Name: _________________________ Class: 6 ___________

Cloze Passage 1 -- A Close Shave

From the list of words given, choose the most suitable answer for each blank.

A) guffawing B) mimicked C) unwillingly

D) tolerate E) mocking F) threatened
G) enticed H) remorseful I) mercilessly
J) backfired K) instinctively L) plummeted

As I glanced at my school photograph, I caught a glimpse of a picture of

Joseph. My blood started to boil. An incident surfaced in my mind.

Walking towards the MRT station, I frowned again as I stared angrily at

my Science examination paper. “Failed! Forty-nine percent!” The paper seemed

to be [1] __________ at me. I almost shredded my paper in a fit of rage.

Moodily, I reached my destination.

While waiting for the train on the platform, I felt something. My sixth

sense was tingling. Out of the blue, a hand reached out and clung onto my bag.

Another hand was anchored to my shoulders. [2] __________ , I struggled, but

it was to no avail. A gale of sinister laughter rang out behind me. Cold sweat

trickled down my spine; my face turned pale. Joseph, [3] __________ ,

approached and faced me. He waved a badminton racket at me. Joseph was

the school bully. I cringed.

Suddenly, I realized something familiar about the racket; it was my lost

racket! It was everything to me before I lost it a month ago. I glanced behind

me. There were Joseph’s cronies. However, being small was an advantage, as

I had observed. I ducked and swung my hands in a circle. To my delight, the

cronies lost grip on me. I slid sideways and dashed forward with all my might.

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 “Stop! Or else you’ll have to say goodbye to your racket!” Joseph

[4] __________ me.

I fell for his trick. Joseph’s cronies dragged me back to him. Joseph

laughed in glee.

“You’ll have to say goodbye to this junk, anyway,” Joseph taunted.

“Return it!” I hollered.

Joseph grinned.

“Return it,” Joseph [5] __________ .

I could not [6] __________ this any longer. A vein bulged in my temple.

Being angry, I could not help but rampage like a bear with a sore head. My fury

transformed me into a monster. I unleashed my anger, charging straight at

Joseph and headbutting him. I managed to snatch my racket back, but to my

horror, Joseph [7] __________ to the track. The sound of the train rumbling in

the distance could be heard. The train! I panicked.

A passerby reacted quickly. He slammed his hand on the emergency

button. Cold fear clawed [8] __________ at my heart. I did not dare to look.

A few seconds, which were like a few minutes to me, passed by.

I peeked through a gap between my fingers. Joseph was sitting on the

track. He was covered in sweat. He felt so frightened that he sat as still as a

statue. Everybody sighed in relief. A ripple of relief ran down my spine.

I laughed upon recalling this incident. Joseph’s habit of bullying

[9] __________ on him. He had learnt a lesson and turned over a new leaf

since then.

I looked at my racket and felt that a life was more important than a

racket. I felt guilty and [10] ___________ that I had almost killed him. Wiping

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away my tears, I put away my racket and school photograph in my locker and

headed for the dining table for dinner.

Answer Key

1) mocking

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 2) instinctively
3) guffawing
4) threatened
5) mimicked
6) tolerate
7) plummeted
8) mercilessly
9) backfired
10) remorseful

Suggested Spelling List

1) mocking
2) instinctively
3) guffawing
4) threatened
5) mimicked
6) tolerate
7) plummeted
8) mercilessly
9) backfired
10) remorseful
11) destination
12) taunted
13) hollered
14) rampage
15) emergency

Continuous Writing -- Exercise 1

Write a story based on the picture below. Your story should be at least 150
words long.

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For your story, you can make use of the points below:
 what the boys were doing
 what happened next
 what happened in the end

You may reorder the points. You may also include other relevant points.