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FLCC June/1 2016

FOUNDATIONAL COMMUNICATION

EXEMPLAR 4

TIME TO COMPLETE: 2½ HOURS

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY

1. Please make sure you have turned off your cellphone and have placed it under your seat,

together with any books, notes or other material in your possession. Your pockets must also be

empty.

2. You may have your Examination Entry Letter, your identity document and a pen or pencil and

eraser on your desk.

3. When the chief invigilator instructs you, take out the Answer Sheet that is placed inside your

Examination Booklet.

4. Check that the learner code on your Answer Sheet matches the learner code on your

Examination Entry Letter.

5. You may write on the Examination Booklet but only in pencil so that your answers can be

erased. Make use of the spare paper provided for any additional notes.

NB: all spare paper used must be returned to the invigilator at the conclusion of the

examination session.

6. This examination session is 2½ hours, i.e. 2 hours and 30 minutes.

7. You may not leave the examination before the end of the session.

8. Check that your Examination Booklet consists of 60 questions.

9. When answering each question, select the option from the four answers provided that you

believe is the correct answer by filling in the selected circle.

10. Use an HB pencil only and ensure that you fill in the circle completely.

11. Make sure that you colour in dark enough that the computer can read your answer.

12. Take note of the illustrations on your Answer Sheet showing the correct way to complete the

Answer Sheet.

13. Do not fill in more than one option in your response, because no option will then be considered

in marking.

Study the cartoon below and answer the questions that follow

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This cartoon is about the preparations for

Question 1

A eating healthily

B buying a hotel

C playing a strong opponent

D flying overseas to Germany

Which one of the following is NOT a sponsor of the stadium?

Question 2

A Caltex

B Nedbank

C Spur

D Metropolitan

The tall buildings behind the stadium suggest that the stadium is in

Question 3

A an industrial area

B rural Germany

C a large city centre

D the local airport

The plane flying in the sky is

Question 4

A advertising for a sponsor

B reporting on the weather

C spying on the players

D taking spectators to the game

The word “lowdown” in frame 1 means

Question 5

A price

B number

C address

D details

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Which one of the following is FALSE? The place where the team will stay is convenient becauseit is

Question 6

A small and cosy

B near the stadium

C close to the town

D served by a chef

In frame 4 there is a drawing of a chef . How does the artist indicate the man is a chef?

Question 7

A he’s holding a plate of food

B he has a small pointed beard

C he’s wearing a chef’s hat

D he is beside someone who is eating

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Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow

Travelling by minibus taxi in SA

1 A minibus taxi is one of the cheapest ways of getting around for millions of SouthAfricans. A Johannesburg taxi driver’s clientele may range from a hot-shotbusinesswoman working in Sandton, to an old sangoma (traditional healer) fromSoweto. To the left there may be young women sharing the latest celebrity gossip, and tothe right, an old man complaining about moral degeneration. The music system will bepumping out the latest kwaito or hip hop beats. Those who travel the same route quicklyget to know each other well.

2 I’ve been taking taxis all my life to get anywhere and everywhere. But for me,taxi-travelling has never been particularly easy, let alone comfortable. The drivers arehighly skilled and experienced, but notoriously reckless in the traffic. While they followset routes, they often pick up and drop off commuters anywhere in between.

3 Knowing the right hand signals when stopping and boarding a minibus taxi is the key toa successful journey. When you are ready to get off the taxi, you just say “bus stop” andthe driver will let you out at the next stop.

4 When I moved to Johannesburg, life got a bit complicated. First, I had to get used to thelocal sign: a downwards-pointing index finger. This indicates that you’re staying in thegeneral area, just needing to go a little distance further. To get to any other area, youhave to master quite a complex hand-sign system. To get to Johannesburg from thenorthern suburbs, you point your index finger upwards. Putting out all five fingers, like ahigh-five, says you want to travel further north in Johannesburg, or east. For residentstravelling to Diepsloot, catching a taxi is a bit easier. Due to the bumpy roads there,commuters dip one hand up and down in a wave-like motion.

5 To go to Randburg, your choice of sign is dependent on where you’re coming from. Ifyou’re in central Johannesburg, pointing your hand straight up is good enough. To headto Fourways simply hold out all four fingers with your thumb folded into your palm. Toget to Thembisa make a ‘T’ by putting one hand horizontally and the other verticallyunderneath it. Once you’re in the taxi, it’s very important to know what to say to get off ,how to say it, and when to say it. You can get off just about anywhere along the route:there are no official stops. For example, shout “stop sign!” 10 seconds before the sign,and the driver will make a plan. Don’t shout too early or too late, because chances areyou’ll miss the drop-off point.

6 The other popular phrase is “after robot”, which means, of course, that you want to getoff after the traffic lights. If the robot is red and the taxi stationary, you are expected toget off there and then - in this case the taxi won’t stop again “after robot”. How you saythis phrase is important - it must be loud and deep, pronounced “uf-dah robot”. The twoleading phrases used by taxi commuters are “sho’t left driver” and “sho’t right driver”,indicating left or right.

7 Get all this right, and you’re in for an experience that is unique to South Africa.

[Article adapted from http://www.mediaclubsouthafrica.com]

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The phrase ‘notoriously reckless’ in paragraph 2 means

Question 8

A infamously reckless

B unpredictably reckless

C unexpectedly reckless

D unfortunately reckless

When travelling in a taxi one has to know the

Question 9

A road signals

B bus routes

C taxi language

D drop off points

The dash in paragraph 6, line 3, could be replaced with

Question 10

A a full stop

B a bracket

C a comma

D a colon

The phrase ‘pumping out’ in paragraph 1 implies that the music is being played

Question 11

A very loud

B very fast

C without care

D from taxi to taxi

The antonym (opposite) of the prefix ‘mini’ is

Question 12

A maxi

B micro

C macro

D multi

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The expression ‘hot-shot’ in paragraph 1 is an example of

Question 13

A dialogue

B slang

C dialect

D jargon

The word ‘clientele’ in paragraph 1 refers to

Question 14

A many people

B customers

C business people

D sangomas

The most likely purpose of this article is

Question 15

A to help other motorists understand taxi behaviour

B to explain to someone new how to get to Diepsloot

C to make people familiar with some handsignals

D to highlight a unique South African way of life

In the sentence ‘don`t shout too early or too late, because chances are you`ll miss the drop-off point’ the conjunction could also be

Question 16

A and

B therefore

C or

D so

This article might be found in

Question 17

A a world atlas

B a driver’s licence manual

C an informal travel guide

D a book about communication

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According to the writer, travellers to Diepsloot use a wave-like signal because

Question 18

A Diepsloot is further away than Randburg

B the road to Diepsloot is very uneven

C the people in Diepsloot are friendly

D the road to Diepsloot is under construction

Article adapted from http://www.mediaclubsouthafrica.com suggests the article is

Question 19

A true

B original

C edited

D lengthened

The writer suggests many people use taxis because they are

Question 20

A sociable

B comfortable

C fast

D affordable

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Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow

SANCTUARY FOR NATURE’S DIVERSITY1Why haven’t I been here before? That’s how I feel about the Gamkaberg Nature Reserve in theLittle Karoo. This 10 000 hectare Cape nature reserve is southwest of Oudtshoorn in theWestern Cape. Although it is relatively small, this secret reserve has an ecological diversity thatdwarfs far bigger reserves.2The Gamkaberg lies between the cool coast of the southern Cape and the hot dry plains of theKaroo. There are four separate types of plants and animals that meet in these mountains - forest,fynbos, subtropical woods and Karoo cactus. Each of these areas contains several thousanddifferent species of plants and animals, so if you’re looking for diversity, Gamkaberg is theplace for you.3Reserve manager Tom Barry and field rangers Cornelius Julies and Jan Oransie drove us to thetop of the mountain, to sleep overnight in a shelter called Oukraal, which has been built foradventurous people (there are also three semi-luxury tented camps at the base of the camp forless daring folk). Oukraal has views south to the Outeniqua Mountains and the Langeberg, andnorth to the Swartberg.4Tom has lived on the reserve for 18 years, yet his enthusiasm and energy are still strong.“Whenever I visit another nature reserve,” he said, as we bounced up the gravel track on theback of the bakkie, “I ask myself if it’s more interesting than Gamkaberg. I’ve still to find aplace that can rival it.” When we arrived at Oukraal, we dumped our sleeping bags and foodthen set off for a short walk along the nearby ridge. We were hoping to find the rare andendangered Cape mountain zebra. Gamkaberg was originally established in 1974 to protect thelast few animals of this species. Colonial hunters had shot most of them and today there are onlya few places in the Cape where they can be seen. But Gamkaberg has one of the biggerpopulations ̶ there are more than 50 zebra here, up from just seven in 1975.5As we walked, Cornelius led the way, which somehow seemed appropriate. His Khoisanancestors were the original inhabitants of this land and his family has a rich history ofconservation. Cornelius told me how his dad Willie was also a field ranger in the Gamkabergand was responsible for the discovery of a new species of protea, Mimetes chrysanthus.6Cornelius took us to the edge of a cliff above a stream. A herd of eland and hartebeest dotted thesmall valley. And, bingo ̶ a group of rare mountain zebra came out of the thicket. They pickedup our scent so they trotted away from us up to the ridge. The eland followed, all in single file,their hooves clattering on the rocky surface.7We walked back to Oukraal and prepared for the night. There are some wooden bunks in theshelter, rain tanks for drinking water, a fireplace and an undercover cooking area. It was perfect.8Jan and I slept on the wooden bunks outside under the stars but Tom and Cornelius slept inside

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the shelter. “It’s warmer in there but there are also a lot of leopards here,” Tom joked, onlyhalf -heartedly.9The Cape Leopard Trust has documented at least 30 leopards in the area, some weighing asmuch as 80kg ̶ far bigger than the average Cape leopard. Tom has seen only three whileCornelius has yet to see a single leopard in 16 years of service. It’s easy for a leopard to hidethere ̶ the Gamkaberg is full of caves and crevices.10Tom woke me at sunrise. A herd of mountain zebra had come to investigate our presence. Halfasleep, I managed to take a few photos. Tom stuck a cup of steaming rooibos tea in my hand asthe sun rose over the blue Outeniqua Mountains. “Not a bad wake-up call, eh?” he smiled.11The next day we hiked down the mountain, following the spectacular Tierkloof . This narrowgorge and its surrounding mountains form part of the 350-million-year-old range that was onceas high as the Himalayan Mountains.12The temperature soared as we descended the kloof but the cool forests along the river providedgood shade. We stopped at a cave which had 2 000-year-old Bushmen paintings on thesandstone walls. On the last stretch back to camp we saw it: evidence of a resident leopard ̶ aspoor imprinted in the damp soil.13“This is a leopard’s highway,” Tom said proudly. Clearly the Gamkaberg is still a very wildplace.

Adapted from an article by Scott Ramsay (Cape Times Travel)

The writer says Oukraal is ‘perfect’ (paragraph 7) because it

Question 21

A is luxurious

B is very well-equipped

C makes Tom feel secure

D has everything they need

In which mountains is Oukraal situated?

Question 22

A Swartberg

B Langeberg

C Gamkaberg

D Outeniqua

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The most suitable phrase to replace the word ‘dotted’ in paragraph 6 would be

Question 23

A crowded into

B were scattered over

C filed through

D disappeared into

In paragraph 6 the word ‘herd’ is used to describe a collection of eland. We also use ‘herd’ to describe a collection of which one of the following?

Question 24

A sheep

B fish

C lion

D cattle

The writer uses the word ‘bingo’ in paragraph 6 to show that he

Question 25

A has got what he wanted

B is shocked and surprised at what he is seeing

C is playing a game with his followers

D has decided to go

In paragraph 9 the writer twice makes use of a dash (-) to

Question 26

A show that words are joined

B introduce further information

C emphasize ideas

D show a change of thought

Choose the word which is closest in meaning to ‘documented’ in paragraph 9.

Question 27

A recorded

B described

C captured

D viewed

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Which one of the following statements about the leopards in the area is TRUE?

Question 28

A they are easily sighted

B they do not scare Tom

C they are smaller than other leopards

D they sometimes hide in caves

“Not a bad wake-up call, eh?” (paragraph 10). What is Tom suggesting by these words?

Question 29

A the tea is steaming

B it is a beautiful morning

C it is early

D it is time to wake up

The function of the hyphens in ‘million-year-old’ (paragraph 11) is to

Question 30

A separate ideas

B emphasise

C introduce information

D join words

What does the word ‘highway’ in the last paragraph tell us?

Question 31

A the place is very high up

B many leopards walk there

C this is a wild place

D Tom is proud of this path

Which word in paragraph 12 tells us that a leopard lived there?

Question 32

A descended

B cave

C resident

D spoor

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Which word best describes the writer’s attitude to the Gamkaberg Reserve as revealed by thetone of his article?

Question 33

A enthusiastic

B sceptical

C formal

D undecided

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Refer to the 2 advertisments below to answer the questions that follow

The main, common message of both advertisements is that

Question 34

A you should always drive with a passenger

B you should phone the N3 helpline

C you should buckle up

D you choose life or death

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‘Buckle up’ means to

Question 35

A wear glasses when you drive

B close the roof of a sports car

C wear a seatbelt at all times

D hold the steering wheel with both hands

The smiley face in advert 2 represents a

Question 36

A parent

B child

C driver

D careline assistant

The ‘skrrrrrr’ letters and the driver’s actions in advert 1 suggest that

Question 37

A the driver slammed on brakes

B the passenger lost his hat

C the steering wheel is loose

D the car is too slow

Advert 1 has another warning too. This is that

Question 38

A sports cars are dangerous to drive

B it is dangerous for a passenger to sit in front

C going too fast is dangerous

D choices in life are dangerous

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Look at the following graphic illustrating the water supply in South Africa and answer thequestions below

According to the graph, in the Western Cape water is most abundant in

Question 39

A dams

B groundwater

C the sea

D re-use of water

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The ‘desalination’ of seawater is

Question 40

A taking the salt out

B building pipelines to bring water in

C transportation inland from the sea

D filtering out seaweed and fish

The nationality of the person who said ‘There is not life without water’ is likely to be

Question 41

A Greek

B Zambian

C Indian

D Chinese

Study the following chart showing the hard-working heart of a mammal and answer the questions that follow

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Which mammal has the longest life-expectancy?

Question 42

A man

B elephant

C large whale

D horse

Which animal experiences the most heartbeats per minute?

Question 43

A large dog

B hamster

C monkey

D rabbit

This chart is supposed to show a list of mammals and their heart rates. Which animal in this chart is NOT a mammal and should not be included?

Question 44

A Small dog

B Pig

C Cow

D Chicken

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Using the following key, study the table to answer the questions that follow

KEY#The number the horse will wear when it runs

KgThe weight of the jockey

MR (Merit rating)The rating of a horse: high to low - based on certain factors, for example, age, past performance etc

Dr (Draw)The order the horses will line up in at the starting line. A low draw e.g. 2 is considered anadvantage

OddsThe chance a horse stands of winning. Low odds suggest a favoured horse to win.In SA the amount in rands a person would receive for every R1 s/he bet on a winning horse

GAMBLING IS ILLEGAL FOR ALL PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 18

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Which one of the following horses carried the heaviest weight?

Question 45

A Beach Beauty

B Jackson

C Castlethorpe

D Pierre Jourdan

Study the cartoon and answer the questions that follow

In the cartoon, management takes the issue of safety standards

Question 46

A happliy

B as a top priority

C lightly

D with humour

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The complaint raised in this cartoon is about

Question 47

A profits

B death

C remuneration

D exploitation

The facial experssion of the worker with folded arms could be described as

Question 48

A unhappy

B discontent

C exhausted

D angry

The way the cartoonist has drawn the man bending down makes him appear

Question 49

A dishonest

B puzzled

C disinterested

D confused

The man with his hands folded across his stomach is made to appear

Question 50

A self-satisfied

B thoughtful

C stupid

D accusing

In the phrase ‘accident death toll’ the word toll means

Question 51

A fee

B sound

C number

D cause

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How the workers are dressed indicates that the type of clothing needed in their job is

Question 52

A formal

B heavy

C protective

D emergency

The phase ‘of COURSE’ is emphasised to make the workers feel

Question 53

A frightened

B intimidated

C confused

D reassured

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The road signs below tell a story. Study them carefully then answer the questions thatfollow

What is the first thing that the driver of the car does which puts lives in danger?

Question 54

A the driver doesn’t see a pedestrian

B the driver goes very fast

C the driver ignores the road signs

D the driver is driving at night

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What is the second thing the driver does that causes an accident?

Question 55

A the driver sits in a line of traffic

B the driver is going in the wrong direction

C the driver is going too slowly

D the driver overtakes in a dangerous spot

Sign 16 is usually a warning sign that people are working on the road. In this story the sign shows that

Question 56

A people working on the road have been injured

B a grave is being dug

C work will now have to begin on the damaged road

D some time has gone by

The road signs suggest the car is involved in what kind of accident?

Question 57

A a head-on collision

B a sideways swipe

C a bumper bashing

D a fender bender

Signs 13, 14 and 15 in this story indicate that

Question 58

A people were asleep when the accident happened

B there is a hotel nearby

C several people were injured in the accident

D the hospital is large

These signs are part of an advertising campaign by Arrive Alive aimed at

Question 59

A warning drivers about trucks on the road

B improving the way people drive

C raising money for the organisation

D explaining road signs to drivers

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Which is the most suitable title for the story?

Question 60

A Careless Driving Costs Lives

B Don’t Drive Drunk

C Don’t Arrive Late

D Tiredness on the Roads is a Killer

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