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| Q | A | Explanation | Skills tested |
| 14 | B | Option A `idea' suggests an opinion expressed; option B, `impression' suggests sth in mind; option C `suspicion' suggests sth have been gone wrong, and option D `influence' suggests a force imposed on sth. Since the adjective clause `that the problems at Shek O and Rocky Bay have not been thoroughly analyzed' conveys the thinking of the Shek O reader, therefore, the answer is B. | Prediction based on the understanding of the whole sentence. |
| 15 | A | Since the Shek O reader complains the problem of Shek O and Rocky Bay, with the discourse marker, `far from the truth' offers an contrast viewpoint and supports by concrete examples. | Identifying use of a discourse marker based on the understanding of the first and second paragraphs. |
| 16 | D | `To provide comprehensive sewage system' suggests sth all-rounded, and `comprehensive' collocates with `system'. | Common sense |
| 17 | B | The sewage `generated' suggests `produced.' | Collocation. |
| 18 | B | `Concluded' is parallel to `ended up' as a product in the sea. | Register |
| 19 | A | Since it is `a suggestion', it collocates with the modal verb `should + an infinitive'. | Use of modal verb. |
| 20 | C | `Septic tanks do not remove bacteria' is a fact. `What they discourage is as pollution as raw sewage' is a result. Therefore, the discourse marker, `consequently' to introduce a result is used. | Discourse markers |
| 21 | D | deleted | ¡@ |
| 22 | C | Option A `exist' is wrong because an `s' is missing. Option C `does exist' is an emphasis of the present tense. | Tenses |
| 23 | C | `Concurrently' refers to an event, but option C `presently' refers to a situation. | Time modifier |
| 24 | A | Option A `while' refers two actions occur together at a specific point of time. Option B `whereby' by what( a noun) or by which, Option C `when' indicates an adverb clause, and option D `whether' introduces `a condition'. | Time modifier |
| 25 | B | `Discharge sewage directly' leads to sea pollution. | Common sense |
| 26 | C | `Until' suggests up to a certain time when the situation is corrected. | Understanding of the context |
| 27 | D | The word `only' collocates with the `answer' to show an emphasis to the solution. | Collocation |
| 28 | A | deleted | ¡@ |
| 29 | A | A `scheme' collocates with `revised', suggesting reading carefully again and again in order to have improvement. | Collocation |
| 30 | D | `20 dwellings will be affected by the project' indicates the result of the revised scheme. | Identifying a result. |