At the foot of the tower
From the courtyard, the scaffold around the clock tower had looked like a tidy pencil grid. I had even told the others that heights had never troubled me. Directly beneath it, however, the highest platform seemed alarmingly exposed against the sky, and my joke about the view emerged as a dry whisper. Mara checked my harness twice, then asked me to test each clip myself. Her unhurried care made the climb feel controlled rather than foolish. I still avoided looking towards the clock face. Instead, as she opened the gate, I fixed my attention on the first three rungs.
In your own words, explain the writer's thoughts and feelings before climbing the scaffolding.
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.