Answer:
So I can slap people...........
These are the answers for questions 40 through 42:
40-B. “… blossoming like silver petals...” (line 48)
41-C. “Instead more than a million came to marvel at the titanium-clad miracle” (lines 64 and 65)
42-B. “Their master plan included a first-class musseum, so original that it would attract worldwide attention and rescue their town from its slow decline” (lines 6 through 8)
The answer to the reading check is...”because the sun is closer the planet earth and it is the only star in the solar system”
Answer: 1 entertain 2 inform 3 persuade
Explanation: