93C 31-41

93C 31-41

Q	A	Explanation	Skills tested
31	D	With the last line of the first paragraph, `they are cheap and can be used reasonably safely' suggests `inadequate heaters can be legally purchased in a most department store.	Prediction
32	A	`Despite' shows a contrast with a noun phrase and an adverb clause of concession. `The obvious hazards' is negative while `the Consumer Council does not yet believe these heaters should be banned' is positive.	Discourse markers
33	B	`The old-style gas water heaters should be equipped with air vent to the outside to allow any leaking poisonous gas to escape' is a procedure of using a gas heater. It is an easy procedure. `However' shows a contrast that `many families has not followed the easy procedure'.	Discourse marker
34	D	Trouble-free use of old gas water heaters decreased, it makes people aware of their own safety.	Cause-effect relationship
35	C	With the preceding phrase, `people's awareness of their dangers' and `wake people up' relate to the `publicity from the latest judicial injury into another silent death'	Prediction
36	D	`Danger and safety' is the main idea of this paragraph. Therefore, another silent death wakes people up to the household danger for a while.	Prediction.
37	C	`And it will' is an emphatic, used to show a ninety-nine percent of the likely outcome.	Use of emphatic
38	D	Danger and safety' is the main idea of that paragraph, and `to ban the sale of old-style gas water heater' is related to the safety campaign.	Reading for theme
39	A	`New apartment' is contrast to `the old style gas water heaters' and `outlaw the sale of these dangerous appliances.	Reading for main idea
40	C	`The Gas Safety Unit's campaign and the proposed laws' is a more vigilant stance on consumer safety.	Reading for main idea
41	D	`Deadly as faulty gas water heaters' related to life and death, therefore, option D is the correct response because the old fashioned heaters are outlawed.	Reading for main idea and register.