ACT考试20194真题解析

People tend to talk about presents in a fairly loving way. A woman whose mother had died years ago described the many gifts around her house.These were gifts that her mother had given her over the years:“I appreciate these, and they mean something to me,”the woman said,“because I remember the occasions they were given on, and that they were from my mother, and the relationship we’ve had.”The gifts remain and keep the relationship alive in mind. This woman felt the same way about the gifts she gave to others. She hoped that the recipients would look at here gifts in years to come and


正确答案：B

Some two thousand million years ago, the mountain on the sun was raised probably because______.

A. the star moved away from the sun

B. another star happened to come near the sun

C. fhe sun and the moon raised the tides on the earth

D. a large tidal wave of a star travelled over the surface of the sun


正确答案：B

47．答案为B  根据第二段的前两句We believe，however，that some two thousand million years ago，another star wandering through space，happened to come near our sun．Just as the sun and the moon raise tides on the earth，so this star must have raised tides on the surface of the sun...和生活常识可知潮汐是由于星球接近时造成的引力而产生，因此选B。

The Pilgrims were able to survive in America because ().

A.they received help from the Indians

B.they were supported by rich companies

C.many ships brought them food from England

D.they had signed the Mayflower Compact


正确答案: A

In some areas China is( )the developed countries, but it will take some years before we can catch up with them.

A、growing into

B、whipping up

C、gaining on

D、heading for


参考答案：C

Because there is a large number of active users on WeChat／Weixin, this is a great opportunity for Auckland to raise its profile and promote its tourism offerings to the Chinese market.()

此题为判断题(对，错)。


参考答案：对

PART 1 - 英语Passage ISliding Stones to the Forbidden City1The Forbidden City, built in the fifteenth andsixteenth centuries in Beijing,China, isa complexconsisting of the imperial palace and 980 surroundingbuildings. A large number of massive stones were usedin its construction, someof them featuredelaboratecarvings. Because China had developed sophisticatedwheeled vehicles two thousand years before constructionon the city began, scholars assumed that workers hadused carts to transport the stones to the site. However, adocument translated byresearchers Jiang Li, HaoshengChen, and Howard Stone, in 2013revealed that workersused a surprising means oftransportation;a sledge pulledon ice. A2The documentthat was later translated by Jiang,Haosheng, and Stonestated that in January 1557a team of men hauled a 123-ton stone to the ForbiddenCity on a sledge(a platform with wooden runners).B The men pulled the sledge forty-five miles intwenty-eight days, moving about twenty feet per minute.Jiang, Haosheng, andStone wondered whythe workerschose to slide the stones on sledges instead of usingcarts. C They calculated that the citys largeststonessome weighing upto: 300 tonswere tooheavy for sixteenth-century carts to carry. In addition,the rough, bumpy roads of the time made maneuveringthe carts difficult. Sledges were easier, smoother, andmore reliable.3But how could a team of menonlydrag a heavy sledge forty-five miles in a few weeks? D The researchers discovered that toconfrontfriction, the workers created artificial ice pathsthat pouredwater on the ground. They let the winter air freeze thewater and then pullingthe sledge over the ice.The workers also dug wells along theroute sothey could pour fresh water over the ice,thereby further reducing friction.Thecombination of the hard, icy surface andwater lubricationwere to meanthat a smallteam of workers could move the massive stonesquickly and safely. These artificial ice paths madepossible the construction of the Forbidden City,one of Chinas most enduring landmarks.1.A. NO CHANGEB. China, which isC. ChinaD. China,Answer：A2.A. NO CHANGEB. were engraved withC. of these hadD. withAnswer：D3.A. NO CHANGEB. researcher Jiang Li, Haosheng Chen, and Howard Stone in 2013C. researcher Jiang Li, Haosheng Chen, and Howard Stone in 2013,D. researcher, Jiang Li, Haosheng Chen, and Howard Stone, in 2013Answer：B4.A. NO CHANGEB. transportation: beingC. transportation:D. transportationAnswer：C5.A. NO CHANGEB. that was the same one that described the use of a sledgeC. (it was translated in 2013)D. DELETE the underlined portion.Answer：DPART 2 - 数学1. Given 3x- 7 = 5x- 13 is true,x=?A. -10B. -3C.D.E. 3Answer：E2. Aleka earns her regular pay o、f $14 per hour for up to40 hours of work per week. For each hour over40 hours of work per week, Aleka earnstimes herregular pay. How much docs Aleka earn in a week inwhich she works 48 hours?A. 576B. 672C. 728D. 744E. 1,008Answer：C3. A water tank that initially contained 200 gallons of water is leak、ing water at a constant rate of 4 gallons per minute. For the amount of time the tank has water, which of the following function models gives the number of gallons,G, in the tanktminutes after the leak started ?A. G(t) = 196 -tB. G(t) = 200 - 4tC. G(t) = 200t- 4D. G(t) = 200t-4t2E. G(t) = 200Answer：

Traffic in India means a mixture of all kinds of vehicles on the road.About 700 000 new cars have been sold in India in the last twelve months, and about twice that many used cars have been traded

The country' s 35 million motorcycles and scooters make it the world s largest two-wheel market.But because there are still big differences in people' s incomes, the roads are full of a whole variety of vehicles, lots of them not motorised

A ride with a taxi driver in New Delhi gives a flavour of a typical Indian-style. traffic jam with all kinds of vehicles held up in city streets or in long lines on narrow country lanes Cars, lorries and buses back up behind a cart pul led by or animal or another."India has everything on the roads."the taxi driver says."You have to watch out for pedestrian

bicycles, carts, cows, donkeys and even elephants.Three things were recommended to drive here, a horn, brakes and good luck Just then we were stopped by a young boy and his cow.(判断正误)

26.The number of second-hand cars traded in the last twelve months is 1, 400, 000.()

27.Because there are 35 million people in India.India is the world’ s largest two- wheeled market.()

28.Because the amount of money that people earn is so different there are so many different types of vehicles in India.()

29.Because the roads are very bad, motor vehicles often held up in India.()

30.The brakes.the horn and luck are three important things in India.()


参考答案：TFTFT

13．_______ the students in the primary school is about three thousand，and of them are girls．

A． A number of ;two third

B． The number of ;two thirds

C． A number of ;two thirds

D． The number of; two third


正确答案：B
13．B【解析】句意：这所小学的学生数量大约是3，000．其中2/3是女生。由句中的three thousand知道本题要表达的是数量，the numher of指“……的数量一，a number of表“许多”；在分数表达中，若分数的分子超过1，则分母应变复数，2/3应表达为two thirds。

It is generally agreed that the first true cities appeared about 5,000 years ago in the food-producing communities of the Middle East． The cities of Sumeria, Egypt and the Indus Valley possessed a number of characteristics that distinguished them as truly urban． The cities were very much larger and more densely populated than any previous settlement, and their function wasclearly differentiated from that of the surrounding villages． In the cities the old patterns of kinship relations were replaced by a complex hierarchy of social classes based on the specialization of
labor． Moreover, the need to keep records led to the development of writing and arithmetic, and the increased sophistication of urban society gave a new impetus to artistic expression of every kind．
When the basis of city life was established in Europe the urban tradition was drawn from the ancient cities of the Middle East, via the civilization of Greece and Rome． We can trace three main phases in the growth of the West European city． The first of these is the medieval phase which extends from the beginning of the 1 lth century A．D． to about 1,500 to the beginning of the 19th century． The third is the modern phase extending from the early 19th century to the present day．
Every medieval city began as a small settlement, which grew up round a geographical or cultural focal point． This would be a permanent structure such as a stronghold, a cathedral or a large church． In districts where travel and trade were well established, it might be a market, a river crossing, or a place where two or more trade routes met, in studies of urban geography the oldest part of town is referred to as the nuclear settlement． There are many small towns in Europe where it is still possible to trace the outline of the original nuclear settlement． It is, of course,
much more difficult to do this in the case if a large modern city which has grown to many times its original size．
It is easier to locate its original nuclear settlement of a small town__________．

A.because it began as a small settlement
B.because it is less developed
C.because of its small size
D.because of its location

答案：C
解析：
根据题干关键词定位到第三段最后一句“It is，of course，much more difficult to do this…its original size”，由此可知，一个面积是原先面积很多倍的大型现代城市，是很难再探寻到其原始核心村落的概貌的。故可推断面积不大是容易探寻其原始核心村落的概貌的原因。故选C。

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第三篇

People have been painting pictures for at least 30,000 years.The earliest pictures were painted by people who hunted animals.They used to paint pictures of the animals they wanted to catch and kill.Pictures of this kind have been found on the walls of caves in France and Spain.No one knows why they were painted there.Perhaps the painters thought that their pictures would help them to catch these animals.Or perhaps human beings have always wanted to tell stories in pictures.
About 5,000 years ago,the Egyptians and other people in the Near East began to use pictures as kind of writing. They drew simple pictures or signs to represent things and ideas,and also to represent the sounds of their language.The signs there people used became a kind of alphabet.
The Egyptians used to record information and to tell stories by putting picture-writing and pictures together. When an important person died,scenes and stories from his life were painted and carved on the walls of the place where he was buried.Some of these pictures are like modern comic strip stones.It has been said that Egypt is the home of the comic strip.But for Egyptians,pictures still had magic power. So they did not try to make their way of writing simple.The ordinary people could not understand it.
By the year 1000 BC,people who lived in the area around the Mediterranean Sea had developed a simpler system of writing. The signs they used were very easy to write,and there were fewer of them than in the Egyptian system.This was because each sign,or letter,represented only one sound in their language.The Greeks developed this system and formed the letters of the Greek alphabet.The Romans copied the idea and the Roman alphebet is now used all over the world.
These days,we can write down a story,or record information,without using pictures.But we still need pictures of all kinds:drawing,photographs,signs and diagrams.We find them everywhere:in books and newspapers,in the street,and on the walls of the places where we live and work.Pictures help us to understand and remember things more easily,and they can make a story much more interesting.

Pictures of animals were painted on the walls of caves in France and Spain because______.
A:the hunters wanted to see the pictures
B:the painters were animal lovers
C:the painters wanted to show imagination
D:the pictures were thought to be helpful

答案：D
解析：
本题是细节考查题。原文是“无人知晓为何会画在那里，或许画画的人认为这些图能帮他们捉住这些动物，或者人类总是通过图画来叙述故事”。选项A“猎人想看到这些图画”；选项B“画图的人喜爱动物”；选项C“画图的人想展现自己的想象力”；选项D“图画被认为是有用的”。根据文章第一段可知，答案为D。
本题是细节考查题。原文是“他们画出简单的图或符号来代表事物和思想，以及他们所用语言的发音。这些人用的符号就成为了字母表”。选项A“物品”；选项B “字母表，'；选项C“思想”；选项D“所用语言的发音”。由此可知答案为B。
本题是细节考查题。题目问：希腊字母表比埃及的简单，以下哪个不是其原因？选项A“希腊字母更易写”；选项B“希腊字母数量更少”；选项C“希腊字母更好发音”, 这一点文章未提及；选项D“每个符号仅代表一个发音”。由此可知答案为C。
本题是细节考查题。选项A“埃及人用的符号后来变成一种字母表”，选项B“埃及人喜欢画漫画故事”；选项C"罗马字母表由埃及的演变而来”；选项D“希腊人模仿埃及人的书写系统”。综观全文可知，答案为A。
本题是综合阅读能力考查题。选项A“应该让人容易理解”；选项B“应该有趣”；选项C“在生活中很有用”；选项D“从生活中消失了”。由本文最后一段可知，答案为C。

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第三篇

The Body Thieves

In the early nineteenth century in Britain,many improvements were being made in the
world of medicine.Doctors and surgeons were becoming more knowledgeable about the
human body.Illnesses that had been fatal a few years before were now curable.However,
surgeons had one problem.They needed dead bodies to cut up,or dissect（解剖）.This
was the only way that they could learn about the flesh and bones inside the body,and the
only way to teach new surgeons to carry out operations.
The job of finding these dead bodies was carried out by an unpleasant group of people
called "body snatchers". They went into graveyards（墓地）at night and, using wooden
shovels to make less noise,dug up any recently buried bodies.Then they took the bodies
to the medical schools and sold them.A body could be sold for between ￡5 and ￡10,
which was a lot of money at that time.The doctors who paid the body snatchers had an
agreement with them一they never asked any questions.They did not desire to know where
the bodies came from,as long as they kept arriving.
The most famous of these body snatchers were two men from Edinburgh called William
Burke and Wil!iam Hare.Burke and Hare were different because they did not」ust dig up
bodies from graveyards.They got greedy and thought of an easier way to find bodies.
Instead of digging them up,they killed the poorer guests in Hare's small hotel.Dr Knox,
the respected surgeon they worked for,never asked why all the bodies they brought him
had been strangled（勒死）.
For many years Burke and Hare were not caught because,unsurprisingly,the bodies
of their victims were never found by the police.They were eventually arrested and put on
trial in 1829.The judge showed mercy to Hare and he was released but Burke was found
guilty and his punishment was to be hanged.Appropriately,his body was given to the
medical school and he ended up on the dissecting table,just like his victims.In one small
way，justice was done.
Now,over 1 50 years later,surgeons do not need the help of criminals to learn their
skills.However,the science of surgery could not have developed without their rather
gruesome（令人毛骨惊然的）help.

The problem facing British surgeons in the early 1 9th century was that
A:some ii{nesses remained incurable.
B: few people were willing to work as surgeons.
C: medical expenses were too high.
D:dead bodies were not easily available.

答案：D
解析：

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