Lok Sin Tong Leung Chik Wai Memorial School

S3 Second Uniform Test (2024-2025)

English Language
Paper 1 Reading (General English) Revision Guidelines
Total marks: 100 (+ 10 marks in Bonus Section)
PART ONE – Reading Comprehension (50 marks)
Vocabulary Meaning Vocabulary Meaning
1. birth rate 出生率(放緩) 2. people live longer 人類更長壽
(slowing down)
3. AI technology 人工智能科技 4. population growth 人口增長
(n. phr.) (n. phr.)
5. ____ billion people ____億人 6. food production 食物生產
(n. phr.) (n. phr.)
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7. urban areas 市區 8. less land for 更少地方
Vocab
(n. phr.) raising cows 養牛
items
9. red meats 紅肉 10. decrease (v.) 下跌
(n. phr.) (e.g. beef 牛肉)
11. increase (v.) 增加 12. even though 即使
rise (v.)
13. United Nations 聯合國 14. Food and Agriculture 糧食及農業
(n. phr.) Organization (n. phr.) 組織
15. sustainable 食物生產的 16. do not push species 不把物種
development in 可持續發展 towards extinction 逼至絕種
food production
17. protect biodiversity 保護 18. Africa 非洲
生物多樣性
19. problems = challenges 20. species = animals
Fish farming 養殖漁業:
利用小型人造池 small fish ponds，圈養經濟價值較高之魚類，施與餌料，驅除病害，
使其成長迅速，進而進行人工繁殖之有計劃生產。

Eating insects / insects as part of the diet 將昆蟲納入餐單:

昆蟲富蛋白質 (protein)，可解決食物短缺問題。

可食用之昆蟲 (insects that can be eaten)

Tips: 1. What does ________________ stand for?

e.g. What does LSTLCWMS stand for?

Ans: Lok Sin Tong Leung Chik Wai Memorial School
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 Vocabulary Meaning Vocabulary Meaning
21. endangered species 瀕危物種 22. mountains (n.) 山脈
(n. phr.)
23. Sichuan (n.) 四川 24. bamboo (n.) 竹
25. ____ left / 野外只剩下 26. tropical forests 熱帶森林
remaining in the __隻 (n. phr.)
wild
Text 2 27. intelligent (adj.) 聰明的 28. declined (v.) 下跌
Vocab 29. DNA (n.) 脫氧核糖核酸 30. grasslands and swamps 草原和
items (基因) (n. phr.) 沼澤
31. India and other 印度等 32. South China Sea 南中國海
Asian countries 亞洲國家 (n. phr.)
(n. phr.)
33. marine ecosystem 海洋生態系統 34. globally / worldwide 全球來説
(n. phr.) (adv.)
35. habitat (n.) (動物所屬) 36. creatures = species = animals
棲息地

Tips: 2. Be careful when answering IQ questions in TSA.

e.g. Class 3F has 26 students. Today, 8 students are absent.

How many students are left in Class 3F today?
Ans: 18 (not 26, not 8)

Matching Exercise:
(An animal may face more than one main threat)

Animals Main threats faced by

these animals
chimpanzee   deforestation
Chinese White Dolphin   low reproduction rates
panda   poaching
sea turtle   overfishing
Bengal tiger 孟加拉虎   plastic pollution

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 PART TWO – Vocabulary and Usage (50 marks)
Section 1: Vocabulary (14 marks)
Please study Animal Conversation Booklet p. 5, 9-17.
Then try to fill in the blanks below without referring to the booklet.
Part A
rare abundant preserve waters history
overfishing animal mammals scientists noise
conservation

[1] Pink dolphins are (1) mammals , not fish. They have lived in the urban

(2) waters around Hong Kong. However, Some fishermen use modern fishing

techniques to catch their food - fish. Because of (3) overfishing , dolphins do not

have (4) abundant food resources. There is rising concern among (5) scientists that

these (6) rare dolphins will disappear from the waters and become extinct as their

numbers keep dropping. Therefore, (7) animal conservation is important. More

should be done to protect or (8) preserve them.

Part B

give birth offspring pollution Ocean Park

hustle and bustle culture Tsing Ma Bridge human beings

The (9) hustle and bustle of the waters caused by the activities of (10) human beings

can be threats to the dolphins. Vessel traffic there means that ships can cause

(11) pollution . Development along the coast could also be a problem, as there were

quite a lot of infrastructure projects being built, including (12) Tsing Ma Bridge, Hong

Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge and the third airport runway project. Even if there are no

ships and no development, dolphins are still in trouble. As it takes four to six years

for the mother dolphin to (13) give birth to one baby, the number of (14) offspring

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Section 2: Tenses (10 marks)
The following tenses will be included:
simple present tense, simple past tense, simple future tense,
present continuous tense, past continuous tense,
present perfect tense, past perfect tense
Please study relevant units (Units 3, 4, 5, 7 and Appendix 1 and 2) in Grammar Book.

Tips: 3. Pay attention to words that go before and after the blank.

- words that often go with simple present tense:

e.g. every day, adverbs of frequency (always, usually, often, seldom, never)

- words that often go with simple past tense:

e.g. past time expressions (last month, three years ago, in 2022)

- words that often go with simple future tense:

e.g. next year, in the future, one day

- words that often go with present continuous tense:

e.g. right now, at the moment, Look!, Watch out!

- words that often go with present perfect tense:

e.g. since, already, yet, for

* past continuous (long action) vs. past simple (short action)

e.g. Yesterday, I was walking (walk) along the road when he suddenly appeared (appear).

* past perfect (earlier action i.e. action 1 in the past) vs. past simple (action 2)

e.g. 1. Yesterday, I ate breakfast. (Action 1: 07:00)

2. I went to school. (Action 2: 07:30)

1+2=3. Yesterday, I had eaten (eat) breakfast before I went (go) to school.

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 Fill in the table below with suitable forms of the verbs given.
simple simple simple present past present past perfect
present past future continuous continuous perfect
study e.g. I/You/We/ studied will is/am/are was/were has/ had
They play study studying studying have studied
studied
He/She/It plays

feel feel felt will feel is/am/are was/were has/ had felt
feels feeling feeling have
felt
hear hear heard will hear is/am/are was/were has/ had heard
hears hearing hearing have
heard
remind remind remind- will is/am/are was/were has/ had
reminds ed remind reminding reminding have reminded
remind-
ed
get get got will get is/am/are was/were has/ had got
gets getting getting have
got
know know knew will has/ had known
knows know have
known
go go went will go is/am/are was/were has/ had gone
goes going going have
gone
focus focus focused will focus is/am/are was/were has/ had
focuses focusing focusing have focused
focused
become become became will is/am/are was/were has/ had
becomes become becoming becoming have become
become
understand understand under- will has/ had
understands stood under- have understood
stand under-
stood

Other vocab items:

- 4Rs Mental Health Charter 4Rs 精神健康約章 (Rest, Relaxation, Relationship, Resilience)
- ‘space oil drugs’ 「 太空油毒品」； say no to drugs 向毒品説不

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Practice
Below are a few lines taken from a student’s self-introduction.
Complete the following self-introduction by using simple present tense, simple past tense,
simple future tense, present continuous tense, past continuous tense, present perfect tense or
past perfect tense of the verbs in brackets.

I love football. As a member of the school football team, I (1) play (play)

football almost every week. In fact, I (2) started (start) this hobby two years

ago. That means I (3) have participated (participate) in this activity for just

two years. My PE teachers, football coaches and my friends often (4) say (say)

that I am talented.

My football idol is Lionel Messi. In December 2022, he (5) had beaten (beat)

different teams before he (6) won (win) the World Cup Final. Unluckily, I

(7) was staying (stay) in hospital when Messi held up the trophy because I

(8) broke (break) my leg. It took me three weeks to recover.

Now I (9) am practising (practise) intensively for next week’s football

match against another school.

I hope I (10) will become (become) a professional player one day.

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Section 3: Connectives (10 marks)

Please study relevant pages in Animal Conservation Booklet (p. 18-22)

- due to / owing to / because of + n. (≠because/as/since + S + V)

e.g. The rat population has increased due to / owing to / because of climate change.
Due to / Owing to / Because of climate change, the rat population has increased.

- as / since / because + S + V
e.g. The rat population has increased as / since the climate has changed.
As / Since the climate has changed, the rat population has increased.

- Therefore, / As a result,
_____________ . Therefore, S + V.
_____________ . As a result, S + V.

- Besides, 除此以外
_____________ . Besides, S + V.

- However, / Nevertheless, 然而
_____________ . However, S + V.
_____________ . Nevertheless, S + V.

(You also got some practice on the English Day.)

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Exercise (Connectives)
Below is a diary entry written by Susan, a middle-aged woman.
Complete the diary entry by underlining the correct connective in each bracket.

29th May, 2021

There was a party thrown by our company last night. My colleague Ada and I

knew about this party one week ago. We had never been to a company party

before. This would be our first time. (1)____________ (Due to / Therefore / As),

we decided to join.

(2)____________ (Owing to / Since / As a result) the bad weather last

night, the party was almost cancelled. Luckily, it was not. Ada and I went to the

party together. We were late (3)____________ (since / because of / therefore)

the traffic jam.

Ada left the party early (4)____________ ( since / due to / as a result) she

was not enjoying the party. (5)____________ ( Owing to / As / Therefore) I

was having a nice time, I decided to stay a little longer. At the end of the party, I

was even given a present. It was a watch. I was very happy with my present

(6)____________ (therefore / due to / since) it was what I wanted.

When I saw Ada this morning in the office, I asked her why she was not in a

good mood. She told me that her husband had brought two cats home. She did

not love cats at all. (7)____________ (As a result / Due to / Because), she

was not happy.

I don’t know how to comfort her. What should I do?

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Section 4: Reporting Statements and Questions (8 marks)
Please study relevant parts in Grammar Book
i.e. Unit 10; including Appendix 3 (p. 184-186) for changes of time expressions.

Practice: Ms Ng from Sunshine School chatted with an S3 student, John a few weeks
ago. You overheard their conversation and decided to rewrite it in reported speech.
Fill in each blank with ONE word.

 John: Ms Ng, let me check the answers of Grammar Book Unit 2 please.

 Ms Ng: It is useless for you to check the answers because you have not

done the exercise.

 John: You are right.

 Ms Ng: John, finish your homework first. Do not delay any more.

 John: I will hand in my homework tomorrow.

Rewritten in reported speech

 John asked Ms Ng (1) _to__ (2) __let_ (3) __him__ check the answers

of Grammar Book Unit 2.

 Ms Ng said that it (4) was useless to check the answers because

(5) __he / John__ (6) _had_ ___not__ __done__ the exercise.

 John said that Ms Ng was right.

 Ms Ng told John (7) _to_ _finish_ (8) _his__ homework first and

she reminded John (9) _not_ __to__ delay any more.

 John replied that (10) _he__ __would__ __hand_ it in (11) __the_ _next__

__day__.

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 Section 5: Types 1-3 Conditionals (8 marks)
For Types 2 and 3, please study Grammar Book Unit 12.

Tense in the if- Tense in the main

Type When it is used clause clause

Future Simple
A situation that is possible in the future (will + bare
1 (i.e. very likely to happen) Present Simple infinitive)

A hypothetical situation in the present

(i.e. very unlikely to happen), would + bare
2 sometimes a piece of advice Past Simple infinitive

Past Perfect
A completely unreal situation in the past, which is no would + have +
3 longer possible to change (had + p.p.) p.p.

Part A: Types 1 vs. Type 2 Conditional (Practice)

Situation:
You are discussing your upcoming school activities with a friend. Complete the
conversation using Type 1 or Type 2 conditional sentences and the verbs in brackets.

Are you excited about the science fair next week?

If it (1) is (be) successful, our class will win a prize!

I hope so!
If I had more resources, I (2) would create (create) a better project.

That’s true!

If you need any help, I (3) will offer (offer) assistance.

Thanks! If I (4) did not know (not / know) how to create a better presentation,
I would ask for your advice.

No worries!
If we (5) team (team) up, we will do great!
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 Part B: Type 3 Conditional (Practice)

Situation:
You and your friend are discussing a recent trip you took together. Complete the
conversation using Type 3 conditional sentences and the verbs in brackets.

How was your trip to the mountains last month?

I heard it was amazing!

It was great!
If I (6) had brought (bring) my camera, I would have taken some awesome photos.

That’s too bad!

If I (7) had known (know) that you wanted to capture those moments,
I would have reminded you.

Exactly!
If we had planned better, we (8) would have seen (see) more of the beautiful views.

PART THREE (Bonus) 10 marks (Proofreading)

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