The results indicated a problem that threatened to postpone the topping-out ceremony marking the placement of the final section between the two freestanding legs of the St. Louis Gateway Arch.
(A)NO CHANGE
(B) had been threatened
(C) will have threatened
(D) threatens
Based on those drawings, Banneker designed the works for his own clock and carved the gears, wheels, and other moving parts. The clock keeps precise time for—can you believe it?—over forty years.
（A）NO CHANGE （B） has kept （C） kept （D） still keeps
Correct Answer: C
Certainly the school board would be justified in prohibiting students from wearing clothing that was unsanitary, revealing, or obscene. The court remained unconvinced, therefore, that wearing jeans would actually impair the learning process of Kevin or of his fellow classmates.
（A）NO CHANGE （B） thus, （C） moreover, （D） however,
Correct Answer: D
Although pharmaceutical companies that began to produce the drug learned that taxol could be extracted from the bark of all species of yew, its attention was soon focused on the Pacific yew.
（A）NO CHANGE （B） it soon focused its attention （C） they soon focused their attention （D） it was soon focused
Correct Answer: C
More ACT English Exam Questions
- 1These bombs can permanently destroy data, and that can be disastrous to the operation of a computer.
- 2I hear the songs of cardinals in the trees and the clamor of crickets in the grasses.
- 3Moreover, rock music, more than film, expresses youthful rebellion.
- 4Walking into the ward, my ears were immediately overwhelmed. Women23 yelled and newborns wailed.
- 5The movie Dracula, featuring it's batlike title character who feeds on human blood, is just one of many sources of people's erroneous ideas about bats.