A close friend from his Bronx, New York, neighborhood took him to the rooftop of a building, there Tyson was told to look up into the night sky.
(A)NO CHANGE
(B) building and told Tyson
(C) building, then Tyson was told
(D) building, momentarily, Tyson was told
It was while studying anthropology at Barnard College in New York that Hurston decided to hook up again with the customs, songs, stories, and games she had learned as a child.
(A)NO CHANGE (B) reconnect (C) unite (D) bind
Correct Answer: B
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).
Correct Answer: D
Photos of Billie Holiday, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, and other jazz greats on the walls.
(A)NO CHANGE (B) line (C) along (D) hanging on
Correct Answer: B
More ACT English Exam Questions
- 1Holm claims at having a prairie eye, feeling uncomfortable in enclosed, mysterious spaces like the woods. He prefers the "magnitude and delicacy" of the open prairie.
- 2I had known I would be teaching English to teenagers (whom were) studying to become everything from shipbuilders to chemical engineers.
- 3It's unlikely she would ever attempt such a feat, but if she did, there would be no dull moments.
- 4Smith realized the extent of her gift when her friend Alex Haley who had gathered essential material for his best-selling novel Roots from a griot in Gambia, began to refer to her as "my American griot." This was a revelation to Smith.
- 5The narrow cobbled streets and wide paved avenues of Katmandu, Nepal, buzzes with the interplay of old and new ways.