1. Why did the author of this article include information about the town of Bath, England? A. That is where the springs come from. B. It is an example of an ancient hot spring. C. It is the most important hot spring ever discovered. D. It is the only place with a hot spring .2. The author's purpose for writing this article was to show A. how hot springs have been used over time B. the difference between geysers and hot springs C. that hot springs are not really so important any more D. that hot springs exist in the United States
3. This article was written mainly to D. inform
4. Why have hot springs remained popular through time? A. Some are thousands of years old. B. Romans enjoyed the Aquae Sulis. C. Iceland has many thermal springs. D. They serve a variety of purposes.
5. What can you conclude from this article about hot springs? A. More uses for them may be discovered in the future. B. They will lose heat over time. C. People will stop visiting them. D. They are more powerful than geysers.

Read the passage first of all if someone says your dream is impossible, they’re wrong. you can’t prove that something is impossible-all you know is that[it] hasn’t been done yet. people said no one could scale mount everest but in 1953, sir edmund hilary and tenzing norway gazed down upon the world from it’s summit. people said that man could not fly, but in 1903, orville and wilbur wright made the first sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. people said, “okay, we admit that someone could climb mount everest, and we admit that man has learned to fly, but no one will ever, ever walk on the face of the moon.” if we can send three men a quarter of a million miles away and bring them home safely, is there any great task we cannot accomplish? which identifies the textual evidence that best supports the claim: the authors purpose is to persuade? a: the author shares historical information about the wright brothers. b: the author states that men have walked the moon. c: the author states that others who think your dreams are impossible are wrong. d: the author wants to know what tasks we cannot accomplish.