Reading passage 2

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Questions 17- 21

Reading Passage 2 has seven sections, A-G.

Which section contains the following information?


Write the correct letter, A-G, in boxes 17-21 on your answer sheet.

17. 
    examples of using relaxing sounds to cover up noise  G
    

17. 
    a reference to an organisation with a goal to prohibit certain noises  D
    

17. 
    a mention of the physical effect of noise on the ears  A
    

17. 
    historical views on how noise affects our state of ability to reason  B
    

17. 
    examples of technology used in law enforcement  E
    

Questions 22 and 23 Choose TWO letters, A-E.
Write the correct letters in boxes 22 and 23 on your answer sheet.


Which TWO of the following statements does the writer make about Thomas Carlyle?

1. 
   He invented a device to block out noise.
   
2. 
   He left the city because of the noise.
   
3. 
   Loud music made it impossible for him to work as a writer.
   
4. 
   His hearing was particularly sensitive.
   
5. 
   The loud noise damaged his sense of hearing.
   

Questions 24 and 25 Choose TWO letters, A-E.
Write the correct letters in boxes 24 and 25 on your answer sheet.

According to the writer, which TWO sources of noise did Julia Barnett Rice work to limit?

1. 
   pedestrians
   
2. 
   boats
   
3. 
   vendors
   
4. 
   school children
   
5. 
   automobiles
   

Questions 26 and 27 Choose TWO letters, A-E.
Write the correct letters in boxes 26 and 27 on your answer sheet.

The list below gives some of the noise sources that modern cities regulate. Which TWO of these noise sources are mentioned by the writer of the text?

1. 
   factories
   
2. 
   telephones
   
3. 
   work equipment
   
4. 
   neighbours
   
5. 
   planes
   

Questions 28 - 32


Complete the sentences below.


Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer. Write your answers in boxes 28-32 on your answer sheet.

28. 
    Users of 'The Isolator' wore a heavy helmet and breathed through a ............ TUBE .
    

28. 
    Insulated walls, lined floors and CURTAINS that reduce noise were some of the 20th
    

century designs to keep places quiet.

28. 
    To mask noise, consumers use audio devices that produce white noise or sounds from NATURE (e.g. moving water or trees).
    

28. 
    An advert for headphones shows a person surrounded by a ............ BUBBLE .
    

28. 
    Learning to tolerate noise is an approach recommended by ............PSYCHOLOGISTS .