The engineers called in local firefighters in the hope that spraying the leg with water to cool it would make it contract.
(A)NO CHANGE
(B) reduce.
(C) decrease.
(D) compress.
The Correct Answer
While the harmonica was marketed as originally a child's toy, it eventually became a valued portable instrument for folk and blues musicians.
（A）NO CHANGE （B） toy; （C） toy （D） toy, that
Correct Answer: A
Dickinson's last twenty years of letters—many over 1,500 words in length—reveal the breadth and depth of one's connection to the world through a wide circle of correspondents.
（A）NO CHANGE （B） people’s （C） her （D） their
Correct Answer: C
By pulling carts, oxen were amidst the automobile traffic.
（A）NO CHANGE （B） Oxen pulled carts amidst （C） Oxen pulled carts, being amidst （D） Oxen were amidst while pulling carts in
Correct Answer: B
More ACT English Exam Questions
- 1As a uniquely African American musical form, jazz seemed poised to play in the struggle a role for freedom and equality. The best placement for the underlined phrase would be:
- 2All that's needed to turn that smile into a look of despair, is a reminder that Turkey, whose language is not widely studied in Weatern Europe, may someday become a member of the Common Market.
- 3Grandpa said that, in their old age, he and Grandma had often stumbled on those rough-hewn cobblestones.
- 4Berlin—the capital of Germany, was similarly divided into four sectors.
- 5One popular practice among students in many colleges has been for participation in a marathon oral reading of an important literary work.