ACT Past Papers with Answers

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At this poinL the writer is considering adding the fol- lowing true statement: Another key figure was Ron Turcotte, the skillful jockey who rode Secretariat to victory in the Triple Crown races. Should the writer make this addition he￿? logical transition to the rest of the essay. mentioned ill the preccding sentence. on horses that have won the Triple Crown. pose of introducing the essay's main topic. ACT-B02 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. Although often overlooked and underappreciated, a groom plays a significant role in the life of a racehorse. A groom's basic tasks include washing and brushing the horse, trimming its mane alld tail. and they clean its

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Source question 3. cleaning clean hooves. [A] A grooni also cleans stalls and takes care of

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Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion wouId NOT be acceptable? riding equipment. [B] Those whom witnessed Sweat with

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Source question 5. who of whom of which Secretariat altest that his care surpassed the usual duties of a groom. He'd talk to the horse constantly, he'd soothe him

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Source question 6. L'ongtalltly. Soothing constantly" soothing constantly, soothing in Gullah, a CTeole-English language cornmonly spoken in the South Carolina African American conllnunity Sweat grew up in. [C] After cooking Secretariat a mash of oats and corn, he'd watch him eat, taking note of any changes in appctite noticeablc to him while the horse was eating.

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Source question 7. tence with a period. He'd also examine Secretariat's teeth and take his temperature daily, attention to any signs of illness or

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Source question 8. attentively to attentive to attentively distress. [D] Sweat would spend extra timc massaging the horse's legs, applying healing poultices made from herbs he had gathered. However, on nights before big races, he'd

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Source question 9. even sleep next to the horse's stall. io

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The writer wants to divide this paragraph into two in order to separate the general information about a groom's duties from the specific details about Eddie Sweat's work as a groom. The best place to begin the new paragraph would be at: ACT-B02 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. Sweat's collstant. companionship, and expert care kept Secretariat healthy and calm in a stressful racing

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Source question 11. constant companionship, constant, Cotnpanionship constant companionship environment en a bronze statue honoring

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At this point, the writer is considering adding the fol- lowing accurate information: that involved much contact with the public, grueling training sessions, and frequent travel Should the writer make this addition here? lariat endured. gent care for Secretarxat. IL No, because it shows that Sweat's care had liltle impact on Secretariat's performances. an unusually difficult racehorse. Secretariat was unveiled at the Kentucky Horse Park in 2004, it featured not only the Triple Crown champion and his jo¢key but his groom, Eddie Sweat, as well. 13 The statue. depicting Sweat with his left hand oripping

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Source question 13. the lead rope, his right rests on the horse's side,

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Source question 14. 14 would rest resting rested is a lasting tribute to Sweat's exceptional care. Is

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Given that all the choices are accurate, which one mosi effectively concludes the sentence and the essaTr by reinforcing the essay's main point? remains there today, a celebration of the spirit of olle of the greatest racehorses in history. weighs 1,500 pounds and És located in the section of the park called Secretariat Plaza. is a beautiful reminder of the special bond that can form between horse and jockey. PASSAGE 11 Himalayan Garnets [1] When geologist, Elizabeth Cailos, began 16 gathering garnets in the HÉmalayan Mountains in

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Source question 16. the late 1990s, most scientists had a fairly rigid llnderstanding of the mountain range's history. [A] It was commonly held that the Hinralayas had formed approximately 55 million years ago when India drifted 17 north on a layer of semimolten rock, collided with Asia.

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Source question 17. ACT-B02 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. The collision forced one tectonic plate into the other. 18 crumpling the land where the plates met. The resulting

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Source question 18. compelled imposed coerced mountain range, one of the longest in the world, stretches 1,500 miles across six countries and features many impressive moiintains. Although 19 the Himalayan range was thought to have remained

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The writer is considering revising the underlined por- tion to the following: boasts niue of the world's len highest peaks. Should the writer make this revision? across so many countries. trates the ￿agnItude of the mountain range. highest peak is located. in the paragraph. relatively unchanged over these tens of millions of years, Catlos was surprised to discover that some of the garnets she bad collected formed less than that many years ago. {B]

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Which choice draws the most specific contrast between the presumed age of the Himalayas and the age of the garnets Catlos collected? only a few million not very many [2] Garnets ar¢ gemstones with a crystal structure. They are fornied many miles beneath the surface of the earth, where high pressures and temperatures allows zi

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Source question 21. is allowing allow them to crystallize. These gemstones are really good in

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Source question 22. work so well when it cornes to are particularly useful for geologic dating. [C] Resistant to chemical change after

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Source question 23. they crystallize. scientists can analyze the gemstones 10 deterniine Ihe temperaEure and pressure of the earth ivben the garnets formed. Such analyses are possible because garnets also contain monazit¢, a rare mineral that is easily dated. This allows scientists

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Source question 24. a rare, easily dated mineTal that makes these analy- ses feasible. a rare mineral that is easily dated without difficulty. an easily daied, rare mineral found in garnets. to identify the garnets, approximate age. And the earth's 2?. A. NO CHANGE age; and age and conditions when the gemstones formed. ACT-B02 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. [3] The dating of Catlos's gatnets, as well as analysis of the pressures and temperatures encoded in their structure, indicates that they were not fornied by a single collision, as was previously thought. Rather, it seems that India has ontinued to push northward into Asia. According to new estimates, the tnountaill range as we know it today most likely underwent major changes as recently as five million

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Source question 25. Refer to the source image.

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Source question 26. mountains some

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Source question 27. as it is known to we as we know them years ago. Incredibly, as one of Catlos's colleagues notes. "Geologically, the present Himalayan range front was formed just yesterday., [D]

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Source question 28. are noting, note, Questions 29 and 30 ask about the preceding passage as a whole.

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The writer is considering adding the following sen- tence to the essay: Specifically, garnets are key minerals scien- tists use to determine the age and origin of igneous and metamorphic Tock. If the writer were to add this sentence, it would most logically be placed at:

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Suppose the writer's primary purpose had been to offer a brief biography of a notable scientist. Would this essay accomplish that purpose? 10 the study of precious gemstones. discover the true age of the Himalayas. ing changed a long-held scientific belief. colleaoues as well. ACT-802 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. PASSAGE 111 Ports of Retall: Hudson River Ferries The r￿st steam-powered ferry on the Hudson River, the Juliana. left Hoboken, New Jersey, for New York City on October 11, 181 I, in ihe nineteenth century. Ferries, 31 mostly of the small sailboat kind called sloops, had been traveling on the Hudson for centuries. carrying cargo and

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Source question 31. marking the first such trip by a steam-propelled ferry. on the Hudson RiveT. tence with a period. passengers. What made steamboat travel so revolutionary was speed. A trip from New York City to Albany. for example. took seven days in a sloop, a steamboat

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Source question 32. shortened that trip to one day. Less vulneTable to the JJ weather, steam-powered ferries were reliable, and thus

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Given that all the choices are accurate, which one best completes the contrast set up in the first part of the sentencc? their popularity grew. on the Hudson River. in terms of time. measurably. Onboard these ferries, comrnuters crossed from homes in Hoboken to jobs in Manhattan. Society's

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Source question 34. uppcr cchelon meandered on scenic upriver excursions. "Passengers" sometimeg included horses, goats. and chickens. Many of thesc vessels offered rudimcntary comforts at best. Others, from that time period, boasted 35

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Which choice most vividly reinforces the inforniation in the Test of the sentence? according to authoritative sources, incident￿ly, an elegance that unsurpassed the river. For a while. older

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Source question 36. unsurpassed with ullsurpassed on unsurpassed in styles of ferries, such as those powered by horses brought 37 onboard to turn a paddle wheel, continued to operate. But the steam-powered ferries. hundreds of them. ruled the

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Source question 37. engaged Hudsoll River fo[ Illost of the llineteenth, and part of the 38

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Source question 38. nineteenth alld, nineteenth and nineteenth. but twentieth centuries. ACT-B GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. Bear Mountain Bridge was built by the Harriman fa￿1]y. Until bridges spanned the Hudson River-more

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Given that all the choices are true, which one best introduces the topic of the paragraph ately replace ferries. what makes trips up the Hudson Rii'er so scenic. to take automobiles onboard. 3Y than a mile wide in places, car owners rclicd on ferries 4Q to tTansport their vehicles from one shore to the other.

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Source question 40. Bearing names like Elmira. Lackawanna, Tmxedo, and Skillypoi, ferry travel helped transforni the region Énto 41 one of the biggest econornic.and cultural centers of the

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Source question 41. world. At its. peak in 1927, ferry service between

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Source question 42. its it's 42 New Jersey to New York reached twenty-sevell million 43 passengers annually. In a few years that number

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Source question 43. oll the way to plummeted. The Hudson River Vehicular Tunnel, later renamed the Holland Tunnel, opened in 1927, followed by

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Source question 44. the George Washington Bridge in 1931. By the time the first cars traveled 1.5 miles throu(Fh thc Lincoln Tunnel in 1937, the golden age of ferries on the Hudson had ended. Question 45 asks about the preceding passage as a whole.

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Suppose the writer's primary. purpose had been to pro- vide a detailed coMp￿]son of sloops and steamboat fer- ries that operated on the HLtd.wn Rik'er in the nineteenth century. Would this essay accompRiKh that purpose? types of transportation. Sieamboat ferries were much faster. and style of both types of i'essels on rhe Hudson. which the auto industry shul down ferryboat travel on the Hudson River. inforn]ation about sloops, it focuses on the rise and fall of steamboat ferries on the Hudson. ACT-B02 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. PASSAGE IV Name That Thne [1] Crovddsourcing, "recrniting" volunteers from the general public to help perform a task, is often an efficient means of rummaging around massive amounts of data.

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Source question 46. toting t2] But for the Whale Song Project, which focuses on deciphering the songs of killer and pilot whales. CTowdsourcing also alleviates the problem of subjective lllterpretation. [3] It has been instrumental in classifying galaxies and decoding ancient papyri. 47

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Which sequence of sentences makes this paragraph most logical? The key 10 learning more about the meaning of whale songs, scientists believe, is to study the songs in context.

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Source question 48. songs, scientists believe is. songs scientists believe, is songs, scientists believe is Their aim is to establish what type of situation elicits a particular song. Two pieces of sophisticated recoiding equipment is essential in this endeavor: D-tags and

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Source question 49. was hy(trophone arrays. For example, D-tags are noninvasive 50 devices temporarily attached to the whales with suction

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Source question 50. cups. Hydrophone arrays are webs of underwater recording devices si sing this equiprnent,

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At this point. the writer is considcring adding thc fol- lowing accurate infomation". trailed behind a boat or attached to a buoy Should the writer make Ihis addition here? hydrophone arrays are sophisticated recording devices. arrays are and how they differ froEn D-tags. with the rest of the essay. less effective than D-tags. scientists have amassed roughly 15.000 songs. 52 along with oiher background noises and data

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Source question 52. songs, study. roughly 15,000 songs await scientists, analysis. about the whales, locations and movements. AGT.B02 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. Now scientists are turning to crowdsourcing io meet the next challenge. tagging similar-sounding 53

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Source question 53. challenge" that of challenge" songs as matches. These matches are vital for the project,

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Source question 54. they allow scientists to identify and compare multiple situations in which the same song was recorded. The process, which effectively narrows the range of 55

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Source question 55. potential factors that possibly could have evoked

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Source question 56. a particular song, thereby offering better clues to the song's meaning. The variability in human capacity to distinguish

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Source question 57. with high and low tones makes the matching process highly subjective. Crowdsourcing, however, allows scientists to nab significant tr¢nds in matchmaking rather than to work 58

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Source question 58. come to find out spot stake out from a few listeners, interpretations. Nevertheless, songs

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Source question 59. can be sorted more reliably. Where so much depends on identifying similarities in sounds that crowdsourcing 60 could provtdc a crucial step toward understanding what

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Source question 60. sounds, with Sounds as sounds, the whales are sayillg. 10 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. PASSAGE V A Natural Comedian [1] When silent comedy films, which debuted 61 in the early 1900s, thc public was delighted by slapstick's over-the-top brawls, falls. and pantomimes.

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Source question 61. [2] Exaggerated gestures and expiessiolls, long used by actors to hammer home the hilarity of their acts in vaudevklle theaters, began to fall flat with filmgoers. [3] By 1910: however, audiences, tastes were more refined. 62

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Source question 62. audience's tastes were audience's taste was audiences. taste was [4] Craving comedies, but they lamented the overacting. 63

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Source question 63. lamented audicnces began to call for funnier-and more natUTal-

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Source question 64. silent actors.

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Which sequence of sentences makes this paragraph most Iogical? An illustrator's model, Mabel Norniand, proved perfect for the part. Skilled at calling up realistic emotions for magazine art and ads. Norniand was invited to take part in a film as an extra. After impressing them with her natural wit and nuanced expressions, directors at the

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Source question 66. Biograph film company offered her a costar's collaract. ithin a ye￿, she was accepting staffing roles with major studios. 67

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If the writer were to delete the preceding sentence, this paragraph would primarily lose". a suggestion that Normand's success turned the Biograph film company into a major film studio. an explanation of how Normand switched from dramatic acting to comedic acting. a detail establishing the idea that Normand was popular with audiences. an indication of how quickly Normand's acting career flourished. ACT-B02 11 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. Normand livened up their usual comedy fare, radiating charisma in case she was waltzing at a 08 garden party or tumbling inio a mud puddle. Audiences, starstruck, wrote in to newspapers asking who this new

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Source question 68. whether since talent was. Actors, too, were inspired by Normand's lively but subtle comedy style. One of her costars, the young Charlie Chaplin, later attributed part of his immense success to Norniand's mentoring. Normand set an example not only for her costars, but also for women entering film. Early comedies cast women 69

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Source question 69. vas also inspirational for also inspired in only a handful of stereotypical parts: such as, the dutiful 70 daughter or the damsel in distress. As Norniand's fame increased and she began to write and direct her own films, she created new heroines to better suit her daring 71

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Source question 70.

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Source question 71. adorn equip spirit, [] What's more, they have the last laugh. After 72

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Given that all the following statements are trne. which one provides the most effective transition between the preceding sentence and the rest of the paragraph? her native New York City, features characters caught in a love triangle. tame wild animals. fly rescue missions, and offici- ate rnarriaires. mainly by wearino silly makeup and costumes. later films costarring Roscoe Arbuckle. getting hit with a pie in the film The Ragiime Band. however, Normand's character, outraged: wipes the pie off her face and flings it right back. Her initiative sets

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Source question 73. similarly, off a massive food fight, throughout which nobody 74 laughs harder than Norniand.

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Source question 74. fight. which throughout, ACT-802 12 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. Question 75 asks about the preceding passage as a whole.

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Suppose the writer's main purpose had been to explore the significance of an early film actor's career. Would this essay accomplish that purpose? pursue an acting career changed Normand's per- sonality and ambitions. charm and impressive acting talents affected omedy film. stick acting to write and direct more sophisticated Comedy films. popularity, comedy films like Normand's failed to satisfy audiences. END OF TEST 1 STOP! DO NOT TURN THE PAGE UNTIL TOLD TO DO SO. ACT-B02 13