ACT Prep - Midterm Review

Cynthia Moss has been studying elephants since 1972, when she started the now-famous Amboseli Elephant Research project in Kenya.

• no change

• was the one who has been studying

• studies

• is studying

As an author, lecturer, filmmaker, and fierce advocate for elephants---which face a daunting array of threats to their survival, from droughts to human encroachment, Moss is widely considered an expert on the social behavior of these creatures.

Which of the following is the best correction?

• encroachment. Moss

• encroachment; Moss

• encroachment---Moss

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Elephants live in groups, each one headed by a matriarch. The senior female teaches adolescent females

by modeling proper care of younger elephants.

• in which they model proper care

• by way of modeling proper care

• by, likewise, modeling proper care

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Cynthia Moss started the now famous Amboseli Elephant Research Project.

• now-famous

• now, famous

• now famously

• The upper nasal cavities of an elephant's trunk contains millions of receptor cells that are more sensitive than a bloodhound's nose. 

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• contain

• may be containing

• have been known to contain

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CCSS.L.9-10.2

CCSS.L.9-10.2B

Moss has brought compelling facts and information about elephants to an ever-expanding audience.

• compelling information

• important facts and significant information

• compelling facts, and information

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• The capacity of an elephant's trunk to be holding water varies depending on the size and age of the elephant. 

• to hold water

• to hold and store water

• in regard to holding water

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A key finding from her intensive field studies is the extent to which elephant survival depends on learned behavior.

• is the extension of

• is the extent for which

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• extends to

Enid, a ten-year old female, and Ely, also named by Moss

Which phrase below is the best choice to make the sentence parallel?

• a baby male

• an elephant

• who had no tusks

• another elephant

Ely not only overcame his limitations, but he also grew up to be a confident young bull.

• he also will have grown

• he also had grown

• also growing

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