Chinese Language Proficiency: 語文運用與閱讀理解
What the paper tests
The Chinese Language Proficiency paper is practical, not literary. It checks whether you can read and write the Chinese used in ICAC work: witness statements, investigation summaries, internal minutes and correspondence. Expect vocabulary and idiom items, sentence correction (病句), reading comprehension, summary and paraphrase, and short writing that rewards precision and neutrality.
Core rules and concepts
- 字詞辨析: choose characters by collocation, not by sound alone. 權利 (rights) and 權力 (power) are different; 偵查 is criminal investigation, while 調查 is a broader inquiry.
- 成語: learn meaning, grammatical function and collocation. A formal-sounding idiom can still be wrong.
- 病句: the common types are 成分殘缺, 搭配不當, 語序不當, 結構混亂, 重複累贅 and 不合邏輯.
- 閱讀理解: separate 主旨, 細節, 推論 and 態度. An option may be true in general but unsupported by the passage.
- 標點與斷句: a misplaced comma can change the logical subject; check the sentence structure before correcting punctuation.
- Register: prefer 客觀, 準確, 簡潔 wording; avoid emotive adjectives and vague pronouns such as 這樣、那樣 when the referent is unclear.
Worked example
Find the fault: 「經過連日調查，使廉署人員掌握重要線索。」 The prepositional phrase 「經過連日調查」 occupies the subject position, and the causative 「使」 also removes the subject, so the sentence lacks a clear subject (主語殘缺). Repair it in one of two ways: delete 「使」 - 「經過連日調查，廉署人員掌握重要線索」 - or delete 「經過」 - 「連日調查使廉署人員掌握重要線索」. Both keep the meaning and restore a clear actor.
Traps that cost marks
- Correcting a sentence until its meaning changes; the repair must preserve the original sense.
- Choosing an idiom by sound or by a single familiar character.
- Importing real-world facts into a reading item instead of using only what the passage states or implies.
- Confusing 書面語 and 口語 in a formal report; colloquial particles such as 啦、囉 are out of place.
- Missing a second fault after finding the first one.