AccelePrep for the ACT Test 2nd Edition Student Text

C HAPTER 1 | F AST T RACK TO E NGLISH M ECHANICS • 25

put Florida back into the “undecided” column. At ƒ’’”‘š‹ƒ–‡Ž› ʹǣ͵Ͳ ƒǤǤǡ ™‹–Š •‘‡ ͺͷΨ ‘ˆ –Š‡ ˜‘–‡• counted in Florida and Bush leading Gore by more –Šƒ ͳͲͲǡͲͲͲ ˜‘–‡•ǡ –Š‡ ‡–™‘”• †‡…Žƒ”‡† –Šƒ– Bush had carried Florida and, therefore, based on voting results from other states, had been elected president. [3] Similarly, most of the remaining votes to „‡…‘—–‡† ‹ Ž‘”‹†ƒ ™‡”‡ Ž‘…ƒ–‡† ‹ Œ—•– –Š”‡‡ 3 …‘—–‹‡• ”‘™ƒ”†ǡ ‹ƒ‹Ǧ ƒ†‡ǡ ƒ† ƒŽ ‡ƒ…Š . These counties are heavily Democratic. As these ƒ††‹–‹‘ƒŽ ˜‘–‡• ™‡”‡ ”‡’‘”–‡†ǡ ‘”‡ „‡‰ƒ –‘ ‰ƒ‹ ‘ —•ŠǤ › Ͷǣ͵Ͳ ƒǤǤǡ ƒˆ–‡” ƒŽŽ ˜‘–‡• ™‡”‡…‘—–‡†ǡ ‘”‡ Šƒ† ƒ””‘™‡† —•Šǯ• ƒ”‰‹ –‘ Œ—•– ‘˜‡” ʹǡͲͲͲ ˜‘–‡•ǡ ƒ† –Š‡ ‡–™‘”• retracted their predictions –Šƒ– —•Š Šƒ† ™‘ Ž‘”‹†ƒ ƒ† –Š‡ ’”‡•‹†‡…›Ǥ › –Š‡ –‹‡ ƒ ƒ†ƒ–‘”› ”‡…‘—– ™ƒ•…‘’Ž‡–‡† Žƒ–‡” ‹ –Š‡ ™‡‡ǡ —•Šǯ• Ž‡ƒ† Šƒ† †™‹†Ž‡† –‘ ƒ„‘—– 300 votes. A count of overseas military ballots later boosted his margin to about 900 votes. Eventually, ƒˆ–‡” ƒ —’”‡‡ ‘—”– †‡…‹•‹‘ǡ —•Š ™ƒ• †‡…Žƒ”‡† –Š‡ ™‹‡” ƒ† „‡…ƒ‡ –Š‡ ’”‡•‹†‡– ‘ˆ –Š‡ United States. 4 5

3. Š‹…Š ‘ˆ –Š‡ ˆ‘ŽŽ‘™‹‰ ™‘—Ž† „‡ –Š‡ ‘•– ‡ˆˆ‡…–‹˜‡ –”ƒ•‹–‹‘ „‡–™‡‡ –Š‡ –™‘ ’ƒ”ƒ‰”ƒ’Š•ǫ A. NO CHANGE B. Therefore Ǥ •–‡ƒ† ‘ˆ Ǥ ‘™‡˜‡” 4. F. NO CHANGE Ǥ…‘—–‹‡• ”‘™ƒ”† ‹ƒ‹Ǧ ƒ†‡ ƒ† ƒŽ Beach Ǥ…‘—–‹‡•ǣ ”‘™ƒ”†ǡ ‹ƒ‹Ǧ ƒ†‡ǡ ƒ† ƒŽ Beach Ǥ …‘—–‹‡•ǡ ”‘™ƒ”† ‹ƒ‹Ǧ ƒ†‡ ƒ† ƒŽ Beach 5. ‡Ž‡…– –Š‡…Š‘‹…‡ –Šƒ– „‡•– ϐ‹–• –Š‡ ‡ƒ‹‰ ‘ˆ the sentence. A. NO CHANGE B. denied Ǥ ˆƒŽ•‹ϐ‹‡† D. invalidated