File: 89C47-56

47. H. This question tests the candidates' ability of understanding the context, and the use of inversion. `The role of a policeman in Hong Kong has not been a happy one. The inversion of the position of the subject and the verb, and with the introduction of a negative adverb `never' shows a strong emphais on the negative aspects. `Happy' matches with `safe and comfortable' because both are adjectives of feeling.

48. D. This question tests the candidates' ability of understanding the context. We can see `complaints' in two different viewpoints: postive and negative. In the negative aspects: sth wrong has been done. In the postitve aspect: reflects a more critical public towards the police force.

49. E. This question tests the candidates' ability of understanding the context. `Many things in common' matches with the `too': the members of the local force is similar to the local citizens in the way that they are sure whether their children would enjoy a better future if they went oversea.

50. B. This question tests the candidates' ability of understanding the context, and the cause and effect relationship.

`As a consequence of law and order, Hong Kong has one of the world's low crime rate.

51. A. This question tests the candidates' ability of understanding the context, and the extension of the first sentence. `In this field' is a discourse marker, showing the expalnation. `In the field of fighting against crime' the police tend to think in terms of handling criminal intelligence.

52. J. This question tests the candidates' ability of understanding the context, and the collocation.`Impreoved public relations and the work of the Junior Ploce Call leads to postive effects on relations with the police and the public: goodwill and coperation has led to a remarkbale citizens' arrest rate: over 14% of all arrests.

53. I. This question tests the candidates' ability of understanding the context, and the sematic field. `Rates of pay in the polce compare quite favourably with the rest of the civil service' suggests `the community view that policeman deserve more'.

54. F. This question tests the candidates' ability of understanding the context, and the use of dicourse marker: but is used to show a contrast. `Only' is used in negative sense, showing less Chinsese Officer in Deputy Commissioners. `But' is used to show a contrastive viewpoint: entire generation of promising young officers ready, willing and more than able to take up a leadership role.

55. C. This question tests the candidates' ability of understanding the context, and the use of extension. `On the need of localization of the force' implies ` to attract young men to join the force. `In terms of 1997' shows time in History. It matches with Option C `at this stage in Hong Kong's History'

56. G. This question tests the candidates' ability of understanding the context, and the use of extension. `Effective maintence of law and order' is the extension of the `Talk about how to ensure the prosperity and stability'