[1] The term "Iron Man" has many connotations, including references to a song, a comic book icon, even a movie. [2] Yet only one definition of the term truly lives up to its name: the Ironman Triathlon held annually in Hawaii1 a picturesque setting for a challenging race. [3] This grueling race demands amazing physical prowess and the ability to swim, bike, and run a marathon, all in less than 12 hours with no break. [4] Very few individuals are up to the task.
Otherwise,3 Gordon Haller is a notable exception. Growing up in the 1950s, Haller developed an interest in many sports categorized as endurance athletics, and welcomed their4 grueling physical demands. As he pursued a degree in physics he drove a taxi to pay the bills, but competitive training proved5 his passion. So when he heard about the race in 1978, the first year it was held, he immediately signed up.
The race somewhat6 originated in an amusing way. The members of two popular sports clubs, the Mid-Pacific Road Runners of Honolulu, and the Waikiki Swim Club7 of Oahu, had a long-standing and good-natured debate going over who made better athletes: runners
As he pursued a degree in physics he drove a taxi to pay the bills, but competitive training proved5 his passion.
(A) NO CHANGE
(B) verified
(C) justified
(D) certified
Then the microlending institution, such as Women's World Banking, makes a small loan (as little as $50) to, for example, an artisan or a food vendor (whom) would not qualify for a loan from a commercial bank.
(A)NO CHANGE (B) whose (C) for whom (D) who
Correct Answer: D
"His life is warped with fancy, woofed with dreams," Offissa Pupp said of the Kat. The strip was too.
(A)NO CHANGE (B) additionally was. (C) was in addition. (D) in addition,too.
Correct Answer: A
Six months later, the researchers can be able to crack down the sprouted seeds to find out how far the rodents had carried them.
(A)NO CHANGE (B) have been able (C) were (D) could be
Correct Answer: C
More ACT English Exam Questions
- 1Rosie, it turns out is: a desert tortoise that my grandmother had started raising over twenty years ago.
- 2Rivera received various prestigious commissions while he was in the United States.
- 3A brilliant professor of dentistry, he is best remembered for making it possible for generations of golfers concentrated on their, swings without worrying about whether their golf balls would remain in place as they swung.
- 4Early in her career, Dr. Cheng became intrigued by the fact that because insects are the earth's most abundant and diverse organisms, they are virtually absent from the world's largest habitat, the ocean.
- 5On the first warm day of spring, it's still light out when I got on my bike to ride from my job in the city to my apartment in a small town ten miles away.