2. Read the passage given below. 1. Chess is called the game of kings. It has been around for a long time. People have been playing it for over
500 years. Chess is based on an even older game from India. The chess we play today is from Europe.
2. Chess is a two-player game. One player uses the white pieces while the other uses the black pieces. Each
piece moves in a special way. One piece is called the king. Each player has one. The players take turns
moving their pieces. If a player lands on a piece, he or she takes it. The game ends when a player loses his or
her king. There are a few more rules, but these are the basics.​

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.

In which case did the court rule that flag burning was not illegal under the first amendment? a-us v. fields b-new york times v. sullivan c-texas v. johnson d-us v. alvarez

Read this passage from "the city without us" by alan weisman: which statement best explains how the structure of the passage supports the author's purpose? a. the passage traces several events in the order that they will occur to highlight how nature conquers human civilization. b. the passage shows that natural forces such as an absence of predators and an increase in the squirrel population can lead to destructive results. c. the passage shows that natural forms such as an absence of predators and human hunters can lead to the reforestation of new york city. d. the passage identifies how two natural forces are co-dependent - the deforestation of new york and the extinction of squirrels.