以下是 2016 DSE english paper 1 marking scheme
Part A Part B1 Part B2 都會包含在內！
2016 DSE English paper 1 Part A
- i) 6 [84] ii) 3 [89]
- i) 9 [38] ii) 4 [81] iii) 2 [82] iv) 5 [72]
- B [84]
- c [73]
- knocking on wood // (keeping a) rabbit’s foot // lucky charm ( X eliciting help from a tree god // paintings on door during Spring Festival // any examples of superstition from Text l) [89]
- i) T [56] ii) F [68] iii) NG [72]
- people want to control their destiny (by warding off bad luck while enhancing the good) // people are look for an effective way of improving the good fortune in their lives (for many centuries) // people thought luc was a strange force that could only be controlled by magical rituals and bizarre behaviour (X outdated and incorrect thinking makes superstition magical to improve good) [78]
- D [50]
- he thinks superstitions are outdated / irrational / unscientific // he doesn’t think superstitions work / trust superstitions // he’s skeptical // luck is not a magical ability or the result of random chances (X luck) [44]
- A [49]
- C [70]
- i) to examine why (some) people consistently encounter chance opportunities (whereas others do not) [62]
ii) questionnaire [76]
iii) newspaper [83]
iv) (how many) photo(graph)s (were in the newspaper) // the number of photo(graph)s / pictures (in the newspaper) [79]
v) message (contained on the second page) // text [52]
vi) finish faster // get / spot / see / find the message / it // get the answer faster/ in (a few seconds) (X count the number of photos faster / in seconds) [41]
vii) they were less tense / anxious // they were more skilled / better at creating and noticing chance opportunities [44]
OR
vi) notice the unexpected // create / notice chance opportunities
vii) their thoughts and behaviour are responsible for much of their fortune - (the principle of) how / the way lucky and unlucky people deal(t) with ill fortune in their lives // counterfactual thinking (is often associated with perceptions of luck) (x ill fortune in their lives // it illustrates a lucky life is not just about noticing chance opportunities) [34]
- i) bronze (medal winners) [66]
ii) if they had performed slightly worse they would not have won any medal // they think it would be better to have a medal than no medal // they are satisfied / happy they won a medal // they think counterfactually [41] - (scientific) research // ‘my’ / his / Wiseman’s research / work // radically new way of looking at luck // (x luck // the role that luck plays in our lives) [60]
- i) change the way we think and behave / our thoughts and behavior // thinking more positively [20]
ii) move away from a magical way of thinking //in any (encourage people to) move towards a more rational view of luck [77]
iii) use science and skepticism (to increase the level of luck, happiness and success in people’s lives) // debunk superstitious thinking / behaviour - i) D [41]
ii) B [58]
iii) C [63]
iv) B [76]
v) D [36]
vi) A [55] - i) X
ii) 2 [69]
iii) 4 [30]
iv) 1 [62]
v) 3 [69]
2016 DSE English paper 1 Part B1
- i) F [75] ii) T [73] iii) T [61] iv) NG [60]
- the food was tasty / mouthwatering // the food usually is gone / sold quickly because it tastes so good / is so popular // hard to meet the food truck [35]
- (Fred’s great pork) sandwich ( X homemade French fries) [37]
- i) blank ii) √ iii) √ iv) blank
- alfresco (dining) (X spectacular ) [58]
- as early as possible // soon [21]
- c [441
- (in the) West // Western countries // (on the streets ofmany) cities in the West [371
- food hawkers [78]
- food trucks [34]
- i)fill the same niche // competition with hawkers // harm hawkers // impact on long-standing culinary tradition [28] ii) (Hong Kong is a small city) land is expensive / scarce // difficult to find suitable / affordable locations (to do business) [61] iii) traffic (is busy) // (could make) congestion (worse than it is already) [63] iv) hygiene (issue) // (would have to) discharge waste (water) in the street [60]
- D [60]
- conduct (feasibility) studies / research // protect / consider the harm to hawkers // consider the effect of food trucks on Hong Kong / hawkers [60]
- i) (food) hawkers [49] ii) tradition / history [48] iii) unique [28] iv) tourists // people [66]
- D [48]
- food hawkers have moved indoors / in food courts // no longer eating outside in dirty streets (x problems were solved) [25]
- C [47]
- Tai PO Industrial Estate (X some vans selling lunch boxes) [32]
- A [43]
- C [59]
- Hong Kongers / young people would be seen as trendy and stylish // eating food truck food would be considered trendy and stylish (x food trucks would be seen as trendy and stylish // it is very convenient) [21]
- i) issue(d) [15] ii) die(s) / retire(s) [5] iii) expires // will expire [16]
- B [38]
- it is not worse than street stalls selling other snacks // critics are exaggerating the problem (that these vehicles could bring to the city’s streets) // (not a problem because) hawkers / stalls (selling fish balls) already exist / operate in similar conditions [12]
- people who don’t like / are against food Wucks // people who are concerned about hygiene / congestion // critics // (people like) Chris Wong // [20]
- A [39]
- i)are very / more convenient // offer a cheaper alternative to restaurants // cheaper than restaurants // deliver / cater / sell good quality food (at affordable prices) [33] ii) offer a variety / different dishes / wider range of culinary optionsn(X able to cater to the demands of the city’s very demanding diners) [13]
- i) 5 [39] ii) 7 [51] iii) X iv) 6 [50]
2016 DSE English paper 1 Part B2
- nightmare [80]
- to show / prove / tell readers.. , how much / ferocious the competition was // the difficulty/challenges of the food truck business // that Mexicue struggled to find good parking spots // how difficult it was to secure a solid location // that they struggled to find good parking spots [48]
- (David) Schillace and (Thomas) Kelly // the owners / partners / co-founders (of the food truck) [59]
- B [78]
| Reasons for opening the food truck | |
(2 marks) any two in any order | [76] [71] |
| Reasons for the company’s initial success | |
· early adopters // got in early into the market · good parking spots // it was parked around skyscrapers where exists many customers · less competition · (New York) city was hungry for refined street food / willing to pay higher in any order prices to reward culinary entrepreneurs (2 marks) any two in any order | [47] [26] |
| Challenges faced by the company | |
· competition (is ferocious) · finding good parking spots · (New York) police (Department) handing out tickets // ticket-issuing cops crackdown by regulators · inclement weather (3 marks) any three in any order | [75] [71] [66] |
| Changes made to the company’s operations | |
· open a restaurant / (their first brick-and-mortar) store · used the truck as a billboard / advertisement / as their brand and image · the fruck now serves food at festivals, corporate events and even weddings (2 marks) any two in any order | [62] [20] |
- i) the overall trend of food trucks is ridiculous and morally reprehensible [46]
ii) (media) treating food trucks as a new form of cuisine // as some breakthrough invention (when they are nothing more than a way to deliver food to consumers) [21] - i) food trucks are an outdoor version of food courts / are grouped together in parking lots (instead of in a shopping mall food court) [58]
ii) food trucks have a (more) limited menu (than restaurants/traditional eateries) // restaurants have / offer more variety in their menu foodwise [38] - foodwise [53]
- C [71]
- B [86]
- they are afraid to go to (the) ethnic restaurants(in) / diverse neighbourhoods [66]
- when they bring quality dining / food (selections) to places where it is pedestrian-unfriendly // bring food to buildings where there is nothing within walking distance [59]
- selling the same / similar food // pizzerias already exist // there are (rent-paying) pizzerias near the food trucks which serve pizzas // there is no need for a food truck [15]
- they are low-skilled / not skilled // not good enough/ qualified to run a restaurant // not real chefs [33]
- A [33]
- small wonder (x clearly) [41]
- food trucks can drive away (and disappear / before its customers expire) [51]
- C [41]
- i) F [60]
ii) T [80]
iii) NG [82] - C [44]
- she is (joking about being) brave to try the food (from a food truck) / ethnic food / Ethiopian food // she is joking / mocking about the quality / dangers of food from food trucks
(X As the Economist went to press, it had not yet killed her // the food is bad/ low quality) - injera (with tilapia) // Ethiopian food // the nosh // the food from the truck
- B [24]
- D [51]
- they carry / transport cockroaches // they are dirty / filthy // not enough inspections and therefore there are cockroaches // poor / low hygiene [42]
- not letting (food trucks) operate on streets // only allowing food trucks in parks and parking lots (and not in the streets) // allowing food trucks in parks and parking lots but not in the streets [29]
- legal wrangling // to protect (the immobile) restaurant (trade) // arguments / debate in Alexandra City Council [46]
- She wants her readers to think (seriously) about her argument / consider her point of view / to think twice about not supporting food frucks [13]
- i) Text 10 [51]
ii) x
iii) Text 9
iv) Text 8
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