I live in southern New Jersey, just two blocks from the Atlantic Ocean. Being a resort in most people's minds, I call my town home.
(A)NO CHANGE
(B) My calling my town home is unlike most people who call it a resort.
(C) My town is a resort to most people, in my view being home
(D) To most people my town is a resort, but to me it is home.
Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion would be LEAST acceptable? Now,46 almost 50 years since her death, her hard work and fabulous novels still have much to teach the modern audience.
(F) Presently,(G) Currently,(H) Instantly,(J) At the present
Correct Answer: H
37.Poisonous snakes-such as rattlesnakes, vipers, and cobras-are most frightening to people, but they attack if they are only provoked.37
(A) NO CHANGE(B) they will provoke and attack them.(C) they will attack humans only if provoked.(D) if provoked, they will attack them.
Correct Answer: C
These celebrated landmarks were designed to inspire feelings of patriotism and pride. Nevertheless, the structure I remember most vividly from my trip was an expressway called the Washington Beltway, which seems to be a memorial to the frenzy of modern life.
(A)NO CHANGE (B) Therefore, (C) As a result, (D) In addition,
Correct Answer: A
More ACT English Exam Questions
- 1Daisy Farrington celebrated her one-hundredth birthday by taking her first plane ride.
- 2It is on a corner, across the street; from a drugstore on one side and a big park on the other.
- 3At forty-five, she would of been training for two years for this event, and she hoped her preparations would pay off.
- 4In preliminary tests under simulated combat conditions, the Navajo encoded, transmitted, and decoded a three-line message in twenty seconds, whereas the machines required thirty minutes to perform the same job. Nevertheless, these tests convinced the officials of the value of using the Navajo language in a code.
- 5The farm connects to the Civil War general and U.S. president motivated the recent restoration by a team of National Park Service historians, laborers, and archaeologists.