AccelePrep for the ACT Test 2nd Edition Student Text

62 • S URGE TO S UCCESS ! E NGLISH T EST P REP

ACCELEPREP APPROACH In Chapter 2, we covered the key question types one at a time with examples. In this chapter, you will practice with full-length passages. Consider each question and remember what you learned about that question type in Chapter 2.

DIRECTIONS: In the passages below, certain parts of the sentences have been underlined and numbered. In –Š‡ ”‹‰Š–ǦŠƒ†…‘Ž—ǡ ›‘— ™‹ŽŽ ϐ‹† †‹ˆˆ‡”‡– ™ƒ›• ‘ˆ ™”‹–‹‰ ‡ƒ…Š —†‡”Ž‹‡† ’ƒ”–Ǣ –Š‡ ‘”‹‰‹ƒŽ ˜‡”•‹‘ ‹• indicated by the “NO CHANGE” option. For each item, select the choice that best expresses the intended idea, is most acceptable in standard written English, or is most consistent with the overall tone and style of the passage. There are also items that ask about a section of the passage or the passage as a whole. These items do not ”‡ˆ‡” –‘ ƒ —†‡”Ž‹‡† ’‘”–‹‘ ‘ˆ –Š‡ ’ƒ••ƒ‰‡Ǣ –Š‡•‡ ‹–‡• ƒ”‡ ’”‡…‡†‡† „› •–ƒ–‡‡–• –Šƒ– ƒ”‡ ‡…Ž‘•‡† ‹ boxes. Read the passage through once before you begin to answer the accompanying items. Finding the answers to certain items may depend on looking at material that appears several sentences beyond the item. So, be sure that you have read far enough ahead before you select your answer choice. Answers are on p. 308. The Con Game Is No Game [1] Most people have a certain crime that one believes should be ranked as the worst of all crimes. 1 1 1. A. NO CHANGE B. that they believe C. which one believes D. that you believe 2. F. NO CHANGE G. they are H. it’s J. its For some, its’ —”†‡”Ǣ ˆ‘” ‘–Š‡”•ǡ ‹– ƒ› „‡ •‡ŽŽ‹‰ 2