Victory for the ACT Exam 16e TG Sample

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PASSAGE III NATURAL SCIENCE: These passages are aa dn ad pdt ee pd ef nr odme nac ret iacnl eds oapbi oo ui dt ua lsceo dh iosloar bd ue sr . e Passage A Alcohol abuse and dependence are sa ed rui lot uAs mp er or ibc laenms s. Ta hf freecet i onug t 1o0f 1p 0e r0c de ne at tohf s in the United States can be linked directly to alcohol. In addition to traf�ic crashes, isnejrui or iuess lionntgh-et ehrommme eadnidc aol nc ot hnes ej oqbu,eanncde s , aa lgcgorheos sl iaobnuas ne dh ac sr i bmeee. nTihme pcloi csat toefdailnc o h o l at ob ub seeaas nhdi gahl caosh$o1l dt reipl lei onnd eanncneu iasl leys. t i m a t e d Alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence a“Ar lec or ehloa lt eadb ubsuet ”arreef es resp taor aptreopbrl eo mb l se m s . at oc caol cmo ph loi sl huisneg. Ab lacsoi ch ol ilv ai nbgu saec tmi vai tni ei fse sdtus e ai ms pr eapi rei tni gt i vf ue npcat ti toenrinnsg oafnhde/aovry hderai lnt kh i. n g “Alcohol dependence” describes a sl oesveesr et hdei saabbi li il ti tyy t ion cwo nh ti cr oh l tthhee i dn rdi invki di nuga l bwei ht ha va idodr .i tAi ol cnoahl os ly dme pp teonmd se ns cuec hi s aass cs roacvi ai nt eg d, teol el ev raat ne ct eh, ea inmd ppohr yt as inc cael do ef pd er inndkei nn cg ei nt ht ahte ianbdi li ivt iyd tuoa el ’ xs el ri fcei saen bd eihmapv ai oi rr at lh reeisnt dr ai vi ni dt .u a l ’ s Knowledge of the differences is iaml cpo ohrotlai snmt bter ec aa ut ms ee rnet sme aertchho ds hs oawr es mt hoarte ep faf teicetni vt ec hwahr ea nc t tehr ei syt itcaskien dt oi f af ecrceonucnets. i n

Passage B Opioids include substances such as m“ Oopri po hi di nues, eh de ri sooi nr d, ce or ”d iesi na em, aenddi coaxl yc coonddoi tni eo .n characterized by a problematic pattern of opioid use that causes clinically signi�icant iams pt raoi nr mg ed ne st ior re dt oi s ut rsees os .pIitooi df tse, ni ni cnrcel au sdeeds tsoylnedr ar onmc eetwo ho pe ni ooi dpsi ,oai dnsd awr ei tahbdrrua wp tal yl da ri seccoonmt i pn oune de n. Dt seopfean ds ue nbcset aanncde auds ed idcitsi oonr d e r, af onrdma odfdti hc tei odni sroerpdreers. e n t s t h e m o s t s e v e r e Opioid use disorders affect about 0.4% op fe op pe ol ep hl ea vi ne ab eg ei vne an f fyeecat re. dA ab to ou nt e1 6p omi ni ltl iionn twi me ree. 3I n3 t, 0h0e 0Udnei taet dh sS dt aut ee st oi nd 2r u0 g1 5o vt eh redr oe s e ianbvooul vt i1n5g, 0o0p0i owi desr. eOffr tohmo sper 3e s3c, 0r i0b0e dd eoaptihosi ,d s and 13,000 from heroin. No single treatment works for ed ve ev reyl oo pn ee d, sion cs leuvdeirnagl st ht reartaepgyi eas nhda dv er ubgese. n Oo ppiiooiidd ruespel adci es omr edne tr tchaenr abpe yt. rAe da tdei dt i owni at hl l y , individuals with opioid use disorder may bene�it from twelve-step programs and st hurpopuogrht fi rnodmi v imd ue anlt aolr hgeraolut hp pt hr oe rf ea spsyi.oOnpa il os i d ua ns ed dc iasroer; dme ross tr es qt ruaitreeg li oe ns ga-i tme ruml t ti mr eaatteml ye nt ot reduce drug use and lead to abstinence.

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