Our technologically advanced times has allowed filmmakers to create spectacular science fiction films to intrigue us with worlds beyond our experience.
(A)NO CHANGE
(B) have allowed
(C) allows
(D) was allowing
Outside of Reykjavik, Iceland's capital, huge holes were bored into the earth at depths of between 450 and 2,500 feet.
(A)NO CHANGE
(B) Reykjavik, Icelands capital,
(C) Reykjavik, Iceland’s capital
(D) Reykjavik Iceland’s capital,
Correct Answer: A
In 1945, in Oklahoma, Mankiller (the name stems from a Cherokee military title) was born.
(A)NO CHANGE (B) Being in Oklahoma in 1945, Mankiller, the name stems from a Cherokee military title, was born. (C) Mankiller (the name stems from a Cherokee military title) was born in 1945 in Oklahoma. (D) Mankiller’s name stems from a Cherokee military title, and in 1945 in Oklahoma, she was born.
Correct Answer: C
38. The writer is considering deleting the preceding sentence from this paragraph. If the writer made this deletion, the paragraph would primarily lose:
(F) scientific proof that snakes are too dangerous to coexist with humans.(G) an example of the various locations where most fatalities take place.(H) a specific statistic to support a previous claim.(J) excessive detail that distracts the reader from the broader message of the passage.
Correct Answer: H
More ACT English Exam Questions
- 1Then Renee, who has a degree from a beauty school, inserts the thin braided extensions, one by one, using a large crochet needle to pull them through the cornrows.
- 2One Saturday aftemoonw, her and I transferred the bees—and their honey—to a wooden hive.
- 3To us it became a stage, on which we tap-danced or a raft on which we crossed the high seas in search of treasure.
- 4Being experienced and effective horticulturists, it was indigenous peoples who knew that planting com, beans, and squash together made good nutritional and agricultural sense.
- 5A single pod of Brazil nuts (which are actually seeds) weighs nearly six pounds, so when it falls from a tree eight stories high, it has the force to cause serious injury.