5Read Text 14 to answer questions 34 to 37.
It happened one week end while I was at the fair
ground. I was with my friend Sarah and we were both really
excited. The flashing lights and bright colours made
everything appearmagical. We were having a great time and
we had been on most of the rides when Sarah pointed to the
big wheel. The sign said "$1 for a two-minute ride"
At first I wasn't sure, but Sarah had been on it before
"It only takes two minutes,” she said. "Comeon-it's a really
thrilling ride!” A minute later we were in the air. It was like
flying! "This is a mazing!" I shouted happily to Sarah
Then suddenly, there was a loud crash and everything
stopped. I was really frightened! Sarah held my hand tightly
because she was worried, too We looked down and saw tivo
mechanics. "Don't worry," they shouted. "It won't take us
long to fix it!" So we waited...and waited! At first we were a
mused. Everyone was running a round below us. After a
while though, it became scary upthere.
Two hours later, the wheel finally started to move
again I was so happy. It had been a long tiring evening
That two-minute ride had turned into a two-hour nightmare!
(Reading and Writing Targets 2 Student Book, 1999, p.48)
34 How did the writer feel at first?
c. Afraid
b Confused
d Amazed
35. What does paragraph 3 tell?
Their feeling in twominutes
b The beginning of the big wheel accident
How the writer overcame her fear
d How the mechanic fixed the bigwheel
36 What does they" in "they shouted" referto?
a The writer and Sarah
b Everyone below us
c The big wheel passengers
d Two mechanics
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