Victory for the ACT Student Text 15e

20 • E NGLISH

TIME TRIAL ȍ; items; 5 minutesȎ

DIRECTIONS: In the passage below, certain parts of the sentences have been underlined ƒ† —„‡”‡†Ǥ  –Š‡ ”‹‰Š–ǦŠƒ†…‘Ž—ǡ ›‘— ™‹ŽŽ ϐ‹† †‹ˆˆ‡”‡– ™ƒ›• ‘ˆ ™”‹–‹‰ ‡ƒ…Š underlined part; the original version is 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 refer to an underlined portion of the passage; these items are preceded by statements that are enclosed in 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. PASSAGE I

The Orchid Family The orchids are the most diverse plant family with 20,000 to 30,000 species in over 800 genera. This represents about 10 percent ‘ˆ ƒŽŽ ϐŽ‘™‡”‹‰ ’Žƒ– •’‡…‹‡•Ǥ ”‡•‡ƒ”…Š suggesting that the orchids are among the ‘•– ƒ…‹‡– ϐŽ‘™‡”‹‰ ’Žƒ– ˆƒ‹Ž‹‡•ǡ ƒ• ‘Ž† as 90,000,000 years. They are still evolving rapidly into new species. For example, many endemic species in the genus Telipogon are found in the Andes Mountains in areas that were buried under glaciers as recent as 10,000 years ago. Orchids are found on all continents except Antarctica. Like all monocots, including lilies orchids ƒ”‡ ϐŽ‘™‡”‹‰ ’Žƒ–• –Šƒ– Šƒ˜‡ ‘Ž› ‘‡ •‡‡† 1 2 3

A. NO CHANGE B. suggest C. suggests D. to suggest

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F. NO CHANGE G. as recently as H. so recently as J. recently A. NO CHANGE B. lilies orchids, C. lilies, orchids, D. lilies, orchids

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