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PART TWO: ACCESS TO INFORMATION FROM WRITTEN TEXTS (25 points) Answer questions 1-5 according to the article.

(תודוקנ 25) ארקנה תנבה :ינש קרפ .רמאמה יפל 1-5 תולאש לע הנע

1. In paragraph I, the writer (–).
Read the article below and then answer questions 7-12.
i) reports studies about noise pollution
.7-12 תולאש לע הנעו רמאמה תא ארק
ii) explains how to lower noise pollution

MAKING A DIFFERENCE WITH SOAP iii) describes how noise harms people’s health
iv) gives examples of noise pollution
I Dan Springer is saving people’s lives with soap. It all started seven years ago as a special
project in his basement in Texas. At that time, Dan frequently traveled as part of his job. In (5 points)
every hotel he was given a bar of soap, like all the other guests. Dan wondered what hotels do 2. What does the writer say about noise at night? (paragraph II)
with used bars of soap after the guests leave.
i) It is something people get used to.

5 II While doing some research, Dan discovered that millions of used bars of soap from hotels ii) It causes people to sleep badly.
worldwide are thrown away daily. He also read an interview with Dr. William Warren from the iii) It can easily be avoided.

United Nations. Dr. Warren claimed that many people in developing countries are dying from iv) It damages people’s hearing.
diseases that could easily be prevented by using soap.
(5 points)
III "Keeping clean is a huge problem in developing countries. Many deadly diseases are 3. According to paragraph III, how do teenagers develop hearing problems?
10 spread through the bacteria on our hands,” Dr. Warren explained. “In the U.S. it’s easy to keep
clean. Americans can find soap everywhere, including public toilets, restaurants and schools. ANSWER: ................................................................................................................................. .
This isn’t true in many other countries." (5 points)

IV Dan started his project to solve this problem. The company that developed from his 4. How can noise affect the way students behave with other people? Give ONE way.
project is now called “Clean the World.” It recycles soap collected from more than 4,000 (paragraph IV)
15 hotels. It has factories in Las Vegas, Orlando and Hong Kong. These are cities with many ANSWER: ................................................................................................................................. .
hotels where thousands of used bars of soap can easily be collected every day. (5 points)

V The soap is recycled through a simple process. Machines cut the soap up and remove the 5. The writer compares the fight against noise to the anti-smoking fight in order to show that (–).
bacteria. It is then made into new bars of soap that are donated to developing countries. So far, (paragraph V)
the company has donated 25 million bars of recycled soap.
i) there are differences between the two kinds of pollution

20 VI “Many people are surprised to discover that one of the most effective ways to prevent ii) it is difficult to make people aware of dangers
disease and death is by just washing your hands with soap,” said Dan. “We’re hoping to iii) smoking is more harmful than noise pollution
make a difference.” iv) there are many ways to fight pollution

(5 points)

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