Task 1

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

People should only engage in activities or hobbies at which they are good or talented.

Use details and examples to explain your answer.

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Task 2

Reading

Library to Make Private Study Booths Available to Grad Students

Beginning next semester, graduate students who study in the university library will be able to reserve private study booths on a semester-by-semester basis. Each booth will be furnished with a desk a chair, and a bookshelf and will have a door that can be locked when the booth is not in use so that students will be able to securely store books and other materials. The booths will be located on the top floor of the library, where strict noise regulations will be in effect.

The woman expresses her opinion about the plan described in the article. Briefly summarize the plan. Then state her opinion about the plan and explain the reasons she gives for holding that opinion.

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Task 3

Reading

Facilitators

When a particular habitat is damaged by a natural event the various species that live there may die off or leave the area. After such an event, the earliest species to inhabit this damaged area may make it possible for other species to live in the area later. These first species facilitate or enable the arrival of o the species; thus, they are called facilitators. Facilitators may have special features that allow them to live in an environment that has been made unsuitable for other species to survive in. Once established, facilitators change the area, and other species can once again survive there.

Explain how the example from the professor lecture illustrates the concept of the Facilitators.

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