Ocloo knew that her countrywomen would need to have a steady source of income in order to gain access to education and health care. So, at the 1975 Mexico City gathering that opened the United Nations Decade for Women, Ocloo, with like-minded women, will have developed a "microknding" plan.
(A)NO CHANGE
(B) developed
(C) will develop
(D) have developed
But in essence, my father's work and mine are the most alike. Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion would NOT be acceptable?
(A)essentially, (B) in essentially, (C) fundamentally, (D) for the most part,
Correct Answer: B
Recent studies have shown that Pacific yews can be successfully propagated at a minimal cost. Whether the young plants are kept under conditions with high humidity, their survival rate is about 70 percent.
(A)NO CHANGE (B) That (C) Seeing (D) If
Correct Answer: D
I must admit, though, that when chairperson, mail carrier, and police officer were being predded into the lauguage to replace chairman,mailman, and policeman, I had my doubts; what Idoubted was taht words could effect change. Yet I see now with my daugter that language does change what we perceive as possible and appropriate.
(A)NO CHANGE (B) Consequently, (C) Moreover, (D) Therefore
Correct Answer: A
More ACT English Exam Questions
- 1The 1987 election was marred by controversy over whether a woman could hack it, and Mankiller's margin of victory was slim.
- 2If batters repeatedly fail to hit the ball—and lots of them do—the umpire is patient, giving them four or five chances instead of the usual three. Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion would NOT be acceptable?
- 3Inside, scientists live in homey if cramped quarters, with bunks, a shower and toilet, a microwave, and an array of scientific instruments.
- 4The Harlem Renaissance author Zora Neale Hurston is well known for her novels, especially Their Eyes Were Watching God, but she was also a devoted chronicler of African American folklore.
- 5In Henry V, Shakespeare used this very term to describe how the names of King Henry's war heroes became as well known to English people as simple words used in any household.