Question

summarising a single paragraph 6
going solo

1 on side a and side b, read the passage and then do the exercise. (1) -5; 2) and 3) see marking box

a dont worry about that, the doctor said. all youve got to do is to lie very still. dont move. do you want to empty your bladder?
yes, i said.
well help you, he said, but dont move. dont try to do anything for yourself.
i believe they inserted a catheter* because i felt them doing something down there and it hurt a bit, but then the pressure on my bladder went away.
just a dry dressing for the moment, sister, the doctor said. well x-ray him in the morning.
b then i was in a ward with a lot of other men who talked and joked a good deal among themselves. i lay there dozing and feeling no pain at all, and later on the air-raid sirens started wailing and the ack-ack guns began opening up on all sides and i heard a lot of bombs exploding not very far away.

• catheter a flexible tube inserted into the bladder to remove liquid

complete the summary of the passage above, using the key words highlighted where given.

a the doctor told me 1) ______________________ and inserted a catheter to empty my bladder, and then told the sister to apply a dry dressing and that i would be x-rayed in the morning. b then i was in a ward with a lot of other men, and 2) ______________________

Explanation:

The exercise requires completing a summary of the provided text using key details and highlighted words from the passage.

For blank 1), the text in paragraph A shows the doctor instructing the narrator: "All you've got to do is to lie very still. Don't move." This is summarized as "to lie very still and not move."

For blank 2), paragraph B describes the narrator's experience in the ward using the highlighted words "dozing" and "bombs." The narrator lay there dozing and feeling no pain, even as air-raid sirens wailed, ack-ack guns fired, and bombs exploded nearby. This is summarized to capture both the narrator's peaceful state and the surrounding military activity.

Answer:

1. to lie very still and not move
2. lay dozing and feeling no pain, despite the noise of sirens, ack-ack guns, and bombs exploding nearby