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American College Testing: English, Math, Reading, Science, Writing (Page 37 )

Updated On: 27-Sep-2026
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DIRECTIONS: In the passage below, certain phrases are underlined and numbered <x>. The question will present alternatives for the underlined part. In most cases, you are to choose the one that best expresses the idea, makes the statement appropriate for standard written English, or is worded most consistently with the style and tone of the passage as a whole. If you think the original version is the best, choose "NO CHANGE".

Building a Cork Boat

[§1] As a young boy, John Pollack dreamed of building a full-size boat made entirely of bottle corks. [A] At the age of thirty-four, Pollack sailed his dream down the Douro River in Portugal. It all began as Pollack is likely to point out <1>, with a single cork.

[§2] To amass the staggering number of corks needed to construct the boat, 165,231 in all, Pollack convinced the staff, of several restaurants <2> in Washington, DC, to donate discarded corks for his cause. [B] Pollack eventually received cork donations from a cork-importing company <3> based in Portugal.

[§3] Constructing the boat introduced a challenge of another variety. Pollack finally tried <4> gluing the corks together to create stackable logs, but he soon realized that this strategy was too time-consuming. [C] He calculated that it would have taken him and one other person more then a year's <5> worth of eight-hour days to glue all the corks needed for the boat.

[§4] Piles of corks threatened to take over Pollack's apartment. <6> He used a foam template to assemble a group of corks into a pretty interesting <7> shape. He then fastened each cluster of corks with multiple rubber bands and encased each cluster in fishnet. To bind clusters together and shaping <8> them into flexible columns proved to be both efficient and architecturally sound. Dozens of friends expedited this proper <9> process by volunteering to help with the construction of the boat.

[§5] The completed cork boat, which resembled a Viking ship, was more impressive than Pollack had ever imagined. [D] In his childhood imagination, he had saw himself <10> floating the boat in his neighbor's swimming pool. But at a length of twenty-two feet, <11> Pollack's masterpiece was best suited with <12> a grand voyage. In 2002, the company that <13> had donated thousands of corks to Pollack's project sponsored the vessel's launch in Portugal. There, during the boat's successful journey on the Douro River, in the country of Portugal, <14> Pollack's dream was fully realized.

<11>:

  1. NO CHANGE
  2. length, of twenty-two feet,
  3. length of twenty-two feet;
  4. length of twenty-two feet

Answer(s): A



DIRECTIONS: In the passage below, certain phrases are underlined and numbered <x>. The question will present alternatives for the underlined part. In most cases, you are to choose the one that best expresses the idea, makes the statement appropriate for standard written English, or is worded most consistently with the style and tone of the passage as a whole. If you think the original version is the best, choose "NO CHANGE".

Building a Cork Boat

[§1] As a young boy, John Pollack dreamed of building a full-size boat made entirely of bottle corks. [A] At the age of thirty-four, Pollack sailed his dream down the Douro River in Portugal. It all began as Pollack is likely to point out <1>, with a single cork.

[§2] To amass the staggering number of corks needed to construct the boat, 165,231 in all, Pollack convinced the staff, of several restaurants <2> in Washington, DC, to donate discarded corks for his cause. [B] Pollack eventually received cork donations from a cork-importing company <3> based in Portugal.

[§3] Constructing the boat introduced a challenge of another variety. Pollack finally tried <4> gluing the corks together to create stackable logs, but he soon realized that this strategy was too time-consuming. [C] He calculated that it would have taken him and one other person more then a year's <5> worth of eight-hour days to glue all the corks needed for the boat.

[§4] Piles of corks threatened to take over Pollack's apartment. <6> He used a foam template to assemble a group of corks into a pretty interesting <7> shape. He then fastened each cluster of corks with multiple rubber bands and encased each cluster in fishnet. To bind clusters together and shaping <8> them into flexible columns proved to be both efficient and architecturally sound. Dozens of friends expedited this proper <9> process by volunteering to help with the construction of the boat.

[§5] The completed cork boat, which resembled a Viking ship, was more impressive than Pollack had ever imagined. [D] In his childhood imagination, he had saw himself <10> floating the boat in his neighbor's swimming pool. But at a length of twenty-two feet, <11> Pollack's masterpiece was best suited with <12> a grand voyage. In 2002, the company that <13> had donated thousands of corks to Pollack's project sponsored the vessel's launch in Portugal. There, during the boat's successful journey on the Douro River, in the country of Portugal, <14> Pollack's dream was fully realized.

<12>:

  1. NO CHANGE
  2. most well suited to
  3. better suited for
  4. best suited as

Answer(s): C



DIRECTIONS: In the passage below, certain phrases are underlined and numbered <x>. The question will present alternatives for the underlined part. In most cases, you are to choose the one that best expresses the idea, makes the statement appropriate for standard written English, or is worded most consistently with the style and tone of the passage as a whole. If you think the original version is the best, choose "NO CHANGE".

Building a Cork Boat

[§1] As a young boy, John Pollack dreamed of building a full-size boat made entirely of bottle corks. [A] At the age of thirty-four, Pollack sailed his dream down the Douro River in Portugal. It all began as Pollack is likely to point out <1>, with a single cork.

[§2] To amass the staggering number of corks needed to construct the boat, 165,231 in all, Pollack convinced the staff, of several restaurants <2> in Washington, DC, to donate discarded corks for his cause. [B] Pollack eventually received cork donations from a cork-importing company <3> based in Portugal.

[§3] Constructing the boat introduced a challenge of another variety. Pollack finally tried <4> gluing the corks together to create stackable logs, but he soon realized that this strategy was too time-consuming. [C] He calculated that it would have taken him and one other person more then a year's <5> worth of eight-hour days to glue all the corks needed for the boat.

[§4] Piles of corks threatened to take over Pollack's apartment. <6> He used a foam template to assemble a group of corks into a pretty interesting <7> shape. He then fastened each cluster of corks with multiple rubber bands and encased each cluster in fishnet. To bind clusters together and shaping <8> them into flexible columns proved to be both efficient and architecturally sound. Dozens of friends expedited this proper <9> process by volunteering to help with the construction of the boat.

[§5] The completed cork boat, which resembled a Viking ship, was more impressive than Pollack had ever imagined. [D] In his childhood imagination, he had saw himself <10> floating the boat in his neighbor's swimming pool. But at a length of twenty-two feet, <11> Pollack's masterpiece was best suited with <12> a grand voyage. In 2002, the company that <13> had donated thousands of corks to Pollack's project sponsored the vessel's launch in Portugal. There, during the boat's successful journey on the Douro River, in the country of Portugal, <14> Pollack's dream was fully realized.

<13>:

  1. NO CHANGE
  2. company, which
  3. company whom
  4. company, who

Answer(s): A



DIRECTIONS: In the passage below, certain phrases are underlined and numbered <x>. The question will present alternatives for the underlined part. In most cases, you are to choose the one that best expresses the idea, makes the statement appropriate for standard written English, or is worded most consistently with the style and tone of the passage as a whole. If you think the original version is the best, choose "NO CHANGE".

Building a Cork Boat

[§1] As a young boy, John Pollack dreamed of building a full-size boat made entirely of bottle corks. [A] At the age of thirty-four, Pollack sailed his dream down the Douro River in Portugal. It all began as Pollack is likely to point out <1>, with a single cork.

[§2] To amass the staggering number of corks needed to construct the boat, 165,231 in all, Pollack convinced the staff, of several restaurants <2> in Washington, DC, to donate discarded corks for his cause. [B] Pollack eventually received cork donations from a cork-importing company <3> based in Portugal.

[§3] Constructing the boat introduced a challenge of another variety. Pollack finally tried <4> gluing the corks together to create stackable logs, but he soon realized that this strategy was too time-consuming. [C] He calculated that it would have taken him and one other person more then a year's <5> worth of eight-hour days to glue all the corks needed for the boat.

[§4] Piles of corks threatened to take over Pollack's apartment. <6> He used a foam template to assemble a group of corks into a pretty interesting <7> shape. He then fastened each cluster of corks with multiple rubber bands and encased each cluster in fishnet. To bind clusters together and shaping <8> them into flexible columns proved to be both efficient and architecturally sound. Dozens of friends expedited this proper <9> process by volunteering to help with the construction of the boat.

[§5] The completed cork boat, which resembled a Viking ship, was more impressive than Pollack had ever imagined. [D] In his childhood imagination, he had saw himself <10> floating the boat in his neighbor's swimming pool. But at a length of twenty-two feet, <11> Pollack's masterpiece was best suited with <12> a grand voyage. In 2002, the company that <13> had donated thousands of corks to Pollack's project sponsored the vessel's launch in Portugal. There, during the boat's successful journey on the Douro River, in the country of Portugal, <14> Pollack's dream was fully realized.

<14>:

  1. NO CHANGE
  2. River, which is a river in Portugal,
  3. River in Portugal,
  4. River,

Answer(s): D



DIRECTIONS: In the passage below, certain phrases are underlined and numbered <x>. The question will present alternatives for the underlined part. In most cases, you are to choose the one that best expresses the idea, makes the statement appropriate for standard written English, or is worded most consistently with the style and tone of the passage as a whole. If you think the original version is the best, choose "NO CHANGE".

Building a Cork Boat

[§1] As a young boy, John Pollack dreamed of building a full-size boat made entirely of bottle corks. [A] At the age of thirty-four, Pollack sailed his dream down the Douro River in Portugal. It all began as Pollack is likely to point out <1>, with a single cork.

[§2] To amass the staggering number of corks needed to construct the boat, 165,231 in all, Pollack convinced the staff, of several restaurants <2> in Washington, DC, to donate discarded corks for his cause. [B] Pollack eventually received cork donations from a cork-importing company <3> based in Portugal.

[§3] Constructing the boat introduced a challenge of another variety. Pollack finally tried <4> gluing the corks together to create stackable logs, but he soon realized that this strategy was too time-consuming. [C] He calculated that it would have taken him and one other person more then a year's <5> worth of eight-hour days to glue all the corks needed for the boat.

[§4] Piles of corks threatened to take over Pollack's apartment. <6> He used a foam template to assemble a group of corks into a pretty interesting <7> shape. He then fastened each cluster of corks with multiple rubber bands and encased each cluster in fishnet. To bind clusters together and shaping <8> them into flexible columns proved to be both efficient and architecturally sound. Dozens of friends expedited this proper <9> process by volunteering to help with the construction of the boat.

[§5] The completed cork boat, which resembled a Viking ship, was more impressive than Pollack had ever imagined. [D] In his childhood imagination, he had saw himself <10> floating the boat in his neighbor's swimming pool. But at a length of twenty-two feet, <11> Pollack's masterpiece was best suited with <12> a grand voyage. In 2002, the company that <13> had donated thousands of corks to Pollack's project sponsored the vessel's launch in Portugal. There, during the boat's successful journey on the Douro River, in the country of Portugal, <14> Pollack's dream was fully realized.

The question asks about the preceding passage as a whole.

The writer wants to add the following sentence to the essay: "Remember," he would say as he made his daily pickups, "every cork counts."

The sentence would most logically be placed at:

  1. Point [A] in Paragraph 1.
  2. Point [B] in Paragraph 2.
  3. Point [C] in Paragraph 3.
  4. Point [D] in Paragraph 5.

Answer(s): B



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