Read the text. Match paragraphs A–E of the text with questions 1–7. There are two extraquestions.The most dangerous journeyA //How do you feel about car journeys? Do you get a bit bored, ask the driver how long it’sgoing to take, and then fall asleep? Or do you get extremely anxious? This is exactlyhow I felt last month, when I took a trip down the most dangerous road in the world.B //The North Yungas road in Bolivia goes from La Paz, which is a very large city to thetown of Coroico in the mountain region of the Amazon rainforest. The road is about 69km long, but in that short distance it goes down from about 4,650 m high to 1,200 m.Although it is only about three metres wide and there are no guard rails, cars travel inboth directions. The views are amazing, but between two and three hundred travellersare killed every year when they drive off the side of this road. In Spanish it is called ElCamino de los Muertos – the Road of the Dead.C //When I went to visit my friend Jacqueline in La Paz, I had no idea how dangerous theNorth Yungas road was. I was very excited about the trip to the Amazon rainforest thatshe wanted to take me on. When we got on the bus, Jacqueline let me sit by the windowto get the best view. I didn’t feel suspicious at all.D //It was only when the journey started that I began to feel frightened. The bus drove rightto the edge of the road many times, and when I looked over, I could see the forest about600 m below us. We drove on quickly through thick cloud – how do you know whereyou’re going when you can’t see? I held on to Jacqueline’s hand. Then we drove under awaterfall that was slowly washing the road away. I was shocked!E When we met another car coming the other way, we drove so close to the edge of theroad that a wheel seemed to go off the edge. This happened several times and I startedthinking that we might not reach our final destination. When we finally got to Coroico, Ifelt so relieved. I let go of Jacqueline’s hand and saw that it was red. I was a bitembarrassed, but so happy that we were not on that road any more. In which paragraph does the writer tell us ...1 how many people die on the road? ___2 about feelings people have when they travel? ___3 about an injury that she had? ___4 about dangerous weather? ___5 that someone wanted her to see the sights? ___6 how expensive the trip was? ___7 that she thought she might die? ___
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