Paper 1 · Reading

Exam Analysis

Reading passages from Sample Paper to 2022, sorted by year

2022
Part A
The dying traditional comic industry in Hong Kong (feature article published by Coconuts, Hong Kong)
Part B1
1. Job advertisements (unknown advertisements)
2. 'Slasher' (feature article published by The Guardian, UK)
Part B2
Ethical concerns of using AI in decision-making (feature article published by The Harvard Gazette, US)
2021
Part A
1. Healthy fast food (restaurant review published by Viva, NZ)
2. The struggling major food companies (feature article published by Fortune, US)
3. A sustainable resort (unknown newsletter)
Part B1
1. Housing estate (unknown online forum discussion)
2. Plants (unknown flyer)
Part B2
1. Apollo 11 (unknown short text)
2. Terraforming Mars (feature article published by HowStuffWorks, US)
3. Ethics related to space exploration (journal article published in Human Ecology Review, US)
2020
Part B1
Part B2
Agony uncle (feature article; advice column — both published by The Telegraph, UK)
2019
Part B1
1. Library activities (webpage published by Hong Kong Public Libraries)
2. Reading culture in Hong Kong (newspaper article published in SCMP)
3. Reading culture in Hong Kong (letter to the editor published in SCMP)
Part B2
2018
Part A
1. Tutors for learning musical instruments (unknown job advertisements)
2. Music and concentration (newspaper article published in The Guardian, UK)
Part B2
2017
2016
Part A
1. Superstitions (unknown list)
2. Superstitions (book excerpt by a British professor)
Part B1
Food truck (unknown introduction; newspaper article published in The Standard; three letters to the editor published in SCMP)
2015
2014
2013
Part B1
Part B2
2012
PRACTICE PAPER
Part A
Keeping large animals in aquariums and zoos (newspaper article published in SCMP)
Part B1
1. Dog attack (newspaper article published in Toronto Sun, Canada)
2. Waste reduction and recycling (preface of a guide published in the US)
3. Waste reduction tips (list from the same source)
Part B2
1. Unlicensed rubbish collectors in China (newspaper article published in Financial Times, UK)
2. A dog and a wolf (novel excerpt from an American novelist)
SAMPLE PAPER
Part A
Part B1
Hong Kong: past and present (comments in an online forum)
Part B2

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Place of Publication Publication Year & Part
Hong Kong SCMP SP_A · PP_A · 13_B1 · 15_A · 16_B1 · 19_B1
Hong Kong The Standard 16_B1
Hong Kong Zolima City Mag 20_A
Hong Kong Varsity CUHK 20_B1
Hong Kong Coconuts 22_A
New Zealand Otago Daily Times SP_B2
Canada Toronto Sun PP_B1
Thailand The Nation 12_A
United States VOA 12_B1
United States Booklist 12_B2
United States The Daily Beast 12_B2
United States National Geographic 13_A
United States The New Yorker 13_B2
United States The Wall Street Journal 15_A
United States The Washington Post 15_B1
United States The New York Times 15_B2 · 17_A
United States Forbes 16_B2
United States The Economist 16_B2
United States Goldman Sachs 17_B1
United States TreeHugger 18_B1
United States NPR 18_B2
United States Talent Economy 19_A
United States Fortune 21_A
United States HowStuffWorks 21_B2
United States The Harvard Gazette 22_B2
United Kingdom The Guardian 14_B1 · 18_A · 22_B1
United Kingdom Marie Claire 17_B1
United Kingdom Rentokil 18_B1
United Kingdom The Telegraph 20_B2
Australia Assemble Papers 18_B1
Text Types (Sorted by Type) Tap to expand 17 types
Text Type Place of Publication Year & Part
Academic book United Kingdom 16_A
Advice column United Kingdom 20_B2
Autobiography United Kingdom 14_B2 · 19_B2
Book excerpt United Kingdom 18_B2
Brochure United States 20_B1
Guide United States PP_B1
Job advertisement unknown 18_A · 22_B1
Journal article United States 17_B2 · 21_B2
List unknown 16_A
Novel excerpt United States PP_B2
Online forum posts unknown SP_B1
Poem United Kingdom SP_B2
PowerPoint slides (originally webpage) United States 17_B1
Restaurant review New Zealand 21_A
Short story United States 14_A
Webpage Hong Kong 19_B1
Witness statement Australia 15_B1