ACT English Music of O'odham

For some people, traditional American Indian music is associated and connected with high penetrating vocals accompanied by a steady drumbeat.

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• connected by some of them

• linked by association

• associated

Among the O'odham tribes of Arizona, waila has been popular for more than a century.

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• popular, one might say, for

• really quite popular for

• popular for the duration of

Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion would NOT be acceptable?

The music is mainly instrumental-the bands generally consist of guitar, bass guitar, saxophones, accordion, and drums.

• instrumental; in general, the bands

• instrumental, the bands generally

• instrumental. The bands generally

• instrumental; the bands generally

It is a social music that performed at weddings, birthday parties, and feasts.

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• music in which it is performed

• music, performing

• music, performed

The word itself comes from the Spanish word for dance, baile.

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• word, itself,

• word, itself

• word itself,

Cheek to cheek, the dance is performed to the relaxed two-step tempo, and the bands often play long past midnight.

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• Couples dance cheek to cheek to the relaxed two-step tempo.

• A relaxed two-step tempo, the couples dance cheek to cheek.

• Cheek to cheek, the two-step tempo relaxes dancing couples.

As the dancers step to the music, they were also stepping in time to a sound that embodies their unique history and suggests the influence of outside cultures on their music.

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• are also stepping

• have also stepped

• will also step

Couples dance cheek to cheek to the relaxed two-step tempo, and the bands often play long past midnight.

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• play long, past,

• play, long past,

• play, long past

As the dancers step to the music, they were also stepping in time to a sound that embodies their unique history and suggests the influence of outside cultures on their music.

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• they're

• it's

• its'

At this point, the writer is considering adding the following true statement:

The agricultural practices of the O'odham are similar t those of the Maya.

Should the writer make this addition here?

• Yes, because the sentence establishes that the O'odham often borrowed ideas from other groups.

• Yes, because the sentence provides important information about the O'odham people.

• No, because the sentence is not supported by evidence of a connection between the O'odham and the Maya.

• No, because the sentence distracts from the paragraph's focus on waila's uses and influences.