The reading room at closing time
The reading room had grown quiet after the last school group left. Pale rectangles of light lay across the long tables, and the high windows reflected the darkening garden. Chairs stood at uneven angles where readers had pushed them back. Near the entrance, a trolley waited with a stack of books leaning slightly to one side. I walked between the tables, careful not to disturb the stillness that had settled over the room.
From the passage, select two words or phrases that describe the reading room.
232 exam-style questions on Edexcel A IGCSE English Language 1.2 Section A: Non-fiction Texts, covering 1.2.1 Focus of Section A, 1.2.2 Reading challenging non-fiction in preparation for the unseen text, 1.2.3 Reading substantial and extended texts, 1.2.4 Skills of interpretation and analysis, 1.2.5 Range of non-fiction forms, 1.2.6 Literary non-fiction text types, 1.2.7 Transient texts excluded from assessment, 1.2.8 The anthology as a supporting resource, and 1.2.9 Digital location of texts. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.