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2013 HKDSE English Language
Paper 1 Reading
Final TipsBy Emmett Poon
Choosing B1 or B2?
2012 B1 B1 B2
B1 B2 B1 Level 4 B1Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Poems,
Songs, Drama Scripts, Novels B1 LanguageArts
Time allocation
Part A 30 minutes
Part B2 60 minutes
Or for weaker candidates:
Part A 40 minutes
Part B1 50 minutes
[You may complete Part B1 before doing Part A]
Skip those questions if you have no ideas at that moment. Come
back to thequestion later on
You can do the questions randomly, that means no need to follow
the order. Some ofthe questions can be easily done in a short
period of time.
If abnormality occurs and the above time allocation cannot be
worked outeffectively. Make sure you also need to follow the follow
rule:
1 mark = 0.8 minutes = 48 seconds
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Steps for doing Reading Exercise
For Poems and Songs, Novels, Drama Scripts, you are highly
advised to read the whole text
before answering the questions.
Important Notes for answering questions (congruent)
e.g. Why is Hong Kong better than China in terms of
education?
Hong Kong has good secondary schools and medical care.better
education
Hong Kong has a better secondary school education system than
China.
Multiple Choice Questions Eliminate answers which are:
Illogical (no sense) Wrong facts and opinions Partly correct
True, False, Not Given Note modal verbs, tenses, adjectives (
True False/Not Given)
True + False = False False + Not Given = Not Given
Summary Cloze Locate the answer by the key words and language
items in the summary cloze Remember to have language and pronoun
adaptation For those which you are required to use one word,
summarize the terms into a single
word (e.g. father and mother parents)
Read the title and introductory paragraph (if provided).This can
give you a quick summary of the passage
Read the first and last paragraph. Also read the topicsentence
of other paragraphs
Go to the Questions and search for the answers in thereading
comprehension
