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READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST.
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Answer all questions in the spaces provided on the question paper.
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You should pay attention to punctuation, spelling and handwriting. 9
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DC (SJF) 87084/5RP
UCLES 2014
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Section A: Reading For
Teachers
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Spend 20 minutes on this section.
Read the text from a website below. Then use the information in the text to answer
the questions.
Sound
Have you ever lost your voice? Then youll know how important speaking is for
us, because its the main way that humans communicate with each other.
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lungs
vocal chords
mouth
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4 Number these 1, 2 and 3 from the lowest sound (1) to the highest (3).
human
howler monkey
frog [2]
6 The writer names different parts of the human body that make sound.
Add to this list one more part of the human body that is in the text and is used
for speech.
Hearing sound
outer ear inner ear Your ears collect sounds and send
eardrum sound signals to your brain. Sound
waves enter the outer ear (the thing
on the side of your head) and travel
inside, where they bump up against
the eardrum. Inside the ear, tiny hairs
cilia called cilia move and send signals to
the brain, which then changes these
signals into the sounds we hear.
Imagine closing your eyes and listening to someone clap their hands. Youll be
able to point at that person because your two ears will tell you where the sound
came from.
The loudness of sound is measured in decibels (dB). The louder the sound, the
more decibels. Listening for a long time to a loud noise above 90 decibels can
damage your hearing. Why does this happen? Well, loud sounds cause some
cilia to die. And when cilia die, they cannot grow back. We are born with only
about 3,500 of these, so be careful to protect your hearing from loud noises!
Decibels Sound
120 ambulance siren
110 rock concert
105 personal stereo at maximum level
95 motorcycle
85 heavy traffic
60 normal conversation
30 whisper
A child can hear sounds up to 20,000 Hz, but most 60-year-olds cant hear
sounds over 12,000 Hz.
Grasshoppers ears are in their knees.
The stapes bone in the ear is the smallest bone in the human body. Its
only 0.25 to 0.33 cm long and weighs between 1.9 and 4.3 milligrams.
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To give you:
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Write your own information text for a book or a website which has the title
The sounds around us.
PLANNING
Spend up to 5 minutes making notes in the box to plan your information text.
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UCLES 2014 E/S3/01 [Turn over
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Section C: Grammar, punctuation and vocabulary For
Teachers
Use
Spend 15 minutes on this section.
13 Add one full stop and one capital letter to make two sentences.
Alexander Graham Bell was a scientist his wife and mother were both
deaf and he was interested in the study of sound. [1]
14 Draw lines to link the underlined word in each sentence with the kind of word it
is.
16 Change these sentences from singular to plural. The first one has been done
for you.
Singular Plural
I will close my eyes, said Paul to Jane. You can then clap very loudly. [2]
Most people like the sound of the violin ................................ some people
dont. [1]
20 Write the full form of these words. The first one has been done for you.
its it is
shouldnt ............................................................
theyre ............................................................
Listening for a long time to a loud noise above 90 decibels can damage
your hearing.
Copyright Acknowledgements:
Section A Reading The Dorling Kindersley Science Encyclopedia; Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd; 1997.
Question 6 http://idahoptv.org/dialogue4kids/season8/hearing/facts.cfm
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