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Section 1 — ACT English
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The following section contains 30 questions.

In the two passages that follow, certain words and phrases are underlined and numbered. In the right-hand column, you will find alternatives for the underlined part. In most cases, you are to choose the one that best expresses the idea, makes the statement appropriate for standard written English, or is worded most consistently with the style and tone of the passage as a whole. If you think the original version is best, choose "NO CHANGE." In some cases, you will find in the right-hand column a question about the underlined part. You are to choose the best answer to the question.

You will also find questions about a section of the passage, or about the passage as a whole. These questions do not refer to an underlined portion of the passage, but rather are identified by a number or numbers in a box.

For each question, choose the alternative you consider best and fill in the corresponding oval. Read each passage through once before you begin to answer the questions that accompany it. For many of the questions, you must read several sentences beyond the question to determine the answer. Be sure that you have read far enough ahead each time you choose an alternative.

- Q1
  If the writer were to delete the parenthetical information in the preceding sentence, the essay would primarily lose:
  - A) an approximation of the distance that humans typically travel on a daily basis to obtain food
  - B) a detail that puts the distance ants travel on a scale readers might better be able to imagine
  - C) an estimation of the distance that ants travel in order to find food
  - D) a correlation that indicates a similarity between humans and ants
- Q2
  - A) NO CHANGE
  - B) food, they
  - C) food; they
  - D) food they
- Q3
  Which choice most clearly introduces the research question central to the essay?
  - A) NO CHANGE
  - B) To discover how certain animals navigate their way over long distances
  - C) To determine how ants accomplish this navigational task
  - D) To answer this question
- Q4
  - A) NO CHANGE
  - B) have placed
  - C) placed
  - D) place
- Q5
  - A) NO CHANGE
  - B) the paths that were taken by the ants as  they went
  - C) the ants’ paths that the ants took
  - D) DELETE the underlined portion
- Q6
  - A) NO CHANGE
  - B) involved that they relocated
  - C) involving them relocating
  - D) involved relocating
- Q7
  - A) NO CHANGE
  - B) referred, to as
  - C) referred to, as
  - D) referred to as,
- Q8
  - A) NO CHANGE
  - B) legs that had been extended by attaching pig hair
  - C) extensions made of pig hair attached to their legs
  - D) the extended legs,
- Q9
  - A) NO CHANGE
  - B) So when the ants marched
  - C) So as they marched
  - D) By marching
- Q10
  - A) NO CHANGE
  - B) passed there
  - C) passed their
  - D) past there
- Q11
  Which choice reiterates information most relevant to the essay at this point?
  - A) NO CHANGE
  - B) being social insects of the Formicidae family,
  - C) counting their steps,
  - D) forming colonies,
- Q12
  - A) NO CHANGE
  - B) sun’s position in the sky,
  - C) suns position in the sky,
  - D) sun’s position in the sky
- Q13
  - A) NO CHANGE
  - B) location? Perhaps.
  - C) location, perhaps?
  - D) location. Perhaps.
- Q14
  The writer is considering adding the following sentence to the essay:
  
  The desert was the ideal place to study ants: the homogenous terrain lacked visual landmarks, and the constant wind destroyed any tracks or scent cues.
  
  If the writer were to add this sentence, it would most logically be placed at Point:
  - A) A in Paragraph 2.
  - B) B in Paragraph 3.
  - C) C in Paragraph 4.
  - D) D in Paragraph 5.
- Q15
  Suppose the writer's primary purpose had been to briefly summarize some scientific research that investigates one particular skill of an animal or insect . Would this essay accomplish that purpose?
  - A) Yes, because it outlines some experiments conducted by a team researching navigation techniques of ants.
  - B) Yes, because it summarizes the navigational methods of a number of animals that have to travel long distances
  - C) No, because it instead summarizes the methods that ants use to locate food in the harsh conditions of the Tunisian desert.
  - D) No, because it acknowledges that the team researching ants navigation techniques still had unanswered questions.

- Q16
  Assuming that the capitalization and punctuation would be adjusted as needed, the best placement for the underlined portion would be:
  - A) where it is now.
  - B) after the word photo.
  - C) after the word women.
  - D) after the word Massachusetts.
- Q17
  Which of the following true statements, if added here, would provide the best introduction for the essay?
  - A) The coat they wore indicated that the weather that day was not very warm.
  - B) The two women, Dr. Maria Telkes and Eleanor Raymond, had designed it.
  - C) It was difficult to tell from the picture what time of day it was.
  - D) One woman had lighter hair than the other woman.
- Q18
  - A) NO CHANGE
  - B) totally heated just from sunlight and that warmth,
  - C) using the sun’s heat to heat the house,
  - D) heated only by the sun,
- Q19
  - A) NO CHANGE
  - B) that's
  - C) that
  - D) its
- Q20
  Given that all the choices are accurate, which one provides the most relevant information at this point in the essay?
  - A) NO CHANGE
  - B) eventually she would develop other inventions for private use.
  - C) she hoped to solve global hunger problems through inventions like a solar oven.
  - D) she had been interested since high school in how the sun’s energy could be used.
- Q21
  - A) NO CHANGE
  - B) by, sailors, stranded
  - C) by sailors stranded,
  - D) by sailors stranded
- Q22
  - A) NO CHANGE
  - B) having saved
  - C) and saving
  - D) saving
- Q23
  - A) NO CHANGE
  - B) Together, Telkes, and Raymond
  - C) Together, Telkes and Raymond
  - D) Together Telkes and Raymond,
- Q24
  - A) NO CHANGE
  - B) resulting
  - C) results
  - D) result
- Q25
  - A) NO CHANGE
  - B) above
  - C) upon
  - D) over
- Q26
  - A) NO CHANGE
  - B) systems and by
  - C) systems; by
  - D) systems by
- Q27
  - A) NO CHANGE
  - B) between, an exterior glass wall
  - C) between an exterior glass wall,
  - D) between an exterior glass wall
- Q28
  Which choice most strongly emphasizes the difficult conditions the heating system could withstand?
  - A) NO CHANGE
  - B) the bitter cold of a Massachusetts winter
  - C) some chilly temperatures
  - D) the cold season
- Q29
  - A) NO CHANGE
  - B) the interior to the exterior, or the inside to the
  - C) the interior, or inside, to the exterior, or
  - D) the interior inside to the exterior
- Q30
  The writer is considering adding the following sentence to the essay:
  
  The Peabody home became known as the solar house.
  
  If the writer were to add this sentence, it would most logically be placed at Point:
  - A) A in Paragraph 1.
  - B) B in Paragraph 3.
  - C) C in Paragraph 4.
  - D) D in Paragraph 5.

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