Which adage best describes the paragraph?

for years, bethany wanted to tour the inside of the lighthouse near her aunt’s home. but every time she tried to go, the building was either closed or it was too windy and cold to walk through the dunes to the lighthouse. shortly before her aunt sold her house and was to move away, bethany went for a visit. her aunt told her this would be her last chance to tour the lighthouse. bethany said, “let’s do it.”

a.
if you don’t like the heat, get out of the kitchen.

b.
the grass is always greener on the other side.

c.
strike while the iron is hot.

d.
save it for a rainy day.

In the context of the passage, what does the word torpid mean? b. predatory a. energetic c. dormant d. aquatic

Excerpted from "the children's hour" by henry wadsworth longfellow a whisper, and then a silence: yet i know by their merry eyes they are plotting and planning together to take me by surprise. a sudden rush from the stairway, a sudden raid from the hall! by three doors left unguarded they enter my castle wall! look carefully at the lines above. a poem with this particular rhyme scheme is best read a. line by line. b. with long pauses. c. phrase by phrase. d. with a strong rhythm.

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.