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• 2000 AS UE

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69. Once you do it the first time, youre hooked
until youve assembled your own collection of
happy snappy sticker photos, that is.

• Only one logical choice.
• Look for an option related to a collection of
  sticker photos.
• I. Priced at 30-40 per sheet, the machines to
  make them are everywhere, and they are now
  available in 3-D.
• I correct

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70. People love this beautiful stretch of white
sand which is so tranquil they forget theyre in
Hong Kong.

• H. They provide a rare opportunity to connect
  with nature without having to leave the urban
  area.
• (70) talks about one stretch of white sand, but
  the subject in (H) is they.

• M. And, as surfers will attest, theres even the
  occasional wave at Tai Long Wan in Sai Kung East
  Country Park, rated as the SARs cleanest
  non-gazetted beach.
• Stretch of white sand beach
• M correct

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71. Refreshing, creamy, downright irresistible
mango pudding has to be the best dessert in town,
so much so that one popular hotel sells 200
orders of it at lunch every day.

• D. Cheap local food-to-go in the morning may have
  debatable nutritional value, but it definitely
  tastes good.
• (D) talks about food eaten in the morning, but
  (71) talks about pudding eaten at lunchtime.

• F. For a smoother spoonful, smother it in
  evaporated milk first.
• You eat pudding with a spoon and you can put
  evaporated milk on it.
• F correct

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72. Victoria Harbour glows every Christmas and
Lunar New Year with buildings draped in colourful
celebratory lights.

• E. Especially when you dont have to peer through
  a polluted haze to see it.
• The tone in (72) is positive but the tone in (E)
  is negative.

• K. Shun Sze Company is one of the main companies
  responsible for these spectacular displays, using
  a total of 130,000 bulbs for last years festive
  seasons.
• Bulb light
• Christmas/Lunar New Year festive seasons
• K correct

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73. Hong Kongs clean, speedy and reliable MTR
may have had its hiccups here and there
including malfunctioning Octopus cards, air-con
glitches and occasional suicidal commuters.

• G. We couldnt live without this zippy form of
  transport except when steered by near-blind
  drivers.
• Trains have conductors, not drivers.
• The reference to being near-blind seems out of
  place.

• L. It gets 2.4 million people a day where theyre
  going, though.
• Even though (73) describes some of the MTRs
  shortcomings, the word may is an indication
  that the overall tone will be positive.
• 2.4 million people sounds like an accurate
  estimate of the number of MTR commuters every
  day.
• L correct

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74. Colourful signs are literally one of the
citys most brilliant features.

• B. And the carpark next to Shun Tak Centre in
  Sheung Wan boasts the worlds biggest neon one
  its made out of more than 13 kilometers of glass
  tubing.
• Neon one neon sign

• K. Shun Sze Company is one of the main companies
  responsible for these spectacular displays, using
  a total of 130,000 bulbs for last years festive
  seasons.
• The reference to the festive season seems out of
  place.
• B. correct

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75. Nestled between the concrete monstrosities of
Centrals bustling business district are the Hong
Kong Zoological and Biological Gardens, a haven
for several endangered species.

• E. Especially when you dont have to peer through
  a polluted haze to see it.
• We refer to gardens in (75), but it in (E).

• H. They provide a rare opportunity to connect
  with nature without having to leave the urban
  area.
• They gardens
• Nature gardens
• Urban area Central
• H correct

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76. From the TST promenade, from the Peak, from
the Kwun Tong flyover from anywhere overlooking
the harbour theres nothing like a glimpse,
especially a night-time one, of the city skyline.

• E. Especially when you dont have to peer through
  a polluted haze to see it.
• What might be difficult to see because of
  pollution?

• K. Shun Sze Company is one of the main companies
  responsible for these spectacular displays, using
  a total of 130,000 bulbs for last years festive
  seasons.
• The reference to the festive season seems out of
  place.
• E correct

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77. We love becoming frenzied shopaholics when
the sales are on.

• A. And in these recessionary days, they seem to
  last all year.
• They sales
• When theres a recession, there are many sales.

• I. Priced at 30-40 per sheet, the machines to
  make them are everywhere, and they are now
  available in 3-D.
• The references to machines and being available in
  3-D seem out of place.
• A correct

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78. Theyre terrifyingly fast and dangerously
reckless, but our public light buses are cheap
and convenient.

• G. We couldnt live without this zippy form of
  transport except when steered by near-blind
  drivers.
• Public light buses are a zippy (quick) form of
  public transport and the drivers can seem to be
  near-blind (bad).

• L. It gets 2.4 million people a day where theyre
  going, though.
• (78) refers to buses, but (L) refers to it.
• G correct

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79. The HK versions of a quick donut and coffee
for breakfast are peanut butter toast or hot rice
flour rolls smothered in peanut, sweet chili and
soy sauce.

• D. Cheap local food-to-go in the morning may have
  debatable nutritional value, but it definitely
  tastes good.
• The foods in (79) may not be very healthy, but
  they do taste good.

• F. For a smoother spoonful, smother it in
  evaporated milk first.
• You dont eat the different kinds of foods in
  (79) with a spoon.
• (79) refers to rolls but (F) refers to it.
• D correct

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80. Yes, they stink and, yes, they stock packets
of some of the weirdest forms of animal and plat
life, including seahorses and frogs ovaries.

• C. But Hong Kongs dried food shops are essential
  for delectable dinners and healthy homemade
  soups.
• they in (80) dried food shops in (C)
• The foods in (80) are ingredients in homemade
  soups and other types of Chinese food.

• D. Cheap local food-to-go in the morning may have
  debatable nutritional value, but it definitely
  tastes good.
• In (80), the subject they refers to a place
  which stocks strange food.
• It seems odd that this place is not identified in
  (D), which talks about food-to-go.
• C correct