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Question 1 of 9
1. Question
Questions 1-8
Complete the summary below. Choose your answers from the box at the bottom of the page and write them in boxes 1-8 on your answer sheet.NB There are more words than spaces so you will not use them all. You may use any of the words more than once.
EARLY FIRE-LIGHTING METHODS
List of Words
Mexicans
random
rotating
despite
preserve
realising
sunlight
lacking
heavenly
percussion
chance
friction
unaware
without
make
heating
Eskimos
surprised
until
smoke
EARLY FIRE-LIGHTING METHODS
Primitive Societies saw fire as a ….…. (Example)…..… gift. Answer: heavenly.
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They tried to 1 burning logs.
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To early man, fire was a divine gift randomly delivered in the form of lightning, forest fire, or burning lava. 2 –Unable to make flame for themselves, the earliest peoples probably “1 answered” stored fire by keeping slow-burning logs alight or by carrying charcoal in pots.
- Stored means preserving
- Unable to make flame for themselves – this means they were unaware as well
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Question 2 of 9
2. Question
or charcoal 2
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that they could create fire themselves.
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To early man, fire was a divine gift randomly delivered in the form of lightning, forest fire, or burning lava. 2 –Unable to make flame for themselves, the earliest peoples probably “1 answered” stored fire by keeping slow-burning logs alight or by carrying charcoal in pots.
- Stored means preserving
- Unable to make flame for themselves – this means they were unaware as well
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Question 3 of 9
3. Question
It is suspected that the first man-made flames were produced by 3.
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How and where man learned how to produce flame at will is unknown. It was probably a secondary invention, accidentally made during tool-making operations with wood or stone.
- the answer to the third question is chance is it is a synonym for “accidentally made”
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Question 4 of 9
4. Question
The very first fire-lighting methods involved the creation of 4.
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by,
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How and where man learned how to produce flame at will is unknown. It was probably a secondary invention, accidentally made during tool-making operations with wood or stone. Studies of primitive societies suggest that the earliest method of making fire was through friction
- you can see the bold letters “making fire was through friction”
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Question 5 of 9
5. Question
for example, rapidly 5.
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a wooden stick in a round hole.
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How and where man learned how to produce flame at will is unknown. It was probably a secondary invention, accidentally made during tool-making operations with wood or stone. Studies of primitive societies suggest that the earliest method of making fire was through friction. European peasants would insert a wooden drill in a round hole and rotate it briskly between their palms This process could be speeded up by wrapping a cord around the drill and pulling on each end.
- Read from European peasants to rotate it briskly. ” so rotating is the answer.
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Question 6 of 9
6. Question
The use of 6.
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or persistent chipping was also widespread in Europe and among other peoples
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“Percussion” methods of firefighting date back to Paleolithic times, when some Stone Age tool-makers discovered that chipping flints produced sparks. The technique became more efficient after the discovery of iron, about 5000 years ago In Arctic North America, the Eskimos produced a slow-burning spark by striking quartz against iron pyrites, a compound that contains sulfur. The Chinese lit their fires by striking porcelain with bamboo. In Europe, the combination of steel, flint, and tinder remained the main method of firefighting until the mid-19th century.
- so if read from Percussion”
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Question 7 of 9
7. Question
such as the Chinese and 7.
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European practice of this method continued until the.
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Percussion methods of firefighting date back to Paleolithic times, when some Stone Age tool-makers discovered that chipping flints produced sparks. The technique became more efficient after the discovery of iron, about 5000 years ago In Arctic North America, the Eskimos produced a slow-burning spark by striking quartz against iron pyrites, a compound that contains sulfur. The Chinese lit their fires by striking porcelain with bamboo. In Europe, the combination of steel, flint, and tinder remained the main method of firefighting until the mid-19th century.
- Read from Eskimos produced and also from the Chinese to conclude your answer
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Question 8 of 9
8. Question
1850s 8.
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the discovery of phosphorus some years earlier.
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Percussion methods of firefighting date back to Paleolithic times, when some Stone Age tool-makers discovered that chipping flints produced sparks. The technique became more efficient after the discovery of iron, about 5000 years ago In Arctic North America, the Eskimos produced a slow-burning spark by striking quartz against iron pyrites, a compound that contains sulfur. The Chinese lit their fires by striking porcelain with bamboo. In Europe, the combination of steel, flint, and tinder remained the main method of firefighting until the “mid-19th century.”
Fire-lighting was revolutionized by the “discovery of phosphorus”, isolated in 1669 by a German alchemist trying to transmute silver into gold.
- The mid 19th centuary mdeans 1850s near this passage the answer flotes.
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Question 9 of 9
9. Question
Questions 9-15
Look at the following notes that have been made about the matches described in Reading Passage. Decide which type of match (A-H) corresponds with each description and write your answers in boxes 9-15 on your answer sheet.NB There are more matches than descriptions so you will not use them all. You may use any match more than once.
Example Answer
could be lit after soaking in water H
Sort elements
- F Lundstrom’s safety match
- D Lucifers
- E the first strike-anywhere match
- C Congreves
- G book matches
- A the Ethereal Match
- C Congreves
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9. made using a less poisonous type of phosphorus
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10. identical to a previous type of match
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11. caused a deadly illness
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12. first to look like modern matches
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13. first matches used for advertising
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14. relied on an airtight glass container
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15. made with the help of an army design
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Please drag and drop the type of matches in boxes