Act English Practice Quiz 9 (60 MCQs)

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1. I think she had way to many things on her mind.
2. On the ACT, the English test wants you to OMIT examples that contain redundancy.
3. As he pursued a degree in physics he drove a taxi to pay the bills, but competitive training proved his passion.
4. The sound of sap dripping into galvanized metal signal the beginning of the season to gather syrup.
5. "This vast chapel displays what many (a) of the most important works of Renaissance art:Michelangelo's awe-inspiring frescoes."
6. Employing their best defense mechanism against the approaching shark, the school fish quickly collected themselves, swam closely together to look like one big fish.
7. Choose the sentence that correctly uses a comma to separate an introductory element.
8. There ..... several reasons for the delay.
9. Neither of the solutions ..... effective.
10. The woman, knowing it was late, hurried home.
11. One C+ kept the student from honor roll first quarter; ..... she's working extra hard this quarter to get all As and Bs.
12. We thrill to cinematic images of sleek sloops silhouetted by full moons sailing the Seven Seas in search of gold, silver, damask and jewels.
13. In that letter, Einstein tells Roosevelt that it was possible to create an atomic weapon, and he asked Roosevelt to fund$^{ }$research and experiment$^{3}$ in atomic weapons. Roosevelt agreed, and the government created the Manhattan Project, a massive effort to develop nuclear weapons.
14. After waiting for an hour n the rain, the sun once came out, and we were able to play.
15. The committee finished ..... report early.
16. Several key discoveries and inventions enabled the Industrial Revolution to take place, included machines and tools like the cotton gin, the radio, the circular saw, $^{ }$the cylindrical press, and steam engine.$^{5}$
17. If the alarm had gone off earlier, more people could of escaped before the building collapsed.
18. Why is it that we are so completely obsessive with the hair on our heads?
19. Carol Moseley Braun was the first African American woman elected to serve as a US Senator, representing the state of Illinois. Immediately, after a lengthy period of anonymity, she ran for mayor of Chicago, but received only nine percent of the vote.
20. Correct this sentence:Tesss car is the craziest I've ever seen.
21. The pair of shoes ..... under the bed.
22. The runner felt ..... after the long race.
23. Which sentence demonstrates correct parallel structure in a list?
24. According to Freud, the mind is much like an iceberg. Most of our minds$^{4}$ activi-ties, then, occur beneath the surface, in the unconscious and beyond our knowing.
25. Freud believed that the unconscious is deterministic. That is, our behaviors are caused (determined) by thoughts and impulses deep in our unconscious-of which thoughts and impulses we are not aware.$^{6}$
26. What is the best strategy to determine the best answer?
27. Mary looked down to discover a snake at her feet. When she saw it, she .....
28. How much time do you have to complete the English Test?
29. If the writer were to delete the highlighted sentence, the paragraph would primarily lose a statement that:
30. Workers stand tall, radiating strength and confidence. Such empowerment of the worker were to be the bright future that was envisioned for all the workers of the world.
31. The teacher calls ..... to line up first.
32. Test strategists recommend you
33. While Shelley's Franken-stein created a living creature from the body parts of the dead, Wells's characters traveled through time; created half-animal, half-human creatures; made themselves invisible; and having been attacked by Martians.$^{6}$
34. Passage 3You should choose the alternative that best expresses the idea in standard written English and is worded most consistently with the tone of the passage. If you believe the original version is best, then choose "NO CHANGE."
35. Neither the coach nor the players ..... satisfied with the results.
36. Which sentence most effectively uses a complex structure to show the relationship between ideas?
37. (10) intense workouts, morning-to-night practices, and then having to study playbooks.
38. It's/Its too early to tell the winner of the election.
39. We lived in Virginia and so had immediate access to hundreds of famous places. Nonetheless, my grandmother took me to Civil War battlefield, historic homes, national monuments, anywhere that had a story to tell.
40. The team ..... better since the new coach arrived.
41. #56 Choose the best option
42. I will be in Tampa Tuesday which is 80 miles from home.
43. Troy and ..... are going to play a game.
44. Some members of the legislature have their offices in the ..... building downtown
45. What is the role of an adverb in a sentence?
46. Traveling across time zones particularly via airplane, can be very disconnecting to the human body.
47. This way, should you make a mistake, you can retrace your steps to locate and correct the original errant placement.
48. About four hundred years ago, in 1612. Northwest England was the scene of England's largest peacetime witch trial; the trial of the Lancashire witches.
49. When taking the English portion why is it good to trust your ears?
50. Correct the following:My sisters wedding is next week.
51. If I use a variety of complex and basic transitions what score will I receive on my essay?
52. My kids talk all the time about how they can't wait to grow up I don't understand their rush.
53. If 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.
54. Such snowflakes offer evidence that even when impurities interfere, the basic laws of chemistry still apply.Which choice most effectively concludes the sentence and the essay?
55. She had many memories of her youth in pre-war Japan:of dressing in the finest silk kimonos and of wandering the paths among the trees at the Great Shrine of Ise.
56. The county cleared this path and paved it with packed gravel, ..... Which option would NOT be an acceptable answer?
57. Lori said to her mother that she needed to buy some new clothes.
58. Have you heard that song by Metallica called "For Who/Whom the Bell Tolls" ?
59. The class is ..... ready to begin the test.
60. WHICH IS NOT ACCEPTABLE?It was freezing cold that morning, and the sky shone with a pale gray light.