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Practice Test 3 - ACT Reading

20 questions. Answer them in any order, then submit to see your score and every explanation.

  1. Which statement, if true, would most strengthen the researcher's argument?
  2. In "The bridge opened on time, under budget, and to no traffic at all," the final phrase mainly serves to:
  3. As it is used in the passage (underlined), the word efficient most nearly means:
  4. The author of Passage B uses the phrase 'immersive, realistic worlds' (paragraph 2) primarily to:
  5. How does the sister's account in Passage B complicate the brother's claim in Passage A (lines 12-14) that her joy at their father's return was "a kind of forgetting"?
  6. Which of the following best distinguishes a fact reported in the passage from an interpretation offered about that fact?
  7. As it is used in the passage (underlined), the word pressure most nearly means:
  8. Passage B's comparison of reefs exposed to "nearly identical heat" (lines 26–27) most directly challenges which claim made in Passage A?
  9. In "I had expected a lecture. Instead, my coach just handed me a towel and sat beside me," the second sentence mainly conveys the narrator's:
  10. "Even after twelve washings, the blue dye held fast in the cotton." As it is used here, "fast" most nearly means:
  11. "The app will save us hours each week, which we can then spend reading its notifications." The author's tone toward the app is best described as:
  12. Which of the following best describes the relationship between the two underlined sentences?
  13. A flaw in the director's reasoning is that the director:
  14. As it is used in line 2, the word "current" most nearly means:
  15. Which of the following best describes a flaw in the author's reasoning?
  16. As it is used in the passage (bolded), the word biofouling most nearly means:
  17. The primary function of Paragraph 2 is to:
  18. Based on the passage, the "Gruen Effect" refers to:
  19. The passage most strongly suggests that Marisol's failure to return the chair to its original position indicates that she:
  20. As it is used in the passage (bolded), the word convey most nearly means:

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