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)
Answer:
(B) the quest to get to the lost mine
Explanation:
<span>As the door slowly creaked open, Jessie peered carefully into the vast darkness, holding her breath.
The "slowness" of the creaking door and the "vast darkness" add a weight to the sentence unlike the others. </span>
Answer:
To continue doing something although it may be difficult.
Explanation:
Example: <em>Things are hard at the moment, but if we </em><em>stick with it</em><em>, they are bound to get better.</em>
