Accuplacer Practice test english exam questions and answers

10. Light ________ faster than sound, which is why you seelightning before you hear the thunder.A. travelingB. travelsC. having traveledD. will travel B 11. Lisa plays the piano. Her sister Kelly plays the piano, too.A. Lisa and her sister Kelly plays the piano.B. Both Lisa and her sister Kelly play the piano.C. Lisa plays the piano and Kelly plays the piano.D. Lisa and Kelly too play the piano. B Brainpower Read More 12. Kazuko took her dog for a walk. They went to the park.A. Kazuko, going to the park, took her dog for a walk.B. Kazuko took her dog for a walk to the park.C. Kazuko took her dog for a walk because they went to the park.D. Kazuko and her dog went to the park, where she and the dog walked. B 13. We knew it might get chilly at the football game. We brought along some extra blankets.A. We knew it might get chilly at the football game when we brought along some extra blankets.B. Bringing along some extra blankets, we knew it might get chilly at the football game.C. We brought along some extra blankets because we knew it might get chilly at the football game.D. It got chilly at the football game and we brought along some extra blankets. C 7. Galileo is most famous __________ that Earth revolves around the Sun, rather than the other way around.A. for having discoveredB. for discoveryC. his discoveryD. in discovering A 14. Paris, France, is a city that has long been known as a center of artistic and cultural expression. In the 1920s, Paris was home to many famous artists and writers from around the world, such as Picasso and Hemingway.What does the second sentence do?A. It reinforces the first.B. It states an effect.C. It draws a conclusion.D. It provides a contrast. A 6. When cartoonist Charles M. Schulz was a boy in elementary school, other boys teased him for being small and not very good at sports, and his art teacher told him he had no talent for drawing. He had few friends and was too shy to talk to a red-haired girl he admired. Later in life, Schulz used his childhood experiences in his comic strip Peanuts: the strip's main character, the sad and lonely Charlie Brown, represents Shulz as a little boy. Peanuts was unique at the time because it contained no adult characters. Readers fell in love with Charlie Brown, and Peanuts eventually became one of the most popular comic strips of all time.What is the main idea of the passage?A. Peanuts was the world's most widely read comic strip.B. Schulz was a very famous cartoonist.C. Schulz turned the pain of his youth into success as an adult.D. The comic strip Peanuts featured children as its only characters. C 8. Before giving first aid to an accident victim, you should obtain his or her consent. Asking for consent takes a simple question. Say to the victim, "I know first aid, and I can help until an ambulance arrives. Is that okay?"According to the passage, it is wrong toA. use first aid on an accident victim without medicaltrainingB. attempt to help an accident victim without permissionC. help a victim before an ambulance arrivesD. call for an ambulance instead of helping the victim B