ACT English Question 623: Answer and Explanation

Aviator Charles A. Lindbergh was undeniably a man of genius. In 1927, he was the first person to complete a successful flight from New York to Paris. Such success was not the result of academic and determination.

Throughout his childhood and early Charles Lindbergh was not interested in erudition. In 1918, with the United States in the throes of World Lindbergh eagerly agreed to return to the family farm to grow food for the war effort in exchange for his high school diploma. Though the small Minnesota farm his care thrived, his passion was not for agriculture, but for things mechanical. When he expressed these interests to his parents, a congressman and a teacher, they encouraged him to obtain a more formal education.

Lindbergh attended the University of Wisconsin engineering. However, Lindbergh's penchant for "hands-on" learning, combined with a lack of scholarly discipline and study skills, academic probation after barely two years. Realizing that the only practical knowledge he had gained in college was through his participation in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (R.O.T.C.), Lindbergh dropped out of college, never to .

In 1922, after brief aviation training at the Nebraska Aircraft Corporation, Lindbergh spent two summers traveling from state to state, wing walker, parachutist, and skydiver. Having found his true passion as a enlisted in the Army along with 103 other cadets. Despite his aversion to classroom learning, he his efforts and learned to truly study during ground school. Failing any one test would have resulted in being "washed out," but Lindbergh passed his tests with "flying" colors. only eighteen cadets remained, and Lindbergh achieved the highest ranking among all of the members of his class.

his disinterest in formal education, Lindbergh displayed an enjoyment of learning throughout his life, new challenges. He charted transcontinental and transoceanic air routes that are still used today. His sister-in-law's fatal heart condition which enabled a damaged heart to continue pumping while doctors worked to repair it.

Correct Answer: J

Explanation:

The best answer is J. No punctuation should separate the gerund performing from its complement as a barnstormer, wing walker, parachutist, and skydiver. Remember that colons and semicolons, in particular, have very specific usages. They should not interrupt the flow of a phrase.

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