Listening

• Listening 遇到填充題，一定要判別詞性，係 V, Vs, N. Ns, Adj

Writing

Short Task

Diagram (流程圖)

• 結構同樣係
  • 1. intro, 1-3 overiew, 2*3-4 features, 1 conclusion
• 用現在式
• 遊戲玩法係將每一個步驟用完整句子＋連接詞連接起來
  • First of all, then, next, after that , in the next stage, subsequently, finally, at the end,
• Overview:
  • 寫有幾多個step, 第一步同最後一步係乜
• 文中如果吾知佢要做乜，可以寫
  • They / the products undergo XXX (N.)

Speaking

• 遊戲只能靠平時的底子
  • 着重於陽長避短
• 4 domains
  • Fluency and coherence
    • 最重要
    • keep talking, 而且要用完整句子
  • Grammatical range
    • tense 好看重，如果可以就用多些少tense
    • 多用連接詞，e.g. and beside, moreover instead
    • 多用比較，e.g. instead, but, perfer, A is better than B as
  • Lexial resources
    • 吾好作狀，speaking 用既詞語同寫作係吾同
  • Pronounciation
    • accent 吾記分，所以吾洗扮口音
    • 但係快慢，聲調，節奏會計
• 6 分起跳
  • 通常往上調
• 11-14 mins
  • 首 30s 吾記分，但係用黎比印象分
• 聽吾切
  • Would you please repeat the question for me (X again)?

回答套路

KFC approach

• Key details/ reason
• Friends
• Contrast
  • X if
  • opinions differ

PPF approach

• Past
• Present
• Future

5W approach

• What
• Why
• How
• When
• Where

Part 1

• 問習慣，住乜，讀書定工作 etc.
• 要顯示出你肯答，keep talking !
  • 不然扣 lexial

Question Bank for review

Part 2-3

錯題集

Reading Incorrect Answer from Lesson 7

Q4

What do the experiments described in the fifth paragraph suggest about the paintings of Mondrian?

• A. They are more carefully put together than they appear.
  • Quote: Mondrian’s works are deceptively simple, but eye-tracking studies confirm that they are meticulously composed.
  • Meticulously : 細致地
  • it fit the words carefully
• B. They can be interpreted in a number of different ways. (mentioned, not the suggest for the paintings)
• C. They challenge our assumptions about shape and color. (X assumption)
• D. They are easier to appreciate than many other abstract works. (X compare)

Q7

She also observes that pleasing works of art often contain repeated _____ which occur frequently in the natural world.

• Quote: What’s more, appealing pieces both abstract and representational, show signs of ‘fractals’ - repeated motifs recurring in different scales. Fractals are common throughout nature, for example in the shapes of mountain peaks or the branches of trees. It is possible that our visual system, which evolved in the great outdoors, find it easier to process such patterns.
• Patterns -> repeated motifs -> repeated ??
• A. layout (X)
• B. images (O)
• Require a plural noun here

Q8-13 Views of the writer

• We must use Yes/No/Not Given, not True/False/Not Given

  Q10

  People’s taste in paintings depends entirely on the current artistic trends of the period.

• Quote: While the fashions of the time might shape what is currently popular, works that are best adapted to our visual system may be the most likely to linger once the trends of previous generations have been forgotten.
  • Mentioned people’s taste in fashion + current artistic trends
  • But not the entirely, as some trends may be the most likely to linger
• Ans: No

Q11

Scientists should seek to define the precise rules which govern people’s reactions to works of art.

• Quote: It would, however, be foolish to reduce art appreciation to a set of scientific laws.
  • Mentioned scientific laws -> precise rules
  • Mentioned art appreciation -> people’s reactions to works of act
• Ans: No

Listening Section3

Q21-22

Which TWO characteristics were shared by the subjects of Joanna’s psychology study?

• Ans: B+D
• A. They had all won prizes for their music.
  • 有伏，Quote: And quite a few had won prizes and competitions as well
  • 有一些，唔係全部都係
• B. They had all made music recordings
• C. There were all under 27 years old
• D. They had all toured internationally
  • Quote: They were all very highly regarded in the music world and they’d done quite extensive tours in different continents
  • Quote: They were all very highly regarded in the music world and they’d done quite extensive tours in different continents
• E. They all played a string instrument.

Q25-26

Which TWO topics did Joanna originally intend to investigate in her research?

• 係問緊一開始，唔係最後
• A. regulations concerning concert dress
  • 完全冇講regulations
• B. audience reactions to the dress of performers
  • Quote: When I started I was more interested in trying to investigate the impact of what was worn on those listening
• C. changes in performer attitudes to concert dress
• D. how choice of dress relates to performer roles
  • 伏位, quote: My research investigated the way players see their role as a musician and how this is linked to the type of clothing they decide to wear, but that focus didn’t emerge immediately
• E. links between musical instrument and dress choice
  • Quote: and also whether someone like violinist might adopt a different style of clothing from someone playing the flute or the trumpet

Q28

Mike Frost’s article suggests that in popular music, women’s dress s affected by

• A. their wish to be taken seriously (O)
• B. their tendency to copy each other
• C. their reaction to the masculine nature of the music
• Quote: He points out that a lot of female signers and musicians in popular music tend to dress down 穿著低調 in performances, and wear less feminine clothes, and he suggests this is because otherwise they’d just be discounted as trivial
  • 害怕被人輕視，打折扣

Listening Section4

Q34

some Co2 moves from the __ of plants to microbes in the soil

• Ans = roots (plural)
• 係植物的根部，吾係roof

Q35

uses established practices to make sure soil remains fertile and __

• Ans = moist / wet, 串錯字係冇分

Q37

talking place on a big _____ farm

• Ans : cattle 牛仔

Q38

uses compost made from waste from agriculture and _____

• Ans: gardens
• 要有複數，唔係 garden

Q39

aims to increase soil carbon by using _____ that are always green

• 要復數
• Ans: grasses

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