The survival of the tree is essentia to the South American economy, since about annually $44 million worth of Brazil nuts are sold. The best placement for the underlined portion would be:
(A)where it is now.
(B) after the word million.
(C) after the word worth.
(D) after the word sold (ending the sentence with a period).
If the writer were to delete Sentence 4, the essay would primarily lose details that:
(F) emphasize how difficult the race truly is.(G) mourn how few athletes are able to visit Hawaii in order to compete in the race.(H) highlight that most athletes prefer the run to the swimming or biking components of the race.(J) suggest that women are not truly competitive in the race.
Correct Answer: F
Producing the film long before interplanetary explorations had begun, Melies could arouse his audience's curiosity with unconstrained fantasy.
(A)whet (B) stimulate (C) awaken (D) disturb
Correct Answer: D
Darrow must have sensed the potential of a game that, during a time of economic hardship, would allow people to play at property wonld be bought and amassing a fortune.
(A)NO CHANGE (B) buying property (C) property to buy (D) had bought peoperty
Correct Answer: B
More ACT English Exam Questions
- 1Many bilingual teenagers in Miami feel more comfortably speaking English, than Spanish; the reverse is often true of their parents.
- 2After his father died in 1759, Banneker took over the responsibility of the farm and the care of his mother and younger sisters. In addition, he pursued scientific studies and taught himself to play the flute and violin.
- 3The words of a novel or poem are literally "bound" within there pages.
- 4The writer has decided to divide this paragraph into two. The best place to add the new paragraph break would be at the beginning of Sentence:
- 5Although pharmaceutical companies that begun to produce the drug learned that taxol could be extracted from the bark of all species of yewr, they soon focused their attention on the Pacific yew.