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Reading Time: 45 seconds

Functions of Family

A family can be defined as a set of people who are related by blood, marriage, or adoption, and who share the primary responsibility for reproduction and caring for members of society. Although it has many different forms, as a social institution, the family is present in all cultures. As a basic unit of sociology, what functions does the family perform. in it? According to William F. Ogburn, the family performs four very important functions in a society, namely, reproduction, protection, socialization, and supplying affection and companionship.

"Fax Machines"

Now listen to part of a lecture in a business class. The professor is discussing the way that a fax machine transmits and receives data.

Question

Using the main points and examples from the lecture, describe the three parts of a fax machine and then explain how the fax process works.

Preparation Time: 20 seconds

Recording Time: 60 seconds

th each statement below? For each sentence, click in the correct box.

he people of the United States. Name another world leader you think is important. Give specific reasons for your choice.

Read and think about the following statement:

The college years are the best time in a person's life.

Do you agree or disagree with this statement?

Give reasons to support your opinion.

Read a short passage and listen to part of a lecture on the same topic.

Reading Time: 45 seconds

Ballads

A ballad is a poem that tells a story and is sung to music. Usually the story is of unknown origin, and a number of versions may be found for one song, a characteristic that stems from the oral tradition. As the song is passed on from one singer to another, a word is added or changed, or a slight alteration is made in the tune. In short, ballads represent a living tradition that evolves as the song is performed and passed to the next musician. A collection of ballads has been preserved in written form. in the volume English and Scottish Popular Ballads by Francis James Child, and many ballads are still referred to by their "Child number."

Now listen to part of a lecture in a music appreciation class. The professor is talking about the ballad of "Barbara Allen."

Question

Define a ballad, and then explain why "Barbara Allen" can be classified as a ballad.

Preparation Time: 30 seconds

Recording Time: 60 seconds

mouflage, chemical weapons, or warning coloration. For each sentence, click in the correct box. This question is worth 2 points.

至2010年中国经济社会发展的主要任务，其中经济发展的主要目标是：在优化结构、提高效益和降低消耗的基础上，实现2010年人均国内生产总值比2000年翻一番；资源利用效率显著提高，2010年单位国内生产总值能源消耗比2005年降低20％左右。

为了实现这个目标，中国将坚持以人为本、全面协调可持续的科学发展观，推动经济建设、政治建设、文化建设、社会建设全面发展。在主要依靠自身力量发展的同时，中国坚持对外开放，广泛开展国际经济技术合作，与世界各国共同分享人类文明成果；尊重和照顾他国的利益，与各国共同解决合作中出现的分歧和问题，努力实现互利共赢和共同发展；信守国际义务和承诺，积极参与国际体系和国际事务，努力发挥建设性促进作用；在和平共处五项原则的基础上与各国平等相待，积极发展与各国的友好关系。

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t. There will be two writing tasks.

For the first writing task, you will read a passage and listen to a lecture and then answer a question based on what you have read and heard. For the second writing task, you will answer a question based on your own knowledge and experience.

Now listen to the directions for the first writing task.

Integrated Writing Directions

For this task, you will first have three minutes to read a passage about an academic topic: You may take notes on the passage if you wish. The passage will then be removed and you will listen to a lecture about the same topic. While you listen, you may also take notes.

Then you will have 20 minutes to write a response to a question that asks you about the relationship between the lecture you heard and the reading passage. Try to answer the question as completely as possible using information from the reading passage and the lecture. The question does not ask you to express your personal opinion. You will be able to see the reading passage again when it is time for you to write. You may use your notes to help you answer the question.

Typically, an effective response will be 150 to 225 words long. Your response will be judged on the quality of your writing and on the completeness and accuracy of the content. If you finish your response before time is up, you may Clink on Next to go on to the second writing task.

Now you will see the reading passage for three minutes. Remember it will be available to you again when you write immediately after the reading time ends. The lecture will begin, so keep your headset on until the lecture is over.

What our society suffers from most today is the absence of consensus about what it should be; such consensus cannot be gained from society's present stage, or from fantasies about what it ought to be. The present is too close and too diversified, and the future is too uncertain to make reliable claims about it. A present consensus can be achieved only through a shared understanding of the past, as Homer's epics informed those who lived centuries later what it meant to be Greek, and by what images and ideals they were to live their lives and organize their societies.

Most societies derive consensus from a long history, a language all their own, a common religion, common ancestry. The myths by which they live are based on all of these. But the United States is a country of immigrants, coming from a great variety of nations. Lately, it has been emphasized that a social, narcissistic personality has become characteristic of Americans, and that it is this type of personality that makes for the lack of well-being, because it prevents us from achieving consensus that would counteract a tendency to withdraw into private worlds. In this study of narcissism, Christopher Lash says that modern man, "tortured by self-consciousness, turns to new therapies not to free himself of his personal worries but to find meaning and purpose in life, to find something to live for." There is widespread distress because national morale has declined, and we have lost an earlier sense of national vision and purpose.

Now listen to part of a lecture on the topic you just read about.

Question: Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to specifically explain how they support the explanations in the reading passage.