Official ACT Reading Thread April 2013

<p>I thought the answer was the “prominent/prominence” answer for the first of the science. Just as a previous poster said at least three of the words could fit, so I believe they tested us on the explanation part of the word. The explanation to that one made the most sense in my opinion. Can someone explain the “gravity” correct answer for the science and also what did station mean in section one? I got really hung up…</p>

<p>^Station I put Status since it referred to the author’s peers.</p>

<p>Dang. I put duty because I thought it would “increase his duty to help him if he lived with him”</p>

<p>Btaylor14; in the paragraph that explained what string theory was it stated that no previous theoretical physics could qualify the existence of gravity. It then stated that string theory was able to rectify this lack of qualification.</p>

<p>I got prominent too for the science, because it’s the widely accepted theory. </p>

<p>Station I put status too.</p>

<p>hmm. I do not remember that one…hopefully I got it! Thanks CC</p>

<p>Few questions… someone help me out!</p>

<ol>
<li>Brewster passage: how he felt at first compared to now… was it he complained at first, but now looks back on it fondly?</li>
<li>String theory: I’m confused on the prominence question you’re talking about. Wouldn’t the answer be that it was regarded in the science community as prominent, since it said that it has dominated the physics community? Anyone know for sure on this one?</li>
<li>String theory: Why the guy wrote the book… improve his own theory (I know I didn’t put that), create controversy (or that), I don’t remember the rest…</li>
</ol>

<p>@Amplified</p>

<p>1.) This is the only one of your questions I’m positive about because in the beginning paragraph it stated that he complained during it, so it was the answer about him complaining about it at first</p>

<p>Has anyone found the original source of any of the passages?</p>

<p>Curious what you guys got for the string theory question where it was talking about how Woit thinks accepting string theory should be a matter of “x vs y”. I ended up going with “being pragmatic/without evidence”, I think… (Can’t really recall the answer choices.)</p>

<p>Other than that, I’m pretty confident. This was the only test where I had time to go back and make sure I didn’t misbubble anything, so even if I got this one wrong as long as the curve is fairly generous I think I got a 36… which I’ll need to balance out a really terrible math score.</p>

<p>@overlapped I didn’t put pragmatic… I don’t remember my answer though</p>

<p>@amplified

  1. dont remember answer
    2.i put entrenched
  2. dont remember</p>

<p>I hate when you read these and don’t recall what answer you put…</p>

<p>What was the answer to the string theory one that asked what the mathematician’s purpose was?</p>

<p>What were some of the questions and answers to the first passage?</p>

<p>In he Humanities passage, Ada didn’t compare herself to bats right??? It was just the other two that were correct?
Also the last question…did her grandma give her emotional support?</p>

<p>^ Yes, she did not compare herself to bats. </p>

<p>& yes again</p>

<p>i dont think it was emotional support, what was the other answer choice that was similar to it? I think i put the similar choice</p>

<p>the other similar choice was like she raised her as a child, but I dont think thats what the phrase we had to analyze meant right?</p>

<p>Thanks!!!</p>