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,1 ENGLISH TEST
1
45 Minutes—75 Questions
DIRECTIONS: In the five passages that follow, certain You will also find questions about a section of the pas-
words and phrases are underlined and numbered. In sage, or about the passage as a whole. These questions
the right-hand column, you will find alternatives for the do not refer to an underlined portion of the passage, but
underlined part. In most cases, you are to choose the rather are identified by a number or numbers in a box.
one that best expresses the idea, makes the statement For each question, choose the alternative you consider
appropriate for standard written English, or is worded best and fill in the corresponding oval on your answer
most consistently with the style and tone of the passage document. Read each passage through once before you
as a whole. If you think the original version is best, begin to answer the questions that accompany it. For
choose “NO CHANGE.” In some cases, you will find in many of the questions, you must read several sentences
the right-hand column a question about the underlined beyond the question to determine the answer. Be sure
part. You are to choose the best answer to the question. that you have read far enough ahead each time you
choose an alternative.
PASSAGE I
Revenge and the Tour de France
Every July, bicyclists competing in the
Tour de France speed more than 2,100 miles through
the French countryside. They climb torturous mountain
roads and rush downhill at speeds exceeding seventy miles
per hour. Although testing strength, skill, and endurance, 1. A. NO CHANGE
1 B. testing strength, skill, and, endurance,
was part of the original plan for the Tour, the main motive C. testing strength, skill, and endurance
D. testing, strength, skill and endurance
behind creating the race was a grudge.
In 1899, the editor of France’s
more large sports newspaper, Le Vélo, had 2. F. NO CHANGE
2 G. most large sports newspaper, Le Vélo,
wrote an article criticizing the wealthy industrialist H. largest sports newspaper, Le Vélo, had
J. largest sports newspaper, Le Vélo,
Albert de Dion. De Dion, who had been an advertiser
in Le Vélo, retaliated by starting his own sports newspaper, 3. A. NO CHANGE
3 B. Le Vélo—retaliated
L’Auto. He aimed to outsell Le Vélo and put it out of C. Le Vélo retaliated,
D. Le Vélo retaliated
business; therefore, L’Auto didn’t sell. 4. F. NO CHANGE
4 G. furthermore,
H. however,
J. indeed,
ACT-F11 2 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE.
,1 At the time, sports newspapers sponsored their
1
own bicycle races and reported on them to boost sales. 5. A. NO CHANGE
5 B. races which
C. races that
D. races,
In this tradition, de Dion’s editor proposed that L’Auto 6. F. NO CHANGE
6 G. On the other hand,
stage its own race. To make it distinctive, the race would H. In spite of this,
J. In other words,
be more difficult and longer than any before. It would
be a challenging race that started in Paris—a tour of 7. Given that all the choices are accurate, which one
7 makes clearest that the Tour de France was designed to
France. The hope was that people would buy the paper include a large part of France?
A. NO CHANGE
each day to follow the action. B. circle through all of the nation’s major cities—
C. be an outdoor race in several long stages—
Leading up to the first Tour, L’Auto D. draw a lot of attention to L’Auto—
offered: 20,000 francs in prize money. The 8. F. NO CHANGE
8 G. offered: 20,000 francs,
H. offered 20,000 francs,
J. offered 20,000 francs
winner would get 3,000 francs; the rest of the 9. Which of the following alternatives to the underlined
9 portion would NOT be acceptable?
money would be shared among the other top A. francs while the
B. francs, and the
finishers. Soon sixty cyclists had signed up. C. francs, the
D. francs. The
The first inaugural Tour started on July 1, 1903. 10. F. NO CHANGE
10 G. Beginning on July 1, 1903, the first Tour
commenced.
H. On July 1, 1903, the initial Tour began its first run.
J. The inaugural Tour began on July 1, 1903.
It took eighteen days and covered 1,508 miles, starting 11. A. NO CHANGE
11 B. days, and covered 1,508 miles, starting and
and ending in Paris. Of the sixty cyclists, only twenty-one ending,
11 C. days, and covered 1,508 miles, starting, and
ending
D. days and covered 1,508 miles starting and ending
completed the course. , For the race’s end, thousands of 12. The writer is considering deleting the preceding sen-
tence. Should the sentence be kept or deleted?
spectators lined the streets of Paris to watch Maurice Garin F. Kept, because it reveals the number of cyclists
who participated in the first Tour de France.
cross the finish line first. G. Kept, because it provides a detail that suggests the
difficulty of the first Tour de France.
H. Deleted, because it repeats information found ear-
lier in the essay.
J. Deleted, because it doesn’t pertain to the para-
graph’s focus on the first Tour de France.
ACT-F11 3 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE.
, 1 L’Auto rushed out a special edition to cover the race’s
1
finish, because it sold over 130,000 copies. The popularity 13. A. NO CHANGE
13 B. unless
of the Tour de France ensured the success of L’Auto and C. since
D. and
fabricated the demise of Le Vélo, which had gone out 14. F. NO CHANGE
14 G. brought about
of business by 1904. De Dion had his revenge, and a H. mustered up
J. inspired
world-famous race was born.
Question 15 asks about the preceding passage
as a whole.
15. Suppose the writer’s primary purpose had been to sum-
marize the founding of a famous race. Would this essay
accomplish that purpose?
A. Yes, because it gives the history of how Le Vélo
sponsored the first Tour de France.
B. Yes, because it tells the story of de Dion and his
role in creating the Tour de France.
C. No, because it instead focuses on de Dion’s rea-
sons for putting Le Vélo out of business.
D. No, because it doesn’t discuss any of the competi-
tors in the first Tour de France except Maurice
Garin.
PASSAGE II
Alice Paul and the Nineteenth Amendment
Soon after arriving in England in 1907 to study
social work, New Jersey–born suffragist and political
activist Alice Paul joined the movement of Emmeline
Pankhurst, being a vocal British suffragist. Paul admired 16. F. NO CHANGE
16 G. Pankhurst, in that she was
H. Pankhurst; there she was
J. Pankhurst,
Pankhurst’s direct, action-oriented approach, who raised 17. A. NO CHANGE
17 B. which had raised
public and legislative interest in women’s voting rights. C. also raising
D. to raise
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2022 l 2023
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in determining your ACT scores. Enclosed with this
booklet is a report that lists each of your answers,
shows whether your answer was correct, and, if your
answer was not correct, gives the correct answer.
ACT owns the test questions and responses, and
you may not share them with anyone in any form.
© 2023 by ACT, Inc. All rights reserved.
NOTE: This test material is the confidential copyrighted property of ACT, Inc., and may not be copied,
reproduced, sold, scanned, emailed, or otherwise transferred without the prior express written permission
of ACT, Inc. Violators of ACT’s copyrights are subject to civil and criminal penalties.
,1 ENGLISH TEST
1
45 Minutes—75 Questions
DIRECTIONS: In the five passages that follow, certain You will also find questions about a section of the pas-
words and phrases are underlined and numbered. In sage, or about the passage as a whole. These questions
the right-hand column, you will find alternatives for the do not refer to an underlined portion of the passage, but
underlined part. In most cases, you are to choose the rather are identified by a number or numbers in a box.
one that best expresses the idea, makes the statement For each question, choose the alternative you consider
appropriate for standard written English, or is worded best and fill in the corresponding oval on your answer
most consistently with the style and tone of the passage document. Read each passage through once before you
as a whole. If you think the original version is best, begin to answer the questions that accompany it. For
choose “NO CHANGE.” In some cases, you will find in many of the questions, you must read several sentences
the right-hand column a question about the underlined beyond the question to determine the answer. Be sure
part. You are to choose the best answer to the question. that you have read far enough ahead each time you
choose an alternative.
PASSAGE I
Revenge and the Tour de France
Every July, bicyclists competing in the
Tour de France speed more than 2,100 miles through
the French countryside. They climb torturous mountain
roads and rush downhill at speeds exceeding seventy miles
per hour. Although testing strength, skill, and endurance, 1. A. NO CHANGE
1 B. testing strength, skill, and, endurance,
was part of the original plan for the Tour, the main motive C. testing strength, skill, and endurance
D. testing, strength, skill and endurance
behind creating the race was a grudge.
In 1899, the editor of France’s
more large sports newspaper, Le Vélo, had 2. F. NO CHANGE
2 G. most large sports newspaper, Le Vélo,
wrote an article criticizing the wealthy industrialist H. largest sports newspaper, Le Vélo, had
J. largest sports newspaper, Le Vélo,
Albert de Dion. De Dion, who had been an advertiser
in Le Vélo, retaliated by starting his own sports newspaper, 3. A. NO CHANGE
3 B. Le Vélo—retaliated
L’Auto. He aimed to outsell Le Vélo and put it out of C. Le Vélo retaliated,
D. Le Vélo retaliated
business; therefore, L’Auto didn’t sell. 4. F. NO CHANGE
4 G. furthermore,
H. however,
J. indeed,
ACT-F11 2 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE.
,1 At the time, sports newspapers sponsored their
1
own bicycle races and reported on them to boost sales. 5. A. NO CHANGE
5 B. races which
C. races that
D. races,
In this tradition, de Dion’s editor proposed that L’Auto 6. F. NO CHANGE
6 G. On the other hand,
stage its own race. To make it distinctive, the race would H. In spite of this,
J. In other words,
be more difficult and longer than any before. It would
be a challenging race that started in Paris—a tour of 7. Given that all the choices are accurate, which one
7 makes clearest that the Tour de France was designed to
France. The hope was that people would buy the paper include a large part of France?
A. NO CHANGE
each day to follow the action. B. circle through all of the nation’s major cities—
C. be an outdoor race in several long stages—
Leading up to the first Tour, L’Auto D. draw a lot of attention to L’Auto—
offered: 20,000 francs in prize money. The 8. F. NO CHANGE
8 G. offered: 20,000 francs,
H. offered 20,000 francs,
J. offered 20,000 francs
winner would get 3,000 francs; the rest of the 9. Which of the following alternatives to the underlined
9 portion would NOT be acceptable?
money would be shared among the other top A. francs while the
B. francs, and the
finishers. Soon sixty cyclists had signed up. C. francs, the
D. francs. The
The first inaugural Tour started on July 1, 1903. 10. F. NO CHANGE
10 G. Beginning on July 1, 1903, the first Tour
commenced.
H. On July 1, 1903, the initial Tour began its first run.
J. The inaugural Tour began on July 1, 1903.
It took eighteen days and covered 1,508 miles, starting 11. A. NO CHANGE
11 B. days, and covered 1,508 miles, starting and
and ending in Paris. Of the sixty cyclists, only twenty-one ending,
11 C. days, and covered 1,508 miles, starting, and
ending
D. days and covered 1,508 miles starting and ending
completed the course. , For the race’s end, thousands of 12. The writer is considering deleting the preceding sen-
tence. Should the sentence be kept or deleted?
spectators lined the streets of Paris to watch Maurice Garin F. Kept, because it reveals the number of cyclists
who participated in the first Tour de France.
cross the finish line first. G. Kept, because it provides a detail that suggests the
difficulty of the first Tour de France.
H. Deleted, because it repeats information found ear-
lier in the essay.
J. Deleted, because it doesn’t pertain to the para-
graph’s focus on the first Tour de France.
ACT-F11 3 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE.
, 1 L’Auto rushed out a special edition to cover the race’s
1
finish, because it sold over 130,000 copies. The popularity 13. A. NO CHANGE
13 B. unless
of the Tour de France ensured the success of L’Auto and C. since
D. and
fabricated the demise of Le Vélo, which had gone out 14. F. NO CHANGE
14 G. brought about
of business by 1904. De Dion had his revenge, and a H. mustered up
J. inspired
world-famous race was born.
Question 15 asks about the preceding passage
as a whole.
15. Suppose the writer’s primary purpose had been to sum-
marize the founding of a famous race. Would this essay
accomplish that purpose?
A. Yes, because it gives the history of how Le Vélo
sponsored the first Tour de France.
B. Yes, because it tells the story of de Dion and his
role in creating the Tour de France.
C. No, because it instead focuses on de Dion’s rea-
sons for putting Le Vélo out of business.
D. No, because it doesn’t discuss any of the competi-
tors in the first Tour de France except Maurice
Garin.
PASSAGE II
Alice Paul and the Nineteenth Amendment
Soon after arriving in England in 1907 to study
social work, New Jersey–born suffragist and political
activist Alice Paul joined the movement of Emmeline
Pankhurst, being a vocal British suffragist. Paul admired 16. F. NO CHANGE
16 G. Pankhurst, in that she was
H. Pankhurst; there she was
J. Pankhurst,
Pankhurst’s direct, action-oriented approach, who raised 17. A. NO CHANGE
17 B. which had raised
public and legislative interest in women’s voting rights. C. also raising
D. to raise
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