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Practice Test 8 - ACT Reading

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

  1. Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the director's argument?
  2. The extended comparison between a river system and a circulatory system primarily helps the reader understand:
  3. As it is used in line 2, the word "settled" most nearly means:
  4. The passage's discussion of the allele and diet together primarily illustrates that:
  5. With which of the following statements would both authors most likely agree?
  6. Which of the following best describes the author's argument?
  7. The authors of both passages would most likely agree that:
  8. 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?​​
  9. Which of the following best describes the relationship between the two underlined sentences?
  10. The author includes teachers' complaints in Paragraph 2 primarily to:
  11. The final sentence of the passage ("she wondered if she had broken something else") suggests that Elara feels:
  12. It can reasonably be inferred from the evidence in the ash layer that the volcanic event that produced it:
  13. Based on the passage, Arthur's attitude toward the digital strobe tuners used by younger technicians can best be described as:
  14. An economist suggests that tax incentives for small businesses lead to job creation. The suggestion is based on data from regions with such incentives. Which assumption underlies the author's reasoning?
  15. A writer argues: "Since evening hours began, library visits rose 40 percent, so late hours clearly draw new readers." The argument assumes that:
  16. It can reasonably be inferred that Marta's father:
  17. Both passages cite which specific finding from the Marrow Falls program, though they draw opposite conclusions from it?
  18. Which assumption underlies the historian's reasoning?
  19. The shift between the first paragraph and the second paragraph functions primarily to:
  20. Based on the passage, behavioral economists would most likely agree with which of the following statements?

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