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Study Island (6) - figurative meanings with answer key (2)
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A. confusing and lonely
B. eerily noiseless
C. resided by ghosts
D. dark and frightening
Lightning on the Tracks
by Holly Torres
Six Flags Over Texas is my favorite amusement park. They have some of the most fun roller coasters. The Texas Giant is a wooden roller coaster that many people around the world consider to be one of the best wooden roller coasters. It is a thrilling 14 stories high and zooms along the tracks at speeds up to 62 miles per hour. Riding the Texas Giant, or any wooden roller coaster for that matter, is as bumpy as driving down a dirt road with a ton of potholes Another great roller coaster to checkout is the Titan. It has enough speed to launch a person into another galaxy It travels up to 85 miles per hour. Thrill seekers may feel butterflies fluttering in their stomachs as the coaster drops from its highest point at 255 feet. Riders can even experience the Titan exerting an intense g-force as the train tears through a series of twisted turns. During my first voyage on the Titan, the g-force forced one of my eyelids down and one of them open. Fora moment, I was a one-eyed pirate sailing on my ship through high-speed winds.
My favorite roller coaster at Six Flags Over Texas is definitely Batman The Ride. Although its 80- foot drop isn’t as large of a drop as the Titans, it is still an exciting ride. The track is above riders, which makes it different from any of the other coasters in the park. This is by far the smoothest roller coaster I have been on. I love how my feet dangle in the air. Occasionally, park visitors may even witness a shoe flying off afoot like a rock being launched from a slingshot. Six Flags Over Texas has even more roller coasters throughout the park, but these three encompass my must-ride list for thrill seekers.
41. In the second paragraph of the passage, what does the phrase "fast enough to launch a person into another galaxy" refer to

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