This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Act > Act Reading – Quiz 32 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Act Reading Quiz 32 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the purpose of the ACT Reading Practice Test? A) To help students prepare for the reading section of the ACT exam. B) To learn how to bake a cake. C) To practice for a spelling bee. D) To prepare for a marathon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To help students prepare for the reading section of the ACT exam. 2. Don't change the sentence too much; ..... is better. A) More complex. B) Simple. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simple. 3. As it is used in line 70, the word lucidly most nearly means: A) Obscurely. B) Inappropriately. C) Enthusiastically. D) Coherently. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coherently. 4. In what context might "delivery" be used in public speaking? A) The content of the speech. B) The way the speech is presented. C) The length of the speech. D) The audience of the speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The way the speech is presented. 5. Based on the passage, the critics' claim that zoos spend too much money on breeding pandas in captivity is best described as: A) Valid; money spent on pandas would be better spent on snow leopards. B) Valid; habitat destruction is the biggest threat to pandas' survival in the wild. C) Invalid; pandas have no hope of surviving without the help of captive breeding programs. D) Invalid; captive-bred pandas are required for Chinese political diplomacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Valid; habitat destruction is the biggest threat to pandas' survival in the wild. 6. Thankfully the disease has gone into ..... ; it may not recur for many years. A) Treatment. B) Sequestration. C) Quarantine. D) Remission. E) Oblivion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Remission. 7. Everyone should read each question WITHOUT looking at the answer choices and THEN REFER to the reading passage to find the answer. LASTLY, match your answer with the correct answer choice. You should do this as the ACT likes to put distracting or tricky answer choices. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. Which word best completes the sentence? 'The ACT reading section is designed to ..... a student's comprehension skills.' A) Test. B) Ignore. C) Confuse. D) Distract. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Test. 9. What type of question requires you to say a lot of information in a shorter way? A) Detail. B) Vocabulary. C) Main idea. D) Generalization. E) Inference. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Generalization. 10. Which type of passage on the ACT Reading test is most likely to include charts, tables, or graphs? A) Literary Narrative. B) Social Science. C) Humanities. D) Natural Science. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Natural Science. 11. The author indicates that for the sake of an unbiasedinterpretation, compared to reading written documentswith care, reading photographs with care is: A) Significantly more important. B) Slightly more important. C) Just as important. D) Slightly less important. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Just as important. 12. It can be reasonably inferred from the conversationswith Jake, that Katherine: A) Is a stay-at-home-mother. B) Does not care about her son. C) Works two jobs to make ends meet. D) Believes that junk food is healthy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Works two jobs to make ends meet. 13. After ordering your passages, you should then entirely read and answer all questions from the first ..... passages. A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2. 14. The author uses lines 37-40 to: A) Develop context for the rest of the paragraph. B) Establish credibility and reliability in his passage. C) Boast about all the places he has traveled to. D) Encourage the reader to see places all over the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Establish credibility and reliability in his passage. 15. The main purpose of the passage is to: A) Discuss the panda exhibit at the National Zoo, and Wang's role in helping to design it. B) Explain the job of a conservation biologist through the example of Wang. C) Describe Wang's work and his position on the role of zoos in conservation efforts. D) Give an overview of the history of panda conservation, with emphasis on the importance of Wang's research. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Describe Wang's work and his position on the role of zoos in conservation efforts. 16. When comparing and contrasting information, it is important to: A) Focus only on the information that supports the reader's viewpoint. B) Consider both the similarities and differences to fully understand the relationship between the texts. C) Ignore differences that do not seem important. D) Only compare facts, not opinions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consider both the similarities and differences to fully understand the relationship between the texts. 17. What literary device is this: "The world had been sad since Tuesday" (1 A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings)? A) Imagery. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 18. How many kinds of questions can be found in the ACT Reading Section? A) 3. B) 4. C) 5. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5. 19. If you scored a 19 or 20 on the Reading Section last year, you should blindly guess on ONE reading passage, either passage #2 or #3. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. According to the passage, all of the following are true regarding the animalsthat reached the Emperor's Palace EXCEPT: A) The rabbit was very nimble in crossing the river and made it across quiteeasily. B) The tiger's vigor allowed him to swim across the river effortlessly. C) The snake wound himself around the dragon's leg to reach the end of therace. D) The pig narrowly reached the end of the race to the Emperor's Palace. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The snake wound himself around the dragon's leg to reach the end of therace. 21. The main purpose of the final paragraph (lines 82-97) is to: A) F. represent the viewpoint that any life on Europa is impossible. B) G. explain the process by which microbes evolve into larger life forms. C) H. explore the possibility that evolution on Europa works differently from how it does on Earth. D) J. suggest that advanced life on Europa may be unlikely. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) J. suggest that advanced life on Europa may be unlikely. 22. Who does the author blame most for the destruction of wildlife? A) People around the world. B) Americans. C) Southerners. D) The reader. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Americans. 23. On the Prose Fiction passage, you should be spending the majority of your time reading and annotating. How many minutes (roughly) should you be spending doing this? A) 3. B) 4. C) 5. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5. 24. Lines 71-77 primarily serve to illustrate the point that, to have resulted in advanced life, oxygen levels in Europa's ocean would need to: A) F. exceed levels in Earth's oceans. B) G. have slowed in the last 50 million years. C) H. have risen gradually. D) J. have been consistently high all along. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) H. have risen gradually. 25. If passage 1 or 4 is a paired passage you should: A) Do it first. B) Do it second. C) Do it third. D) Do it last. 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