LYCEUM INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Second Semester Examination – July 2019

TO BE ATTACHED TO THE WRITTEN PAPER SUBSEQUENT TO THE WRITTEN EXAMINATION
Subject : English ­ Listening Comprehension (Student's Copy)
Class : 6 ..........
Duration : 15 minutes Date : .......................................
Candidate's name : ........................................................... Admission no : ..........................

Instructions:
* There are three sections in this paper. SECTION ­ A, SECTION ­ B and SECTION ­ C.
* You will answer only one section.
* Your teacher will announce the section you will be doing today.
* You may take notes while listening.
* Before the passage is read out, you will have 03 minutes to read the questions.
* The passage will be read out twice with a 02 minute pause in between.
* You will have 04 minutes to complete answering after the 2 nd reading.
* Your final answers must be neat and in ink.

SECTION ­ A

Listen and answer.

1. Mark the statements true (T) or false (F).

(i) There was a lot­of noise in the Reference Library. [­­­­­­­­­­­­­­]
(ii) The assistant did not take much notice of Phillip when he came in. [­­­­­­­­­­­­­­]
(iii) Phillip knew the Reference Library well. [­­­­­­­­­­­­­­]
(iv) Phillip was not interested in photography. [­­­­­­­­­­­­­­]
(v) The assistant nearly forgot to ask Phillip how old he was. [­­­­­­­­­­­­­­]
(vi) Twenty people looked at him when the book fell off. [­­­­­­­­­­­­­­]
[Total = ½ × 6 = 3 marks]

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2. Answer in brief.
(i) How did Phillip try to avoid disturbing the readers in the Reference Library ?
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(ii) Where were the books on photography kept ?
­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(iii) What made Phillip go red ?
­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(iv) Why did Phillip expect the assistant librarian to ask him to leave ?
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[Total = 4 marks]

3. Complete the following sentences. Your answers must be related to the ideas contained
in the passage.
(i) Philip was ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ years old.
(ii) The ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ was not damaged.
(iii) Phillip would not have disturbed the readers because ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ .
[Total = 3 marks]

SECTION ­ B

Listen and answer.

1. Underline the correct answer.
(i) The Indian Ocean is the world's
(a) second largest ocean. (b) third largest ocean.
(c) fourth largest ocean. (d) smallest ocean .

(ii) Which island is not located in the Indian Ocean ?

(a) Sri Lanka (b) Hawaii
(c) Madagascar (d) Pemba

(iii) The deepest point of the Indian Ocean has been recorded at
(a) more than 5400 metres. (b) more than 4700 metres.
(c) more than 7400 metres. (d) more than 11400 metres .

[Total = 3 marks]
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2. Circle 'T' for true and 'F' for false.
(i) The Indian ocean lies between Africa to the west and India to the right. [T / F]
(ii) Earthquakes are rare near the long ocean ridges. [T / F]
(iii) The water in the northern part of the Indian Ocean is warm because it
lies in the tropics. [T / F]
[Total = 3 marks]

3. Answer the following.

(i) Why has the population of green turtles in the Indian Ocean been reduced ?
­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(ii) The Red Sea and the ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­, in the northern part of the
Indian Ocean, have high water temperatures.
(iii) The passage mentions three sea creatures found in the Indian ocean, namely the green
turtles , ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ and ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ .
(iv) What shouldn't we do to save the world oceans ?
­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
[Total = 4 marks]

SECTION ­ C

Listen and answer

1. Mark the statements 'true' (T) or 'false' (F).

(i) Holcroft is the head waiter of this special restaurant. [­­­­­­­­­­­­­­]
(ii) Andy Holcroft wants people to think about their food. [­­­­­­­­­­­­­­]
(iii) The Netherlands is one of the EU countries where insects are eaten. [­­­­­­­­­­­­­­]
(iv) Everyone will love insects once they taste them. [­­­­­­­­­­­­­­]
(v) Insects cooked at the restaurant are caught from the wild. [­­­­­­­­­­­­­­]
(vi) No insects are used in the desserts. [­­­­­­­­­­­­­­]
[Total = 3 marks]
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2. Underline the correct answer in the brackets.

(i) Britain’s first insect restaurant has opened in (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern
Ireland).
(ii) The restaurant is called Grub (Chicken, Pigeon, Kitchen, Britain).
(iii) Crickets contain more (protein, carbohydrate, fat, fibre) than beef.
(iv) (Senior citizens, Adults, Adolescents, Children) enjoy eating insects because they are
not afraid of them.
[Total = 2 marks]

3. Match the numbers with the phrases.

(i) 2 billion Estimated total of world population by 2050.
(ii) 1900 Number of times that crickets can nourish humans more than beef.
(iii) 10 billion Number of people who eat insects in the world today.
(iv) 25 Number of different insects that are eaten by humans.
[Total = 2 marks]

4. Complete the following sentence:

Entomophagy is the practice of ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­.
[Total = 1 mark]

5. Mealworms, sundried tomatoes and seasoning are 3 ingredients of the popular bug
burger. List two other ingredients that are also used in this meal.
(i) ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(ii) ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
[Total = 2 marks]

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