AccelePrep for the ACT Test 2nd Edition Student Text

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

prescribed a pattern by ethical conduct between ‰”‘—’• ‘ˆ ’‡‘’Ž‡ ™‹–Š‹ ƒ ϐ‹š‡† Š‹‡”ƒ”…Š›Ǥ ‘—” ‘ˆ –Š‡ 21 ϐ‹˜‡ ‘ˆ—…‹ƒ ”‡Žƒ–‹‘•Š‹’• (those between ruler and subject, husband and wife, father and son, and elder brother and younger brother) were vertical since they required loyalty and obedience from the 22 22 22 23 23

21. A. NO CHANGE B. patterns by C. a pattern for D. patterns with

22. Is the author’s use of parentheses appropriate? F. Yes, because the examples are irrelevant to the passage. G. Yes, because although the information is relevant, the material is not part of the main development of the passage. H. No, because the examples are relevant to the meaning of the sentence. J. No, because the material is essential to the reader’s understanding of the passage. 23. A. NO CHANGE B. vertical, they C. vertical, since it D. vertical, being they 24. F. NO CHANGE G. and also benevolence and protection from the superior to the inferior H. with the benevolence and protection being from the superior to the inferior J. and from the superior to the inferior, the benevolence and protection 25. A. NO CHANGE B. relationship that C. relationship—that D. relationship 26. F. NO CHANGE G. Confucius idea H. idea of Confucianism J. Confucianism idea

inferior toward the superior and benevolence and protection from the superior to the inferior. Only the 24 24 ϐ‹ˆ–Š relationship, that between friend and friend— was horizontal. A third tradition was respect for learning, another basic idea of Confucius. In traditional Japan, study was the absolute duty of man. It was a 25 26 religious mandate as well as a social duty and was a means of promoting a harmonious and stable 27

27. A. NO CHANGE B. mandate as well as being C. mandate as well, D. mandate,