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S1 General English I
1. Tense (New Exercises in English 1 Chapters 1,2, 4 AND 5) With
special emphasis on Tense Sequence (Present Continuous and Simple
Present, etc.) 2. Articles (Chapter 12) 3. Pronouns: (Chapter 13,
14 and 15) 4. Adjectives of Personality Traits (taken from A
Brother Like
That and A Christmas Carol)
Grammar
and Usage:
5. irregular past tense forms 6. Vocabulary on Months 7. Refer to
the Vocabulary Book (pages 94-98 and 102-109) Other topics 1. Open
Cloze 2. Proofreading 3. Prepositions 4. Negative statement and
interrogative 5. The use of WH-words (forming question)
F. 1 GEI Mid-Year Exam Vocabulary List 2008-9 Reading comics
Reading magazines Playing football Surfing the Net Going to the
cinema Playing badminton Playing basketball Playing compute Going
hiking Going ice-skating Collecting pens Going to concert
Silly Sporty Shy Funny Hard-working Helpful Naughty Clumsy Friendly
Quiet Bossy Adventurous
Tuck shop Sick room School hall Music room Basketball court
Classroom Canteen Library Multimedia learning centre
Science laboratory General office Football pitch
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Turn on / off the air conditioner
Tidy up the teacher’s desk
Turn down / up the air conditioner
Clean the blackboard
Lower/raise the screen
Pick up the rubbish Turn on / off the projector Turn on / off the
microphone
Turn on / off the fans
actor/ actress architect chef/ cook carpenter cashier butcher
accountant journalist/ reporter janitor salesperson pilot humble
caring helpful
brave selfish happy
serious unselfish demanding
funny generous rude
sad friendly mean
stubborn unfriendly money-minded
loyal hard-working polite
Book Title From To
p.23
Passage 2
“The difference between the young man…
p.30 He looked so alone in the world, it made me feel awful.”
Passage 3
Passage 4
p.52
“Scrooge went to the butcher’s and bought the biggest turkey they
had…
p.56
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Dictation Examination 1. A Christmas Carol (the 4 passages for the
Oral English Exam listed above) 2. Myself: Pages 2-9 and
22-23
S2 General English I
1. Tense and Voices (at least New Exercises in English 2 Chapters
1, 4 ) Simple Present and Simple Past Present and Past Continuous
Present and Past Perfect
With special emphasis on Tense Sequence (Present Continuous and
Simple Present, etc.) 2. Reported Speech 3. Adjectives of
Personality Traits 4. Vocabulary of movie types genres describing
movies 5. Agreement (New Exercises in English 2 Chapter 9) 6.
If-Clauses (the first and the second condition)
i.e. Water freezes if the temperature drops below 0 degree Celsius.
i.e. If I were rich, I would travel round the world. (Students
should refer to F.2 Curriculum, e.g. Monkey’s Paw
Other topics 1. Cloze summary and Open Cloze 2. Proofreading 3.
Preposition 4. Agreement, articles 5. Negative statement and
interrogative New Exercise in English 2 Chapter 6) 6. The use of
WH-words (forming question) New Exercise in English 2 Chapter
6)
Vocabulary for GE I arrogant humorous ambitious thoughtful greedy
considerate aggressive sociable gentle mean fussy reliable stubborn
optimistic mature director cameraman stunt woman extras supporting
actor leading actor leading actress make-up actress comedy
supporting actress action movie animated movie romantic movie
horror movie science fiction movie
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Dictation and Oral English Examinations
Monkey’s Paw and JoJo’s Story Passage From To Passage 1 JoJo’s
Story p.8 Why didn’t my
brother stay in the town …
p.9 But I once had a family.
Passage 2 JoJo’s Story p.13 “The man smiles at me as he …
p.15 … only the ghosts understand.
Passage 3 JoJo’s Story p.30 ‘Chris tells me the story …
p.32 … like a dark river.
Passage 4 JoJo’s Story p.43 “It’s two weeks since Christmas …
p. 45 … There is no one here to see me.
Passage 5 The
Monkey’s Paw
p.9 … Tom Morris finished quietly.
Passage 6 The Monkey’s Paw
p. 20 The next morning the winter sun came …
p. 22 … but suddenly she felt very cold.
Passage 7 The Monkey’s Paw
p.36 Nothing! Go to sleep again!
p. 39 … he made his third wish.
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S3 Mid-year Exam 2008-09
Form 3 GE 1 Exam Syllabus Please revise the following for this
English paper: • New Exercise in English 2 • New Exercise in
English 3 • Longman Elect 3A Chapter 2 • Handouts used in Module
One (The Day after Tomorrow) • Vocabulary jealous energetic drowned
flunked trustworthy ignorant inconsiderate stubborn mysterious
outspoken obedient ambition desperate optimistic embarrassed
dissatisfied popular reliable refugee pessimistic fragile comedy
drama adventure science fiction animated film violence scary
documentary horror
• Tenses and Voices (Simple present, simple past, present and past
continuous, present
and past perfect, present perfect continuous) • Expressing Purpose
• Expressing Result • Expressing Reason • Prepositions • Adjectives
ending in –ed and –ing
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• Infinitive or gerund • Modal verbs • If-clauses (Types 1 & 2)
• Pronouns • Cloze passage • Proofreading • Agreement • Forming
‘Wh’-questions
English Dictation Examination
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (refer to the Oral Exam syllabus
below) Frankenstein (refer to the Oral English Exam syllabus below)
Reading passages in Longman Elect 3A Chapter 2 (pages 26 – 27 Lines
1 – 38)
Oral English Examination Passage Number
Book Title From To
Passage 2 Frankenstein p.19
p.21
Passage 3 Frankenstein p.24 ‘”Oh, why am I alive …
p.28 … and you cannot refuse.”
Passage 4 Frankenstein p.32
p.35
Passage 5 The Return of
Sherlock Holmes p.10 “Holmes did not
rest … p.12 … on it and a
little money.” Passage 6 The Return of
Sherlock Holmes p.18 “I looked at Mr
McFarlane carefully …
Passage 7 The Return of Sherlock Holmes
p.19 “Sit down … p.24 … but he said nothing.”
Passage 8 The Return of Sherlock Holmes
p.27 “When I got up … p.29 … What do you mean?’ he said.”
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Passage 9 The Return of Sherlock Holmes
p.30 Well, there’s one… p.32 … like a child with his
teacher.”
Passage 10 The Return of Sherlock Holmes
p.36 “I spoke to Susan …
p.38 with us for the night.”
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Level Syllabus
2.
Subject: Mathematics 2008 – 2009 Mid-Year Exam (December)
Level Syllabus S1 Book 1A: Chapter 1 to Chapter 5 S2 Book 2A:
Chapter 1 to Chapter 6.1
(excluding 1.5 – Tessellation and 1.6 – Construction of Regular
Polygons)
S3 Book 3A: Chapter 1 to Chapter 5.2 (excluding 4.2 C –
Construction of Centres of a Triangle by
Compasses and Straight Edge) S4 Book 4A : Chapter 1 to chapter 4 S5
Book 5A (ALL: Chapter 11 to Chapter 14 )
Book 5B ( Chapter 15 to chapter 16 Exercise 16A &16B) Subject:
Additional Mathematics
2008 – 2009 Mid-Year Exam (December) Level Syllabus
S4 Book 1 : Chapter 1 to chapter 4 S5 Loci, Circles, Vectors and
Differential Calculus
Subject: Pure Mathematics
2008 – 2009 Mid-Year Exam (December) Level Syllabus
S6 Algebra : Chapter 1 – 3 & 5 – 6 , Calculus : Chapter 1 – 2
S7
Subject: Applied Mathematics
S6 Differential Equations & Mechanics I : Chapter 1 – 3
S7
Subject: Mathematics and Statistics
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S3 Light-reflection (plane mirror), refraction (refractive index
and lenses)
S4 Motion, force and motions, energy and work done, light S5
Electric circuit, magnetic field and induced emf S6 Projectile,
circular motion, simple harmonic motion, gravitation and
collision S7 NA
2008 – 2009 Mid-Year Exam (December) Level Syllabus
S3 Unit 1 – Introduction of Chemistry and Laboratory Safety Unit 2
– Common Apparatus Unit 3 – Atomic Structure Unit 4 – Periodic
Table
S4 S3 Bonding and Structure ( mainly for MC section ) S4 Topic 3
metals Unit 9 Occurrence and extraction of metals Unit 10
Reactivity of metals Unit 11 Reacting masses Unit 12 Corrosion of
metals and their protection Topic 4 Acids and Alkalis Unit 13
Looking at acids and alkalis ( acid part only ! )
S5 Topic 6 Unit 22 : Chlorine and hypochlorite
Unit 23 : Sulphuric acid and Sulphur dioxide
Unit 24 : Molar Volume Calculations
Topic 7 Unit 25 : Fossil Fuels
Unit 26 : Alkanes and Alkenes
Unit 27 : Consequences of using fossil fuels
Unit 28 : Alternative Sources of Energy
Unit 29 : Alkanols
• The Electronic Structure of Atoms and the Periodic Table
• Energetic
VSEPR theory ).
2008 – 2009 Mid-Year Exam (December) Level Syllabus
S3 Ch 1 Introducing Biology Ch 2 The cell as the basic unit of life
Ch 3 Movement of substances across cell membrane
S4 Ch 5 The ecosystem Ch 6 Man and the environment Ch 9 Nutrition
and gas exchange in plants Ch 10 Water relation in plants
S5 Ch 13 Gas exchange in humans Ch 14 Transport in humans Ch 15
Detecting environmental condition Ch 16 Co-ordination in humans Ch
21 Reproduction Ch 22 Growth and development
S6 1. Cell section Chapter 1- Enzyme Chapter 2 - Gene to Protein
Chapter 3 - Membrane structure Chapter 4 - Cell & Molecule
Chapter 5 - Cell Division
2. Energy Chapter 6- Photosynthesis Chapter 7 – Respiration
3. Nutrition Chapter 8 – Nutrition I, II, III
4. Transport Chapter 9 – Transport in Animal Chapter 9 – Transport
in Plant
S7 N.A.
2008 – 2009 Mid-Year Exam (December) Level Syllabus
S1 Unit 1 and Unit 2 (P. 4 – P. 94) S2 Unit 10 and Unit 11
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2008 – 2009 Mid-Year Exam (December) Level Syllabus
S1 BK 1A p.4-22 (Intro of Hist) BK 1A: p.23-35 (No Questions on
Long Questions) (Intro of
Hist), BK 1A p.40-63 (Traditional Rural HK Hist)
S2 BK 2B p.156-170, 180-187 (HK History), BK 2A
p.2-20(Renaissance)
S3 BK 3A p.2-39 (World War One) # The examination coverage includes
all subject materials (notes, worksheets, notebook)
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S1 Textbooks & Workbooks How Do We Know Where We Are?
S2 Textbooks & Workbooks Weather and Climate – Do They Matter?
Taming the Spreading Deserts
S3 Textbooks & Workbooks Struggle for Power Resources Saving
Our Rainforests!
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2008 – 2009 Mid-Year Exam (December) Level Syllabus
S4 Core Module I - Personal Development Issue 1 - What kind of
person would I like to be Issue 2 - How do I get along with
others
Core Module III - Development of Modern China
Issue 1 - How desirable are the current strategies of China’s
economic development? Issue 2 - What is the impact of reform and
opening-up policies on China’s future development?
Core Module IV - Globalization Issue 1 - What is globalization?
Issue 2 - What is the impact of globalization? Issue 3 - Will
globalization bring forth more conflict or world peace?
S5
Optional Module II – Human-Environment Relationship Issue 1 - What
are the problems facing our environment and ecology? Issue 2 - What
are the values and considerations for Environmental protection
Issue 3 - Can we find a clear way ahead amidst the confusions and
contradictions in the practice of environmental protection?
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2008 – 2009 Mid-Year Exam (December) Level Syllabus
S1 (P.4P.66) S2 (P.4P.62) S3 S4 S5
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2008 – 2009 Mid-Year Exam (December) Level Syllabus
S1 1-30 ; S2 30-76 ; S3 S4 I. II III ; 1-80 S5 ()()
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2008 – 2009 Mid-Year Exam (December) Level Syllabus
S4 1. Basic concept 2. Demand and Supply. 3. Changes in Price. 4.
Elast of D. 5. Government intervention.
S5 Basic concept, Demand and Supply, Money and Banking, National
Income, Public Finance, International Trade.
S6 Basic concepts, Demand and Supply, Indifference Curve, Marginal
Use Value, Production Cost.
S7
2008 – 2009 Mid-Year Exam (December) Level Syllabus
S4 Chapter 2 – Chapter 10, Chapter 20 – 22, Chapter 23: Double
entry for depreciation.
S5 Chapter 4 – 8: Partnership, Book 1 Chapter 29: Manufacturing A/c
S6 1. Bank Reconciliation Statement, 2. Control A/c 3. Income
and
Expenditure A/c, 4. Incomplete Records, 5. Errors. S7
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2008 – 2009 Mid-Year Exam (December) Level Syllabus
S4 Chapter 1: Introduction to Commerce Chapter 6: Trading Documents
Chapter 7: Forms of Business Enterprises
S5 Chapter 1: Banking and Finance Chapter 2: Stock Exchanges
Chapter 6: Advertising
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Level Syllabus
S3 Pascal Programming Note, Lesson 1 – Lesson 8.1 (Written
Paper)
S4 Module A:
Module D:
Web Authoring, Chapter 7 - 16 (Written Paper)
S5 Core textbook: Unit B & Unit C, Chapter 5 – 12 (Written
Paper)
S6 Written Paper:
Chapter 1 – 4 & 6
Chapter 2 (page 19-28)
Chapter 4 (page 53-56)