98C 36-45
| Q | A. | Explanation | Skills tested |
| 36. | C | In paragraph one , line 3 , “It concludes that in 50years time Hong Kong will become a concrete jungle with power cuts , rationed food and water , beaches too polluted for swimming ” , these are all negatives , therefore the next one should be negative too . | Context |
| 37. | B | Once the economy is to expand , there will be more infrastructure in need . | Cause and effect relationship |
| 38. | D | The word ‘however ’ , shows that the following sentence would be in contrast with the preceding one . “ The territory will require more roads , container terminals and other infrastructure .” All these need land . The great demand for land matches with ‘tiny area ’ and ‘ no more room ’ . | Context |
| 39. | A | In paragraph two , ‘ the government ’ matches with ‘political leaders ’. Line 1 to 2 , ‘the territory will require more roads , container terminals and other infrastructure. ’ matches with ‘the territory’s development strategy .’ | Context |
| 40. | C | In paragraph 3 , ‘as the population continues to increase by the millions on the mainland , Beijing may one day not to be able to provide enough food and water for its own people ’, therefore , ‘ we cannot afford to rely on China to supply us with food and water forever . | Cause and effect relationship |
41 |
B |
The answer needs to explain why we can’t only reply on the importation of China’s food and water forever. She may not have enough food and water to supply herself and HK. So the answer is B. For answer A, it is not relate to the exportation of expertise (irrelevant). For answer C birth control is not relevant to the idea of the passage. For answer D the answer is wrong. |
Context Extension |
42 |
A |
The answer needs to an adjective to describe what it will be if the shortage of water and food occur. Both “alarming” and “food and water shortage” are negative in sense. For option B and C, we will not see this occurrence as strange or odd For option D, it is irrelevant to the question. So the answer is A we will surprise if the food and water shortage occur. |
Context Tone. |
43 |
B |
The issue of putting more fund on “green” industry is always stated, so the writer uses restate |
Context Extension |
44 |
C |
As the economic grows, wealth is created. That means the income will increase. Thus we can buy everything we need. |
Logical development |
45 |
D |
Since we live in a wealthy city, it would be bad if our environment is bad. So the writer suggests the solution to consider how to build a better future for our next generation. |
Context |