ACT English - Section 1 - Test 4

1. Question

Choose the best alternatives for the underlined part (1). If you think the original version is best, choose “NO CHANGE.”

A. NO CHANGE
B. close, yet even
C. close; even
D. close. Even

2. Question

Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion (2) would NOT be acceptable?

A. cityscapes, while I
B. cityscapes; I
C. cityscapes. I, on the other hand,
D. cityscapes I

3. Question

Choose the best alternatives for the underlined part (3). If you think the original version is best, choose “NO CHANGE.”

A. NO CHANGE
B. important though
C. importantly, though,
D. important, though

4. Question

Which choice would best express (4) the narrator’s positive reaction to speaking with Joan and the narrator’s fondness for her friend?

A. NO CHANGE
B. she said that she would rearrange her schedule so that we could meet.
C. she told me that she immediately recognized my voice.
D. her quick words and the sound of her laugh surprised me.

5. Question

Choose the best alternatives for the underlined part (5). If you think the original version is best, choose “NO CHANGE.”

A. NO CHANGE
B. who
C. whose
D. which

6. Question

Choose the best alternatives for the underlined part (6). If you think the original version is best, choose “NO CHANGE.”

A. NO CHANGE
B. we
C. they
D. he

7. Question

Which of the following sequences of sentences makes Paragraph [C] most logical?

A. NO CHANGE
B. C.1, C.3, C.2
C. C.2, C.1,C.3
D. C.3, C.2, C.1

8. Question

Choose the best alternatives for the underlined part (8). If you think the original version is best, choose “NO CHANGE.”

A. NO CHANGE
B. located in the downtown area of the city.
C. so the battery would continue to work properly despite the cold weather.
D. DELETE the underlined portion and end the sentence with a period.

9. Question

Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion (9) would NOT be acceptable?

A. was glowing
B. glowed
C. shined
D. shoned

10. Question

If the writer were to delete the preceding sentence to (10), the essay would primarily lose:

A. an indication of the narrator’s response to the weather conditions in Fairbanks.
B. a detailed analysis of why the narrator had to plug the car engine into an electrical outlet.
C. descriptive details that help set the scene of the narrator’s meeting with Joan.
D. unnecessary details that repeat information given earlier in the paragraph.

11. Question

Choose the best alternatives for the underlined part (11). If you think the original version is best, choose “NO CHANGE.”

A. NO CHANGE
B. fell upon
C. dropped by
D. returned with

12. Question

Choose the best alternatives for the underlined part (12). If you think the original version is best, choose “NO CHANGE.”

A. NO CHANGE
B. in the field atop the rabbit hutch behind Joan’s house
C. atop the rabbit hutch in the field behind Joan’s house
D. behind Joan’s house in the field atop the rabbit hutch

13. Question

Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion (13) would NOT be acceptable?

A. engrossed in
B. acquired by
C. immersed in
D. engaged in

14. Question

Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion (14) would NOT be acceptable?

A. with
B. regarding
C. along
D. about

15. Question

Given that all the choices are true (15), which one would best conclude this essay by effectively summarizing its main idea?

A. NO CHANGE
B. Sadly, I realized that although we might be able to meet once a year, Joan and I would probably never again live in the same city.
C. Even though we had followed different interests, I was glad to know that both Joan and I had been able to devote time to our creative work.
D. As a result of the time we spent together when we were very young, I’ll always remember Joan.

16. Question

Question 16 asks about the preceding passage as a whole.

Upon reviewing the essay and finding that some information has been left out, the writer composes the following sentence incorporating that information:

Yet, despite such strong ties, we moved far apart as adults and lost touch.

This sentence would most logically be placed:

A. after Sentence 2 in Paragraph [A].
B. at the end of Paragraph [B].
C. at the end of Paragraph [D].
D. after the first sentence in Paragraph [E].