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1、Better Cert English Series (Form 3) Introductory CourseStudents EditionPREFACEPublished in 1985, the Better Certificate English Series has proved very popular with Hong Kong students and teachers alike. Feedback from users put it down to the following factors: the material was mostly current affairs
2、, the questions were modelled upon the latest Certificate Exam questions, the answers and distractors were well-set.Until now the series consisted of the Form 4 book and the Form 5 one. Strictly in line with the above factors, we have prepared this exercise book for Form 3 students.Many of the passa
3、ges have been selected for adaptation because the information inside, we consider, can easily be grasped by students. They are, however, not limited to local news. Some have a foreign background. The doze passages are accompanied by drawings and photos to help the students achieve a better understan
4、ding of the subject matter. Most of these doze passages drew heavily from community-related posters and brochures published by the GIS. For the usage section, we tried to add new language items used by educated native speakers of English. Most of them are very basic and set with the purpose of build
5、ing up a sound base in grammar and usage skills.We sincerely hope that this book is appreciated as a language book, and not merely used for drilling for a remote examination. It should not be. A Form 3 teacher has no business to instil in his students the need to do well in examinations. This book H
6、APPENS to conform to an examination format.Thanks are due Mr Lau Yuk-kee, who read the entire typescript and made a number of useful suggestions.A teachers edition with comments and notes has been prepared for teachers exclusive use.Peter Chow38CONTENTSUnit 1 Passage A - Prisoners climbing to the to
7、pPassage B - Hero gets awardPart II USAGE - Light Rail Transit SystemUnit 2 Passage A - Make sure of that December marriagePassage B - Its a busy line for Hong Kongs mobile diallersPart II USAGE - 50,000 for clues to killings/Hints on hill fire preventionUnit 3 Passage A - The personal policemanPass
8、age B - Motel maids return box with moneyPart II USAGE - Save fuel - save moneyUnit 4 Passage A - Pet croc outgrows his bucket under the bedPassage B - The ten-year secret of a female addictPart II USAGE - See you on anti-shoplifting dayUnit 5 Passage A - Fake sharks finPassage B - Nightmarish fligh
9、tPart II USAGE - Please give me a chanceUnit 6 Passage A - Youth killed after skating disputePassage B - Anniversary for man of steelPart II USAGE - Walks for millionsUnit 7 Passage A - Fireman recalls saving a lifePassage B - Couple survived 66 days at seaPart II USAGE - Dont waste waterUnit 8 Pass
10、age A - US food lovers play with deathPassage B - Coats help dog beat winter coldPart II USAGE - How to keep your building cleanUnit 9 Passage A - An uplifting experiencePassage B - Hazards of schoolbagsPart II USAGE - Is your child drug-freeUnit 10 Passage A - High rents force family to squatPassag
11、e B - From riches to ragsPart II USAGE - Report child abuseUnit 11 Passage A - Births at Ocean ParkPassage B - “Villain” in demandPart II USAGE - Obey safety rules when using the liftUnit 12 Passage A - Boy George fight to regain successPassage B - AIDS patient walked the streetsPart II USAGE - Hygi
12、ene in preparing your food at homeUNIT 1PART ICOMPREHENSIONPASSAGE APrisoners climbing to the topRead this passage and then answer questions 1 - 10.1Like many students who took the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination, Ah Keung and Ah Hung were in their twenties. Both got very good results
13、: two distinctions and two credits. But that was not all.2While other students prepared for the HKCEE at home or in school, Ah Keung and Ah Hung revised their books in the small cells of the Pik Uk Correctional Institution. They were prisoners.3“I really wanted to prove to my family that I could lea
14、d a kind of life different from the one I led before I was in prison,” said Ah Keung. “At that time I was very bored at school and was not interested in studying. Now I really enjoy studying and I hope to get a job in the commercial world after I leave the prison.” Ah Hung, on the other hand, wanted
15、 to become a teacher and help young prisoners like him.4Both of them had to work according to a strict timetable before the examination. In Pik Uk the lights-out time was 10 pm and they had to fit in as much study as they could before that. It means giving up a lot of recreational activities.5Howeve
16、r, in the weeks leading up to the examination, prison officers relaxed the rule and allowed them to study until 11 pm. Tutors were available for many subjects except a few like Economics. Therefore Ah Keung, who is very interested in it, had to study that subject on his own, and finally got a credit.6Mr Chow is the educatio
