ACT English

Read the text below and answer the question that follows. My baby was asleep upstairs on his bed. Suddenly, I heard a loud “BANG!” and he began to cry loudly. I ran upstairs to see what had happened.

What can you infer from these lines?

• The baby was playing with toys.

• The baby wanted to get up

• The baby fell out the bed

• The baby was whining.

Answer explanation

The “BANG” inferred the baby fell

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CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Of the 1000 bicycling deaths each year, three-fourths are caused by head injuries. Half of those killed are school children. Studies conclude that wearing a bike helmet can reduce the risk of head injury by 85 percent. In an accident, a bike helmet absorbs the shock and cushions the head.

What is the central idea of this passage?

• Dangers of head injuries

• Cause of bicycling deaths

• Children’s head injuries

• Why head injuries?

Answer explanation

The first line of this passage express the main idea

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CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Find the meaning of the underlined word from the context.Jerry and his family were in the mood for something different; they were eager to try the exotic dish from Thailand.

• Brilliant

• Unusual

• Bountiful

• Disgusting

Answer explanation

The context provides a clue to suggest the meaning of the word “exotic” is “unusual.”

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

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Today, Brown and Khazi are leading social entrepreneurs. Their creation, City Year, is a national-service program enlisting youths between 17 and 24 to commit to a year of work helping their communities. With more than 1,000 members serving in 15 U.S. cities and in South Africa, City Year has outpaced even Khazei's and Brown's brash dreams for it. "We just said we're going to change the world," Khazei recalls, "and, damn it, people should just help us."

In the passage, entrepreneurs refer to people who _________________.

• establish an organization

• support politicians

• act independently

• seek government funds

Answer explanation

People like Brown and Kaizei, who establish an organization, are called entrepreneurs.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

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CCSS.RL.8.4

Read the following statement and determine the point of view.As actors in a travelling company, we lead a life of a vagabond.

• Second person point of view

• Third person omniscient

• First person point of view

• Second person limited

Answer explanation

The sentence contains first person point of view pronoun "we."

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CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

An author's use of pronouns such as he, she, they, and it in reference to characters is termed __________ if the perspective does NOT reveal the inner thoughts or motives of any of the characters.

• first person

• second person

• Fifth person

• third person objective

Answer explanation

Its third person because the third person narrative has no personal ties to what the text talks about

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1D

An article in the newspaper provides information about stocks and bonds. Who is the target audience of that article?

• Shareholders

• Stock market

• Elderly people

• Mechanics

Answer explanation

The shareholders will be interested in reading the article about shares and bonds compared to others. Elderly people and engineers are common people who cannot benefit much from reading that article. A stock market is a place where shares are traded. 

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CCSS.RI.11-12.6

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CCSS.RI.8.6

The history of pizza begins in antiquity as a number of countries prepare flatbread with toppings. It has been found that the French and the Italians baked flatbread over 7,000 years ago. The pizza was introduced to the United States of America with the arrival of Italian immigrants in the late 19th century. It became famous when a large number of Italians started to settle in Chicago, New York City, Philadelphia, and Saint Louis. Initially, the pizza was consumed mostly by Italian immigrants. After the World War II, the soldiers in the United States constantly looked for good food and discovered Pizzeria. Today, pizza is enjoyed by people all over the world.

The author’s purpose in this passage is _____________.

• to decide

• to inform

• to entertain

• to persuade

Answer explanation

The correct answer is “to inform” because the paragraph explains the history of pizza. 

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

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Some words that help the reader to identify the problem are _______________.

• for example, for instance

• to illustrate, looks like

• therefore, as usual

• because of, caused by, this leads to

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

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A problem-solution structure is ______________.

• the structure used to point at a problem and the possible solutions to that problem

• the structure used to explain the steps of a process

• the structure used to emphasize the details of a story

• the summary of ideas within each paragraph

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5