The garden after the gale
The wind had shaken the glasshouse roof throughout the night. At dawn, I stood outside the garden gate, convinced that every flower bed would be flattened. For several minutes, I found reasons not to turn the key. The first families were due at ten, however, and I pictured the children arriving to find a notice instead of an open gate. Inside, broken stems covered one path, but the old magnolia still held several tight buds. I stopped thinking about concealing the damage. By opening time, I wanted visitors to follow the path exactly as it was and see where the garden's recovery would begin.
In your own words, explain the writer's thoughts and feelings as the garden's opening time approaches.
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.