ACT Knowledge
This is the score you need on the English ACT to graduate
Average of 17.5 or 19 on reading
The addition of descriptive details to the basic information serves to ------- the book by producing a fuller account.
A) invalidate B) enrich C) incite D) celebrate E) objectify
What is B.
a2 + b2 = c2 is called what?
What is the Pythagorean Theorem
These environmental factors include climate, (soil and elevation.)
A) NO CHANGE B) soil, and last but not least, elevation C) soil, and elevation D) soil, and, elevation
C
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Number #2 pencil (bring several!) .
How many questions and how much time do you have to answer them on the English portion of the ACT?
75 questions in 45 minutes
Hoping to ------- the dispute, negotiators proposed a compromise that they felt would be ------- to both labor and management.
A) resolve . . acceptable B) end . . divisive C) overcome . . unattractive D) extend . . satisfactory E) enforce . . useful
What is A.
Wrong answers on the ACT count against you. True or False?
False! Only the answers that are correct are counted
The construction of private farms (pose) a serious financial threat to farmers in the United States.
A) NO CHANGE B) have posed C) poses D) are posing
C
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Your Photo ID
How many questions and how much time do you have for the Reading portion of the ACT?
40 questions in 35 minutes
All the demands on soprano Kathleen Battle for operatic performances, solo concerts, and special guest (appearances, tempting her to sing too often and straining) her voice.
A) appearances not only tempt her to sing too often plus they strain B) appearances tempts her not only into singing too often but then she strains C) appearances, tempting her into singing too often and she therefore strains D) appearances tempt her to sing too often and strain
What is D.
What time do you have to report to the school for the ACT test?
Anytime between 7:30-7:45AM
The catastrophe (sparked and incited) an international debate regarding the licensing of new technologies to new nations.
A) NO CHANGE B) that incited C) sparked, initiated, and incited D) incited
D
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Snacks
What other sections are on the ACT outside of English?
Math and Science
The revolt against Victorianism was perhaps even more marked in poetry than (either fiction or drama).
A) either fiction or drama B) either in fiction or drama C) in either fiction or drama D) in either fiction or in drama
What is C.
Joshua's radical ideas were frowned on by most of his coworkers, who found them too ------- for their conservative tastes.
A) heretical B) meticulous C) precise D) incoherent
What is A.
This has your address, school name and testing center on it.
Admission Ticket
Name 2 important test strategies for the ACT...
-shortest is best; never leave an answer blank; read the first and last sentence of the passage
Members of the research team were initially so adversarial that ---------- seemed impossible; the project's inauspicious start made its final success all the more ---------- .
A) concentration . . incidental B) disagreement . . incongruous C) cooperation . . remarkable D) hostility . . dazzling E) collaboration . . predictable
What is C.
(Three committees were appointed,) one for preparing the declaration of independence, another for reporting a plan of a treaty to be proposed to France, and a third to digest a system of articles of confederation to be proposed States.
A) NO CHANGE B) Three committees were appointed C) Three committees were appointed; D) Three committees were appointed:
D
During the final months of 2007, the prices of basic grains nearly doubled in Northern Africa, Latin America, and much of (Asia, the) high prices caused a global food crisis.
A) NO CHANGE B) of Asia. The C) of Asia, the quite D) for Asia. The
What is B.
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Bring yourself! On time!