Reading Comprehension for Mock Test -Year 8

How many people were looking after the castle?

• Two

• Three

• Four

• one

What impression does the narrator have of the old people?

• They were ghostly

• They in incapable

• They were lazy

• They were burdensome

Find 3 details which best describe the corridor.

• Haunted, alight & chilly

• Alight, chilly & echoing

• Dark, chilly & long

• Haunted, dark & echoing

When had the house been deserted?

• Eighteen months ago

• A year ago

• Yesterday

• A week ago

What is it that scares the narrator in the corridor?

• The crouching shadow of the bronze statue

• The glistening statue in the moonlight

• Porcelain ornament of a man on a table

• The revolver in the pocket

Which word / phrase in the passage means ‘to cringe in fear’?

• Scarcely startled

• Twinge of apprehension

• Draughted

• Cower and quiver

Find a synonym for ‘ fast’ used in the passage (last paragraph)

Find a synonym for ‘ fast’ used in the passage (last paragraph)

Find an antonym for ‘darkness’ used in the passage (third paragraph)

Find an antonym for ‘flexible’ used in the passage (third paragraph)