That cart usually contains piles of fabric topped off with something fancy, such as a bunch of peacock feathers or a spool of lace. Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion would NOT be acceptable?
(A)fancy:
(B) as fancy as
(C) fancy
(D) fancy, perhaps
The Correct Answer
These images made it clear: that the mysterious object was a shipwreck.
（A）unidentified （B） strange （C） difficult （D） baffling
Correct Answer: C
Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Discovery demonstrated that while a yo-yo would spin in a near-zero gravity environment, it refused to sleep.
（A）NO CHANGE （B） shuttle, Discovery; （C） shuttle Discovery, （D） shuttle, Discovery
Correct Answer: A
The editors of our triannual literary magazine is kept busy all year with a wide variety of tasks.
（A）NO CHANGE （B） keeps （C） are kept （D） has been keeping
Correct Answer: C
More ACT English Exam Questions
- 1The longest game of Monopoly is reported to have lasted 1,680 hours—the equivalent of seventy days, exceeding more than over 1,500 hours, of nonstop playing.
- 2In fact, the name yo-yo is a Tagalog word that translates as "come back."
- 3If the writer were to delete Sentence 4, the essay would primarily lose details that:
- 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.
- 5The porch's railings and columns frame her on one side, and the bouse does so on the other.