ACT Past Papers with Answers

Source question 2. walk. Which fit. walk; with fitting walk. fitting.. . . schedule wheryever I could. Running errands attd visiting

Source question 3. errands, and errands, arid, eirands and, ACT-&gC GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. friends rf I walked would take longer to my destination, but I consoled myself with virtuous thoughts of how my body could benefit from the effort.

Tbe best. placement foI the underlined portion would where it is now. after the word longer. after the word body.

The writer is Lonsidering deleting. the preceding sen- tence. If the writer were to make this deletion, the paragraph would primarily lose.. a shift in the subject from exercise to humor. the writer's suIiunary of the benefits of walking. a signal that somcthkng new and unexpected will follow. a principal illustration of the Telationship between . the writer and exercise. A funny thing happened on my way to fitness. While l usually felt physically'invigoratÈd by my walks, even more satisfying were the psychological Iewards: Walking cleared my.head aiid brightened my spirits in a way llo other exercise routine ever had. [1] Walking slowed n]y often frenetic pace. [2] I was trying to go too fast. [3] In spring, I'd rejoi¢e i

Source question 7. outside

Given that,all the choices are true, which one best illustrates the narrator's appreciation of nature? when noisy birds woiild be gone from the gardens. with woolen swcaters and warm gloves. and the chance to imagine next sununeI's activities.

For the sake of the logic and coherence of this para- graph, Sentence 5 should be Placed: where it is now. after Sentence 2. after Sentence 3. GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. ACT-83C I've thought many tirnes of the instinctive way our li bodies respond to the beat of music by wanting to get up

'Which of the following alternativeg to the underlined portson would NOT be acceptable? spontaneous unconscious involuntary automatically and dancE, or how, a parent quiets a crying baby by walking back and forth: I think that at some deep level we

Source question 12. meanwhile humans need steady rbythmic, Lllovtment to feel centered 13 and content.

Source question 13. steady, rhythmic steady, rhythn]ic, steady. rhythmic So now when I want to escape the busyness of my life, I take a. walk. No matter how far I go, I Imow that I will return refreshed in both body and rnind. 14

Source question 14. refreshing in a refreshment of r¢freshed with Question 15 asks about the p.receding passage as a whole.

Given that all the choices are true, which one best helps establish this essay as a n06talgic tribute? .B. these machines aTe very expensivé. ink stains ate hard to remove. any such details remain with me.

Source question 18. whell where It was a special o.¢casion for which I. could 18 visit my father at work. However, he was a Lillotype 19

Source question 20. operatOT and the Linotypl macl]ine, operatot, and the Linotype machine, operator, and the Linotype machkne

Given that all the choices are true, which one provides , details that best help. the reader visualize the keyboard? something amazing to behold. ' D. like the alphabet right theTC just waiting to be turned into words. was unlike any I saw in other places. As he typed, the 21 llkachine melted chiinks of metal and then formed the moIten mass into lines of n]etal type, bright and burning 22 hot, these lines of type-headlines, sentènces. phrases- slid out of the machine, Once cooled, these slugs (as d]e lines of type are called) were taken to a table where the typesetter fit them together by hand into a wooden frame the size of a newspaper page. The frame was set into t.he Pl￿tIllg piess, inked, used to print page8. Afterward.

Source question 22. type. Bright the type was cleaned in various chemicals and were put 2J

Source question 23. they were put D, OMIT the underlined portion. back into the Linotype to be re-created as totnorrow's 24 headlines and stories.

Source question 24. . Linotypc. Then re-created In the early seventies, the Linotype process was phased out, and my father went to work in the business office.. His company had switched to offset priAting, a method that relies on photographic images rather than metal type. Since then, computers have further GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. ACT* revolutionized the printing illdustry. When I process text at my computer. in my job., I remember my father at his 25

Giveh that all the choices are true, which one provides information that is n]ost Televant to the contrast being established between th¢ father's profession and the narrator's? as the.editor of an Internet ]nagazine, now that I have a c£￿eer of my own, in my professional capacity. Linotype machine, When comparing his workpIa¢e to mine, it is quiet and clean. The air suiells of coffee,

Which choice is most consistent with the subject of the essay? ail aroma that I like. not ink. l). all day. surrounded by sleek vinyl office furniture. But in essetice,

Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion would NOT be acceptable? essentially, in essentially, my father's work and mine are the most alike. From hi]n, 29 l inllerited faithfulness to the written word and care in

Source question 29. the same. iiiore of the sa]ne. sellding it out into the world. Question 30 ask's about the preceding passage as a whole.

Source question 32. Refer to the source image.

Source question 33. career as a

Source question 34. degree with a degfee, having received a diploma with a degree

Source question 37. calm, forceful presence calm, forceful, prescnce calm forceful presence, AGr.osc GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. Even as she fulfilled the duties of pastor's wife. she was 38 steady and ullwaverillg. In 1956, after their home was

Source question 39. supporters were being told 'it was told 40 strength had helped hiLll through that incident. E]

Source question 41. movemEnL and movement, . movement 41 cause of racial and economic justice. 0] As fouuder of ' the Martill Luther King, Ir. Center for Nonviolent Social

Source question 43. she continues to work civil iight8 moverllent have been that 44

Source question 44. were is ACT- GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. Coretta Scott King might have become a 45 great conceTt singeI if things were different. 45

Source question 46. reporter. she had rnoyed reporter, she had moved; reporter, she had moved Globe-Demo¢rat, which shut down years ago. In 1953 47

Source question 48. would mariy married would be n￿ried to to raise their clLildren. [2] Inteiestingly. her children's needs prompted Woods's . first political. action. Each afternoon, Woods put her babies in bed for their naps, a tirne she cherished for her own . reath'ng and personal literary scbolarship.. Each afternoon, 49 trucks drove over a loos¢ utility-hole cover, and the

Source question 49. and investigation of written texts. and relaxation with books. with a peiiod. clanking and clamorous no.isemaking awoke the boys. so

Source question 50. clallkEllg lloise noisy Sound of loud clanking racket of the clanking sound AGr-6SC GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. Woods appealed on her city. council to close the street to 51 trucks, but the council stalled. She Sought her neighbors,

Source question 51. support by going door-to-door aDd gathering their signatures on a petition. [3] When Woods. called a loc￿ televisioll Station to seek & writing job, she was asked to n￿derate a panel discussion on local politics. She became a regular mod￿atOr, a job that led to her becoming

If the writer were to delete the phrase "focusing on the fight for fair housing" from the preceding sentence, the paragraph would primarily lose: an indication of thc political support for Woods tn her community. an explanation of the nature of Woods's j ob at. the television station. i elaboration on the statemént in the first part of the 8enten¢e. an example of Woods's success as a politician. As a result of her sucress 54

Source question 55. and bringing of .brillging in bringing asked to fill a vacallt seat on the city council. This was the start. of political career and led t£) her election as a state senator in 1976. Then she became the first woynan in Missouri history, to hold a statewide office •1

Source question 56. 56 woman in Missouri's history, woman. in Missouri's history woman in Missouri history when she was elected lieutenant governor. [4] Although she narrowly lost bids for the U.S. Senate in 1982 and 1986, Woods's campaigns earned their national 57 recognition. Because of .Woods's history, of public outreach

Source question 57. the ACT.63C 10 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. and community partnèrship, she was named president of the National Wornen's Political Callciis, an organization that seeks to brjng women into the political process. After she retired, Woods wrote Stepping Up, tg Power, a book 58 about her political life, which all began when she asked

Source question 58. wrote., wrote, her neighbors how they wanted to be Eoverned. .59

Source question 59. neighbor's . neighbors, neighbors, Questlon 60 asks about the preceding passage as a whole.

Upon reviewing the essay and finding that some important infoimation has been left out. the. writer composes the following senterjce: H6r campaign worked. the council closed the street to trucks, The new selltence would most logically be placed at the end of ParagIaph.. PASSAGE V How Bilingu21 Speakers Choose Which Language to Use You walk into a clothing store and ask for a 61 dress shiri-a simple enough thing to do. But what if you are a bilinguaI speaker in a biling.ual city

Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion would NOT be acceptable? store in order to ask store that asks store, asking store to ask such as Miami? How would they decide which 62

Source question 62. one language to use? Several sllbtle. but significant cues, 63 iiiay come into play, suggesting the choice (in this case) of either Spanish or English.

Source question 63. subtle, but significant cues subtle but significant .cues. subtle but significant cues ACT43C GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. These cues may operate irAdepftndently. or scveral may act to,gether. So that they signal language choice. 64 Such cues may be found in tlie speaker's immediate

Source question 64. together, to signal surroundings, Hearing a Venezuelan singeE s latest recording being played on its .sound system might prompt ' 6S

Source question 65. a store's, it's a bilingual speaker to use Spanish, Besides, the language 66 of the speaker's n]ost Tecent conversation can be the

Source question 68. Refer to the source image.

Source question 69. most comfortable more comfortable most con]fortably Spanish,. the reverse is often triie of their parents. 70 [2] Age can also be an important factor in language

Which choice would most effrctively introduce the main topic of this paragraph? ness in many parts of th'e city. •1 .. Finally, a speaker's location in the city may influ- ence language choice. language for primary use. hear Spanish spoken in Mian]i's Little Havana, where 74 many Cuban inunigrants have settléd in recent decades. However, the farther one gets from this area in the city, the more common it is to, hear English instead of Spanish.. If the clothillg store is located relatively far from Little Havana, a bilingual speaker might decide to request the dress shirt in English. N¢verthelcss, the combination of any of the cues mentioned above could influence the choice, wbich means that. the acquisition of a second 75 languagc is valuable for anyone wanting to be successful 7S in business. 7S

Which choice would most effectively end this sentellce by summarizing one of the key points of the essay . making the decision of which language to use a compleA and subtle process requiring keen 80cial and linguistic awareness. and the v￿louS languages used in the United States enrich and invigorate the most widely uscd language, English. so being at least somewhat familiar with Spanish can be helpful if an English speaker intends to live Ill Miami. END OFTEST 1 STOP! DO NOT TURN THE PAGE UNTIL TOLD TO DO SO. AcT￿3c 13