ACT Reading WarmUps 2

The example of the man who takes to drink is used to illustrate which of the following ideas in the paragraph?

• foolish thoughts

• the slovenliness of language

• political and economic causes

• an effect becoming a cause

• bad influences

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CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The author would most likely agree that

• individual writers can never have a bad influence on the English language

• imprecise use of language is likely to make precise thought more difficult

• the English language is ugly and inaccurate

• all language declines for political reasons

• failure generally leads to more failure in a downward spiral

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

The author of paragraph one probably uses the expression „three-fold power‟

• because there are three-times as many reasons for conserving wildlife

• to be more dramatic that saying “double-power”

• to emphasize the contrast between loss of money, loss of other resources, and loss of wildlife

• to stress the need for saving money, resources and time

• to indicate the magnitude of the problem without intending the expression to be taken literally

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CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

From the context, the word "venial‟ in paragraph two most nearly means

• major

• criminal

• frequent

• trivial

• natural

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Both paragraphs apparently imply that

• there is no source from which wildlife, once exterminated, can be replaced

• poachers must be punished

• wildlife has much in common with other natural resources

• conservation is in conflict with human development

• preserving wildlife is expensive

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

It can be inferred that the spendthrift in paragraph one and the poor settler mentioned in paragraph two are alike in that they are

• in conflict with the aims of conservation

• inclined to waste natural resources

• more concerned with the present than the future

• unable to control their spending

• unaware of conservation

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

He was treated like a ____ and cast out from his community.

• ascetic

• prodigy

• prodigal

• pariah

• tyro

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

The teacher accused me of ____ because my essay was so similar to that of another student.

• procrastination

• plagerism

• celerity

• confusion

• decorum

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

We live in a ____ age; everyone thinks that maximizing pleasure is the point of life.

• ubiquitous

• propitious

• sporadic

• corrupt

• hedonistic

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Thankfully the disease has gone into ____ ; it may not recur for many years.

• treatment

• sequestration

• quarantine

• remission

• oblivion

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4