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OFFICIAL ACT Form Z04 · 04 2021

English

47 questions ~9 min recommended
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=== Bar Codes: A Linear History ===
The following paragraphs may or may not be in the most logical order. Each paragraph is numbered in brackets, and question 14 will ask you to choose where Paragraph 3 should most logically be placed.

=== Glowing on an Adventure ===
As I pulled my camera out of my backpack, I felt a tap on my arm. "No photographs," whispered the woman next to me, pointing up to the cave ceiling.

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a basket won best of nation—C. Market, the largest Indian art festival, in the nation show. The creator of the piece, thirty-three-year-old D. Market, the largest Indian art festival in the nation Passamaquoddy Indian Jeremy Frey from Princeton, Maine, thebasket sold at auction for $16,000. 48. F. NO CHANGE 48 G. looked on as the [2] H. as his J. his [C] Frey describes his baskets as “cutting-edge traditional.” [D] He primarily weaves a classic material, wood from the brown ash tree, but, unlike most contemporary basketmakers, 49. A. NO CHANGE B. but, unlike most, contemporary basketmakers 49 he harvests, cuts, pounds, dries, and dyes the wood C. but unlike, most contemporary basketmakers, D. but, unlike most contemporary basketmakers himself. Then creating highly elaborate versions 50. F. NO CHANGE G. Going on to create 50 of the sturdy utility baskets that have been used H. Frey creates J. Creating by generations of Passamaquoddy fishermen from 51. If the writer were to delete the underlined portion, the essay would primarily lose: 51 Maine. He honors tradition, but he highlights A. an indication that Frey honors Passamaquoddy cul-tural heritage by creating baskets that look nearly artistic design. For example, his baskets feature identical to traditional pieces. B. a mention of a physical characteristic of the earli-est baskets used by Passamaquoddy fishermen. C. a detail that connects Frey’s basketry work to long-standing Passamaquoddy traditions. D. a point revealing that Frey’s baskets are used by Passamaquoddy fishermen today. complex weaving onareas that are often hidden 52 and therefore typically not embellished. Many being referred to in the sentence and about Frey’s traditional baskets have basic, woven lids. F. NO CHANGE G. a remarkable level of detail on certain sections, the H. intricately woven interiors and bottoms, J. characteristic interiors and bottoms, www.actexam.net 10 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. ACT-Z04 1 1 Frey’s porcupine quilllids are often decorated 53. Which placement of the underlined portion makes clear that the art that decorates the lid, not the lid itself, is made of porcupine quill? A. Where it is now B. After the word are C. After the word often D. After the word with with art inlaid on birch bark; as far as lids go, 54. F. NO CHANGE G. bark, which is not exactly formulating a lid 54 I wouldn’t say that’s basic.And while braids of through a conventional ideology. H. bark; this is just part of his really artistic way. 54 J. bark. grass arecustomarily woven into ash baskets 55. A. NO CHANGE B. has been 55 C. is seen D. is to make them better, Frey incorporates braided 56. Which choice provides the clearest and most specific reason that grass is woven into ash baskets? 56 cedar bark to create striking new textures. F. NO CHANGE G. for the sake of the objects, H. for a useful purpose, [3] J. to strengthen them, Now that he’s a nationally recognized artist of who 57. A. NO CHANGE B. being whom 57 has rejuvenated the art of basketry, Frey feels his role C. whom D. who is to inspire. He’s on the board of the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance, a group that works to help preserve itby reaching out to young members of Native 58. F. NO CHANGE G. this art 58 communities in the state. His other goal is to continue to H. that J. DELETE the underlined portion. stand out. The woven grass bracelets he saw on a recent 59. A. NO CHANGE B. distinguish himself from other weavers so as a 59 trip to Hawaii have influenced how he shapes the bases weaver he is set apart from them. C. remain to be someone who gets noticed. of some of his newer baskets, as he finds yet another way D. keep on being fully distinct. to make traditional Passamaquoddy weaving something spectacularly his own. as a whole.

1. In 1948, graduate students, Norman Woodland and Bernard Silver, took on a problem that had troubled retailers for years: how to keep track of store inventories.

2. Inspired by the dots and dashes of Morse code, however, Woodland and Silver created a system of lines that could encode data.

3. The first bar code was composed of four white lines set at specific distances from each other on a black background.

4. The writer is considering deleting the preceding sentence. Should the sentence be kept or deleted?

5. Today, twenty-nine white lines making more than half susceptible and, therefore, seven different encodings.

6. Today, twenty-nine white lines making more than half a billion encodings possible.

7. was both large and costly.

8. For example, progress stalled until the 1970s, when laser technology (both more compact and less expensive) became available.

9. In today’s scanners, a laser sends light back and forth across a bar code.

10. Which of the following true statements, if added here, would most effectively lead into the new subject of the paragraph?

11. being that there are one- and two-dimensional bar codes using numeric and alphanumeric symbologies.

12. In one study, for instance, tiny bar codes were placed on bees tracking their activities.

13. Shaping the way we gather, track, and share information, we have almost certainly exceeded even Woodland and Silver’s expectations.

14. For the sake of the logic and coherence of the essay, Paragraph 3 should be placed:

15. Suppose the writer’s primary purpose had been to describe how a specific technological advancement changed business practices. Would this essay accomplish that purpose?

16. “No photographs,” whispered the woman next to me, pointing up to the cave ceiling.

17. The flash will make them stop glowing,” she said, whispering.

18. While I was traveling on canoe on a group tour through the renowned Glowworm Grotto of New Zealand’s Waitomo Caves.

19. They were with the renowned Glowworm Grotto of New Zealand’s Waitomo Caves.

20. this meandering subterranean passageway would feel as though it were downright ensconced in shadows.

21. At this point, the writer wants to emphasize the idea that the narrator found the woman’s comment peculiar. Which of the following best accomplishes that goal?

22. was pinned to her shirt indicated she was a biochemist, here, I

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28. Which of the following choices, if added here, would best conclude the paragraph and refer back to the con-versation at the beginning of the essay?

29. The writer is considering revising the underlined portion to the following:

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33. Which choice most closely maintains the sentence pattern the writer establishes after the semicolon?

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38. The writer wants to add a detail here that best completes the contrast to hybrid-tea roses in the first part of the sentence. Which choice best accomplishes that goal?

39. Which choice best introduces the main focus of the paragraph?

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43. The writer wants to add a detail here that emphasizes the antique rose’s ability to survive without human care. Which choice best accomplishes that goal?

44. Which sequence of sentences makes this paragraph most logical?

45. Suppose the writer’s primary purpose had been to describe the process of planting a particular flower. Would this essay accomplish that purpose?

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