UE 2002 Section C 34-47

Q.

A.

Explanation

Skill tested

34

C

"There was little interdepartmental cooperation” shows the fact that the government bodies were lack coordination.  

Context/Extension

35

D

A lack of departmental cooperation is the cause leading to the need of greater centralization and accountability. Moreover,  “in response to this crisis,…….was set up.” It links a cause and effect relationship. The word “Essentially” has the similar meaning of the answer “ were needed

Cause and effect relationship Context

36

A

The sentence the objectives of the EFB "responsible for food throughout the food-supply chain". Answer A is the extension of the preceeding sentence. It also states the aim of the EFB. Thus, they are parallel in meaning.

Extension

37

B

Both the “Clean Hong Kong Programme” and the slogan, “Keeping Hong Kong clean must become a way of life for all in the SAR”. It encourages the public to make effort in environmental protect.

Only B encourages the public to take action about environmental protection.

Context

38 C The preposition “to” indicates to show a purpose of introducing measures by the Bureau. In the sentence, “ultra-low-sulphur diesel fuel”, imply the aim of the measures Context
39 B “On course” imply on the whole. So it needs an adverb to make sense. Context/Discourse marker
40 C The following sentence has a discourse marker---“However” showing a contrast. Thus, the LEGCO members opposed the measures first. Discourse marker
41 A In the sentence, “the penalty for polluting vehicles was increased” show that it is about the new measures. Extenion
42 D “And” is a discourse marker showing a parallelism. “The same thing” means also giving a subsidy to trucks. Context/Parallelism
43 A Since the traditional concern of industry on protecting environment is the problem of increasing costs, one of the functions of EFB is to promote the message that environmental protection is not costly. Context
44 B EFB shows the importance of protecting environment by stating the consequence of ignoring good environmental practices. The discourse marker "in addition" shows additional point. Context/Parallelism/

Discourse marker
45 A Real damage to the environment, people’s health and Hong Kong’s attractiveness as a business center are the result of ignoring good environmental practices. Context/Cause and effect relationship
46 D Since many factories across the border are owned by industrialists from Hong Kong, it is possible to promote waste reduction and energy efficiency in the Pearl River Delta. Context/Cause and effect relationship
47 C EFB shows the importance of protecting environment by warning industrialists that the community is now paying closer attention to whether a business is environmentally friendly or not. Context