ACT Past Papers with Answers

Cjiven that all the choices are true, which one best sets up the imaoe of the castle as a scary place? a forbidding a visible a solid stones. The turrets piercing the sky and the gargoyles snarling at us from every jagged ledge sent mc straight

Source question 3. were snarling snarled snarl into the Dark Ages. A forest crowded in on all sides as if trying to smother the castle, like a dragon's tongue, a red

Source question 4. castle. Like castle like castle, flag snapped in the March wind. I was thrilled. ACT.70C GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. Our spring break trip to Europe was low-budget. Lumpy beds, broken television Sets, and inexpensive meals were the norm. Bul we had agre,ed ahead of time

Source question 5. agreed that to splurge on one night in a castle. In making our plans. a Scooby-Doo episode came to my mind as I pictured it.

Source question 6. an episode of Sci)ob)'.Doo filled MJ head with somethiiig to picture. episode. sornething out of a Scoob)-Doo epi8ode tilled my head with a picture. I w'anted a creepy castle.

Source question 8. us, thiough an entryway, us through an intryway us through an entryivay: backpacks and umbrellas. In the kitchen, she poured apple

Source question 9. umbrellas through which she led us. umbrellas that were in ihe entryway. urnbrellas there in thc eniryway. jllice into plastic cups for her kids, who were finishing off a plate of aDimdl crackers. This was not my idea of life in a castle. Where were the croblets? The torches? The spiderwebs and secret passageways? Upstairs, things were no better. A vase Jo of fresh flowers sat next to a bowl of fruit on

Source question 11. will smell like .soap and look smells like soap and looks inside of a cotiage. I wanted haunted. I got homey. AC7.7f GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. That evening, no trapdoors opened, no monsters rumbled the di)ngeon. Instead, we stumbled upon a cozy family room. The walls there were adorned in which there were heartwarming messages in frames. 12

Source question 12. with which in which with Where there should ha￿'e been tapestries of battle scenes, 13 we found photogriiphs of cute kids and

Which choice best maintains the style and tone of the paragraph? noble bLasts. Tbe next morning after that night, on the train to our

Source question 15. morning after the night before, mornin(y as we left the castle morning, next destination, we finally laughed at how 'scary" our castle visit had been. Then we finished the last of tbe homemade muffins from Pam. PASSAGE 11 Hawaii'5 Haleakala Ahinahina Plant One of Earth's most spectacular plants grows on the slopes of Haleakala 16 s a species, the

Source question 17. could of been were was ACT-70C GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. [1 J The dagger-shaped, lime green leaves of the plant 18

Source question 18. dagger-shaped lime grcen leaves,

Source question 19. are covered with with a covering of a dense layer of silvery hairs. [2] The 19 plant lives from fifteen to fifty years and at the end of it's 20 life sprouts a dazzling stalk of maroon, sunflower-like

Source question 20. its, its blossoms. [3] The stalk may reach a height of eight feet

Source question 21. in terms of height reacb achieve to reach reach and attain 21 and bear up to six hundred flower heads. [4] By the 1920s, tourism and the introduction of cattle. goats, and other nonnative grazing animals drove this plant to the brink 22

Source question 22. animals, various factors animals, in other words many forces animals. they of extinction. [5] Tourist's decreased the plant population

Source question 24. on

Source question 25. the plant under oneself with it from 26

The writer wants to divide this paragraph into two in order to separate description of the plant itself from information about harm that has been done to the plant population. The best place to begin the new paragraph would be at the beginning of Selltence: ACT.7 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. In the 1920s, alarmed about being endangered, the

Source question 27. alarmed that the Haleakala ahinahina was endangered, in the face of being endangered, alarmed and endangered, 27 Maui Chamber of Commerce petitioned Congress, asking that a serious effort be made, to save the plant. The first 28

Source question 28. serious, effort be made serious effort, be made serious effort be made reliable count of Haleakala ahinahina was made in the 29 summer of 1935. At that time, 1,470 plants were tallied.

Source question 29. worthy numbering steadfast number Over the past sixty years, the species bas been protected by the National Park Service and has been written about. Previous threats from animal grazing Jo and human activities have been eliminated in large part because of fencing and rules prohibiting hikers from

Given that all the choices are true, which one best indi- cates that tbe conservation effort referred to in the pre- ceding paragraph was successful? received considerable attention. steadily recovered. leaving established walking paths. As a result, today there are more than 40,000 Haleakala ahinahina growing in or around the volcano. PASSAGE 111 The Guerrilla Girls [1] The Guerrilla Girls are a group of women who use humor to protest sexism and racism in the art world and more! The group 31

Source question 31. in society as a whole. in other stuff too. began in New York City, in 1985 a year after several 32 of the future members protested at a major exhibition

Source question 32. began, in New York City in 1985 of contemporary art at the Museum of Modern Art. ACT.7rK GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. Of the 166 artists displayed, the majority bad their 33 work shown in temporary exhibition space. The show's 33 curator proclaimed that any artist not appearing in the show should start rethinking 'his" career. The protestors picketed outside the museum, but

Given that all the choices are true, which one would be most ielevant to the main focus of the essay. almost all were white and only sixteen were women. all of them had established reputations as artists at the time. notice was not largely given to them by passersby. So 34

Source question 34. it was not a laroely noticeable protest for largely noticeable it was not for the the future Guerrilla Girls (yenerated an unusual strategy. 35

Given that all the choices are true, which one most log- ically follows the precedino sentence and leads into the next paragraph? [2] continued protcstino against discrimination. considered the exient of racism and 5cxism in the art world. exhibit. To call attentioll more dramatÉcally to issues of discrimination, the women started wearing gorilla masks at their public appearances; after one member accidentally 36 wrote gorilla instead of guerrilla on a poster. [A] They

Source question 36. appearances after appearances: after appearances. After also assumed alternative names that were the names 37 of deceased female artists and writers, responding in interviews under the pseudonyms Frida Kahlo, Gertrude Stein, Kathe Kollwitz, and others. 0] By remaining

Source question 37. adopted names that were named themselves adopted 38

The writer is consideriniy deleting the phrase "rcspond- ing in interviews under the pseudonyms Frida Kahlo, Gertrude Stein, Kathe Kollwitz, and others" from the preceding sentence (adjusting the punctuation as needed). If the writer were to make this deletion, the senteiice would primarily lose., an indication of many different places where the Guerrilla Girls used these iiaines. an explanation of why each Guerrilla Girl chose her particular naine. examples of artists and writers whom the Guerrilla Girls considered worthy of recognition. Guerrilla Girls, use of the pseudonyms. anonymous, the Guerrilla Girls believe they avoid the distractions of individual personalities and call greater attention to the issues. [B] ACT-70C GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. [3] The Guerrilla Girls create posters that often use statistics and almost always use sarcasm to expose the exclusion of women and people of color from art 39 exhibitions. [C] The Guerrilla Girls, materials also address a variety of topics, including body image and economic injustice. Starting with their first award in 1987, the group has received honors for their books, posters, and

Source question 39. exclusion, of worncn, exclusion of women, exclusion, of women

Given that all the choiccs are true. which one most effectively helps the sentence establish a sense of how lono the Guerrilla Girls have been seen as influential in their protests? performances. [D] describe artwork, Examining civil rigbts issues in other areas of society, [4] Guerrilla Girl members continue to tour 41 the United States and Europe, speaking on college

Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion would NOT be acceptable? are continuing to tour tour and coiitinue continue touring still tour campuses, at cultural centers, and to various media outlets. Being that they use irreverent wit and satire, 42 their protests have motivated many people to

Which of the following choices most effectively con- cludes the sentence and the essay by returning to the main purpose of the Guerrilla Girls, protests? iecognize inequality in and beyond the world of art. contemplate the different styles of famous artists. important issues. consider choosing a career in an artistic field. 43 Questions 44 and 45 ask about the preceding passage as a whole.

Upon reviewing the essay and finding that some infor- mation has been left out, the writer composes the fol- lowing sentence incorporating that information: For example, one of the posters asks, "If Feb- ruary is Black History Month and March is Women's History Month, what happens the rest of the year?" This sentence would most logically be placed at Point: D in Paragraph 3.

Source question 46. counts. while counts while counts, Indian in 2001. "Winter counts" are pictorially calendars 47 that record, or count, the years by representing each year with a single picture. They're called winter counts because the Lakota measured a year from the first snowfall of one

Source question 47. visually pictorially visually pictorial winter to the first snowfall of the next. Many surviving winter counts date from the nineteenth century and were drawn onto buffalo hides. Each band or extended family group within the larger tribe kept its own winter count. A council of elders 48

Source question 48. our will decide which event the year should be remembered 49

Source question 50. Refer to the source image.

Source question 52. creaies create DELETE the underlined portion. for his own family. Likewise, he talked about what 53

Which placement for the underlined portion is both logical and also indicates that Her Many Horses had a direct conversation with his relatives? After the word been year. Together, we decided that the first year of their 55 count should be remembered as "The Year Many

Source question 55. it was Ceremonies Were Held at Wakpamani Lake." One of these ceremonies involved his niece throwing a handrnade beaded ball, so Her Many Horses drew a picture showing a young woman in traditional dress tossing a ball. By becoming the family's winter count keeper, Her Many Horses took on the role of historian and storyteller. 56

Source question 57. essentially a tool, essentially, a tool essentially a tool memories. History stays alive in the telling, as previous keepers must understand each time they looked at the 58 pictures on their winter count and .started to speak.

Source question 58. understood ACT-70C 10 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 'It was the year that Walks Far brought back the gray horse with eagle feather% braided into its tail. 59

Suppose the writer's goal had been to write a brief essay about a historical Native American tradition that has been revived recently. Would this essay accotn- plish that goal? counts have been kept up-to-date by their keepers. begun to make its own winter count. counts, not on contemporary ones. No, because it fails to place winter counts into their historical context. PASSAGE V Get the LED In [1] It was once limited to the humble role of 61 indicator light on devices such as TVS and radios, the

Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion would NOT be acceptable? diode (LED) illumination. 63 esigners today are using LEDS to create signs, displays. and area lighting that are both alluring and functional. [A]

Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion would NOT be acceptable? were capable of (renerating were able to generate would generate can generate

Source question 65. relinquish surrender cede [3] LEDS operate on extremely low voltages relative to standard (incandescent) bulbs. They also directly convert electrical current into light, thus eliminating the need to waste energy on first heating a filament that then radiates light. [B] In addition, LEDS last far longer than standard

Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion would NOT be acceptable? considerably a great deal extremely much bulbs. Whereas a typical 75-watt incandescent bulb works 07

Source question 68. hours: As the case may be, LEDS are small, shock resistant, and 69 (unlike another often-touted alternative light source,

Source question 70. mercury isn't present. no mercury. ACT-70C 12 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. [4] Commercial desioners are among those rushing to catch up in their LED use. The ceiling of an Atlantic City, New Jersey, shoppin(r arcade 8upports

Which choice best conveys the idea that cornmercia] designers are pioneers in LED use? in the forefront of now embracing considering 2,000 small color-changing LED nodes strung on overhead 72

Source question 72. stringed up stringed string cables to create the allusion of a qtar field. [D] In Sweden, students programmed color-changing LED projectors to turn a small (Trove of trees into a 'cathedral of li oht., LED

Source question 73. allusion for illusion of illusion to road signs can cot]sist of nothino more than block letters flashing out sirnple messages; they can, however, be as elaborate as oiant billboards displaying vibrant full-color images. [5] LEDS are innovative-they're costlier to 74 manufacture than incandescents and are vulnerable

Which choice most effectively sets up the rest of the sentence? to temperature extremes-but they offer numerous advantages over traditional lighting. The LED is a young technology with a bright future. soinetimes stop working- aren't perfect- Question 75 asks about the preceding passage as a whole.