AccelePrep for the ACT Test 2nd Edition Student Text

160 • S URGE TO S UCCESS ! R EADING T EST P REP

Passage Development items test your ability to understand the underlying structure and tone of the passage(s). Since this is an “open-book” test, returning to the selection is always an option. Therefore, if •‘‡–Š‹‰ ‹• Š‹‰ŠŽ› –‡…Š‹…ƒŽ ‘” †‹ˆϐ‹…—Ž– –‘ —†‡”•–ƒ†ǡ †‘ ‘– †™‡ŽŽ ‘ ‹– ˆ‘” –‘‘ Ž‘‰Ȅ…‘‡ „ƒ… Žƒ–‡” ‹ˆ necessary. 1. Development items ask about the overall structure of the passage or about the logical role played by a •’‡…‹ϐ‹…’ƒ”– ‘ˆ –Š‡ ’ƒ••ƒ‰‡Ǥ 2. Vocabulary items test your understanding of a word or phrase in context. 3. Voice ‹–‡• ƒ• ƒ„‘—– –Š‡ ƒ—–Š‘”ǯ• ƒ––‹–—†‡ –‘™ƒ”† ƒ •’‡…‹ϐ‹…†‡–ƒ‹Ž ‘” –Š‡ ‘˜‡”ƒŽŽ –‘‡ ‘ˆ –Š‡ ’ƒ••ƒ‰‡Ǥ SUM IT UP - PASSAGE DEVELOPMENT

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DIRECTIONS: The passage below is followed by a set of items. Read the passage and choose the best answer for each item. You may refer to the passage as often as necessary to answer the items. Answers are on p. 310. Items #1–5 refer to the following passage. Social Science: This passage is adapted from an essay on nutrition in the Republic of Senegal. Ironically, despite being a major producer of cereal in the Republic of Senegal, Africa, the region of Seno Palel has extremely high rates of malnutrition. As many as 22 percent of the children living in Seno Palel are underweight and nearly 18 percent suffer from stunted growth. Due to the harsh climate, there’s not much to eat apart from staple grains. The few vitamin-rich fruits and vegetables that are cultivated locally are expensive and rarely become a regular part of villagers’ diets. With the help of scientists and aid workers, a group of local Senegalese women have developed a vitamin- ‡”‹…Š‡† ϐŽ‘—” –Šƒ– ‡‡–• –Š‡ —–”‹–‹‘ƒŽ ‡‡†• ‘ˆ …Š‹Ž†”‡ „› „Ž‡†‹‰ ”‡‰—Žƒ”…‘” ϐŽ‘—” ™‹–Š ‘–Š‡” pulverized, vitamin-rich ingredients like black-eyed ’‡ƒ•ǡ ’‡ƒ—–•ǡ ‹ŽŽ‡–ǡ Œ—Œ—„‡ǡ ƒ† „ƒ‘„ƒ„Ǥ Š‹• ϐŽ‘—” can be found in larger urban areas, but not in rural areas where the high cost of transportation makes its regular use by villagers too expensive. ‘ Š‡Ž’ ‰‡– –Š‹• ‡”‹…Š‡† ϐŽ‘—” –‘ ˜‹ŽŽƒ‰‡”•ǡ ʹʹͷ women of Seno Palel have established an enterprise known as Jab Gollade , which means, “The Working

‘‡Ǥdz •‹‰ ‡”‹…Š‡† ϐŽ‘—”• –‘…‘„ƒ– ‘†‡”ƒ–‡ and chronic malnutrition is not a new phenomenon. ‘™‡˜‡”ǡ –›’‹…ƒŽŽ› –Š‡•‡ ϐŽ‘—”• Šƒ˜‡ „‡‡ ’”‘˜‹†‡† by humanitarian agencies like the World Food ”‘‰”ƒǤ Š‹• ‹• –Š‡ ϐ‹”•– –‹‡ –Šƒ– ƒ Ž‘…ƒŽ ‰”‘—’ Šƒ• been responsible for distributing this life-saving ϐŽ‘—”Ǥ Ž–Š‘—‰Š –Š‡ ‘•– ’‘’—Žƒ” ϐŽ‘—” ‹• —•‡† –‘ create porridge that is fed to infants and young children, adults are now modifying it for use in their own morning lakh , a local cereal made of yogurt, …‡”‡ƒŽ ϐŽ‘—”ǡ ƒ† •—‰ƒ”Ǥ ‹–ƒ ‹ƒˆƒ”ƒ ƒˆˆǡ ƒ Ž‘…ƒŽ ‘–Š‡”ǡ Šƒ• „‡‡ —•‹‰ –Š‡ ϐŽ‘—” •‹…‡ ‡…‡„‡” ʹͲͳʹǡ ™Š‡ •Š‡ –‘‘ Š‡” ϐ‹ˆ–‡‡Ǧ‘–ŠǦ‘Ž† •‘ǡ Dewel Boucoum, to the local clinic and found out that, at thirteen pounds, he was malnourished and at risk for long-term health problems. Daff began ˆ‡‡†‹‰ ‡™‡Ž ‘‡ Š—†”‡† ‰”ƒ• ‘ˆ –Š‡ ϐŽ‘—” ‹š three times a day. Within three months, Dewel had ‰ƒ‹‡† ‘”‡ –Šƒ ϐ‹˜‡ ’‘—†•ǡ „”‹‰‹‰ Š‹ —’ –‘ the normal weight for his age. “I don’t have to take him to the hospital so often,” Daff said. “He isn’t sick as much as he was, and that means I’m spending less than half of what I used to in doctor’s fees.” Dewel’s case is part of a larger trend. The Senegalese Committee for the Struggle Against Malnutrition recently conducted surveys that •Š‘™‡† ƒ •‹‰‹ϐ‹…ƒ– †”‘’ ‹ –Š‡ —„‡” ‘ˆ…ƒ•‡• of moderate and acute malnutrition in the villages around Seno Palel—from thirty cases in 2011 to ten in 2012.

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