For almost two millennia, the yew an evergreen tree with a poisonous fruit and a twisted trunk, was scorned or feared by many people, particularly Europeans.
(A)NO CHANGE
(B) yew, an evergreen tree, with a poisonous fruit
(C) yew, an evergreen tree with a poisonous fruit
(D) yew an evergreen tree with a poisonous fruit,
Nearly every reference to a snake that is popular33 in modern society bears this negative connotation.
(A) NO CHANGE(B) reference that is popular about a snake(C) famous reference they have about a snake(D) popular reference to a snake
Correct Answer: D
I remembered him pointing to a tree, a cloud, a dog, and naming them in the Miami language, giving them back to me in the language of his own childhood. After he died, it was a language I never heard again —nonetheless, until I heard myself struggling with the words he had used so easily all those years ago, his voice coming back as vividly as if he were next to me once again, pointing to the page, guiding me.
(A)NO CHANGE (B) furthermore, (C) because, (D) that is,
Correct Answer: D
In 1956, after their home was bombed, supporters were told how much his wife's strength had helped him through that incident.
(A)NO CHANGE (B) supporters were being told (C) Dr. King told supporters (D) it was told
Correct Answer: C
More ACT English Exam Questions
- 1Recently I came across a series of magazine articles (which) various people described their most memorable eating experiences.
- 2In 1753, at the age of twenty-two, Banneker constructed a clock out of hand-carved wooden parts, displayed his mechanical skills, and displaying his interest in learning.
- 3One morning you tear into a wall, feeling a trickle of enthusiasm as plaster crumbles beneath your wrecking bar.
- 4Sending machines unaccompanied by humans to Mars does drain some of the romance out of age-old visions of space travel. In other words, we need to keep in mind that the right equipment can accomplish as much as any crew of scientists, if not more—at a fraction of the cost.
- 5Let us study an outfielder's face, without the aid of binoculars.