Ce 08 Eng. Oral Tips Mock

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***** For 2008 CE English Language Paper 3 – Oral Examination *****

Note : These 13 sets of Certicate of Education Oral Examination Mock

papers are set according to the content of 2008 A-Level Examination Use

of English Oral Examination Papers. Each set of papers consists of 2 pages,

including candidate ’s instrustions, topic for group discssion and about 10

well-prepared questions for individual response. You are NOT permitted

to make any further copy of this work, or to make it available to others. It

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Contents:

Set 5*.1 – Junior Police Force project: Cheating the tourists

Set 5*.2 – Poverty (the gap between the poor and the worth people)

Set 5*.3 – Inter-school travelling blogger competition

Set 5*.4 – Wi-Fi wireless internet operating system

Set 5*.5 – History project: Changes of Hong Kong from 1997 to 2008

Set 5*.6 – Christmas variety show

Set 5*.7 – Rural school picnic

Set 5*.8 – Commercialized public activities

Set 5*.9 – 7.8 Richter scale earthquakes in China

Set 5*.10 – Anti-cigarette campaign

Set 5*.11 – Renewable energy

Set 5*.12 –Inter-school debate: Teenage dating

Set 5*.13 – Interview: Bullying cases in school

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2008 UE oral: 28/4 17:00

Presentation: About Kidnapped Children in Mainland China

Discussion: How to write an article about children kidnapping in China to raise people's

awareness about the matter.

5*.1 HKCEE English Language Paper 3 Speaking

Mock Examination Paper 2008

Candidate’s Instructions

The speaking examination will consist of two parts: Part A, Group Discussion; and

Part B, Individual Response. You will be given five minutes to prepare and six minutes

for the Group Discussion (for a group of three candidates you will be given five

minutes for the discussion). After the Group Discussion, the examiner will ask you one

or more questions based on your discussion.

Part A Group Discussion

You have five minutes to prepare for the Group Discussion. You may make notes on

the note card provided. During the discussion you can refer to your notes. DO NOT

write anything on this instruction sheet.

Your Junior Police Force is presenting a promotional project to the public in order to

raise the general awareness of some current news about the travel agents cheating the

tourists from the mainland.

You may want to talk about:

l Activities should be organized in the project

l Information that is essential to be promoted

l How the information can help the tourists in Hong Kong

l Anything else you think is important

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Part B Individual Response

Ask each candidate an appropriate question based on their performance in the Group

Discussion, Ask follow up and/or alternative questions from the list if necessary.

Questions for Part B

1. If you were one of the tourists to Hong Kong, how would you protect yourself

from being cheated?

2. Assume that your relatives/friends is being cheated in Hong Kong, would you

report the case to the police in China? Why/Why NOT?

3. How do you help in this promotional project if you were the committee in-charge?

4. Do you think Hong Kong can maintain its development on tourism? Why/Why

NOT?

5. As the Olympic Games 2008 is going to held in Beijing, what do you think is

more important for the Beijing Police rather than protecting the public?

6. If you were one a tour guide, your boss forced you to cheat the tourists, what

would you do and why?

7. Do you think organizing large-scale activities can rise up social cohesion?

8. Are you the member of Junior Police Force? What is the reason you join it or

NOT?

9. If you were a Hong Kong police, how would you help the tourists?

10. Someone said “Hong Kong people is lack of general awareness’’, Do you agree?

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2008 UE oral: 28/4 18:15

Presentation: About Poverty - 17th October - International Day

(The gap between the poor and the worth people)

Discussion: For International Day, how to raise students' and parents' poverty

awareness, talk about the information needed and ways to raise students' and parents'

poverty awareness and some activities for this.

2008 UE oral: 7/5 17:00

Presentation and Discussion: About disadvantaged /poor people













Near to the International Day, the Social Service Club and Economic Society are

planning the most meaningful voluntary work of the year, including a fund-raising

activity, to the poor people in Hong Kong.


l The detailed arrangement of the work/activity

l Ways to promote it to your schoolmates

l The condition of poverty nowadays in Hong Kong


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1. Have you joined voluntary work before? If yes, can you describe some of your

personal experience?

2. Do you prefer voluntary work or part-time paid job in summer holidays? Why?

3. Do you think the Hong Kong Government has offered enough social welfare in

order to help the poor?

4. Do you think it is a good idea to set up the law of minimum salary requirement to

reduce poverty? Why/Why NOT?

5. What do you think about the voluntary organizations that supporting the poor?

6. Do you think Hong Kong is having a good economic background nowadays?

7. Someone said “Teenagers in Hong Kong are too well-protected by their parents“,

do you agree?

8. Assume that you are a voluntary worker, do you prefer helping poor elderly or

primary school students from the mainland? Why?

9. Someone said “Well-educated people MUST become the worth people”, do you

agree?

10. What are the advantages of the International Day rather than helping the poor?

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2008 UE oral: 29/4 17:00

Presentation: Related to writer - Travelling writer, story telling, food writer, a question

with persistence.

Discussion: How to write a job advertisement to employ some writers for writing a

online magazine.













Your group has joined the “Inter-school Travelling Blogger Competition” and

planning to write a blog for an online magazine introducing a place you want to visit.

The champion will be fully sponsored for the trip!


l Where you want to go and the reasons behind

l Detailed schedule for the trip

l How to write a good blog in the online magazine


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1. Have you ever been to other foreign countries? Can you share about your

experience?

2. Do you prefer joining the trip from travelling agent or travelling by your own?

3. Do you refer reading online magazine or paper magazine? Why?

4. Someone prefer to “Travelling a mile rather than reading a lot”, Do you agree?

5. Someone said “Blog is better than paper diary”, Do you agree?

6. If you are the owner of the publisher company, how would you promote your

magazine by using the internet?

7. Do you think computer will replace hand-writing one day?

8. If you are the president of a country, how would you promote tourism?

9. Do you think the foreign income of Hong Kong is too-relied on tourism?

Why/Why NOT?

10. Rather than the famous landmarks, what do you expect to visit in other countries?

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2008 UE oral: 29/4 18:15

Presentation: Topic: anytime, anyplace, anywhere

Discussion: Your company needs to discuss a package for holding wedding in less

conventional places, e.g. location, theme, cost, size...













Your school principal has a request to your Computer and IT Department about

whether the school should buy the package of Wi-Fi wireless internet operating

system or not.

You may want to talk about this:

l The possibility of setting Wi-Fi system in the school

l The difficulties of setting Wi-Fi system in the school

l The differences between wireless system and the telephone line


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1. Have you ever use Wi-Fi wireless system before? If yes, is it good?

2. An advertisement promoted that”It is totally unacceptable to use telephone lines to

surf the internet”, do you agree? Why/Why NOT?

3. Do you think Wi-Fi wireless system favors more internet hackers? Why?

4. How do you protect your computer for being hacked while you are online?

5. Do you think it is good to make new friends on the internet? Why/Why NOT?

6. If you were the supplier of the internet service, how would you promote your new

Wi-Fi system to the public?

7. Someone said “Internet is a criminal world”, Do you agree?

8. What do your think the government can do in order to help teenagers form being

internet-addictive?

9. Do you prefer Wi-Fi wireless system or a telephone line system? Why?

10. Rather than closer communication, what are the advantages of internet to you?

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2008 UE oral: 30/4 18:15

Presentation: Background of handover of HK, “One Country, Two Systems” - how

people feel about HK before and after the handover, outbreak of SARS.

Discussion: Your group is holding a project to find out how Hong Kong has changed

since 1997.You should discuss what to include in your project, the type of data, ways to

collect data and how you present it.













Your history subject teacher has asked your group to hold a project. The aim of the

project is to find out how Hong Kong has changed since 1997 under the principle of

“One Country, Two Systems”.


l Types of changes of Hong Kong should be introduced

l Ways to get information and data needed

l Your expectation of Hong Kong in the future


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1. Do you think the development of Hong Kong will be better? Why/Why NOT?

2. What advantages you think that Hong Kong can change from a small village to a

famous international financial centre?

3. Someone said “Hong Kong is the interception point of the world”, do you agree?

4. Assume that you can know the bad future of Hong Kong, what do you think is it?

5. If you were the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, what would you do to maintain

the goodwill of Hong Kong?

6. Do you prefer Chinese or Western culture influence in Hong Kong? Why?

7. Do you think the competitiveness is high in Hong Kong? If yes, how will you get

prepared for your future?

8. If you had the power to present a gift to Hong Kong, what would it be and why?

9. Do you think it is the suitable time for Hong Kong to be directly ruled by China?

10. As a Hong Kong resident, are you proud of this identity? Why/Why NOT?

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2008 UE oral: 2/5 17:00

Presentation: About reality show

Discussion: Talk about "What show do students like and why", "What are parents

concerned about their son/daughter seeing shows", "how to collect the opinion".













The Student Council is planning the Christmas variety show of the year, your group is

asked to give possible suggestions and opinions about the show last year.


l What kinds of entertainment do students like nowadays and why

l What special programme(s) can be held in the show

l How can you collect feedback from other schoolmates


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1. Do you like watching shows? Why/Why Not?

2. Do you prefer watching live shows or shows broadcasting on TV? Why?

3. Recently, some reality shows on TV are very popular, what do you think about

that?

4. If you were a famous singer, how would you make your fans and other audiences

more enjoy your concert?

5. Someone said “Shows and other large-scaled activities, like concert, are too

materialistic”, do you agree?

6. Someone said “The shows of some celebrities lead to idol worship for teenagers”,

what do you think?

7. In your opinion, why shows are important to the economical society?

8. Assume that you are a successful businessman, how would you make use of some

public shows to promote your product?

9. Someone said “Watching shows together can increase social cohesion”, do you

agree?

10. What would you perform if you had a chance to be broadcasted on TV?

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2008 UE oral: 6/5 18:15

Presentation: Wakeboard, Diving

Discussion: Hold 3 adventure sports that students can be close to nature, e.g. Hiking,

Swimming, Wakeboard … consider interests, fitness levels, ability. Talk about the

suitable time for holding them, how to recruit members.













In order to let your schoolmates can enjoy the relaxing natural environment in the

post-exam period, the principal is organizing a rural school picnic and arranging some

outdoor activities.


l Which kind of activities is suitable

l The time schedule and the location

l The safety pre-cautions of those activities


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1. Do you like being in rural areas? Why/Why NOT?

2. Do you prefer having activities indoor or outdoor and why?

3. Do you think the Hong Kong has sufficient facilities to promote rural activities?

4. Have you ever participate in your school picnic? If yes, can you share about your

experience?

5. Someone said “Those limited rural areas in Hong Kong, like country parks, should

be promoted as tourist attractions”, do you agree?

6. If you had got lost in the countryside, what would you do?

7. Someone said “Dangerous always comes at the happiest moment and bring

sadness”, what do you think?

8. Do you like to go hiking? If yes, do you think climbing up to the mountain is

easier than going down?

9. Someone said “Pollution problem in Hong Kong reduces the green areas”, do you

agree?

10. In order to be environmental- friendly, what can we do in daily life?

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2008 UE oral: 8/5 17:00

Presentation: Sedan Chair Race, Dragon boat race, Marathon

Discussion: Some creative ideas to introduce/promote physical activities among local

community, activities that include both local people and expatriates. Discuss the benefits

and the time and the venue for the activities.













After the Tuen Ng Festival, your economics subject teacher has asked your group to

do some research work about some public activities, like the Dragon Boat Race,

which is being more and more commercialized.


l Examples of commercialized public activities

l Reasons for this phenomenon

l Analysis the pros and cons for this phenomenon


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1. Do you like taking part in public activities? Why/Why NOT?

2. Someone said “Sport activities, like football matches, are also being more and

more commercialized”, do you agree?

3. Do you think it is an advantage for sports promotion under commercialization?

4. If you were a famous football player, like David Beckham, would you take part in

commercial advertisement? Why?

5. Someone said “Such electronics games based on sports issues CANNOT promote

sports in reality.”, do you agree?

6. Do you think commercialization damages the meaning of sportsmanship?

7. What do you think about the advantages of Hong Kong by taking part in the

horsemanship section of the Olympic Games 2008?

8. Someone said “Commercialization brings competition and sponsorship”, do you

agree?

9. Someone said “Commercialization brings corruption and unfair results of sports

activities”, do you agree?

10. Someone said “Public activities can rise up social cohesion”, do you agree?

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2008 UE oral: 30/4 17:00

Discussion: About charity/ music festival













Recently, the 7.8 Richter scale earthquakes in China devastated the Sichuan province,

many artists set up a charity and held a music concert. Your group uses this issue for

the “News Commentary Competition”.


l Whether it is suitable for the artists to visit the earthquake site

l What the victims feel when they see the artists

l The information of the rescue and recovery work there


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1. Do you support the artists visiting the earthquake site? Why/Why NOT?

2. What do you feel when you watch the News Programme mentioning the

earthquake event?

3. After this natural disaster, do you think Hong Kong people are kind enough to

help the others?

4. If Hong Kong had earthquakes, how would you get prepared?

5. Do you think the Chinese government had reacted properly for the rescue and

recovery work? Why/Why NOT?

6. Besides short-term aid of money, what else do think is more useful to the victims

for long-term redevelopment?

7. If you were on of the victim, what would you do to redevelop your home?

8. If you had sufficient money and personal ability, how would you help the victims?

9. Someone said “The earthquake in China is the punishment of god”, do you agree?

10. In your opinion, why do you think some people still live in the earthquake zone?

11. Someone said “Disaster can rise up the solidarity of the people”, do you agree?

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2008 UE oral: 2/5 18:15

Discussion: About anti-drug.

"How to design 3 activities", "How to implement", "What anti-drug message"













The leader of the Moral Education Team has discovered one student smoking in the

school, your group is required to promote the “Anti-Cigarette Campaign” in the

school.


l Reasons why people smoke, especially teenagers

l Disadvantages of smoking

l Ways to get away from cigarette


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1. Did anyone of your relatives or friends smoke? If yes, what did you feel?

2. Someone said “The Hong Kong government should not enforce the law

prohibiting people to smoke in pubic areas”, do you agree?

3. Have you ever tried second-hand smoke? If yes, what did you feel?

4. If you found yourself addicted to cigarette, what would you do?

5. If your best friend gave you a cigarette, would you refuse to take it? Why/Why

NOT?

6. Someone said “Cigarette is definitely equal to drugs”, do you agree?

7. What would you do if a man refused to your advice to stop smoking in the

non-smoking area?

8. Rather than enacting the law, what else do you think the government can do to

reduce the number of smokers in Hong Kong?

9. If you were a doctor, how would you help some of your patients to abstain from

cigarette?

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2008 UE oral: 5/5 17:00 / 18:15

Presentation and Discussion: About Renewable Energy Source












write anything on this instruction sheet

Your Environmental Protection Unit is planning to make a visit to the wind-power

station in Hong Kong. The aim is to educate students more about renewable energy of

the world.


l The feasibility of Hong Kong to develop renewable energy

l The pros and cons of renewable energy

l Examples of using renewable energy in the world


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1. In order to reduce pollution, do you think the Chinese government should stop all

industrial activities in Beijing during the Olympic Games 2008? Why/Why NOT?

2. Do you prefer to be economical-efficiently or environmental- friendly? Why?

3. If you were an environmentalist, how would you promote renewable energy?

4. If you were an industrialist, would you spend more to buy cleaner fuels?

Why/Why NOT?

5. If you were the government officer, how would you strike a balance between the

economy and the environment?

6. Someone said “It is impossible to promote renewable energy in Hong Kong”, do

you agree?

7. Someone said “Renewable energy is the new trend in the future”, do you agree?

8. In your opinion, do you support renewable energy? Why/Why NOT?

9. Rather than money, what else do you think why developing countries cannot

afford to develop renewable energy?

10. Do you think using renewable energy can alleviate global warming? Why?

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2008 UE oral: 7/5 18:15

Presentation and Discussion: About Gay marriage













Your School Debating Team has entered the Inter-school Debate Competition 2008

Final. You are meeting to discuss the motion - “Teenage dating is harmful to Hong

Kong students”.


l Reasons of teenagers date

l The pros and cons of dating

l How to organize the argument for the debate


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1. Would you like to have a boyfriend/girlfriend? Why/Why NOT?

2. What are the pros and cons of Co-education (studying in a mixed school)?

3. Do you prefer being in a mixed school or a single-sex school? Why?

4. Someone said “Dating is good for teenagers to let them become mature”, do you

agree?

5. Do you think parents/teachers have the right to stop teenage dating? Why/Why

NOT?

6. Do you accept internet dating? Why/Why NOT?

7. Someone said “Dating destroys teenagers’ daily life pattern and studies”, do you

agree?

8. Do you think a boy should always pay on the date? Why/Why NOT?

9. If you had discovered that your friends were in secret relationship, what would

you do and why?

10. Why respect is more important between a boy and a girl when they are dating?

11. Someone said “Love is from the eyes of the beholder”, do you agree?

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2008 UE oral: 6/5 17:00

Presentation and Discussion: About school violence













In the view of seriousness of campus violence in USA, the principal has invited some

officials from a children’s charity to school. Your group is going to interview them.


l Differences of bullying cases in Hong Kong and USA

l Types of bullying and reasons behind

l Ways to solve bullying cases

l Anything you think is important

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1. Have you ever got bullied? If yes, can you share some of your experience?

2. If you best friend got bullied, how would you help him/her?

3. Do you prefer reporting the bullying cases to the discipline teacher or the social

worker first? Why?

4. Someone said “The Hong Kong Education Bureau should set up some regulations

to the school to restrict bullying cases”, do you agree?

5. Apart from psychological effects, what else do you think is more serious to the

victim?

6. Do you think defending the police can solve the bullying cases? Why/Why NOT?

7. Rather than bullying problem, what else do you think are the teenage problems?

8. In Your opinion, why do you think bullying cases are so difficult to solve?

9. What do you think can be done to deal properly with “Cyber bullying”? Why?

10. Someone said “Whether a bullying cases can be solved or not really depends on

the victims himself”, do you agree?

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