ACT Past Papers with Answers

Paper 47 · ACT June 2013 · Form 71C · English Test

The writer would like to introduce the topic of the essay by closely connecting the opening paragraph to the setting that is described in the rest of the essay. Given that all the choices are true, which one best accomplishes the writer's goal? job. 团n times ofthe year but not others. bucket.

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Source question 5. ACT-71C 2 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 1 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■1 Clusters of grapes drooped haphazardly. The outer 6 portions of the vines had already been picked clean. I could see other workers nearby. 7 Scuppernongs and muscadines—the words themselves so flavorful一growing wild in the southeastern United 8 States for centuries. Few farms cultivate it commercially. 9 The grapes have a faintly musky flavor. They can be twice 10 as big as the grapes morecommonly sold in grocery stores. Instead of being oblong or egg-shaped, they are almost perfectly spherical, something like marbles, only soft, and full of summer. Typically, commercial grapes can be cut from the vine a cluster at a time, because all the fruit in a cluster ripens at the same time. A single cluster of scuppernongs or muscadines, however, may have two grapes ready to be pickedimmediately, four that will be ready the following day, and a half dozen that won't ripen until the following week. Harvesting is, therefore, labor.:.intensive. ACT-71C· 3

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G1ven that all the choices are true, which one continues to provide a contrast with the description in this para­ graph'sfirst sentence?

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Given· that all the choices are true, which one most effectively focuses ori the act of one person picking grapes? leaves and felt a cluster there. since before I was born. grapejelly from locally harvested fruit.

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Given that all the choice� are true, which one provides information that is most relevant to the focus of the paragraph? generations. yet. GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE魏 1 ． ■ ． ． ． ■ ． ■ ■ 1 Scuppemongs make a transition color-wise from 11 light green to translucent yellow as they mature. But when the fruit, which grows in vineyards, is deep in the 12 vine, so a vineyard worker can have a hard time seeing 13 the color of the grapes. Following instructions from the farmer, I picked by feel instead, testing the skin for the rubbery texture that would indicate ripeness. After filling my bucket to the brim, I walked back to the shelter, the 14 harvest accumulating there on long wooden tables. Resting a moment, I slipped a grape in my mouth，严out the 15 bitter seeds and skin, and let the sweet fruit settle on my tongue.

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Source question 15. PASSAGE II ASix-Month Stay in Space WhenU.S. astronaut, Sunita Williams, 16 left for her six-month stay at the International Space Station (ISS) in December 2006. The United 17 States was not the only country tracking her voyage. Because herfather had been born in India, many citizens. 18 of India also proudly followed Williams as she completed 19 research about spaceflight.

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Source question 16.

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Given中主ail血吐oices are true, which one gives the most re!e飞直 bai::k:ground information to explain the details presented泣theremainder of the sentence? 声血s's 盆complishments, S芘芘s,

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\\'hi.ch choice most clearly suggests that Williams is notthe only astronaut whohas worked attheISS? ACT·71C 4 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 1 ■ ． ■ ■ ■ ■ ． ■ ■1 [1] As a NASA flight engineer, Williams was assigned to conduct maintenance on the ISS, some of which needed 20 to be performed outside the station. . [2] Their spacewalk lasted over seven hours, during which they rerouted the temporary power systemto a permanent one. [3] Before · her first spacewalk in December 2006, Williams and her colleague, Bob Curbeam, spent hours preparing for the environment of space, which was to be sleeping in an 21 airlock to help them adjust to a lack of air pressure. [4] Over the next three months, Williams conducted three more additional spacewalks to make repairs. (5] These 22 brought her total spacewalk time to 29 hours 17 minutes, a record for women at that time．巨］ Williams also conducted experiments and educational demonstrations for NASA; however, her most publicized eventinvolved a personal goal. Having qualified for thespring 2007 Boston Marathon before her voyage; she decided to run the marathon 24 (during the actual Boston race) on the ISS treadmill, which is used by the astronauts to fight the physical effects ofmicrogravity. Tohold the nearly weightless runner in place, a harness fastens around the runner's hips and shoulders and connect to the treadmill with 2S bungee cords and clips. Williams completed her run in 4 hours 24 minutes, becoming the fi 江st person to participate in a marathon while in orbit

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Source question 22.

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For the sake of the logic and coherence of this para­ graph, Sentence 2 should be placed:

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Source question 25. ACT-71C ．：．； 5 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 1 ■ ． ． ■ ■ ． ■ ． ■1 巳At the 2007 InternationalAstronautical Congress in Hyderabad, India, she spoke about the effects of 27 spaceflight on the human body. Due in part to one's 28 research, one day both men or women may be able to 29 journey farther out into space.

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Given that all the following statements are true, which one, if added here, would most logically lead readers into the paragraph? to her spaceflight was to stayin an underwater lab­ oratory for ten days. of Needham, Massachusetts, with inspiring her. in marathons after her arrival back on Earth. professional invitations to shareher work.

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Source question 29. d w w w om o om m en e en n m m m ay a a b y y e b b e e Question 30 asks about the preceding passage as a whole.

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Suppose the writer's goal had been to focus o� the path that Williams took to become an astronaut. Would this essay accomplish that goal? past led to her trip to the ISS. goals as an astronaut. andthehuman body. ISS. ACT-71C 6 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 1 ■ ■ ■ ． ■ ■ ． ． ■1 PASSAGE Ill Form Follows Function Many cities are adorning their public transportation 31 systems by implementing bike-share programs. Bikes docked at stations throughout these cities provide 32 commutersand tourists with another mode of transit for short, in-city trips. A person can take a bike (usually for a small fee) from one station, ride it, and then return it to another station near his or herdestination. Programs vary based on cities' unique conditions, but one thing is consistent, 33 bike-share bikes—often described as clunky or even ugly一don't look like ordinary bikes. There are, however, good reasons for that. Bike-share bikes are designed to be durable and easy to repair. Steel, not lightweight aluminum, is 34 the preferably material for building sturdy bike frames. 35 To minimize mechanical problems, many programs provide single-speed or three-speed bikes: fewer gears means fewer repairs. In hilly cities, where more gears are essential, bikes are equipped with enclosed, or 36 internal, hub �protect the gearsfro� 37 weather- or contact-related damage.

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Source question 35.

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Which choice most strongly emphasizes the necessity of having more gears?

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Source question 37. ACT-71C 7 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. Some bike features have been specifically chosen to prevent theft. Painting all the bikes one color, however,

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Source question 38. in facL makes them easily identifiable. [A] Another theft deterrellt is the use of not yollr ordinary bike parts. [8] Because the goal of many bike thieves is to reuse or sell individual

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Source question 39. irregular, as in not standard. not the same standardized nonstandard parts; components incompatible with non-bike-share 40 bikes are relatively useless to thieves. [C] Other bike

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Source question 40. modifications make city riding practical. A front basket or rear Tack acconunodates bags or briefcases. [D] To keep riders, clothing clean and dry, they are outfitted with 41

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Source question 42. tence with a perAOd. fenders and mud flaps to prevent riders from getting iiity. Some bikes have chain guards, encasements that prevent bike chains from rubbing grease on riders, pants. Bright lights and Ln upright seating position help the rider see and be seen. 43

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The writer wants to divide this paragraph into: two in order to separate the inforniation about theft prnven- tion from the informatiorA about the features that are helpful for riders. The best place to begin:the. new paragraph would be at Point.. As cities continue to experiment, bike-sbare programs are becoming more sophisticated, adoptiDg "smart" technologies, such as: GPS and WiFi.

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Source question 44. . technologies such as technologies sucb as. E] Chances are, though, that one thing won't 45 change: the bikes will still stand out.

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At this point, the writer is considering adding the fol- lowing true statement: Additionally, some cities are adoptincr ¢￿- share programs. Should the writer make this addition here? bike-share programs to include other forms of transportation. innovative efforts to expand transportation options. grams are also using GPS and WiFi technologies. essay by introducillg loosely related infOrn￿tiO￿. PASSAGE IV The following paragraphs may or may not be in the most logical order. Each paragraph is num- bered in brackets, and question 60 will ask you to choose where Paragraph 4 should most logically be placed. America the Beautiful [1] Katharine Lee Bates had rarely traveled out of her home state of Massachusetts befor¢ the excursion that would take her by wagon and then by mule to the top of Pikes Peak in July of 1893. As she began her motion in an upward direction of the towering 46 landmark in Colorado Springs, Bates looked up in Lwe at the Rocky Mountains rising majestically into the clouds.

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Source question 46. uprising movement ascent [2] Bates, a professor of English at Wellesley College. had traveled by train with several colleagues to Colorado College to teach a three-week session. The trip itself was an adventure. Instead, a two-day train ride ended 47 in Cbicago. where the World's Colurnbian Exposition,

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Source question 47. a nineteenth-century world's fair, was taking place.

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Source question 48. on location in that place. in effect. West of Chicago, the train's vision shifted with the passing 49

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Source question 49. view from the train view of the train n]iles. In Colorado. because the expanse of ripening grain under aTnple skies gave way to the spectacle of the Rocky Mountains. SO. F. NO CHANGE where seeing [3] Bates composed the first verse of her poem:

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Source question 50. Refer to the source image.

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Source question 51. verse of her poem vers& of her poem, verse, of her poem "Arnerica the Beautiful" wbile standino atop Pikes Peak. From the crest, at an elevation of over

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Given that all the choices are true, which one most directly reminds readers of the dramatic setting that Inspired Bates? in a moment of inspiration. in the nineteenth century. 14,000 feet high up in elei:ation: she gazed out at an America siie bad aever seen before, the land below as vast as Ihe sky above.

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Source question 53. [4] After descending to Colorado Springs that evening. Bates Could not get the spirit of the landscape or the staggering sight of the purples. browns, greens, and golds of the mountain vista out of her mind. She wrote down four stanzas of the poem in her notebook, however, she 54

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Source question 54. notebook; however. notebook however, notebook however was not pleased with this first attempt and set it aside.

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Source question 55. sat ttsem beside. set it sideways. sat it aside. [5] Thvo years later, when she found her notes from 56 the Colorado trip, rewrote the poem. and submitted it for publication. "America the Beautiful" appeared in the July 4, 1895, issue of The Congregationalist magazine. But Bates, whichever the perfectionist, continued to

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Source question 56.

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Source question 57. who is ever revise the poem. In 1913, she revised "America the

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If the writer wants to emphasize Bates's determination to continue to irnprove hei poem. which cboice would .be LEAST acceptable? rethink sections of the poem. ieread her favorite parts. Beautiful" for the last time, and, like some previous versions. it was set to the tune of the old hymn "Materna." This version, still sung today, reflects Katharine Lec

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Which choice concludes the essay by surnmarizing it? ' was once sung to a variety of thnes by people in many parts of the country. is a reminder that s.uccessful poets sometimes revise their work rnultiple times before they are happy with it. Is the one I remember learning whell I was in grade school. 551 Bates's own encounter with the vastness and natUEal beauty of the United States of America. 59 Quéslion 60 asks about the precedlng passage as a whol8.

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For the sake of the logic and coherence of the essay, Paragtaph 4 sbould be placed: where it is now. after Paragraph 2. PASSAGE V The Evolutlon of Vocal Learnlng [1] Scientists distinguish vocal learning, the ability to 61 remernber and reproduce sounds after hearing them from 61 auditory learnin89 the ability to make associatioDs with certain sounds. For example, dogs. ability to recognize a commaad such as "siv. is ali example of auditory learning. becausc while dogs can learn to identify and respond to the sound, they can't imitate the sound. Dogs do of course vocalize. they bark. Elowever, dogs. 02 ability to bark is a genetically innate vocalization. That

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Source question 61. sounds after hearing them, sounds after hearing thern, sounds, after hearing them

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Source question 62. Dogs. do of course vocalize. is. a dog doesn't learn to bark but, rather. are born knowing how. [A]

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Source question 63. one doesn't [2J Only humans, bats, cetaceans (whales and dolphins). seals, elephants. and three groups of birds-parrots, hummingbirds, and songbirds-are capable of voca] Iearning. [B] Even though these ￿0upS of animals are only distantly related, they have similarities in brain structure that accounts for the shared iiocal learning 65 ability. [c] Neurobiologist ￿leb JaTris, who stlldies

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Source question 64. cetaceans (whales and dolphins,) cetaceans. (whales and dolpbins) cetaceans, (whales) and dolphins,

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Source question 65. of which accounts of which account the vocal learning process in birds: bas a tbeory about why so little species, POS>ess this

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Source question 66. IL few species, ability. 67

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At this point, the writer is considering adding the fol- lowing true statsment: In intervAews, Jarvis states that his passion for studying the vocal learning process-bird songs, in particular has been influenced b). his background in classical dance. Should the writer make this addition here? ceding statement about Jarvis. vocal learnirts. ID the essay. relevant until later in the essay.

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Source question 68. [3] Jarvis suspects vocal learners share a common ancestot that existed before tbe alianlmammalian evolutionary spllt. [D] Vocal learning Tr"as once a common ability, it was, however, eliminaied in most

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Source question 69. ability, however, it was ability, but it was ability; but species by natural selection. Because Trocal learners 70 produce a wide range of sounds, or varied syntax. Jarvis surmises that such creatures were in more da￿￿er from predators than were innate vocalizers, whose less-lwied

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Source question 70. Being that the reason sounds blend mor¢ easily with background noise. The species that have retained vocal learning ability are rare exceptions. They either hav¢ few natural predators or have effective escape metho(ts (as in the case of birds).

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Ivhich of the following parenthetical phrases, if added bere, would be most conststent with the other type of inforniLtion provided within the sentence? learning) say) survival) [4] Similarly, vocal learners may bave developed the

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Source question 72. G" Alternatively, ability in a state of independence of one another. Jarvis 73 concedes that he has yet to identify a common ancestor.

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Source question 73. in independency independently independence

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Source question 74. The similarities in vocal learners, brain structure's, 74 however, make it difficult for Jarvis to dismiss the theory. Question 75 ask8 about the precedlng passage as a whole.

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The writer is considering adding the following true statement to the essay: Vocal learning differs from innate vocalization in that learners must first hear the sound they later imitate. If the writer were to add this sentence to the essay, it would most logically be placed at Point: END OFTEST 1 STOP! DO NOT TURN THE PAGE UNTIL TOLD TO DO SO.