C-S05 — A Town You Can Hear
Module C · version 0.4.0 · original fictional reading practice

1. For a school project, Sami decided to collect sounds from his town. He recorded the market opening, bicycle bells and children playing in a square. He wanted listeners to imagine ordinary places without looking at pictures. His grandmother suggested one more sound: the bell that once rang outside the old cinema.
2. Sami could not find the bell in any recent recording. The cinema had closed years before, and a shop now used the building. An old photograph showed a bell near the door, but the shop owner had never heard it. Sami began to think his grandmother had remembered another building.
3. Then a former cinema worker explained that the bell had been removed when the cinema closed. He still kept it in a box. With the worker's permission, Sami recorded its sound. He labeled the recording clearly: it was the old bell recorded today, not a recording from the past.
4. At the school exhibition, visitors listened through headphones. Sami's grandmother smiled when she heard the bell. Younger listeners asked about the cinema that they had never known. Sami's collection now included both sounds heard in the town today and an object that helped people talk about its history.

C-S05-Q01 | C-S05-P1
Select TWO correct answers.
What do we learn from paragraph I? Choose TWO correct answers.
A. Sami wanted to collect local sounds.
B. Sami wanted to collect photographs rather than sounds.
C. His grandmother suggested a cinema bell.
D. The old bell was recorded today with its owner’s permission.
E. Collecting sounds helps people develop a better memory.
F. The bell still rang outside the cinema this year.

C-S05-Q02 | C-S05-P1
Give ONE answer.
Which sound did Sami’s grandmother suggest? Give ONE answer from paragraph I.

C-S05-Q03 | C-S05-P2
Circle ONE correct answer.
What does paragraph II tell us about Sami’s search?
A. Why the cinema closed because its business had failed.
B. His grandmother must have confused the cinema with another building.
C. He could not find a recent bell recording and began to doubt the memory.
D. The magical bell filled the whole town with wonderful memories.

C-S05-Q04 | C-S05-P2
Complete the sentence.
Complete the sentence. The old cinema building was now used by _____.

C-S05-Q05 | C-S05-P3
Give TWO answers.
What are TWO things Sami did when he found the old bell? Give TWO answers from paragraph III.

C-S05-Q06 | C-S05-P4
Circle ONE correct answer.
Which statement is NOT supported by paragraph IV?
A. Sami sold the recordings to visitors.
B. Visitors listened through headphones.
C. The grandmother smiled when she heard the bell.
D. Younger listeners asked about the old cinema.

C-S05-Q07 | whole_text
Circle ONE correct answer.
What is the main purpose of the text?
A. To argue that pictures are no longer useful.
B. To explain how to build a cinema.
C. To prove that old memories are always wrong.
D. To describe how a sound project connected present life with local history.