Acing The ACT: Reading Time Trial Answers

Passage 2

1. C
The main focus is the first olympics and its protests. It’s not focused on the opening ceremony (D), Ralph Rose (B), or British reactions (A). 

2. D
Lines 41-45 state this explicitly.

3. A
Lines 13-16 state this.

4. D
Stated in lines 46-48.

5. B
Stated in lines 65-68.

6. A
The paragraph focuses on differences in the games. There is no focus on the stadium, modern athletes, or the most popular events. 

7. C
Stated in line 13.

8. B
Explicitly stated in lines 57-60.

9. A
Stated in lines 4-7. There were 2,008 athletes in 1908 and 11,000 athletes in 2016. 

10. D
This is a general list of controversies. It is not specifically about the pole vaulting team (A), Rose (B), or the British populace (C).