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Reading Comprehension _Practice Task

The document is a test for Cambridge Lower Secondary English 8, focusing on reading comprehension and writing skills. It includes an extract from 'Tokyo' by Graham Marks, followed by questions assessing understanding of the text and a writing prompt for a story about being lost. The test evaluates students' ability to analyze language, structure, and character emotions.

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Reading Comprehension _Practice Task

The document is a test for Cambridge Lower Secondary English 8, focusing on reading comprehension and writing skills. It includes an extract from 'Tokyo' by Graham Marks, followed by questions assessing understanding of the text and a writing prompt for a story about being lost. The test evaluates students' ability to analyze language, structure, and character emotions.

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CAMBRIDGE LOWER SECONDARY ENGLISH 8: END OF UNIT 5

TEST

Name Date

Section A: Reading
Read the extract from Tokyo by Graham Marks, then answer questions 1–7.

Adam turned to go back up the way he’d come, and stopped. Silhouetted against the
bright lights he saw a figure that seemed to be looking his way, waiting . . . Had he
been set up here? More than likely. He looked behind him, back into the gloom of
what looked like a dead end; no point in running down there, then. He cast around in
5 the shadow on the ground for anything he might be able to use to defend himself,
and saw nothing.
Walking slowly back up the alley Adam thought about trying to fit some coins
between his fingers like he’d seen done in a movie, but he knew he was clutching at
straws now. Best just go for this head on, wait until the last minute and make a rush
10 for the street and hope he got past the guy. He’d be safe out in the crowds. Safer,
anyway.
He’d been psyching himself so much that it was only when he was just about to start
running, possibly yelling at the top of his voice, that he realised the person was not
only standing with his back to the alley, not looking down it at all, he was also much
15 nearer to the street than he’d realised. And, as the man turned to look to his right,
Adam could now see he was quite an old guy.
The feeling of panic subsided, replaced by one of embarrassment as he walked past
the man and out on to the pavement; how stupid would he have felt, tearing past this
total stranger like a madman? Total dimwit stupid.
20 Accompanied by an odd sense of anti-climax, Adam made his way back to the big
junction and the subway station.

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1 What does ‘silhouetted against the bright lights’ (lines 1–2) tell you about the figure?
Tick () one box.

that it appears to be dancing

that it is suspended

that it is far away

that it is a dark shadow [1]

2 Explain, using your own words, what Adam is afraid of when he asks, ‘Had he been
set up here?’ (lines 2–3)

[1]

3 a What is ‘he knew he was clutching at straws’ an example of? (lines 8–9)

[1]

b What does it show about Adam’s idea?

[1]

4 What does the short sentence ‘Safer, anyway.’ (lines 10–11) reveal about Adam’s feelings?

[1]

5 Suggest two ways that the writer uses language to build and release tension in lines 12–16.
Use quotations to support your suggestions.

Builds tension:

Releases tension:

[2]

6 Replace the word ‘subsided’ in the sentence opening ‘The feeling of


embarrassment subsided . . . ’ (line 17)

[1]

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7 Give one structural feature from lines 17–21 and suggest its effect.

Structural feature:

Effect:

[2]

Section B: Writing
1 Write the beginning of a story about someone who is lost in an unfamiliar
place. You should write three paragraphs.
You could include:
 where the person is – the setting
 how the person feels
 how they try to cope with being lost. [10]

Space for your plan:

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Write your story beginning:

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