ACT English Prep Passage 3

Looking pointedly into the rearview mirror, windows rolled down, I say something about not throwing anything out of the car but neither boy listen. I check my speed. [A] Carefully, I steer toward the fog line. “Here it is, boys!” I yell at the backseat, the passenger-side tires finding the rumble strips etched into the asphalt.

• No change

• appear to listen

• are listening

• is listening

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

Normal rumble strips create that loud, grating noise when you drive over them--like a built in alarm for drivers who drift too close to the road's edge. These strips are different. The boys abruptly stop their squalling as the car begins to vibrate. Then, instead of that jolting warning noise, we hear the distinct strain of the song "America the Beautiful." [B] The road is playing us a song.

If the writer were to delete the underlined portion (adjusting the punctuation as needed), the paragraph would primarily lose:

• information that indicates how prevalent rumble strips are on roadways.

• a detail that reveal the narrator's opinion of distracted drivers.

• information that clarifies a primary function of rumble strips.

• a detail that indicates what the rumble strips look like.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

I've been taking this detour out of Albuquerque for two years, ever since these musical rumble strips were installed. City planners wanted to find out whether the novelty of hearing a snippet of song would give drivers an incentive to obey the speed limit being that the tune is only recognizable if they're going a reasonable forty-five miles per hour.

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• were implemented just outside Albuquerque.

• that play music were put in.

• were added a couple years ago.

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

I've been taking this detour out of Albuquerque for two years, ever since these musical rumble strips were installed. City planners wanted to find out whether the novelty of hearing a snippet of song would give drivers an incentive to obey the speed limit being that the tune is only recognizable if they're going a reasonable forty-five miles per hour.

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• limit considering

• limit;

• limit,

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CCSS.L.9-10.2

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

For me, this brief musical interlude, a charming curiosity, a welcome interruption in my work-week slog. Even though constant traffic has worn down the musical rumble strips and warped the sound of some of the notes, these are currently no plans to restore the strips.

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• interlude being

• interlude is

• interlude

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

For me, this brief musical interlude, a charming curiosity, a welcome interruption in my work-week slog. Even though constant traffic has worn down the musical rumble strips and warped the sound of some of the notes, these are currently no plans to restore the strips.

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• lots of other drivers, not just me, still make this detour to hear the tune.

• sometimes drivers will turn around and drive over the strips again.

• this detour on our drive home never fails to buoy my spirits.

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.W.9-10.3

CCSS.W.9-10.4

After the last one of the notes fades into the darkening sky, I glance back at the boys, who have been lulled by the wonder of the song. [D] I stop worrying about work, about how many toy cars might have gotten lost between there and home. Until then, I feel like everything is going to be just fine.

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• have disappeared

• disappear

• fade

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

After the last one of the notes fades into the darkening sky, I glance back at the boys, who have been lulled by the wonder of the song. [D] I stop worrying about work, about how many toy cars might have gotten lost between there and home. Until then, I feel like everything is going to be just fine.

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• whom have

• they have

• whose

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

After the last one of the notes fades into the darkening sky, I glance back at the boys, who have been lulled by the wonder of the song. [D] I stop worrying about work, about how many toy cars might have gotten lost between there and home. Until then, I feel like everything is going to be just fine.

• No change

• Now and then,

• For now,

• Later,

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

After the last one of the notes fades into the darkening sky, I glance back at the boys, who have been lulled by the wonder of the song. [D] I stop worrying about work, about how many toy cars might have gotten lost between there and home. Until then, I feel like everything is going to be just fine.

At this point, the writer is considering adding the following accurate sentence: I hear there is another musical road in the US somewhere in California. Should the writer make this addition?

• Yes, because it makes clear that the narrator has plans to travel on other roads.

• Yes, because it indicates that the musical road n New Mexico is not unique.

• No, because it draws the focus away from the New Mexico musical road and its effect on the narrator.

• No, because it fails to provide specific details about the construction of the musical road in California. 5

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CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.2