X115/201 NATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS 2008 THURSDAY‚ 15 MAY 1.00 PM – 2.00 PM ENGLISH INTERMEDIATE 2 Close Reading Answer all questions. 30 marks are allocated to this paper. Read the passage carefully and then answer all the questions‚ using your own words as far as possible. The questions will ask you to show that: you understand the main ideas and important details in the passage—in other words‚ what the writer has said (Understanding—U); you can identify‚ using appropriate terms
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"I hope my brain doesn’t start melting." I don’t recall much of what happened next‚ but I do remember thinking that as I watched my temperature creep past 104F. When I regained my composure‚ I was out of the heated chamber and in a cold shower‚ my sweat-drenched clothes still on and the temperature probes still dangling from my body. Slumped over‚ my mind slowly started to function again as a sense of satisfaction settled in. Another experiment done‚ another data set complete...all in all‚ another
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Introduction The purpose of this recommendation report is to change the drinking habit of habitants of college park. The recommendation report will define the harmful effects linked to the overuse of bottled water and propose solutions to overcome the harmful effects. According to the Environmental Working Group (EWG)‚ “Americans drink twice as much bottled water today as they did ten years ago” (Bottled). The majority of these consumers are not aware of the negative effects the production and consumption
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1. Two-way tables can be used to examine relationships between two variables. Suppose we have data on 200 students regarding their gender and whether or not they wear backpacks to school. The data is summarized in the two-way table below. 2. Fill in the remaining numbers in the table. Backpack: Yes Backpack: No Male 30 60 Female 30 80 Different ways to summarize the data from a two way table 3. A _______ distribution summarizes the data from one variable only
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Anxiety Anxiety is a generalized or unspecified sense of disequilibrium. People experience some degree of anxiety whenever they communicate with others. Communication anxiety Public speaking and talking in front of others is the greatest fear of most people. If you’ve ever experienced feeling emotionally frozen‚ nervous or avoid being placed in front of people because you don’t know what you would say‚ you have experienced communication anxiety. New Surroundings New surroundings can
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In this essay I will compare the two different poems ’Human Interest’ and ’Cousin Kate’. They are written by different poets‚ ’Human Interest’ is written by Carol Ann Duffy‚ whom was born in 1955 which means it is modern twentieth century language. ’Cousin Kate’ is written by Christina Rossetti‚ who was born in 1830 and died in 1984‚ making this pre-twentieth century language. The narrator in ’Human Interest’ is male‚ he is locked up in prison for stabbing his allegedly unfaithful partner. The narrator
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Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison He was born in Oklahoma City in 1914. He was interested in Jazz music and he effected from it and he used it in this novel. This book is one of the most important books written about the reality of racism and the problem of black identity in the United States. The title is significant for the story as it names the narrator and protagonist of the story. I never learn invisible man’s name but this is his show. The novel chronicles his path to realizing his invisibility
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Globali | Test | Final Exam | Started | 9/14/12 7:22 PM | Submitted | 9/14/12 8:45 PM | Status | Completed | Score | 260 out of 300 points | Time Elapsed | 1 hour‚ 22 minutes out of 2 hours. | Instructions | This final exam consist of 30 multiple choice questions and covers the material in chapters 8 through 17. There are three questions from each chapter and the questions are in chapter order. Be sure you are in the correct Chapter when you take the exam. | * Question 1
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Exam I -REVIEW-CH 1-4Exam I -REVIEW-CH 1-4 Student: ___________________________________________________________________________ 1. If Chrysler raises the prices of its new models of pickup trucks by 4 percent and General Motors and Ford follow by raising prices by a similar amount‚ then this is evidence of A. a monopoly. B. an oligopoly. C. pure competition. D. monopolistic competition. E. supply and demand. 2. Because the US government regulates business to ensure competition and protect
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MAF302 – 2009 Exam Marking Guide Question 1. Part i. In most large corporations‚ ownership and management are separated. What are the main implications of this separation? Part ii. A parcel of land costs $300‚000. For an additional $500‚000 you can build an office building on the property. The land and office building should be worth $900‚000 next year. Suppose that common stocks with the same risk as this investment offer a 9% expected return per year. Would you construct the building
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