Practice Test 2 - ACT Reading
20 questions. Answer them in any order, then submit to see your score and every explanation.
- An article claims that increasing urban green spaces reduces crime rates. The claim is based on data from cities that have implemented green projects. Which assumption underlies the author's reasoning?
- The author's attitude toward the zebra mussel's effect on lake clarity is best described as:
- "The bridge did not merely age; it surrendered, bolt by bolt, to the river's patience." The word "surrendered" mainly serves to:
- As it is used in line 5, the word "arrested" most nearly means:
- The relationship between Marisol's initial explanation for the outcome and the mentor's explanation is best described as one of:
- Which statement, if true, would most weaken the memo's conclusion?
- "The bridge looked old, but engineers found its frame entirely sound." As used here, "sound" most nearly means:
- A writer notes: "Attendance fell to 40 students in 2019, a drop the principal blamed on a new bus schedule." What is the writer's stance?
- According to the passage, the decline of downtown districts was primarily caused by:
- The linguist's conclusion depends on which of the following?
- The primary purpose of the passage is to:
- A city planner argues that planting more street trees will reduce urban crime. The planner cites a report comparing 20 city blocks: blocks with higher tree canopy coverage had 15% fewer reported property crimes than blocks with sparse canopy. The planner concludes that increasing tree planting on low-canopy blocks will cause crime to fall and proposes reallocating part of the policing budget to tree-planting. Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the planner's proposal?
- The narrator indicates that the piano's tone has changed over twenty years by becoming:
- The line "The town's lone stoplight blinked yellow all night, as if it too had given up on traffic" suggests the town is:
- According to the passage, why did colonies near upwelling zones recover more successfully than lagoon colonies?
- The author of Passage B uses the example of a "politician mid-sneeze" to support the claim that:
- Both authors would most likely agree with which of the following statements?
- A political scientist claims that negative campaign advertising decreases voter turnout. The scientist cites an analysis of 50 competitive elections: races with higher proportions of negative ads had, on average, 4 percentage points lower turnout than races with fewer negative ads. The scientist concludes that reducing negative ads would increase turnout. A flaw in the scientist's reasoning is that the scientist:
- The repeated phrase "I learned" at the start of several sentences primarily functions to:
- Which of the following best summarizes the interaction between Arthur and the soloist at the end of the passage?