UE 2002 Section C 1-16

1. What is the greatest disadvantage of today’s faster information transfer identified in

paragraph 1?

D. People are losing the ability to communicate with each other

Source Explanation Skills Tested

Lines 2-3 “ the Internet has been To destroy the ability to communicate Reading for
destroying our ability to means that people lose the ability to specific
communicate effectively” communicate. information

2. In paragraph 1, the writer agrees with the view that…

B. Information transfer has become much swifter.

Source Explanation Skill Tested

Lines 5-6 “ Never before has “To distribute content so quickly ” Reading for
humanity been able to distribute implies that the information transfer specific
content so quickly using a fairly swifter. information
universal system.”

3. According to paragraph 2, the writer of this article thinks that the ultimate goal of
communication is to…

C. Make things happen

Source Explanation Skill tested

Lines 20-22 “ Serve to allow
the common sharing and
exchange of information in
order to bring about a desired
action
“ In order to” refers to the ultimate goal, Inference
and a “desired action” means something
expected to happen.

4. In line 24, ‘the task’ refers to …

A. achieving communication

Sources Explanation Skills Tested

Lines 24-27 On the basis of these
definitions, the Internet is not living
up to the task. While users of the
Internet are still speaking the same
language and viewing identical
“Only the first step in the Reference
communication process is being
accomplished.” means that the
communication is achieved.
material, only the first step in the
communication process is being
accomplished.
5. In line 35, the application refers to
C email
Source Explanation Skills tested
Lines 32-34, "Email, the most The sentence shows the Inference
commonly used Internet application refers to email.
application, is a wonderful Moreover, it is email that
tool, allowing cheap, easy makes the user form lazy
distribution of information.? habits to ignore all
grammatical, spelling and
etiquette rules when sending
message.
6. In the writer view in paragraph 4, the main advantage of email
is ...
C it is simple and inexpensive.
Source Explanation Skills tested
Lines 32-34: Email, The word "heap' suggests the Reading for
the most commonly meaning of inexpensive. The phrase specific
used Internet "any distribution of information" information.
application, is a suggests simplicity of the process.
wonderful tool,
allowing cheap, easy
distribution of
information.
7. According to paragraph 4, the writer thinks that in email
communication, the relationship between participants tend to be ...
B ignored
Source Explanation Skills tested
Lines 40-5, " For The relationship between Reading for
example, job participants refers to the relationship specific
applicants begin to of the email user and the receivers. information
ignore standard The job applicant is the example of
resume and letter- email user. They ignore the standard
writing "rules" when for resume and letters. The writer, at
soliciting a job via the end of the paragraph mentions
email. As that the user have to choose writing
communication, the style based on the receiver but not
writing style used in to ignore who the receiver is.
email needs to be
chosen according to
the receiver.
8. According to paragraph 5, the writer has a pessimistic view if the
future because....
A we do not act appropriately when communicating.
Source Explanation Skills tested
Lines51-55: "Both The writer is pessimistic over lack Inference
society and culture are of communication in the world . No
created by one understand anything because
communication. The we do not pay attention to the way
writer states that in which we distribute and receive
communication messages.
creates both society
and culture. By
disregarding the ways
in which we create,
distribute and receive
messages, we are
destined for a world
where no one
understands
anything."
9 Paragraph 6 suggests that some people the Internet has created a
"global village" by ....
D improving communication between people
Sources Explanation Skills tested
Lines 59-62 "this This explains that the world can Reading for
global village is no have a better communication with specific
more than a dream in the help of the copmputer via the information
the computer age. In a Internet
village, everyone finds
a way to communicate
with each other in
order to survive, in
order to live.
10 The writer sees a village as a place where people
C support each other
Sources Explanation Skills tested
Lines66-67 "Nothing We can know the people in the Reading for
could be less like the village will support each other via specific
social and supportive the Internet to communicate with information
atmosphere of a true one another.
village".
11 People using the Internet are "impulse-driven" (line 69) when
they
C reply to message without thinking
Sources Explanation Skills tested
Line 70"Millions upon millions of This explains that the Inference
bytes sent over the information people sent the message
superhighway would never be very quickly such as a
spoken in person or mailed in a superhighway
traditional letter. A user reads an described by the writer.
email or visits a website, grows
impassioned at the content, and
quickly jots off a response.
12 The writer views coolguy@hotmail.com (line 81) with
D scorn
Sources Explanation Skills tested
Lines78-81 "How easy, "critical " "coarse Reading for tone of the
albeit cowardly, it has expressions" shows writer
become to send a "socrn". This shows
critical email liberally the attitude of the
filled with coarse writer towards this
expressions when email address.
your return address is
nothing more
accessible than
coolguy@hotmail.com
　
13. According to paragraph 7, newsgroup messages are distorted
because recipient

A. ignore the overall intentions of these messages.

Source Explanation Skills tested

Paragraph 7, lines 73- "Jot off" ? means Inference
75 , "A user reads an making quick, usually.
email or visits a short, written note of
website, grows something. That
impassioned at the means information
content, and quickly may ignore.
jots off a response".
　
14. In line 88, the word "utopian" means?
D. idealistic
Source Explanation Skills tested
Line 88, The Internet, "Utopian" means Reading for specific
named for its utopian having or aiming at information
goal of reciprocal, the perfection of
mutual togetherness, Utopia but impossible
should be properly to achieve; idealistic.
renamed the
"Extranet" for its
capacity for
separation, exclusion
and isolation.
15. In paragraph 8, the writer claims that websites....

C. are oriented to mass audiences.

Sources Explanation Skills tested

Paragraph 8, lines 93-99. With One-to-many Reading for specific
interactivity targeting an means mass information
individual attention, transmission.
especially with the
personalization features now
found on many sites, websites
can be easily thought of as
building a one-to-one
relationship. However, a
website ultimate target
remains one-to-many, much
the same as television and
radio.
　
16. The main idea in the final paragraph is that...

B. a bright future in world communication is possible.

Source Explanation Skills tested

Paragraph 9, lines It still has a change to Reading for the theme
106-109. A bit of build a well-developed
behavior modification communication-
and consideration can global village.
help the Internet
realize its lofty goal
and quite possibly
lend a hand in building
that global village.
UE 2002 Section C (17-33)

Q A Explanation Skill Tested

17 A ”Answer the call” is a common expression Collocation
in English.
18 D They come face-to-face with rhinos in game Context
parks. That means that the young travellers
come to game parks in order to be close to
and look at the rhinos.
19 B We can destroy a thing but cannot destroy a Context
person. So A is wrong.

C. Sicken means that causing somebody to

feel disgusted. It does not match with the
context.

D. Shock used to be a passive action.

Therefore, B. "affect them" is the only

correct answer.
20 C “Succumb to something” is a common expression Collocation
in English, .stopping opposing
21 B A to-infinitive should be used after "aiming” To-infinitive

So B. to travel is the correct answer.

22 B “It’s a journey that many attempt but few Context
finish.” That means many people make an
effort to accomplish the journey but few
complete it successfully.
23 D “The dangers of disease, corruption and civil Context
war make Africa an extremely difficult and
dangerous continent”. That means diseases;
corruption and war turn Africa to be a
dangerous place.

So D. make is the correct answer.

24 B The countries in the region are these Context
countries that located in Africa.
25 D “Cling to something” is a common Collocation
expression in English.

“The corrupt presidents are desperately

 clinging to power” means that presidents
become attached to power. They broke the
law and corrupted in order to get a greater
power.
26 A ‘The very real’ possibility means a great chance and Context
suits in the meaning of the passage.
27 A ‘Itself’ means the act of simply getting into the Context
countries as an adventure.
28 A As there are many beautiful cities in the world, the Context
Cape Town is one of them.
29 D ‘ Intending to’ is the collocation and so only Answer D Collocation
is the correct answer.
30 C The word ‘Since’ is a preposition which indicates the Present perfect tense
sense of present perfect tense and so it fits the context.
31 C Only ‘opportunity’ means the chance and it suits in the Context
meaning of the article. Moreover, before the singular
noun, we should have the definite article and so Answer
C is correct.
32 B As the Victoria Falls is the first wonder of the wonder Context
of the world mentioned in the passage, the Pyramids in
Egypt are another wonder of the world mentioned in
this passage.
33 D ‘Fitting’ means suitable which indicates the Pyramids in Context
Egypt is a suitable finishing point to a long and eventful
trip.

　UE 2002 Section C 34-47

UE 2002 Section C 48-67

Q. A. Explanation Skill tested

Q Answers Explanation Skills tested
34 C "There
48 Alarmingwas little interdepartmental
Paragraph 9, line 1,cooperation”
"Many experts shows theChange
fact Context/Extension
part
that the government
note bodies were lack
with alarm thatcoordination.
in the US?" of speech
35 D A lack of departmental cooperation is the cause leading to the need Cause and effect
of greater centralization and accountability. Moreover, “in response relationship Context
　
to this crisis,…….was set up.” It links a cause and effect
49 relationship.
Children's The word “Essentially”
Paragraph 9, line 2,has the similar
"Many expertsmeaning of the
Context
answer “ were needed
 disease note with alarm that in the US,
36 A The sentence the objectives
Europe andofAustralia,
the EFB "responsible
the incidence for food Extension
throughout theof food-supply chain". Answer
children's diseases that have aA is the extension of the
preceeding sentence. It also states
significant the aim of the EFB. Thus, they
environmental
are parallel in meaning.
component continues to rise.
37 B Both the “Clean Hong Kong Programme” and the slogan, “Keeping Context
50 HongTen time
Kong as Paragraph
clean must become4, line
a way5,of"Alife
house
for allwith Inference
in the SAR”. It
encourages the barepublicfloors
to makeusually has
effort in environmental protect.
approximately one-tenth of the dust
Only B encourages foundthein a house
public with
to take actionwall-to-wall
about environmental
protection. carpets."
51 No preposition
38 C The carpets Paragraph 4, to
“to” indicates line 4, "A
show house of
a purpose with InferenceContext
introducing
measures by thebare Bureau. In the
floors sentence,
usually has“ultra-low-sulphur diesel
fuel”, imply theapproximately
aim of the measuresone-tenth of the dust
39 B “On course” imply on the whole. Sowith
found in a house it needswall-to-wall
an adverb to make Context/Discourse
sense. carpets." marker
52 Metals
40 C The Paragraph
following sentence has a2,discourse
line 6, "A typical
marker---“However” Context Discourse marker
showing a contrast.
sampleThus,ofthe LEGCO members
household carpet dustopposed the
53 measures
dust first. sent to an environmental lab would
41 A In the sentence,raise“the penalty for polluting
a serious alarm for vehicles
the high was increased” Extenion
show that it is about the new measures.
concentrations of harmful heavy
metals it contains..
42
54 D “And” is
Is left ina discourse marker4,showing
Paragraph line 2,a"Normal
parallelism. “The same Change in Context/Parallelism
thing” means also giving a subsidy
vacuuming leaves to in
trucks.
more dust than tense and
55 Picks up it picks up so that, over time, dust context
43 A Since the traditional concern ofinindustry
accumulates carpets.?on protecting environment Context
is the problem of increasing costs, one of the functions of EFB is to
56 Take or the message
promote Paragraph that3,environmental
line 2, "Kilogram for kilogram,
protection Context
is not costly.
breathe for examples, small children inhale 23 times
44 B EFB shows the as much air asoftheir
importance parents.?
protecting environment by stating the Context/Parallelism/
57 consequence
Their growthofParagraph
ignoring good3 lineenvironmental
5, "damage their practices.
developingTheContext Discourse
discourse
or normalmarker "in addition" shows additional point.
nervous systems, retard their growth, disturb marker
growth
45 A Real damage totheir hearing development,
the environment, people’sorhealth
even lead
andtoHong Kong’s Context/Cause and
attractiveness ascancer."
a business center are the result of ignoring good effect relationship
58 environmental
Hearing practices. 3 line 5, "damage their developing Context
Paragraph
46 D Since many factories
nervous across the retard
systems, bordertheir
are growth,
owned by industrialists
disturb Context/Cause and
from Hong Kong, theirit hearing
is possible to promoteorwaste
development, reduction
even lead to and effect relationship
energy efficiency in the Pearl River Delta.
cancer."
59 Dog or cat or Paragraph 5 line 9, "Cigarette smoke, cat or Context
47 C EFB shows the importance of protecting environment by warning Context
industrialists that the community is now paying closer attention to
whether a business is environmentally friendly or not.
 animal dog hair, dust mites and mould add to the load
of indoor pollutants."
60 Smoke Paragraph 5 line 9, "Cigarette smoke, cat or Context
dog hair, dust mites and mould add to the load
of indoor pollutants."
61 Emit fumes Paragraph 5 line 6, "Even cooking fumes are Inference
loaded with toxins."
62 Pesticides Paragraph 6 line 1, "In the US, 80 to 90 per Inference
cent of households use three or four different
pesticide products each year".
63 Inside and Paragraph 6 line 3, "either inside the house or Inference
outside in the garden".
64 Shoes Paragraph 6 line 4, "Pesticides that cling to Context
shows, and pets' paws get rubbed off on
carpeting inside and can raise indoor pesticide
levels."
65 Pets Paragraph 6 line 4, "Pesticides that cling to Context
shows, and pets' paws get rubbed off on
carpeting inside and can raise indoor pesticide
levels.
66 be exposed Paragraph 7 line 6, "This means that people Context
who use pesticides indoors may expose small
children to significant contamination".
67 is ventilated Paragraph 7 line11, "then opened the Context
windows to ventilate the rooms for the
recommended four hours."

UE 2002 Section C 68-79

Q A Explanation Skills tested

68 H "They" in column B refers to the Reference/
Mainland Chinese aged 16 to 25 Extension
69 G Column B explains Column A.  Low Extension
rent and increasing affluent
shoppers are the reasons why Hong
Kong retailers have shown interest in
expanding into southern China.
70 K "Raise the price of water" is related Register
to different charges for different (charges)
users.
71 B Mad cow disease in Europe refers to Extension
cases that have not been detected in
China.
72 L "33% saying they have used the Net Register (use
to buy food" is related to 18% of internet)
have also traded shares
electronically?
73 D Supermarkets, department stores Register
and convenience stores are related
to these outlets.
74 M "China was the biggest market with Extension
7.17million units sold" is the
additional information about the
growth in sales of personal
computers in Asian.
75 C "China's pork" is related to "its meat Register
production". (meat0
76 A "Excess usage of underground Extension
supplies" explain  severe shortage of
water and distribution is uneven.
77 I "To visitors from Asian countries" Contrast
related to "to most Westerners".
78 J "The Leshan Giant Buddhain Sichuan Extension
Province" related  the site?
79 E "Scored well for economic Extension
performance and government
efficiency" explain why "Hong Kong
jumped from twelfth to sixth place in
a global competitiveness survey.

UE 2002 Section C 80-98

Q Explanation Skills Tested

80 Replace “it” with “there”. “There” means in the Adverb of place
school, but “it” does not mean in the school.
81 Between “is” and “lack” add “a”. The noun Article
“lack” needs an article “a” to modify.
82 Delete 'out". "Take courses" is a common Usage
expression.
83 After courses add “which”. “which” referred to Relative pronoun
the course
84 Replace “can” with “must”. “Must” means the Modal verb
basic requirement of the children .
85 Delete “firstly” or replace “firstly” with “first”. Confused word
“First” is an adjective; it means the foremost
thing but “firstly” is an adverb and is not suitable
 in this sentence.
86 Replace “followings” with “following”. There is Confused word
no “followings” in English.
87 Change the word “practise” into “practicing” Part of speech
because there should be a gerund
88 Change the word “wastes” into “waist” Confused word
because “waist” is part of human bodies.
89 Delete “of” because “less” is the adjective in Common Expression
the sentence and no preposition is needed.
90 Add the word “as” between “arms” and “far” Comparison
because a preposition is needed to show the
sense of comparison.
91 Add the word “at” in between “ears” and Preposition
“the” because a preposition is needed to
indicate the time.
92 Correct
93 Add the word “to” in front of “learn” as it is To- infinitive
another verb in this sentence.
94 Add the article “a” in front of “long” to Article
modify “long distance”. A “long distance”
should be in singular form.
95 Correct
96 Add “will” in front of “help”. We have to use a Tense
future tense to show the aftermath after using
the board floats and water paddles.
97 Underline “ring” and write down “rings” as Plurality
there should be more than one ring.
98 Change the word “of” into “for”, to indicate Expression in English
the purpose.