Practice Test 7 - ACT Reading
20 questions. Answer them in any order, then submit to see your score and every explanation.
- One of the passage's central ideas is that:
- As it is used in the passage (bolded), the word biofouling most nearly means:
- The comparison to sanding brushstrokes off an oil painting (lines 35-37) primarily functions to:
- The author uses the description of the 'fiddlehead' (paragraph 8) to symbolize:
- A flaw in the researcher's reasoning is that the researcher:
- The passage most strongly suggests that the recovery of willow stands after wolves were reintroduced resulted mainly from:
- According to the passage, Elias criticizes Mr. Thornton (bolded) primarily because Mr. Thornton:
- The author includes the detail about nineteenth-century lighthouse keepers' logbooks (lines 25-36) primarily to:
- The critic's tone toward the exhibition is best described as:
- As it is used in the passage (underlined), the word methodical most nearly means:
- A university claims that increasing research funding leads to more patents. The claim is based on data from institutions with higher research budgets. Which assumption underlies the author's reasoning?
- The information about economists' caution regarding overhead costs (lines 22-34) primarily functions to:
- A flaw in the blogger's reasoning is that the blogger:
- A writer states: "Clearly, the 2010 flood, which closed Route 9 for six days, was the town's worst disaster." What does "Clearly" do here?
- Which of the following best captures the central idea of the passage?
- The author most likely includes managers' interpretation in Paragraph 3 in order to:
- Which of the following is the best evaluation of the critic's reasoning?
- In "The reviewer called the novel's ending 'tidy,' as if neatness were a flaw," the word "tidy" suggests the reviewer's attitude was:
- As it is used in line 1, the word "guarded" most nearly means:
- Which of the following best describes a flaw in the author's reasoning?