Reading Comprehension Skills
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Reading Comprehension Skills
The Last Signal
At 6.12 on a wet Thursday evening, Maia found the radio hut unlocked. It stood on the coast beside the bay at Te Rimu. The council had marked it for demolition; a new coastal warning system was due to take over next month. Inside, the air smelled of salt and warm dust. A handwritten note sat beside the microphone: If the swell is running east, tell the harbour before the siren. —T.R. Maia had heard her grandfather talk about the old system. For forty years, he had watched the bay and radioed the harbour whenever weather turned dangerous. The warning siren still worked, but the council’s report said the hut was outdated and expensive to maintain. Maia understood the figures. She also knew the bay could change faster than a forecast. A crackle burst from the radio. “Harbour, this is Te Rimu. The water’s lifting strangely by the south rocks,” said a voice. It was Hemi, who was checking his uncle’s fishing boat. Maia looked at the new sensor display. It showed no warning. For a moment, she froze. Then she remembered her grandfather’s note. She keyed the microphone and relayed Hemi’s message. The harbour answered at once. Boats were called in, and nobody was hurt. Later, an engineer explained that the sensor had missed the swell because a cable was damaged. The council postponed the hut’s demolition and agreed to review how local knowledge could support the new system. Maia folded the note carefully. She did not think the old ways were always better, or that machines were useless. But a warning system, she thought, should listen in more than one way.
Understand and interpret
Use specific details from the passage to support your answers.
- The tide or swell is behaving unusually.
- The sea is becoming less deep.
- The boat is being lifted out of the water.
- The sensor display is rising off the wall.
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