Beyond Sky and Earth Reading Comprehension Worksheet
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Beyond Sky and Earth Reading Comprehension Worksheet
Beyond Sky and Earth
The path narrowed until it seemed to have been drawn in pencil along the mountainside. Below it, the river flashed silver between dark rocks. Above it, the peaks rose into a sky so clear that I felt I could almost touch the clouds. I had come to the village of Luma to write about a footbridge being rebuilt after spring floods. I expected to take notes, ask a few questions and leave within three days. I had not expected the thin air to make every steep step feel like a climb up a staircase, or the cold evenings to arrive so quickly. On my first morning, I made a mistake. I began asking questions while the village guide, Tashi, was still greeting an older neighbour. I thought he was ignoring me. Later, Tashi explained that greeting people properly mattered; rushing straight to business could seem rude. The next day, I waited, listened and learnt the neighbour’s name. Our conversation began with a smile. The bridge was not just a shortcut. Families used it to reach fields on the other side of the river, and children crossed it on their way to lessons. As I watched villagers carry timber to the building site, I noticed how each person seemed to know where help was needed. Nobody gave a speech about teamwork. They simply passed tools, steadied beams and made room for one another. At night, the mountains disappeared into darkness. The village felt far from everything I knew, and the silence sometimes made me feel lonely. Yet sounds travelled clearly: a kettle singing, a dog barking and laughter from a nearby kitchen. When I was invited inside for tea, the room’s warmth seemed to gather around me like a blanket. On the third day, the new bridge held firm beneath a line of careful footsteps. I had arrived expecting to report on a structure. I left thinking about the people who had built it—and about how travelling beyond familiar places can change the way you see both others and yourself.
Comprehension and close reading
Answer in complete sentences where appropriate. Refer to details from the passage.
- The thin air and steep path
- The cold evenings
- A shortage of timber
- A broken camera
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