Both the extremes of darkness and light and the constantly shifting day length effects people in subtle and curious ways.
(A)NO CHANGE
(B) affects
(C) effect
(D) affect
The writer has decided to divide this paragraph into two. The best place to add the new paragraph break would be at the beginning of Sentence:
(F) 4, because it would indicate that Hurston's writing was most strongly influenced by Langston Hughes.(G) 4, because it would signal the essay's shift in focus to one of Hurston's novels.(H) 5, because all the remaining sentences in the paragraph provide a detailed summary of the plot of Hurston's novel.(J) 5, because it would indicate that the essay is now going to focus on social conditions in Eatonville.
Correct Answer: G
By the mid-nineteenth century, central Manhattan, being barren of trees, creating a desolate area of swamps, hovels, and pigsties.
（A）NO CHANGE （B） Manhattan being （C） Manhattan, which was （D） Manhattan was
Correct Answer: D
Like other folk music forms, Tejano music has an intensity, literary richness, and rhythmic variety that means it'll stick around a while.
（A）NO CHANGE （B） causes it to be one of those enduring things with a timeless appeal. （C） makes lots of people really like it. （D） ensures its continued vitality.
Correct Answer: D
More ACT English Exam Questions
- 1Its various features together create a sense of the size and shape of the cargo vessels, called Liberty Ships, that were built in Richmond. A 441-foot-long walkway, representing the keel of a Liberty Ship, has lead to a platform that commands a view of San Francisco Bay.
- 2The average performer is cast in only a tiny proportion of the commercials auditioning for.
- 3The county cleared this path and paved it with packed gravel, so they would have a peaceful place to hike and bike.
- 4They have flown to elk and deer wintering areas, ridden horses and snowmobiles through the mountains, and throwing back their heads and called out with low, moaning howls in hopes of communicating with the wolves. Occasionally, the wolves have answered back.
- 5Valet parking services simply recognized this fact to cash to put themselves in position.