September 2010 ACT Reading Discussion

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<p>i hope they do throw it out! i don’t want this question ruining my shot at a 36 on reading</p>

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<p>Well, I’d say I did considerably better than my 26 last time. lmfaoooooooooo</p>

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<p>have they ever thrown a reading question out?</p>

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<p>@kangster it’s where curves come from</p>

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<p>I think the above posters are referring to making the curve +1.</p>

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<p>I’m still pro-pride, but I can see why someone would think the answer was reliant. Looking at the sentence:</p>

<p>“Our instruments, which were more delicate and more accurate than the Government’s, made it a little over twenty-four; but the official reading by the United States was twenty-seven miles an hour.”</p>

<p>He says that his instruments are more accurate than the government’s, so in that sense, why would he be “reliant” on data that was inaccurate? I think he mentions the government’s numbers to show how off the government’s reading is. The fact that he uses the word “official” could be used to support the answer of “reliant,” but I think his primary feeling is of pride towards his numbers rather than reliance towards their numbers.</p>

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<p>^And airfreshener makes an even better point, the author is simply describing where the 27 came from in the preceding sentence.</p>

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<p>Also, if anyone is interested, I found the passage about Gogol and Moushumi:</p>

<p>[url=&lt;a href=“http://soccerryan3.fileave.com/The%20Namesake%20by%20Jhumpa%20Lahiri.png]http://soccerryan3.fileave.com/The%20Namesake%20by%20Jhumpa%20Lahiri.png[/url”&gt;http://soccerryan3.fileave.com/The%20Namesake%20by%20Jhumpa%20Lahiri.png]http://soccerryan3.fileave.com/The%20Namesake%20by%20Jhumpa%20Lahiri.png[/url&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;

<p>from The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri</p>

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<p>dude, soccer, you are DA BEST at this</p>

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<p>■■■■■, inb4 he works for the ACT and he’s gonna bust us all.</p>

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<p>wait, according to this passage, the answer CANT be COUSINS, which we agreed upon for the question that talked about how GOGOL related monimueshu or w.e.? </p>

<p>This sentence supports my statement:

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<p>Nooooo, it said he thought of her LIKE his cousins in India (which he had little communication with). amirite?</p>

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<p>Gogol would relate his cousins as family but monumieshu as not family. However, I don’t remember the other choices in that quesiton. Somebody help me out?</p>

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<p>Doesn’t matter. The point is that HIS COUSINS ARE FAMILY</p>

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<p>And we are assuming that he has COUSINS IN INDIA TO BEGIN WITH. How do we know that he does? Where does it say that in the passage?</p>

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<p>Ha, no I don’t work for the ACT, I’m just epically skilled.</p>

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<p>i know it said it somewhere, i remember</p>

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<p>^oh ****. I found it. Nevermind. Cousins is the correct answer.</p>

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<p>"“Their contact until tonight has been artificial, imposed, something like his relationship to his cousins in India but lacking even the justification of blood ties.”</p>

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<p>I have a -4 for English. ****KKK</p>

<p>-2 for Science
-1 M
-1 E</p>