Inside the bell tower
Before the climb, I folded the survey plan into my pocket with the satisfaction of someone who believed the building had already explained itself. The first flights were broad and regular. Above the clock chamber, however, the staircase narrowed to a twisting iron ladder, and the labels on my plan ended. I paused with one hand on the cold rung, trying to decide whether the dark opening above was the route or merely a recess. The confidence I had carried through the doorway now seemed borrowed from the neatness of the page.
Select one word or phrase that shows the narrator’s confidence before the climb and one word or phrase that shows the narrator’s uncertainty later in the passage.
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.