Inside the bell tower
The ladder ended beneath a low wooden platform. Dust lay undisturbed across the boards, and the air was stale enough to taste. Only a narrow slit admitted daylight, leaving the mechanism above me indistinct. The custodian climbed past without hesitation, placing each foot as confidently as if the tower had been brightly lit.
From the passage, select two words or phrases that describe the air inside the bell tower and how clearly the mechanism can be seen.
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.