Douglas had moved to Florida when she was twenty-five, working first to a newspaper reporter and then as a freelance writer.
(A)NO CHANGE
(B) as
(C) in
(D) at
The philosopher, John Stuart Mill wrote that "all good things which exist are the fruits of originality."
(A)NO CHANGE
(B) philosopher John Stuart Mill,
(C) philosopher, John Stuart Mill,
(D) philosopher John Stuart Mill
Correct Answer: D
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.
Correct Answer: A
Jeans, at once gritty and earthy, urban and rural, fashionable and simple, are casual but also convey an underlying assertiveness that no other staple of our wardrobes can match.
(A)NO CHANGE (B) which are fashionable and they’re simple, (C) as something simple can be in fashion, (D) having fashion being simple,
Correct Answer: A
More ACT English Exam Questions
- 1George believed that while the renting of property produced an increase in land values and benefited property owners, higher land values placed a burden on the working class, (who) were asked to pay more to rent.
- 2A single pod of Brazil nuts (which are actually seeds) weighs nearly six pounds, so when it falls from a tree eight stories high, it has the force to cause serious injury.
- 3If you were to ask my mother what she remembers most vividly about my birth. She might tell you about the gift my father brought me while I was still in the hospital: a soccer ball.
- 4"Where have you been?" the grown-ups would ask us as we stumbled in the back door after one of our gritty excursions.
- 5Wanting to settle the dispute once and for all, when9 they decided to combine three separate races already held annually on the island10 into one massive test of endurance.