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Understanding Telephone Communication

Paragraph 2 talks about how a voice is changed into an electric signal that can travel through wires when making a phone call. A plastic disk in the mouthpiece vibrates when a person speaks, making a pattern in an electric field that is sent as a signal through wires. A telephone can change an electric signal back into a voice by using magnets in the earpiece to vibrate a disk that reproduces the speaker's voice.

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Understanding Telephone Communication

Paragraph 2 talks about how a voice is changed into an electric signal that can travel through wires when making a phone call. A plastic disk in the mouthpiece vibrates when a person speaks, making a pattern in an electric field that is sent as a signal through wires. A telephone can change an electric signal back into a voice by using magnets in the earpiece to vibrate a disk that reproduces the speaker's voice.

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A.

Translate this text into Indonesia then choose the best answer from the questions
below (terjemahkan teks di bawah ini ke dalam bahasa Indonesia kemudian pilh
jawaban yang benar dari pertanyaannya)
TELEPHONES
What if you want to talk right now to a friend who lives far away? The answer is simple. You
pick up your telephone and press some buttons. Next, you hear a ringing sound—one, two, three rings.
Then you hear your friend’s voice say, Hello.” Making a phone call seems so easy. But did you ever think
about what makes it possible?
When you talk on the phone, your voice is changed into an electric signal that can travel through
wires. A plastic disk in the mouthpiece vibrates when you speak. The vibration makes a pattern in an
electric field between the plastic disk and a metal disk. The pattern is sent through wires as an electric
signal. Just as a telephone can turn a voice into an electric signal, it can also change an electric signal
back into a voice.
When the signals pass through magnets in the earpiece, the magnets vibrate a disk that reproduces
the speaker’s voice. When you make a local call, the call travels over wires from your house to the
telephone company’s routing station. From there, a computer automatically sends the call to the number
you dialed.
Did you know you can call someone on the other side of the world? The call might even be sent
into space! Satellites orbiting high above Earth connect calls between distant countries. Some
international calls travel along cables under the sea. Cell phones work by sending a radio signal through
the air to a cell tower. The tower sends the signal to the cell phone company, which relays it to another
cell phone or through the telephone company to a wired phone.

1.        What does paragraph 2 talk about?


A.    How the cell phone company relays the radio signal.
B.     How the voice changes into an electric signal.
C.     How you make a call to your friend.
D.    How the satellite connects calls.

2.    What changes an electric signal back into a voice?


A.    A wire.
B.     A plastic disc.
C.     A telephone.
D.    A mouthpiece.

3.    How does an electric signal travel?


A.    It travels through wires.
B.     It travels through the air.
C.     It travels through a radio.
D.    It travels through the sea.

4.    What connects calls between various countries?


A.    Cables.
B.     Towers.
C.     Radio signals.
D.    Telephone companies.
5.    What does “it” in paragraph 5 line 5 refer to?
A.    The satellite.
B.     The cell phone.
C.     The wired phone.
D.    The radio signal.

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