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Toi Shan Association College
2019-20 Mock Examination
S.6 English (II)
Writing
Question-Answer Book

Name: ______________________________ Date: 11th February, 2020

Class: _________________ ( ) Time Allowed: 2 hours
Group: A / B / C / D / E / F (circle) Marks: /100

Instructions

1. Write your name, class, class number and group in the spaces provided.

2. There are two parts (A and B) in this paper. Students should attempt Part A and ONE question

from Part B.

3. You MUST write on EACH LINE. Do not write in the margins. Answers written in the margins

will not be marked.

4. For Part B, you should put ‘X’ in the corresponding question number box on Page 12 to indicate

the question you are going to attempt.

5. Do not use your real name in answering any of the questions. If no name is provided in the

question and you still wish to use a name to identify yourself, then use ‘Chris Wong’.

6. Rough work should be done on the rough-work sheets which will be collected separately. These

will not be marked.

Raw Total marks

marks
Part A C (Content) (7) Part A 40%

L (Language) (7)
(200 words)
O (Organization) (7)

Part B C (Content) (7) Part B 60%

L (Language) (7)
(400 words)
O (Organization) (7)

Total

Do not turn over this page until you are told to do so.
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You have TWO hours to answer Question 1 in Part A and ONE question from Part B.

Part A

For Question 1, write about 200 words on the following topic.

1. As part of the town memory project, your school is going to have a drama show with the theme
of the old days of a market square, which was an open area in the old town centre with stalls
selling goods and food. This show aims at encouraging people to know more about their
relationship with the history of the town.

You are one of the key persons of the organizing team for this drama show and are responsible
for leading a group of fellow students, with advice offered by some teachers.

The teachers have asked you to write the plan for the first part of the preparation for the show,
paying attention to the following aspects:

search for information of the market square

e.g. what information you should get,
how or where you can get the information

people or events to be included in the drama story

how to set up the working team for the drama show

e.g. who should be included in the team (e.g. actors, volunteers, …),
how these students can be recruited

an old photo of a bus near an old photo of the shops of

a market square in the 1970s a market square in the 1970s
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Part A

1. Search for information of the market square

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Part A (Cont’d)

2. People or events to be included in the drama story

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Part A (Cont’d)

3. How to set up the working team for the show

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END OF PART A
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Part B

For questions 2 - 7, choose ONE question and write about 400 words in the answer sheets provided.
Indicate which question you are going to attempt in the question number box on page 12.

2. Learning English through Sports Communication

In one of the relay events of the recent Sports Day of your school, there was a complaint about
the unfairness caused by the drinking of something connected with alcohol, maybe Jolly Shandy.
Then a few teachers and two head students handled the complaint.

As one of the head students of your school, you are asked to write a report for the whole case,
paying particular attention to the following aspects:

how the case of unfairness was taken to teachers

what actions were taken after the complaint
how the case was settled

Write the report.

a relay event a soft drink with 0.6 % alcohol

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3. Learning English through Workplace Communication

You work as a volunteer for a charity in your community. The building of the charity has a
history of colonial times of Hong Kong. For the coming 100th Anniversary of the charity, you
have been asked to design a poster for the occasion. You have finished two designs (A and B) and
are working on a third (C).

A B Donate to make a difference C

Long-term commitments
to charity

Giving is the greatest

You can count on us! act of grace!

Write an email to the selection committee of the charity.

Explain the ideas behind designs A and B and how they would promote the occasion
effectively.
Share the ideas you have for your third design.
Include a subject heading for the email.

4. Learning English through Short Stories

Your school is organizing a short story contest. Students are asked to write a short story with the
following setting:

‘Hong Kong in the year 2150’

Students may develop the story based on the technology and cultural background in that year and
include the events in certain private and public places.

Write the story.

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5. Learning English through Poems and Songs

Personal growth is the ongoing process of understanding and developing yourself in order to
achieve your fullest potential.

You have just heard the following beautiful song about personal growth:

The Circle Game

by Joni Mitchell
(a Canadian singer-songwriter)

Yesterday a child came out to wonder

Caught a dragonfly inside a jar
Fearful when the sky was full of thunder
And tearful at the falling of a star

And the seasons they go round and round

And the painted ponies go up and down a carousel
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return we can only look
Behind from where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game.

the way to a cliff

Joni Mitchell

You have been inspired by this song to share on your online blog the different views of time
when people grow older.

In your blog, you may write on the effects on our emotional and physical health if
we see time as the way to a cliff
we see time as a carousel
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6. Learning English through Social Issues

In the present situation of Hong Kong, the licence of a taxi does not require offering high-quality
service. Right now, most of the taxi drivers are self-employed and their average age is 58. Worse
still, the traffic accident rate of the taxis is relatively higher and there are various complaints
about taxi service, including overcharging, refusing hire and improper behaviour.

Accordingly, the government is now considering the implementation of high-quality

point-to-point taxi service by offering three licences of franchise to large companies (e.g.
Alibaba.com) with each having an investment of $100 million to operate 200 taxis. The new
franchised taxi can charge 50% higher fares and can be booked by an app (like the e-hailing of
Uber).

However, the idea of franchised taxis is rejected by the local taxi industry.

As a contributing writer of a column on social issues of your school newspaper, you are asked to
write an article on the issue of franchised taxi in Hong Kong, paying particular attention to the
following aspects:

two problems of the existing taxi service

the need for high-quality taxi service
whether the idea of franchised taxis is workable

wheelchair accessible taxi

taxi van
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7. Learning English through Popular Culture

Your school newspaper invites students to write an article to share their views connected with
superheroes. The topic is as below:

Among the following six superheroes of Avengers, which one do you like most? State
TWO reasons for your choice.

As far as you know, which TWO problems of Hong Kong do you think could be
solved by your favourite superhero (chosen above)? State clearly what he could do for
our city.

Captain America Iron Man

Hulk Black Panther

Ant-Man Thor

Write your article.

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8. Learning English through Debating

The Hong Kong Morning Post invites readers to submit their views on the following topic:

“Originally, all land of country parks is mainly reserved only for hiking and spotting wildlife.
However, because of the housing crisis, some people propose that the land of a few country parks
should be used for public housing. They even claim that country parks should be considered first
for land supply even though the land from other sites (such as golf courses, brownfield sites and
farmland) may also be good sources.”

Write an argumentative essay.

Choose one side of the argument and state clearly whether you agree OR disagree that the
land of country parks should be used for development, giving reasons and evidence to
support your view.
Include a title for your essay.

Green Group

SAVE OUR COUNTRY PARKS

ACT NOW

9. Learning English through Drama

Recently you have seen a drama on the day of Christmas celebration in your school hall. Then
your English teacher asked you to review this drama show with reference to the following
aspects:

the message of the drama

the performance of a main actor and a supporting actor
the audience response

END OF QUESTIONS FOR PART B

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Toi Shan Association College

2019-20 Mock Examination
S.6 English (II)
Writing
Answer Sheets for Part B

Name: ______________________________ Date: 11th February, 2020

Class: _________________ ( ) Time Allowed: 2 hours
Group: A / B / C / D / E / F (circle) Marks: (60%)

FOR PART B ONLY

Put an ‘ X ’ inside the question number box to indicate the question (Q. 2 – Q. 9) that you have
chosen.

Question No.

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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Part B
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END OF PAPER
LWM

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