READING PASSAGE 1 Lost for Words Many minority languages are on the danger list.In the Native American Navajo nation which sprawls across four states in the American south-west‚ the native language is dying. Most of its speakers are middle-age or elderly. Although many students take classes in Navajo‚ the schools are run in English. Street sign‚ supermarket goods and even their own newspaper are all in English. Not surprisingly‚ linguists doubt that any native speakers of Navajo will remain in
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skill in badminton. Every‚ single‚ day‚ I took an hour away from my life to practice techniques for this sport. For the upcoming Fitnessgram Test‚ I believe I will barely pass the test. Based on observations‚ my push-up and crunch techniques are ineffective and robust. As a result‚ if I continue to perform my unique tactics‚ then I will probably not pass the test this coming March. During these several months‚ I hope my self-control will
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Most women find out that they are pregnant two weeks after a missed period. A pregnancy test is able to determine if human chorionic gonadotropin is present in the urine. This test is most accurate when taken after two weeks of a missed menstrual cycle. Blood test that measure HCG can detect pregnancy sooner than this. During the first trimester many women feel morning sickness‚ which is accompanied with nausea and vomiting and it occurs at any time in the day. Between fifty and eighty percent of
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A Test of Faith Have you ever been tempted to do something that seemed fishy? Dora Alonso‚ the author of “Sophie and the Angel‚” developed a story about an old lady who because of her loneliness and religion goes through a test of faith. Sophie was an old lady‚ she was lonely‚ and she was sexually repressed. This leads her to start to have hallucinations about an angel. We can assume the angel is an evil spirit‚ someone like the devil. Because Sophie was so religious‚ Sophie saw the angel as a
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Principles of Risk Management and Insurance‚ 11e (Rejda) Chapter 1 Risk in Our Society 1) Traditionally‚ risk has been defined as A) any situation in which the probability of loss is one. B) any situation in which the probability of loss is zero. C) uncertainty concerning the occurrence of loss. D) the probability of a loss occurring. Answer: C Question Status: Previous Edition 2) Objective risk is defined as A) the probability of loss. B) the relative variation of actual loss
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Appraise Current Issues in Test Construction Blanton‚ H.‚ & Jaccard‚ J. (2006). Arbitrary metrics in psychology. American Psychologist‚ retrieved from: http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.proxy1.ncu.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=7c416ac3-4edf-46c1-a7e8-6284000d9f81%40sessionmgr4001&vid=1&hid=4111 According to Blanton & Jaccard (2006) the problem of arbitrary metrics is essential to elaborating the different areas of the conceptual dimensions than depending on one classification of the construct. Arbitrariness
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Progress Test 2 I. Reading Read the text only once. Choose the right answer. In primary school a child’s life is simple. Children form a close relationship with one familiar teacher. On entering secondary school a new more difficult world opens up. Pupils soon learn to be less free in the way they speak to teachers and even to their classmates. They begin to lose the free and easy ways of primary school. As teachers of different subjects see hundreds of children in a week‚ a pupil may be able to
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The Belbin Test For assessing team roles This version of the Belbin test has been taken from "Teambuilding" by Alistair Fraser and Suzanne Neville: The Industrial Society 1993. Self Perception Inventory To complete each section of this inventory‚ tick in the far left hand column the one‚ two or three sentences most applicable to yourself. Then in the column on the right‚ apportion 10 points between those sentences that apply to you: one of which you feel sums you up well while the other only
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I. Abstract The experiment: Classification tests on Organic Compounds‚ allows the students to be familiarized with different classification tests used for identifying the different classes of organic compounds; examine unknown compounds using appropriate tests; and identify functional group of an organic compound based on the tests performed. Several organic compounds with different functional groups were tested to identify the functional groups present in the compound. n-heptane‚ pentene
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Summative Test in Science 4 1. Which is an example of a hinge joint? a. Hip c. wrist b. Shoulder d. elbow 2. Jose can rotate his arms from the shoulders. What makes this possible? a. Hinge joints c. spinal cord b. Cartilage d. ball and socket joints 3. Which of these tissues join bines together? a. Cartilage c. tendon b. Ligament d. skin 4. Why is the skeletal system called the framework of the body? a. It holds the muscles b. It allows the movement
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