Read the text and answer the questions based on it. Write in a comment your answers for each question. There is always only one correct answer. You needn't answer the questions in the given order, but you must answer all of them correctly to complete this exercise:
"A few minutes ago, walking back from lunch, I started to cross the street when I heard the sound of a coin dropping. It wasn't much but, as I turned, my eyes caught the heads of several other people turning too. A woman had dropped what appeared to be a dime.
The tinkling sound of a coin dropping on pavement is an attention-getter. It can be nothing more than a penny. Whatever the coin is, no one ignores the sound of it. It got me thinking about sounds again.
We are besieged by so many sounds that attract the most attention. People in New York City seldom turn to look when a fire engine, a police car or an ambulance comes screaming along the street.
When I'm in New York, I'm a New Yorker. I don't turn either. Like the natives. I hardly hear a siren there.
At home in my little town in Connecticut, it's different. The distant wail of a police car, an emergency vehicle or a fire siren brings me to my feet if I'm seated and brings me to the window if I'm in bed.
It's the quietest sounds that have most effect on us, not the loudest. In the middle of the night, I can hear a dripping tap a hundred yards away through three closed doors. I've been hearing little creaking noises and sounds which my imagination turns into footsteps in the middle of the night for twenty-five years in our house. How come I never hear those sounds in the daytime?
I'm quite clear in my mind what the good sounds are and what the bad sounds are.
I've turned against whistling, for instance. I used to think of it as the mark of a happy worker but lately I've been associating the whistler with a nervous person making compulsive noises.
The tapping, tapping, tapping of my typewriter as the keys hit the paper is a lovely sound to me. I often like the sound of what I write better than the looks of it."
1. The sound of a coin dropping makes people ...
? think of money.
? look at each other.
? pay attention to it.
? stop crossing the street.
2. People in New York ...
? don't care about emergencies.
? are used to sirens.
? are attracted by sounds.
? don't hear loud noises.
3. The writer ...
? sleeps next to the window.
? has lived in Connecticut for a long time
? believes in ghosts.
? is interested in fire engines.
4. How does the author relate to sounds at night?
? He imagines sounds that do not exist.
? He exaggerates quiet sounds.
? He thinks taps should be turned off.
? He believes it's rather quiet at night.
5. He dislikes whistling because ...
? he is tired of it.
? he used to be happier.
? it reminds him of tense people.
? he doesn't like workers.
6. What kind of sound does he find pleasant?
? tinkling sound of a coin dropping
? clinking sound of keys
? tapping of his typewriter
? creaking sounds
7. How does the writer feel about sounds in general?
? They make him feel at home.
? He thinks they should be ignored.
? He believes they are part of our lives.
? He prefers silence to loud noises.
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answers
1. thing of money
2. don't care about emergencies.
3. is interested in fire engines.
4. He imagines sounds that do not exist.
5. it reminds him of tense people.
6. clinking sound of keys
7. He believes they are part of our lives.
1.pay attention to it
2.do not hear loud noises
3.has lived in Connecticut for a long time
4.He imagines sounds that do not exist.
5.it reminds him of tense people.
6.tapping of his typewriter
7.He believes they are part of our lives
1. The sound of a coin dropping makes people pay attention to it.
2. People in New York are are used to sirens.
3. The writer believes is interested in fire engines.
4. How does the author relate to sounds at night? He exaggerates quiet sounds
5. He dislikes whistling because it reminds him of tense people
6. What kind of sound does he find pleasant? tapping of his typewriter
7. How does the writer feel about sounds in general?He believes they are part of our lives.
ANSWERS
1.think of money
2.don't care about emergencies
3.believes in ghosts
4.he exaggerates quiet sounds
5.it reminds him tense people
6.tapping of his typewriter
7.he believes they rae part of our lives
1.pay attention to it
2.don´t care about emergencies
3.has lived in connecticut for along time
4.he believes it´s rather quiet at night
5.it reminds him of tense people
6.tapping of his typewriter
7.he believes they are part of our lives
1.stop crossing the street
2.are used to sirens
3.has lived in connecticut for a long time
4.he believes it's rather quiet at night
5.it reminds him of tense people
6.tapping of his typewriter
7.he believes they are part of our lives
1.pay attention to it.
2.don't hear loud noises.
3.has lived in Connecticut for a long time.
4.He exaggerates quiet sounds.
5.it reminds him of tense people.
6.tapping of his typewriter.
7.he believes they are part of our lives.
I think most of us have a direct fixation whit the material;in this case money and forget that sometimes what is really valuable, as the life of a human being, although that man never stopped to listen to the beat of her own heart
1.pay attention to it.
2.don't hear loud noises.
3.has lived in Connecticut for a long time.
4.he believes it's rather quiet at night
5.it reminds him of tense people.
6.tapping of his typewriter.
7.he believes they are part of our lives.
I think really we live in an sounds world, strong or soft, good or bad for we;but undoubtedly the sounds always will be of our lifes and in all that we make.
ANSWERS
1.think of money
2.don't care about emergencies
3.believes in ghosts
4.he exaggerates quiet sounds
5.it reminds him tense people
6.tapping of his typewriter
7.he believes they rae part of our lives
the text was very intersting and real, most of people dont think about quiet sounds eventhough they are always around us.
it's amazing how the writer capture the attention of the reader and make him to reflect the way how life pass us by, just like sounds.
Jesenia Moscote
1.pay attention to it
2.don't hear loud noises
3.has lived in connecticut for a long
4.he imagines sounds that do not exist
5.it reminds him of tense people
6.tapping of his typerwriter
7.he believes they are part of our lives
the text i found interesting because it shows us clearly that the sounds are part of everyday life
The text is very interesting, because often times we listen to sounds and other times we detain to listen to them.
answers
1 think or money
2 don´t hear loud noises
3 has lived in connectitut for a long time
4 he believes it´s rather quiet at nigth
5 it reminds him of tense people
6 tapping of his typerwirter
7 he believe they are part of our lives
The text is very interesting,for that in any countries do not realize the importacio of algun noise already is that of a muneda or another noise to the end(purpose); and not always it is necessary to stop llebar for what the demas say you persons.
answer
1. pay attention to it.
2. People in New York are are used to sirens.
3. is interested in fire engines.
4. He exaggerates quiet sounds.
5. it reminds him of tense people.
6. tapping of his typewriter
7.He believes they are part of our lives.
l I think is very interesting text reflects the lifestyle of many people who happen to them in spite of the weather-side ignore and continue as if nothing in the same way about those who will not hear the things of life
Despite having his ear against the writer knew the problems reflect how many lives are
melissa blanco
answer
1. pay attention to it.
2. People in New York are are used to sirens.
3. believes in ghosts
4. He exaggerates quiet sounds.
5. it reminds him of tense people.
6. tapping of his typewriter
7.He believes they are part of our lives.
the text is very good because so many of us do we become deaf to the problems that happen around us did not hear the important things and continue as if nothing had happened
1. pay attention to it
2. don't care about emergencies
3. has lived in connecticut for a long time
4. He believes it's rather quiet at night.
5. he is tired of it.
6. tapping of his typewriter
7. He believes they are part of our lives.
1. pay attention to it
2. don't care about emergencies.
3. sleeps next to the window.
4. He exaggerates quiet sounds.
5. he used to be happier.
6. tapping of his typewriter
7. He believes they are part of our lives.
this article I found interesting because many people in the world do not pay more ateccion to sounds insignificant, when they pay attention to a sound I like it because it's relaxing to listen then
is good article
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