Grade 5 English: Comprehension - LEGO

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Description

A comprehension test with a LEGO theme.

Sujets

• Littérature Sud-Africaine
• Littérature sud-africaine
• Collège
• Secondary education in France
• collège
• Collège
• Collège
• Post-primaire

Informations

• Publié par: Netsport
• Date de parution: 01 janvier 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• Langue: English

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English 1st Language

SECTION A:

Comprehension & Language Test

Grade 5

Read the following text and then answer the questions that follow:

Lego master builder’s secret lair full of bricks Diana Jenkins, June 15, 2020 A secret lair piled high with tiny coloured bricks is every Lego lover’s dream. For Lego master builder Kieran Jiwa, that dream has come true thanks to his role at Melbourne’s newly re- opened Legoland Discovery Centre, where he holds the keys to a little-known kingdom. “I have a room that is full of Lego bricks from floor to ceiling, but it’s actually not big enough to hold all the Lego,” Mr Jiwa said.

“I have a second, secret room that’s full of the overflow. It’s under lock and key and I go in there when I need extra Lego.”

Every single brick is computer catalogued and Mr Jiwa can check before he goes into the room if the bricks he seeks are there, right down to how many there are and in what colour. “It’s the ultimate Lego room,” he said. As a six-year-old boy living in England, Mr Jiwa’s path in life was decided one otherwise unremarkable day, as he sat on the floor of the local library looking through a book. “I saw a photo of a lady using a tool to put a Lego brick onto this giant model,” he said. “The caption for the picture said something like, ‘Lego master model builders use special tools to create amazing Lego models.’ “I thought, ‘That’s it, that’s the career decision made’.”

Over the years Mr Jiwa met people who didn’t believe a job at Lego was realistic, but he never wavered from his goal. Today his master builder job is proof that a childhood hobby can become a successful career. “I don’t think that I ever really gave up on that dream career since then,” he said. “When it came to choosing subjects at school and making a career decision, I told everyone that I wanted to work for Lego.” Not only is his example exciting for kids who have similar ambitions, it is reassuring for parents struggling to accept Lego building could be a serious future job for their child. In fact, Mr Jiwa holds a degree in architecture and integrated design from the University of Western Australia, which he did because of his Lego dream. “I told everyone I didn’t want to be an architect, I wanted to work for Lego. That’s why I was there,” he said. “Architecture and design are the two specialisations that I had read Lego were looking for.” After his degree, Mr Jiwa’s path to Lego briefly swerved, but only ever included jobs that were relevant to master building. “I’ve done a bit of carpentry, designing and building cubby houses for children. I also used to teach incursions, which is where you go into schools and teach activities,” he said. The Lego Play Well Report 2018 found that 95 per cent of parents believe play is essential for a child’s wellbeing and is a vital educational tool. Unfortunately, many adults don’t play as often. “As we grow up, I think we lose sight of the value of our imagination and our ability to play,” Mr Jiwa said.  1