ACT English Practice Test 7
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English Art
Our Advanced English teacher Mr. Peale; Q1 decided to end the semester with a unique and unexpected challenge. He wanted each of us to find a picture of a famous oil painting that we especially liked and Q2 bring it to school. We were certain he was going to have us write something about our pictures, so we all happily shared: Q3 our Picassos, Van Goghs, and Cezannes in class the next day. Then the surprise announcement came. We were each to attempt to copy our picture onto a full-sized canvas using real oil paints and brushes. The brushes were not real boar 49 bristles, but Mr. Peale said they would work just as well. Q4
I will never forget how terribly insecure I felt as I began my painting. As I secretly glanced looking at others around me Q5 , my anxiety and self-doubt only seemed to grow. It appears Q6 to me that my peers were not only brilliant English students but accomplished artists as well! Mr. Peale walked around the classroom and suddenly became an art instructor as he loudly proclaimed Q7 to the other students what an excellent job they were doing. I felt quite tentative and barely had a mark on my own canvas. I was way out of my element!
[1] Mr. Peale finally walked over to me and I silently gulped. [2] He said very little about my attempts, which was both a blessing and a curse. Q8
[3] His lack of comment kept me from turning beet red, yet his quiet demeanor clearly told me that he was unimpressed with my torturous efforts. [4] He continued past me to the next student, which, to me, was an obvious message that I was completely hopeless as an artist. [5] I had been so reluctant to begin my painting, despite my love for the artist’s rendering of a beautiful bronze, pink, and yellow sunset and a single leafless tree in the foreground. [6] Something snapped inside me as Mr. Peale announced that we were done for the day, and we would continue this week-long project the tomorrow. [7] I could hardly wait to get back there and work on my masterpiece. Q9
By the end of this odd assignment, I was actually thrilled with that being which Q10 I had reproduced. While my painting wasn’t as dramatic as many of my classmates’, and it didn’t look exactly like its original, I did feel I had captured its essence. Q11
The painting is actually hanging on my wall Q12 for years afterwards. I had moved past my fears and lack of self-confidence and allowed myself to explore the space of the canvas, the enticing oil colors, and a variety of brush strokes. I actually felt that somewhat Q13 inside of me there was an artist.
To this day, I have no idea what Mr. Peale’s intention was when he asked his English students to reproduce a famous oil painting. Was he merely trying to fill up the end of the semester by keeping us preoccupied with busywork Q14 while he sat at his desk and red-lined the novelettes we had written earlier in the semester? Or was he challenging our self-importance as Advanced English students, trying to knock us down a peg or two? I do know what I will still think Q15 about what that assignment taught me about myself: the absolute beauty of surrendering to the possibilities in life, and that for a small moment, I too was an artist.
Question 1
NO CHANGE
teacher Mr. Peale—
teacher, Mr. Peale
teacher, Mr. Peale,
Question 2
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painting, that we especially liked, and
painting that we especially liked, and
painting, that we especially liked, and,
Question 3
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shared
shared,
share
Question 4
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Did I mention this wasn’t an art class?
I had chosen a French impressionist.
DELETE the underlined portion.
Question 5
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glanced looking at others around me on all sides
glanced around me
glanced at others surrounding me
Question 6
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appeared
appearing
has appeared
Question 7 Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion would be LEAST acceptable?
declared
announced
affirmed
published
Question 8 If the writer were to delete the phrase “which was both a blessing and a curse” from the preceding sentence (ending the sentence with attempts), the essay would primarily lose:
a relevant description of the writer’s attitude towards her English teacher.
information about the writer’s attitude towards Impressionist art.
the suggestion that the writer was feeling ambivalent about her teacher’s response to her painting.
a fact about the writer’s skill as a painter.
Question 9 For the sake of the logic and coherence of this paragraph, Sentence 3 should be placed:
where it is now.
before Sentence 1.
before Sentence 2.
after Sentence 5.
Question 10
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the painting of which
what
that
Question 11 At this point, the writer is considering adding the following true statement: It had a certain beauty and serenity about it that the photo had emitted to me from the beginning. Should the writer make this addition here?
Yes, because it provides details about the essence of the painting and explains reasons behind its value to the writer.
Yes, because it provides important information about the original artist’s style of painting.
No, because it does not provide a direct connection between the original artwork and the writer’s reproduction.
No, because it is already clear from the essay why her reproduction was valuable to the writer.
Question 12
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The painting actually hung on my wall
I was actually hanging by the painting
The painting was actually hung by me on my wall
Question 13
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somewhere
even though
throughout
Question 14
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keeping us busy and preoccupied with unimportant tasks
keeping us preoccupied
maintaining our preoccupation
Question 15
NO CHANGE
that I am still full of thought
that which I still think
that I still think
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