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Year 5 Reading Comprehension Week 3 Text 31 Emergency! 14th February 2013 The Editor Mr Crang Key Dunbeena Gazette 1 A Mupset Street Locked Bag 040 Dunbeena NT 1010 Dunbeena NT 1010 Dear Sir, As a long-term resident of Dunbeena, I am frustrated and alarmed by the inability of the government to provide us with a consistent ambulance emergency service. I have been forced to realise that local councillors and public servants are unable to understand the plight of our little community. For the past six long months, Dunbeena residents have been without 24-hour ambulance coverage. Instead we have had to rely on the goodwill of the handful of community members with medical training to assist the sick and elderly. What we need are strong leaders who are willing to make decisions to benefit all members of the local community. We need them to fund the ongoing rostering of ambulance officers, and to commit to the building of a new and permanent ambulance station in the Dunbeena area. Access to adequate emergency services is a right for all residents. You don’t have to be Einstein to work out what should be done! Yours faithfully, Mr Crang Key Text sourced from: Targeting Text Interactively Read the text and shade a bubble or write an answer to each question. 1 Who is this letter addressed to? 2 What is the Dunbeena Gazette? a national newspaper a local newspaper a health magazine a fashion magazine 3 What is a ‘locked bag’? a suitcase with an inbuilt lock a secure handbag a post office box a street address 4 What does ‘NT’ stand for? 5 What does ‘consistent’ mean? affordable dependable excellent speedy 6 What is Dunbeena? a large city an inner-city suburb an outer suburb an isolated rural community 7 How long has Dunbeena been without full ambulance coverage? 8 What did Mr Crang Key want? a better ambulance service funding for ambulance officers a permanent ambulance station all of the above 9 Who has been helping the sick in Dunbeena? 10 Who would NOT need an adequate ambulance service? the elderly middle-aged people children none of the above 11 Who is Einstein? a famous doctor an ambulance officer a genius an elderly resident of Dunbeena 12 The name ‘Crang Key’ is actually: a real name an alias a pun unpronounceable