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A. Locate keywords of V2 (often in in the first sentence).

Match the keywords with those in V1 (often in the topic sentences).
Example:
V2: They mention ___________ and _________ _________ as being their main concern.
V1: Some restaurant owners are worried about food safety and transportation.

B. Look for the cue words around the blanks (may not look the same as they are in V1)
Example:
V1: A tree trunk has been hollowed out and filled with drugs.
V2: The man used a hollowed-out ___________ ___________ to hide drugs.

C. Make the answers grammatically correct

Example: part of speech

V1: I admire his leadership. V2: I have an ________ for his leadership.

Example: verb form

V1: I love eating cakes. V2: I love to ________ cakes.

Example: plural form

V1: a really good tune V2: quite a few good _________

Example: active voice/ passive voice

V1: The gold was stolen by the thief. V2: The thief __________ the gold.

Example: paraphrasing
V1: Some chefs would keep the food left over and re-cook it for animals.
V2: Any leftovers usually became ________ ________.

Example: synonym/hyponyms
V1: Mr Chan intentionally killed his wife.
V2: Mrs Chan was m__________ by her husband.

Hyponyms  collective nouns (names for a group of people / things)

Examples:
China, Canada, Australia  Countries
Butterflies, Bees, Ants  Insects
Chairs, cupboards, sofa, table  Furniture
Brothers, sisters  Siblings
Chinese, British, American, Canadian  Nationality
Mathematics, Geography, History  Subjects, disciplines

V1: Many women don’t care for ice-cream, cakes or tarts these days.
V2: ___________ don’t interest today’s ladies any more.
 A. Direct Copying

In the late 1980s, the government planned to develop Tin Shui Wai as an area consisting of
both public and private housing. Several developers were interested.
1. The development plan of Tin Shui Wai was attractive to _______________.

Fiona Sze Siu-fung, a social worker in Tin Shui Wai, holds the view that the area has Hong
Kong's highest rates of domestic violence and child abuse. Thanks to such acute family
problems, its residents are generally pessimistic.
2. According to Fiona, ______________ _______________ abuse are common in Tin
Shui Wai.

B. Parts of Speech

The root of the problem is poor town planning.

3. The main problem is that the town was planned _______________.

However, in 1998, to cope with the growing housing needs, chief executive Tung Chee-hwa
promised to build 85,000 public flats every year. As a result, all the developers, except
Cheung Kong, withdrew.
4. Chief executive Tung Chee-hwa's _______________ to build 85,000 public flats per
year held almost all the developers back.

Even though an independent panel on domestic violence set up in 2004 had made 25
recommendations for inter-departmental co-ordination and better training of social
workers, Tin Shui Wai has only 48 social workers but almost 270,000 residents.
5. The panel _______________ 25 ways to improve inter-departmental co-ordination
and training of social workers.

C. Verb Forms

What the residents can do is merely live on Comprehensive Social Security Assistance.
6. _______________ on Comprehensive Social Security Assistance is the only thing
many residents can do.

“When trust is built in a neighbourhood, a culture of offering mutual help will be cultivated,”
he said.
7. He believes that residents will _______________ mutual help if they trust one
another.

D. Singulars/Plurals

1. developers
Tin Shui Wai, located in New Territories West, used to be an undeveloped area with fish 2. family problems
ponds and bird life. 3. poorly
8. Tin Shui Wai was one of the undeveloped _______________ in Hong Kong. 4. promise
5. recommended
6. Living
7. offer
8. areas
Preventing family tragedies is, therefore, a notably difficult task.
9. Hence, it is extremely difficult to prevent a _______________ _______________.

E. Active Voice/ Passive Voice

Just about a month ago, a mother threw her two children to their deaths from a 24-floor flat
and then leapt to her death from the same apartment.
10. Recently, two children _______________ _______________ to their deaths from a
flat.

Even if they are able to find a job, they are often paid an exceedingly low salary.
11. Some of them do have a job. However, their employers often _______________
them a very
low salary.

F. Synonyms

Since then, domestic violence cases involving deaths have been haunting residents in the
area.
12. Domestic violence is a problem facing many people who _______________ in the
area.

Fiona Sze Siu-fung, a social worker in Tin Shui Wai, holds the view that the area has Hong
Kong's highest rates of domestic violence and child abuse.
13. Miss Sze _____________ that domestic violence and child abuse are the most
serious there.

G. Paraphrasing

Now, Kingswood Villa is the only private housing estate in the area.
14. There are no private housing estates in the area _______________ Kingswood Villa.

In April 2004, an appalling family tragedy happened in Tin Shui Wai - a man hacked his wife
and twin daughters to death.
15. In 2004, there was a family tragedy in which a man _______________ his wife and
children by hacking them.

The fact that the government has done little to help Tin Shui Wai residents has further
aggravated their plight.
16. The government has not done _______________ to help the residents.

9, family tragedy
10. were thrown
11. pay
12. live
13. thinks/ believes/feels
14. except
15, killed/ murdered
16. enough/much
 H. Sentence Structures

Since then, domestic violence cases involving deaths have been haunting residents in the
area. For this reason, Tin Shui Wai has been branded the "the city of sadness."
17. Tin Shui Wai is considered the city of sadness because _______________ the
prevalence of
domestic violence there.

Tin Shui Wai has only 48 social workers but almost 270,000 residents. Each family social
worker has to handle more than 80 cases.
18. There are few social workers in Tin Shui Wai, _______________ means that their
workload is very heavy.

17, of
18. which
Exercise 1

[4] “If you want to see capitalism in action, go to Hong Kong,” economist Milton Friedman is
credited with saying. Yet to idealize the city today as a free market paradise, thriving in its
15th year after the British handover to China, is to sorely oversimplify, if not misconstrue,
the darkening forces at work here. It’s to miss the tensions and tectonic shifts beneath the
glitzy financial center that Hong Kong shows to the world. In the city underneath, one finds
asylum seekers and prostitutes; gangsters with their incongruent bouffants; thousands of
Indonesian housemaids who flock to Victoria Park on their precious Sundays off; and those
barely scratching out an existence, people crammed into partitioned apartment blocks of
“cage houses” the size of refrigerator boxes. While Hong Kong’s per capita gross domestic
product ranks tenth in the world, its Gini coefficient, an index that measures the gap
between rich and poor, is also among the highest.

Ex. 1
Capitalistic seekers units/flats
Oversimplification domestic refrigerator boxes
Exercise 2

[8] The latest department statistics show that there were 3,694 pedestrian casualties in 2013,
and eighteen deaths, although the department doesn’t provide a breakdown for the causes of
these accidents. The Road Safety Council lists ‘inattentiveness’ as one of the five most
common causes of road accidents among pedestrians, but does not single out smartphone use.
Neither the council nor the police keep figures for traffic accidents caused by people walking
while looking down at their mobiles. However, the council has produced a public safety
broadcast, which began airing on local television networks in January 2015, reminding
pedestrians to remain alert to traffic, rather than their phones, while crossing roads.

Complete the summary of paragraph 8 by writing ONE word to fill in each blank. Each word can only be used
once. You should make sure your answers are grammatically correct, paying attention to tenses, plurals, etc.
(6 marks)

In 2013, a total of 3,694 pedestrians were (i) ____________________ in accidents involving motor

vehicles — eighteen of whom (ii) ____________________ as a result of their injuries. It is impossible to

determine what (iii) ____________________ the accidents as the Transport Department doesn’t keep track

of this type of information. However, according to the Road Safety Council, one of the top five reasons that

pedestrians get in road accidents is that they don’t pay (iv) _____________________ to their

surroundings. The council doesn’t specifically blame (v) ____________________ use for pedestrians’

distraction, but they clearly see a link — demonstrated by the fact that the council has started a (vi)

____________________ campaign to remind the public to focus on traffic instead of their phones while

crossing roads.

Ex. 2

(i) hurt / injured

(ii) died
(iii) caused
(iv) attention
(v) mobile / smartphone
(vi) television / TV
Exercise 3

[20] However, the vendors at the Global Pet Expo, held at the Orange County Convention Center here in April, are
betting that pet owners will splurge again. One vendor is offering treadmills and treadwheels — essentially
oversize hamster wheels — that let dogs exercise indoors, without the indignities of cracked sidewalks or rain.
There are “eco-friendly” pieces of furniture, grooming products and wipes, the wipes made from organically
grown bamboo.
[21] “We actually saw that there was a gap in the market for beverages for dogs,” says Bonnie Senior, a manager
at the company. Then there is Jenn Mohr, who says she combined her love of dogs and love of candles to create
Sniff Pet Candles. Made of “100 percent organic natural ingredients,” the aromatherapy candles have names like
“Day in the Hamptons” and “Field of Dreams” and “promote your dog’s optimum health and well-being,” her
company says.
[22] Canine Caviar Foods says it makes “the only alkaline-based dog food in America that was specifically
designed to prevent cancer.” The ingredients include canned beaver, duck and venison tripe for dogs and cats, as
well as a variety of “free-range, grass fed buffalo” treats for dogs.
[23] The Honest Kitchen is offering dog food with names like “Zeal” and “Verve” and lists the provenance of the
ingredients. There is organic, fair-trade quinoa from Bolivia and “wild, line-caught Icelandic haddock.” Its food is
“gently dehydrated” to preserve it.
[24] Hill’s Science Diet promotes prepackaged meals to help slim down tubby dogs and cats. American pets, it
turns out, have weight problems just like many of their owners. “We show you how to feed your animal to lose
weight,” says Mike Gooch, a sales manager for Hill’s Science Diet. “It’s really kind of a paradigm shift in how
you control the weight of the animal.”
[25] Of course, it would be easier — and substantially cheaper — to feed pets less or take them for longer walks.
But Mr. Gooch said that simply isn’t happening for pets or owners. “I would like to see us eat less McDonald’s
and Hardees,” Mr. Gooch quips.

Below is an article about keeping pets. Fill in the blanks using words that can be found in
paragraphs 20 – 25. Use one word for each blank. Note that you may have to change the
parts of speech of words. One example has been done for you. (13 marks)

A number of products are offered in the Global Pet Expo to allow dogs to enjoy indoor
exercise. By doing so, (a) ________________ hope that pet owners will (b)
________________. Apart from (c) ________________ furniture, beverages for dogs are the
next potential market. It is claimed that some products can help improve
dogs’ (d) ________________, namely Sniff Pet Candles, a (e) ________________ of the
creator’s love of dogs and candles. The company says these candles are made of (f)
________________ organic natural ingredients. Among all of the foods, an (g)
________________ dog food was designed for the (h) ________________ of cancer.
Meanwhile, the Honest Kitchen gives a list of the (i) ________________ of the ingredients of
their dog food. Most of it is dehydrated for (j) ________________. Another kind of dog food
is (k) ________________ meals that are offered by Hill’s Science Diet. It is said that weight
problems of pets are just like their (l) ________________. The sales manager thought it is
impossible to give pets (m) ________________.

Ex. 3
(a) vendors (b) splurge (c) eco-friendly (d) health / well-being (e) combination (f) 100-percent
(g) alkaline-based (h) prevention (i) provenance (j) preservation (k) prepackaged (l) owners’
(m) less