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Visors of ACT's capighsare subject oct and rminal ponTEER eRe eee es ENGLISH TEST 45 Minutes—75 Questions DIRECTIONS: in tho five passages that follow, certain words and phrases are underlined and numbered. In the right-hand column, you will find alternatives for the Underlined part. In most cases, you are to choose the one that best expresses the idea, makes the statement appropriate for standard written English, or is worded most consistently with the style and tone of the passage as a whole. If you think the original version is best, choose "NO CHANGE.” In some cases, you will find in the right-hand column a question about the underlined Part. You are to choose the best answer to the question. You will also find questions about a section of the pas- Sage, or about the passage as a whole. These questions, do not refer to an underlined portion of the passage, but rather are identified by a number or numbers in a box. For each question, choose the altemative you consider, best and fill in the corresponding oval on your answer document. Read each passage through once before you. begin to answer the questions that accompany it. For many of the questions, you must read several sentences. beyond the question to determine the answer. Be sure that you have read far enough ahead each time you choose an alternative. PASSAGE! Ukulele Lite My older sister was a guitar buff and my idol when 1 as growing up. She would teach me songs on her acoustic tuitar now and then after school and on long family road trips to the beach. In those moments, my sister and I were the closest we've ever been. And my guitar itslf felt ike, well fail. When my sister left Chicago for college in California, Thegan carting my guitar around everywhere: to school, to work, to friends houses. Years later, my guitar accompanied me on business trips. No matter where I was, playing it made me feel a litle bit closer to home, 1, If the writer were to delete the underlined portion, the Paragraph would primarily lose: A. an indication that the narrator learned to play guitar at a relatively young age. B. an indication of why the narrator became inter- ested in playing the guitar. C. a detail that specifies how much older the sister is D. ‘compared to the narrator. . a detail that reveals the amount of musical talent the narrator's sister had. NO CHANGE around. Everywhere, Je ound everywhere (0 CHANGE B. friend’s house's. ids? houses. D. friend's houses. 4. NO CHANGE G. trips and no matter where I was H. trips. No matter where I was J. trips, no matter where I was, GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE.1S BeBe eeeew ew But one day, after landing in Honolulu, Hawaii, for an extended trip, I couldn’t locate my guitar on the luggage carousel. Panicked, I assailed airport personnel, who assured myself that they would. try to recover my beloved instrument. At that moment of my extended trip, continuing the trip without seemed impossible. My worries began to dissipate, otherwise, as I ‘walked out of the airport and upon the balmy Hawaiian sir, In front of me, a man was playing what looked like a miniature guitar. Warm, mellow tones accrued from the instrument, complementing the lyrical rhythm of the Hawaiian words he sang. It was a ukulele. As soon as I could, I bought a ukulele of my own, [began to linger on the beach, where several n Hawaiians often played. I watched them for hours, my ukulele in my hands, and practiced. Unlike the guitar, ‘which has six stings, my ukulele had four; to make the same chords with the uke, I had to learn completely different finger positions. I also had trouble with dexterity at first because the neck of the uke is much narrower then that of smaller movements in order to shape the chords, uitar, I had to retrain my fingers to make acrato 5S. Which choice best illustrates the fervor with which the narrator communicated with the airport personnel? ‘A. NO CHANGE B. approached C. questioned D. contacted 6. NO CHANGE G. whom assured myself H. whom assured me J. who assured me . NO CHANGE, ‘moment, due to the fact that I was on an extended trip, very moment during my time in Honolulu, moment, NO CHANGE therefore, though, instead, NO CHANGE amid onto into 10. F, NO CHANGE distributed appeared issued c Dd. gE G. H. a A. B ch D. rR ich H a NO CHANGE Beginning to linger on Lingering on On 12. ENO CHANGE G. than that of a guitar. H. than it Je then it GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE.