UE 2000 Section C 1-17

1. The debate mentioned on line 9 is taking place…….

C. all over Hong Kong

Source Explanation Skill Tested

Lines 2-4, “echoing “circulating” means go Reading for
ideas circulating round continuously. specific
throughout the According to this information
community, have passage, “community” is
been filled with referred to Hong Kong. 　
articles seeking to Therefore, we can infer
contribute to the that the debate is taking
discussion of Hong place all over Hong
Kong’s role in the Kong.
region and the
world.”

2. In paragraph 2, what does the writer suggest is most

essential as we look towards Hong Kong’s future?

D. decision-making which anticipates and addresses needs

Source Explanation Skill Tested
Lines 12-19, This paragraph has Reference
“Effective pro-active clearly stated that
decision-making effective pro-active 　
requires an ability to decision-making
anticipate needs, to requires an ability to
monitor and react to anticipate needs.
consider a broad Therefore, the answer is
range of economic, D.
environmental and
social issues.
3. In a country which has ‘a sustainable development
strategy’ (line 20), public planners …..
B. must consider a variety of different issues in planning for
the future
Quotation Explanation Skill tested
Lines 20-22 “…an “An integrated approach Reading for
integrated approach to public policy which specific
to public policy takes into account a information
which takes into huge range of
account a huge environmental and
range of socio-economic factors.”
environmental and modifies the preceding
socio-economic noun, “‘a sustainable
factors.” development strategy
“A huge range of
environmental and
socio-economic factors”
means a variety of
different issues.
4. In line 32, ‘gaining currency’ means…
C. becoming more generally accepted.
Quotation Explanation Skill
tested
Lines 32-34, “…which is “Currency” means “state Guessing
apparently gaining of being common”. “One the
currency as a sound of the top five to ten meaning
vision of the future, truly global cities” from the
that Hong Kong has implies that Hong Kong context.
the opportunity to be can be more accepted by
one of the top five to the internationally.
ten truly global cities.”
5. From what the writer says about Tung Chee-hwa’s speech,
the reader can infer that the bankers in the audience…

A. were somewhat surprised by the speech’s message.

Source Explanation Skill Tested

From lines 29 to 31, That means the Reading for
"Not surprisingly, audience greeted the specific
the audience speech politely is not information
greeted the speech surprised but they are
politely but without surprised for the
marked enthusiasm." speech's message.
6. In paragraph 4, the writer suggests that the major
attraction of Hong Kong for visitors had been …
A. its physical beauty
Source Explanation Skill Tested
From lines 49 to 53, That means the visitors Inference
"Recently, everyone in the past are attracted
from community by the blue skies and a
notables to men-in- sparkling harbor. Then,
the-street seem to the answer is A "its
have remarked that physical beauty".
the drugs of crisp
blue skies and a
sparkling harbor,
traditionally Hong
Kong's chief allure
for local people and
visitors alike, have
become rare
indeed."
Q7. Which of the following statements best describes local
attitudes to Hong Kong’s quality of life today?

B. There are many different views about it.

A Explanation Skill tested

B ‘This is a wrong one. Reading for specific
information.
Herein, however, lies the rub. This is
a transition, showing the different
views on the writer. There are a lot of
difficulties and drawback.
Q8. In lines 63---64, ‘thrown down the gauntlet’ refers to
suggesting to the financial community that they ...
C. must consider the environment in the future.
A Explanation Skill tested
C ‘You have a role to play.’ In his Inference
speech to the bankers, he spelt out
that improving the physical
environment is crucial to the health
of Hong Kong people.” Lines 65-68,
suggests that everybody should have
a role to play on environment
because it is important to people..
　
9. In paragraph 6, what does the writer suggest sceptics will
argue?
(D). Results are the only things that really count
Sources Explanation Skill tested
Line 70, “Sceptics In the sentence, we can see Inference
will do doubt argue that secptics is needed to
that the words are be measured by results.
cheap and that
ultimately, intent
needs to be
measured by
results.”
10. “The machinery of Government” (line71-72) refers to…
(B). The decision-making system
Sources Explanation Skill tested
In line 75, “This will In the following sentence, Inference
need new thinking, the sentence state that the
a challenge to the government need to new
status quo, and thinking on existing
some degree of policies, that means the
honesty in government need a
acknowledging the decision-making system.
ineffectiveness of Thus, the answer should be
certain existing B.
policies if we are to
successfully
reshape Hong
Kong.”
11. In line 78, ‘we’ refers to ...
C. Hong Kong people.
Explanatio Skill 　
n
C ‘we are to successfully Reference
reshape Hong Kong’
(line78) show that A and
B is not the answer. ‘We’
suggest that more than
one person. If ‘we’ refer
to the readers, it should
use ‘you’ instead.
12. According to the writer, who should be responsible for
achieving the desired development objectives?
D. no single person or organization.
Answer Explanation Skill
D ‘persuading our decision- Reading for specific
makers, politicians and information
 voters’ (line85) mean that
answers A, B and C are not
the answers.

13. In paragraph 7, the writer suggests that the most

important factor in becoming a pre-eminent city is .......

A. an agreed political agenda.

Ans Explanation Skills tested

A In lines 85-86, ‘Success requires Reading for specific
constructive debate...’ suggests information
that the debate on the development
of Hong Kong should bring in new
and agreed ideas.
14. In line 82, ‘Ultimately’ means ......
B. in the long term.
Ans Explanation Skills tested
B In line 81, ‘it is also far too easy to Guessing the
criticize only the Government...’ meaning from the
suggests that criticizing the context.
Government is a short-term
reaction. The following sentence is
a counter-argument, suggesting a
long-term solution.
　

15. In line 88, ‘fancy footwork’ means ......

D clever manipulating.

Ans Explanation Skill tested

D ‘...political gamesmanship...’ (line Guessing the
88) suggests that ‘fancy footwork’ meaning from the
means political tactics. context.

Options B and C do not relate to

political tactics and ‘fancy
footwork’ has no relation to ‘kick
out sb’.

16. The note that the writer ends the article on is ......
 B. cautiously optimistic

Ans Explanation Skill tested

B ‘...Hong Kong has features Inference
which...as an excellent place for
investment...” (lines 96-99) tone
suggests that the writer is
optimistic in the future of Hong
Kong. But ‘...need new thinking, a
challenge to status quo...’ (lines
75-76) also suggests that the
writer has worries about the
future. Therefore, option B is the
answer.

17. A good alternative title for this article would be ,......

B. A vision of greatness.

Ans Explanation Skill tested

A ‘...it strives to become the city of Theme
Mr Tung’s vision.’ suggests that
the passage is about the future
vision of Hong Kong. Therefore,
option B is the answer.

UE 2000 Section C Q18—35

Q A Explanation Skill Tested

18 D ‘The first to do sth’ shows the Infinitive
purpose of the study. Thus, ‘to
examine’ is the infinitive to show a
purpose.
19 B Excessive Internet use will cause Collocation
many impacts on people, such as
emotional impact. “Emotional”
collocates with “impact”.
20 A Those impacts caused by using Preposition
Internet over time that is excessive
Internet use. “Over’ is a preposition
to show the passing of time.
21 A The study about the Internet use was Context
found that using Internet leaves less
time for the deeper relationships
 with friends and family. It was an
unexpected finding. Thus, A is
correct.
22 C Leaves time for sb mean put less Context
time with sb for deeper relationship
23 A Replace sth with sth mean take the collocation
place of sth have people are
replacing stronger bonds with
weaker ones
24 D “contradicted” mean suggesting that Context
the expectation is mistaken.There is
an opposing view that Internet use Vocabulary
would foster social contact,
especially through e-mail and chat
rooms,
25 C Colleagues here refer to person who Context
work with Mr. Krant
26 B Mr. Kraut and his colleagues Passive voice
recorded the number of hours they
spent on-line. Therefore, a passive
voice should be used in there.
27 D Given computers, phone lines, free Context
use of the internet and agreed to fill
out occasional questionnaires is a
type of exchange. Therefore, the
answer D, ‘in return of ‘ should be
chosen.
28 A The meaning of answer A, B and D Context
are not suited in the context. Only
answer A can suit the meaning of the
paragraph. Therefore, the answer is
A “occasional”, implying from time to
time. .
29 C A past tense should be used there, Tense
so, answer B and D must be wrong,
From the context, we know that the Context
writer want to express they had the
ability to predict the change instead
of they will predict changes. So, the
answer is C.
30 C The use of past perfect tense “had Past perfect
dropped” should be followed by “ tense
since the study began.
31 A “ Averaged” is a verb, implying to do Context
or amount to sth as an average
 measure or rate.

32. C “Keep up with” means “ to move or Context

progress at the same rate.
33 B “A conflict “ suggests sth serious Common
disagreement with somebody Expression
34 D A past tense is needed in this Tense
question. "Washed" is a past
participle, used as an adjective.
35 D The answer ‘mechanisms” means the Collocation
system that works together with
“produce emotional effects”

UE 2000 Section C 36-47

Q Ans Explanation Skills tested

36 D ‘Even so’ is a discourse marker Discourse
showing a contrast. Although SAR marker
police or Customs and Excise
officers don’t have seizure of
pirated goods, illegal trade still
continues.
37 C ‘fake’ and ‘genuine’ have opposite Context
meaning
38 A The sign of customers snapping up context
illegal copies of the latest movies at
MTR stations is the evidence that
fake copies sellers do not need to
have intensive detective work to
locate pirate outlets.
39 B The first sentence emphasis on Comparison
“difficult”, the word “but” turn the
next sentence into an opposite Register
attitude. Track down of factories is
difficult while stop the open
hawking of pirated copies is
relatively less difficult (ought to be
simple matter)
40 D Although the no of pirated discs Register
intercepted by the Customs has
increased, the situation is still Parallelism
continuing (illegal trade continues
to flourish). Hence, the answer is
the Customs is still not the winner
meet the victory
41 A Since the illegal trade continues to Cause and
flourish, so it leads to the local film effect
industry and genuine suppliers relationship
shoulder the heavy cost.
42 C “Pirates do 10 times more business Adjective
than legal companies” is used to Clause
elaborate the way “it was
impossible to make a profit in an
industry”.
43 B “As legitimate enterprises close, Cause and
pirates will go on making good effect
profits.” “As” means “because” relationship
which is the discourse marker to
show the adverb clause of reason. .
44 C Hong Kong will be accused of not Parallelism
“doing enough to stamp out a
trade” and “hurting trading Context
relations with other nation”.

“As well as” is the conjunction that

two phrase together.
45 A The sentence is about the recent Context
study by US Business Software
Alliance. ‘1 billion in lost sales by
2001’ showed that the study is
about cost. Only A matches the
sentence.
46 D “However, the raids were carried Context
out only after complaints from a
delegation of TV programs”. It is the
extension of the previous sentence
that is about something negative.
Answer D told us something about
the pirated discs, which is bad
thing. It matches with the latter
sentence.
47 A Since the previous sentence Context
describes Japan, only answer A
matches with the content.

UE 2000 Section C Q48-68

Q Ans Explanation Skill tested

48 Southern Paragraph 1, line 3, “Hong Kong Context
 India was the latest stop for the Tamil
Nadu school dropout…” dropout
refers to Ramar Pillai; Line 15, “In
Tamil Nadu in the south of India,
…”. It suggests the location of
Tamil Nadu.
49 Herbs Paragraph 1, linse 6-7, “his secret Reading for
method of turning herbs into a fuel specific
which he claims is cleaner…” information
50 Fuel Paragraph 1, lines 6-7, “his secret Reading for
method of turning herbs into a fuel specific
which he claims is cleaner…” information
51 school Paragraph 3, line 3, “He says he Reading for
picnic discovered the properties of the specific
mystery ‘herb’ during a school information
picinc in 1978.
52 formula Paragraph 3, line 9, “and then Reading for
toiled tirelessly in his home-made specific
laboratory to perfect his formula.” information
53 chemical Paragraph 3, line 11, “the correct Reading for
s quantities of a number of common specific
chemicals such as citric acid………” information
54 Plant Para 3, line 11, “requires water, Context
the mystery plant, the correct”.
There are two secret ingredients
needed to make the fuel.
55 Catalyst Para 3, line 14, “plus a secret Context
catalyst” There are two secret
ingredients needed to make the
fuel.
56 pure Para 5, line 3, “the purity improves Change part
dramatically to more than 95 per of speech
cent, ” It matches with the second
versions “When these are
combined, a mixture is initially
produced which will burn �
although it is not very pure.
57 modified Line 8 of paragraph 5’regular inference
patrol when used in an unmodified
engine.’ As ‘not’ is used in the
passage, a positive word be used.
‘modified’ is the answer.
58 police Line4 of 2nd paragraph ‘state context
accorded him police protection’ the
word ‘police’ is directly suite in the
 sentence of version 2.”Mr. Pillai
had to be guarded by the police
59 fraud Line13 of paragraph 2 ‘in India’s context
parliament, branding Mr. Pillai a
fraud’ we can use the word ‘fraud’
in the sentence of version 2
60 Spoon Paragraph 2, lines 9-11, ‘A spoon Reading for
Mr.Pillai insisted on using to stir specific
the mixture was discovered to have information
been hollowed out and filled with
petrol.’ A hollowed-out spoon is
used to inject petrol into the
mixture.
61 Hero Paragraph 2, line s17-18, ‘he has Reading for
become a folk hero to motorists’ specific
Mr. Pillai was regarded as a hero by information
the motorists.
62 Scooters Paragraph 2, lines 13-14, ‘scooter Reading for
owners around his home town of specific
Idaiyankulam continue to have information
faith in him’ People who ride
scooters regarded him as a hero.
63 motorists We can find the answer in the Reading for
second paragraph. Last but one specific
line. “He has become a folk hero to information
motorists, producing 1000 liters a
day before hordes of cheering
spectators.”
64 petrol We can find the answer in the last inference
line of the first paragraph. “motor
scooter owners queue up to buy it
at 10 rupees, 15 rupees less than
the cost of petrol.” That means
less than half the petrol price,
which should be 25 rupees
originally
65 supporte We can find the answer in the third Reading for
r line of fourth paragraph. “Charles specific
Cheung, the managing director of information
Amalgamated CNG Vehicles, …the
agency which is backing Mr. Pillai.”

Backing someone means

supporting someone. So the
answer is “supporter”
66 stolen Paragraph 4, line 13, “making sure Inference
his formula did not fall into the
wrong hands.” It means Mr. Pillai
was afraid his formula was stolen.
67 patent In the first line of the third Reading for
paragraph, “ Mr. Pillai’s says he specific
has applied for a patent for his fuel information
Invention needs a patent to secure
the inventor. Mr. Pillia didn’t get a
patent, so he was afraid his
formula was stolen.
68 fume Paragraph 4, the last but two lines, Reading for
“After drawing off the oil, Mr. Pillia specific
demonstrated that it burned information
vigorously, as searing, eye-
watering fumes filled the room.”
We can directly copy from this
sentence.

UE 2000 Section C Q69-80

Q A Explanation Skill tested

69 I Snappy sticker photo is done by Register
machine and it costs about $30-40
per sheet. extension
70 M White sand should be related to Register (sea)
beach and wave.
71 F Mango pudding can be related to Register(puddin
evaporated milk for better taste. g)
72 K Christmas and lunar new year should Register
be related to spectacular displays (spectacular
and lights should be related to displays)
130,000 bulbs.
73 L “malfunctioning”,” and “suicidal” 1. discourse
are negative adjectives. Option L marker
indicates the positive sense with the
world “though” at the end, which
means that it is indicating the
opposite meaning.
74 B “brilliant features” can be made by 1. context
“glass tubing”
2. register
“Colourful signs” matches with (coloful
“neon one” light)
75 H The Zoological and biological 1. Cause and
gardens is located in the Central effect
district, that means these are the relationship
connection between nature and
urban area.
76 E Column B is an extension of Column 1. Extension
A. Readers do not have to peer
through a polluted haze to see the 2. Reference
harbor.(it)
77 A “Sales are on” means it is a lasting 1. context
action, “last all year” indicates the
period that it lasts.
78 G “Public light buses” is a form of 1. register (form
transport. “Fast and dangerous” of transport,
matches with “zippy”. , fast)
79. D “Quick donut and coffee for 1. Register
breakfast,” “peanut butter toast or (food-to-go food.
hot rice flour rolls smothered in
peanut, sweet chili ad soy sauce” are
food-to-go food.
80 C “Stock packets of some of the 1. register (dried
weirdest forms of animals and plant food)
life” are “ dried food.

UE 2000 Section C 81-98

Q Explanation Skills tested

81 Cross out “was”. Active voice should be Active voice
used instead of passive voice.
82 Cross out “and”. “Providing” is an adjective Adjective
modifying the previous sentence. No
conjunction is needed.
83 Underline “dweller” and write down Singularity
“dwellers”. As there is more than one
dweller in Hong Kong, plural form should
be used.
84 Underline “pollute” and write down Past participle
“polluted”. “Polluted” is a past participle
used to modify the state of the situation
85 Tick 　
86 Add “been” between “have” and “dumped”. Passive voice
87 Add “by” between “caused” and “the”. The Preposition
refuse is the agent causing the disgusting
smell.
88 Underline the word "problem" and change Plural forms
into "problems"
89 Add the word "is" between the word Passive voice
"which" and 'being"
90 Underline the word "respond" (verb) and Part of speech
change into "response" (noun)
91 Underline the word "see" and change into Past participle
"seen"
92 Underline the word "breaking" and change parallelism
into " broken", and it parallels with
“empty”.
93 It states the consequence in future that Future tense
will happen if the prompt action is not
taken to clear up the mess.
94 The verb is missing. Verb
95 It states the condition that will happen in Future tense
future.
96 The words “end up” and “completely” both Confused word
states that the level of damage should be
never recover.
97 “unaware” is an adjective, “be” should be Usage
add before it.
98 Plural form should use after “their”. Plurality