that Dad had won the lottery. 4.If you don’t respond by 12 noon, the organiser (4)your name and let someone else take the place. 5.It’s been an hour since you started. Have you (5)how to get my phone to work again? 6.There are many ways we can reduce waste and help protect the environment. To (6), we should think before we throw away anything. 7.My little sister (7)her school picnic next week. She’s so excited! 8.Raincoats are much better than umbrellas at(8 __the rain__). 9.That man has no telephone manners! He always (9)without saying goodbye, leaving the other person quite put out. 10.It is only possible to keep the place tidy if you (10) the junk regularly.
9 D. Conditionals types 1 and 2 (10 marks, 1 mark each) Fill in the blanks using the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Study the example before you begin. Take care that the sentences make sense.E.g. If I (want) a snack, I (buy) one from the vending machine. Answer: If I want a snack, I will buy one from the vending machine. 1.If you(1.leave)that ice cream in the sun for any longer, it (2.turn)into a milkshake. 2.If you(3.be)a pop star, I think you (4.sell)more records than Taylor Swift. 3.If you(5.drop)that pot of soup, we(6.go) hungry because it is all we’ve got. So please keep steady and walk slowly! 4.Dad (7.drive)us to school this morning if he (8. get)called by his office to do urgent work. Get ready to go now. 5.Unless I(9.have)26 hours a day, I (10.finish)all my work on time. E. Active and Passive Voice (10 marks, 1 mark each)Fill in the blanks with either the Active or Passive form of the verbs in brackets as required. Put the verbs in the correct tenses. The Unsolved Mystery of Sri (www.bbc.co.uk, 3 May 2021, adapted) Sri Lanka's sacred city of Anuradhapura (1.visit)by tens of thousands of pilgrims and tourists every year. Not only is it a well-known site to (2.see)the ancient culture of Sri Lanka, it is also a fantastic hub of UFOs and otherworldly happenings. Locally it (3.know)as Rajarata, which means ‘Land of Kings’. But this holy city is also home to something far more curious. Here, in Ranmasu Uyana (Golden Fish Park), there is a 40-acre ancient urban park that (4.surround)by three Buddhist temples. It is a chart that (5.believe)in ancient times to be a map to (6.unlock) the secrets of the Universe. A carving of Sakwala Chakraya (which translates to "Universe Cycle) (7.cover)a low rock face among the protected park ruins. Measuring around 1.8m in diameter, its front side(8.can see)only if you look up from ground level. In fact, four seats(9.carved) outinto a flat rock surface opposite that provide the ideal viewing area. Both the map and seats, which are also of mysterious origin, (10.puzzle)historians, archaeologists and academics for more than a century.
10 When compared to other carvings from the same period such as the Sandakada Pahana, which depicts vines, swans and a lotus, all typical Buddhist images, the chart is a lot more scientific and astronomical, making it quite unique. F. Relative Clauses (5 marks, 1 mark each) Join the sentences using a relative clause. 1.Jenny lives downstairs. Jenny is very pleasant and friendly. 2.I read online that this actress is a shoplifter. This actress steals pens from stationery shops. 3.Cheung Chau is a nice place. We can spend a day cycling and eating seafood there. 4.These are my new sport shoes. I bought them from an online store. 5.I really admire Amy. Amy is a very good singer. G. Proofreading – (20 marks, 1 mark each)Please see answer sheet. *** END OF PAPER***