Specialized Practice for ACT English Test – Passage 12

Part 2

This length of road now features forty-one wildlife crossings deliberately placed along the animals’ most important migratory routes. [D]Ten-foot-wide culverts
and small concrete tunnels allow animals of various sizes to pass under the highway.[6] The project’s most visible crossing is a twenty-six-foot-high, (7) and two-hundredfoot-long overpass covered with natural vegetation. It guides bears and moose from the highway for (8) the other half of their natural habitat range.

6.
If the writer were to add the phrase “even in groups” at this point (adjusting the punctuation as needed), the paragraph would primarily gain:
A. an indication that many animals living near US Highway 93 have grown accustomed to traveling alone, even during migration periods.
B. a detail that emphasizes that the culverts and tun- nels were specially designed to accommodate ani- mals’ needs.
C. a suggestion that more groups of large animals than groups of small animals have been using the crossings to travel together.
D. a concession that traveling alone is dangerous for most animals, even when they are using the crossings.

Correct Answer:B

7.
F. NO CHANGE
G. is: a twenty-six-foot-high,
H. is, a twenty-six-foot-high
J. is a twenty-six-foot-high

Correct Answer:J

8.
A. NO CHANGE
B. with the highway toward
C. over the highway to
D. on the highway at

Correct Answer:C


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