The Old Faithful Geyser in Calistoga, California, puts on an exciting show for tourists. Each time it erupts, steam and hot water shoot over 60 feet into the air. The water comes from an underground river. When water from this river flows over hot magma, the water becomes boiling
hot. Forced through cracks in the earth's rocky crust, water and steam surge out of the ground.
Old Faithful In California is one of the world's three "old faithful" geysers, which erupt at regular intervals. Its Intervals are typically
30 minutes apart. Some researchers believe that changes in this pattern can signal earthquakes. Before several major quakes, there were unusual
delays in Old Faithful's eruptions. For example, on the day before a major quake in 1975, the interval lengthened to 120 minutes. The geyser later
resumed its usual pattern.

What viewpoint about german soldiers does maupassant convey in this excerpt of "two friends"? a. they are all loyal, but heartless. b. they are all cold–hearted and inhuman. c. they are all sympathetic and smart. d. they are all men of their word and good soldiers.

The empire state building was a.constructed by one hundred workers. b.was first lit up by president roosevelt. c.has more than one hundred stories. d took several years to complete.

Match the definition to the word for a better understanding of the paragraph. 1 money does not buy happiness or security. 2john ringling, one of the five brothers of the ringling brothers circus, started out in 1884 with a trained horse and a performing bear. 3for over forty years, he worked hard at the family enterprise, bought up smaller circuses, and imported new acts. 4in the 1920s, he was rated as one of the world's wealthiest men and owned every sizable circus in the country. 5over 5,000 people were on his payroll, and over 240 railroad cars were in his retinue each time the circus moved. 6at the time of his death, however, he was a nervous, unhappy man; he was also bankrupt and beset by lawsuits. 7his carefully built circus empire passed into alien hands. 8all those years of work had turned to dust. 1. business organization alien 2. group beset 3. without funds to pay debts retinue 4. troubled or harassed enterprise 5. strange; belonging to another person, place, country, or thing bankrupt