Victory for the ACT Student Text 15e

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This section contains additional English items for further practice. Answers are on page 430.

DIRECTIONS: In the passages below, certain parts of the sentences have been underlined and —„‡”‡†Ǥ  –Š‡ ”‹‰Š–ǦŠƒ†…‘Ž—ǡ ›‘— ™‹ŽŽ ϐ‹† †‹ˆˆ‡”‡– ™ƒ›• ‘ˆ ™”‹–‹‰ ‡ƒ…Š —†‡”Ž‹‡† 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

‹‰‹ϐ‹…ƒ…‡ ‘ˆ ›„‘Ž‹• ‹ ‡†‹‡˜ƒŽ ”– ”– ‘ˆ –Š‡ ‹††Ž‡ ‰‡• ‹• ϐ‹”•– ƒ† foremost a sacred script, the symbols and meanings of which are well settled. A circular halo placed vertically behind the head of a 1 ϐ‹‰—”‡ •‹‰‹ϐ‹‡• sainthood, meanwhile the halo ‹’”‡••‡† ™‹–Š ƒ…”‘•• •‹‰‹ϐ‹‡• †‹˜‹‹–›Ǥ 2

A. NO CHANGE B. is well settled C. are settled well D. would be settled F. NO CHANGE G. sainthood, because H. sainthood because J. sainthood, while

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