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ACT English Practice
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The first public botanical garden in the United States, the Elgin Botanic Garden in New York City was established to provide plant materials for studying by medical students. (A) for studying by medical students (B) for medical students to study | B It avoids the error of the original by replacing the awkward and imprecise “for studying by medical students” with “for medical students to study.” |
| They are smaller than their counterparts in Africa, so Asiatic lions can be found only in Gir, a forest region in northwest India. (A) They are smaller than their counterparts in Africa, so Asiatic lions (B) Its counterparts in Africa are bigger, b | E Choice E avoids the faulty logic of the original by removing the unnecessary pronoun “They” and the conjunction “so” so that the size of the two types of lions is the only thing being compared. |
| .Their part of the reconstruction process that followed the Second World War, the nations of Western Europe took steps toward achieving greater political and economic integration. (A) Their (B) The (C) It was (D) As (E) On | D It avoids the error of the original by using the preposition “As” to indicate what the “steps toward … integration” were a part of |
| . It is thought that a dog’s sense of smell is generally 10,000 to 100,000 times better than humans. (A) humans (B) humans’ are (C) humans have (D) a human’s (E) a human has |