Use of English Section C 1991 Questions 69to79
It is important to remember that although there is a common theme to all the matching pairs, the pairs are not linked in any way. They all stand-alone. Prospective candidates should be reminded of this and look primarily for links of grammar and meaning between the two statements making up the pairs.
| Q | Explanation | Skills tested |
| 69 B | This pair is having the same classification that is related to `the dam's potential' and `subsequent flooding'. The first sentence is the solution to the second one: a dam is a solution to the flooding. | Prediction. |
| 70G | This pair is related to the classification of the ship family. `The decks of ships in the first sentence matches with `barges' and `rivercraft' in the second one. The theme of this pair is the means of transportation. |
Prediction. |
| 71F | This pair focuses on the classification of opposition and argument. In the first sentence, we have `considerable opposition' and `it was first opposed'. In the second sentence, we find `the critics argue', `unnecessary' `water shortage' and `exaggerated'. They are related to opposition. | Prediction |
| 72K | This question tests the candidates' ability of This pair is about sufficiency. In the first sentence, we have `adequate to contain the worst flood'. In the sentence, it is introduced by a contrastive linking word, however. This linking suggests that the meaning of the following is contrastive to the first one. Therefore, we find the lexical expression such as `the safety margin is smaller', and `barely sufficient.' | 1. Prediction 2. Classification. |
| 73I | This pair is about rain and water, and the area of water runs from south to north. In the first sentence, we find the words: `rain' and `underground water'. In the second sentence, we find the phrases `canal-building projects' and ` to move water' to convey the idea how to solve the problem of uneven distribution of rainwater in China. | Prediction. |
| 74C | This pair is about the water supply in China. In the first sentence, it tells the readers the `inadequate water supplies' and cities `suffer serious shortages'. The second sentence introduced by the contrastive linking word `however' to show the situation is even worse in Beijing and Tainjin for the increasing demand for the urban and industrial supply but decreasing demand for the local supply that is mainly for domestic consumption.) | Prediction. |
| 75J | This pair is about speedy transportation. In the first sentence, we find `support the project', `facilitating navigation upstream' and `accessible to much larger vessels' to show the facilities of transportation is improving. Since the second sentence is introduced by the conjunction `but', it implies a contrastive viewpoint is introduced. Therefore, we find `shipping delay' in the second sentence to show the facilities are not good. | 1. Prediction 2. Classification |
| 76A | This pair is related to reality and dream. In the first sentence, it tells the readers a dream in the past. However, `despite decades of discussion', a dream can come true: a reality. | 1. Prediction 2. Classification |
| 77D | This pair is parallel to each other in structure as well as in meaning related to distance. `This fertile region as far as Hangzhou' in the first sentence is parallel to `wealthy cities such as suzhou' in the second sentence' semantically and syntactically. | Prediction |
| 78H | This pair related to time; the past and today, the present. Since it is contrastive in time, it will also be different in viewpoint. `Remote antiquity' belongs to the past, `modern water project ' belongs to the present. | 1. Prediction 2. Classification |
| 79E | This question tests the candidates' ability of . This pair related to the time. In the 6th Century, the transportation depends on the Yangtze Valley, but in the 21st Century, it will depend on the `revived and expanded canal'. |
1.Prediction 2. Collocation |
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