ACT Past Papers with Answers

AE this point the.writer is considering adding the .fol- lowing true statement: Mapy of .MBXico's most"famaus danceTS began .theii careers with the Ballet Folklorico. Sljould the writer make this addition'here? F, Ycs,'because it tnaintains the essay's focus on the any famous ballet dancers of Ivtexico. a professional dancer. Am'alia Heinandez. ¢1sewhere in. th¢ essay. Growing up, iri Mexico in the 1920s Hernandez b-lieved she was born to dance, Her father, a prO￿lnent

Source question 3. up in Mexico in the 1920s, up, in Mexico in the 1920s, up in Mexico, in Lbe 1920s rancher and politician, did not approve of his dau(yhter exhibiting herself in such a tnanner. But Amalia..was ACT-6SÉ GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. persistent.. Despite this, her father acquiesced,.

Source question 5. in.that he gave in. Senator Hernande[ built a darjce studio and hired Europe's fi'iie5t teac4L eTS to instrucc Arnalia in: classical and modeni ballet, The young woman relished the experience and excelled in hei studies, but something wasn't right.

Source question 6. in, £lassical in classical iri classical,

Source question 8. countrys, country's collntries So Amali& beoan studying under Mexican fDlkloiist Luis Folipe Obregon. Sb.e learned tnat her countrys folklore was a fusion of Aztec, Mayan. Spanish, French, Dutch, and African illlluences. The songs and dances she cherished chronicled life, death, and

Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion is LEAST acceptable? combination mixture to haN"e a rcbirth: they celebrated creation and revolution;

F, NO CHANGE rebirth. to have rebirth. they celsbrated the seasons and the harvest. However, li Hernandez decided to translate this lore into a new

The writer is considering adding .the following clause to the end of the. preceding sentellce (changing the period afier the word dancerJ to & comma): eventually choreographillg over forty ballets .for the CQJLpally. Should the writer make this addition there? . Hernandez's Contributions to her dance'cortLpany. .what Hernandez's balleis were like. H: No: because it faiLs to maintain the paratrraph's focus on Hernandez's job at Mexico's Institute of Fine Arts. ,Htinandez's role iri'the Ballet Folklorico. Ill 1954, Mexico's Department of Tourisn] nade Ihe Ballei Folk16rico an official cultural arnbassador. It has ' won hundred5 of awards and toured over eighty countries. performing ill a Tange of venues from the Greek Parthenon. to New York's Radio City Music Hall. Though Hernandez died in 2000, her legacy: the Ballet Folklorico-lives on, l3

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Source question 16. elses, elses clsc a deliberate act, which I just un￿OnscIouSlY assume 17

Source question 17. act ttL&t act, act Ihai all pens belong to n]e. .1& . 18. If the w'riter were to delece Lhe Nords sh£epishlv, inad- vertenrl>. and unconscEousI)' from this p￿agraph, Ihe paragraph would prirnarily105e: c121ificati on that the narrator doesn'i mean to take ocheis pens. G, description that outlines. the narraior's meihod of deception. es'idence that .the narrator feels threaten- an indicaLion th4t the narrator is indecisil'e. Perhaps this is because beino a w'riter and I neN"er 19 .really fecl COllLfortable without a pen in rlly possession.

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'Nl'-ni- -h of the follo￿."1￿[r alLernatives 10 Ihe underlined. portion w'ould NOT b¢ acceptable? a luc7e nuTrber many alot I simpl). feel better to know a pen is handy. W-ho knows

Source question 21. to kiow that 21 when they w'ill run dry. 22 Maybe I'm afraid an itnporcani Ihought will come

Source question 22. the one T'rn usinLy 50methinor either one to me and I, IL have no way to record it, You can alTh'ays capture an idea by scribblintr a sentence on a napkin. a bit of newspaper. or even your haud. As long as )ou have a pen, paper is a secondary concern. Acf43E GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. Pells are also featured prominently at my bedside. Srnill piles of uncapped ballpoints gather as if of their own

Source question 25. negative. consequences. I'm not just referring to the embarrassment of being caught walking off with someone else's property. There's still the fact that 16 there , their its

Source question 26. corLsequetLtIy instead also ' most of my clothes have been decorating with ink stains 27 . from leaking pens or scrawls from mornents of

Source question 27. ', B. had be2n decorated are decoratillg are decoraied unconscious doodling. [1] After a recent roiskap involving half of my travel 28 waTdrobe, my. father Collvinced me Dot to i)ack pens in my suitcase. [2] And to me, that feels like traveling light. [3] The loTh' ali pressure in the plane's cargo hola is bound to niake th¢m leak and ruin my clotk]es. [4] Despite such calamities, I Slill rravel with at least five pens, capped but ready in my pocket,

Upon reviewing this essay, the writer.is thinking about deleting, the.opening paragraph.,Should .that paLagiaph be kept DT deleted? and the tone of the essay. ' G. Kept, .because it identifies the natTator's friend and the problem that person faces. not developed later Lll the essay. this situation was.resolved. 'ASSAGE111 Working and Living under the Sea [1] Underv'ater explorer Jacques ousteau, exploIing under the sea, predicted 31 iat one day humans would be "freed from the ondatre of the Surface" to work and even live

Source question 31. B: Cousteau-exploring.under the sea- 'D. Cousteau nderwateI. tn the .1960s, this became rea￿tY ,ben the U.S. Navy deployed it's first 32

Source question 32. there its its, lldersea habitat, SeaLab. I 33

The writer is considering adding the following phrase to the end of the preceding sentenc¢ (replacing tFLe peiiod after SeaLab with a comrna): all underwater envirollment where people Call live and work. Should the writer add this phrase heic? S£aLab habitat. Navy deployed. .C. No. because the SeaLab has already been described. paragraph away from its primary focus.

Source question 34. [2] An undersca habitat all0￿"ed divers to remain Di the -ean floor for extendea periods between dives. Because ie pressure inside is matched to ihe pressure of the ocean pth outside, divers can enter and exit at will without

The best placement for the underlined portion would where it is now. after the word ability. aftcr the word time. alter the word scienfists. 36 or exarnple, at a

Source question 37. D: depth of sixty feet, work 'had to start from the wateI surface, using SeaLab, 38 divers can work each day for as long as ihey desire.

Source question 38. . surface using SeaLab .surface-using seaL￿b, surface..Using SeaLab, [3] Not long ago, the LDOSf advanced in a seties of undeisea habitats, Aquarius, was rested on the ocean floor izi iÉLe Florida Keys. Bolted to a two-hundred-ton pLatform sixty-six feet below sea level at Conch Reef, scientists at this" research outpost are offered

Source question 39. . this research outpost offers scientists scielltists researching at this outpost are offered research scientists at Ihis outpost are.offered a unique oppoitunity to'study the iznpact of pollution on coral reefs. 40

Which of the following true statements, if added here, ould best point out the governing bodies from which the AquariLlS project receiv.2s its orders? Oceanic attd AttnospbeiL¢ .Administrition and the University of North c￿011na, the Aquarius project. ere often &t odds while" collaborating on the Aquarius habitat. Many interested groups and organizations support research reLated to the Aguarius habitat project. Acf.63E GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. [4] Hidden Under the waves, AquariL4S is a bright yellow, ".orty-three-foot-long cylinder. Inside, scientists live in iomey if cramped quarters, with bunks, a shower and .oilet, a miciowave, and an array of scientific insirumeftts. 41

Which of the following alternatii.'es to tbe underlined portion would be LEAST acceptable? a classification an assorttncnt a collection rhey can watch marine life through large portholes, and nter and exit their pressurized domicile through the noonpool, a special air pocket that keeps the ocean 4Z )utside.

Source question 42. moonpool. A mooiipool," a moonpool a [5] [1] At a depth of sixty-six feet, this decompression akes seventeen houis. [2] When the mission is complete llld it is tirne for the aquanauts to return to land, the Iressure ingide the habitat must be gradual and reiurned 43

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ivhich of the following alternatives to the underLined portion would NOT be acc¢ptabLe? in which h'e is most widely remembered for that he is remembered most widely for

Source question 47. 46 is his illvention and creation of the wooden golf tee. 41 . irLvention,".wbich was the creliion inventLOlJ, tha't LS, the creation invention An avid golfer, Dr. GIant invented and patented the tee in 1899. Before his invention, oolfers preparing to tee off (hit thcir first sho.t) had to shape a tnound of moist ditt

Source question 48. their its, IL'S or salld to raise the golf ball off the turf in order to hil It 49 cleanly. Unfortunately, the ball would often roll off the ' handmade mound before the golfer could complete bis or By.both raising and stabilizing tEie ball, Graut's

Source question 49. to.hilting . that hit her swino ini'entioll remedied this problem. 50 >O.-:Which.-of the following alternatives to the .underlined portiOL] would be LEAST acceptable? coirected alleviated rescued The tee Dr. Grant invented Tr'as not marketed for 51 commerctal Use. After earning his doctor of dentaL.surgery SL

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Source question 53. was are. .were GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. ACT-63E Dr. Grant's invention of the golf tee and l]is 54 innovatiiie dental bridge rnay seem to be all unlikely

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Source question 59. concenirating .conceotrate about whether Iheir golf balls would remain in place as ihe}' 5KFuno Question 60 asks about the preceding passage as a whole.

Source question 61. ' B. built the 61 planners had ao ordeily scheme about the coLLectLQll 62 of Irash. Garbage cans would be picked up from

Source question 62. the Darrow alleys that ran behind the rows 63.

Source question 63. so that they since Ihey

Givcn that all the choices are true, which .descripiion of the sidewalks best supports the.logic. of the city planners, trash colleciion system, .as described in this paragrapli? of houses. The standard-width sidewalks old, faThiliar with which the houses faced wouLd remain 6S free of trash Ieceptacles.

Source question 65. 'ith the houses facing For six.or.severt decades. this is the way things would have worked. G￿bage trucks 66

Source question 66. things worked.

Which choice presents this action in a ￿'aY inost con- sistent WLth che writer's description of the alleys? rambIed down rolled along travèled squeezed Ihrollgli tELe back alleys, collecting trash. 67 However, tELe construction of new vehicles in recent years put an end to the city deskgners,. plans. Today's garbage trucks are enormous, far wider than the slender alleys. Unlike the older trucks, they are painted bright yellow. 68

Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion iiiould NOT be acceptable? street, so that what street; what street, what street: what once hidden away bchind the houses are now out 1]] the 70

Source question 70. . were open, for all to see. How disappointed those early town leaders would bc to see this public display of trash. 71 [1] Yet, the new system bas an unexpected benefil.

Which of the foLlowing alteInatives to the underlined portion would be LEAST acceptablc? exhibition attraction spectacle showittg [2] It has made the mechanical gyn]nastics of the garbage truck rouch nore visible to our neighborhood's young chiLdren, who delight in watching the show.. [3] A fire. 72 engine is bright red and loud, but it doesn't pass by often. [4] For thcm, the garbage truck is even better than a fir- engine, [5] The garbage truck, oll the other hand, is a weekly visitor and exotic in its own way. [6] Its best 73

Source question 72. whom which whose

Which of the following alternatiyes to the underlined portion would NOT be acceptable? vi.sitDr that is visitor it's I'isiior and is visilor, features are h￿d to beat the bright yellow paint. the sound 74 of the warning horn as it backs up, and, inosc amazing of all, the way its mecbanical arra lifts and durnps the trash calls into its open back end. O

For the sake of Ihe logic and coherence of this. para- grapb, Sentence 4 should be placed: where it is now. after Sentence l. afcer Sentence 2. after Sentence 6. amazement on the children's faces, I'm sure they would feel the satne way. END OF TEST 1 STOPI DO NOT TURN THE PAGE UNTIL TOLD TO DO SO. 4CT.62E