Task 1

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

It is important to help people who have moved into your neighborhood to feel welcome and part of the community.

Use details and examples to explain your answer.

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Task 2

Reading

Subject: Additional Class for Teaching Assistants

Dear Graduate Teaching Assistants

The university is making an effort to improve the classroom experience and reduce undergraduate course sizes. Thus, as graduate teaching assistants in the sciences, starting next semester you will be expected to teach one additional undergraduate course each semester in addition to the course you teach now. This will allow large classes to be split into smaller classes, so undergraduate students can receive more individual attention from teachers. Spending more time in the classroom will also provide an opportunity for you to improve your teaching skills, which could be useful for many of you in the future.

Thank you

Professor John Biddleton

The woman expresses her opinion about the plan described in the e-mail. 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

Predator Satiation

Prey animals have a variety of adaptations and strategies that help protect their species against predators. One adaptation some prey species have is that all individuals reproduce at the same time, so that new members of that particular species are introduced to an area all at once, which makes it difficult for predators to kill off the entire population of the species. This is called predator satiation, and it sometimes occurs with prey animals that have no other defenses or means of protecting themselves. Although many individual animals will not survive, others will, so predator satiation ensures the survival of the prey species as a whole.

Explain how the example of cicadas illustrates the concept of predator satiation.

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