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Nonverbal Signals

As humans, we communicate primarily through language. A speaker transmits his or her thoughts and feelings through words and expects the listener to obtain meaning from those words. However, nonverbal signals can be just as important in determining how the oral messages we relay are received and interpreted.Nonverbal signals can either reinforce or contradict the information we deliver with our spoken words. These signals include facial expressions, tone of voice, eye contact, body posture, and hand gestures. A person with a good understanding of nonverbal signals can ensure that the meaning of his or her words is clear.

Announcement from [Student] Services

The Sybert University [Student] Services Department is happy to announce a new transportation option for students. Starting next week, city bus B. 15 will be altering its route to include the Sybert University campus. The bus makes several stops in the downtown area, so students will now be able to easily get to the movie theater, shopping mall, and other downtown attractions. In addition, students are eligible for a discounted bus fare with a valid university ID card. Bus 15 will come through campus every 10 minutes on weekdays, and every 20 minutes on Saturday and Sunday.

Now read the passage about nuclear energy. You will have 45 seconds to read the passage.

Begin reading now.

Reading Time: 45 seconds

Nuclear Energy

Some scientists think that nuclear energy should be used. According to them, nuclear energy is nonpolluting, inexhaustible, independent from foreign pressures and it is the safest of all energy resources, because it is most closely watched. The well publicized risks have been greatly exaggerated. It should be remembered that none of the past accidents have killed or even injured one single person. The chance of dying from radiation from a nuclear plant are much smaller than the chances of being the victim of a traffic accident, of drowning, or of dying of cancer caused by smoke from other people's cigarettes. As for the danger of accidents, it is extremely small: reactors are built to resist earthquakes much stronger than any earthquake ever known to man, and their operations are automatically stopped at the slightest shaking.

dy. For each sentence, click in the Yes or No column.

守护濒危动物的家园

Some people think that human needs for farmland, housing, and industry are more important that saving land for endangered animals. Do you agree or disagree with this point of view? Why or why not? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

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

Aboriginal People

Although the first inhabitants of Australia have been identified by physical characteristics, culture, language, and locale, none of these attributes truly establishes a person as a member of the Aboriginal People. Because the Aboriginal groups settled in various geographical areas and developed customs and lifestyles that reflected the resources available to them, there is great diversity among those groups, including more than 200 linguistic varieties. Probably the most striking comparison is that of the Aboriginal People who inhabit the desert terrain of the Australian Outback with those who live along the coast. Clearly, their societies have developed very different cultures. According to the Department of Education, the best way to establish identity as a member of the Aboriginal People is to be identified and accepted as such by the Aboriginal community.

Now listen to part of a lecture in an anthropology class. The professor is talking about Aboriginal People.

Question

Explain how the Aboriginal People are identified. Draw upon information in both the reading and the lecture.

Preparation Time:30 seconds

Pecording Time:60 seconds

s early adulthood, middle adulthood, or late adulthood.

For each sentence, click in the correct box.

This question is worth 2 points.

"Stress"

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

Reading Time: 45 seconds

Stress

Stress is defined as a mental and physical condition that occurs when an adjustment or adaptation must be made to the environment. Unpleasant conditions or events cause stress, as, for example, financial problems, a divorce, health issues, or pressure at work. However, a certain amount of stress occurs even when the adjustment is to a condition that is perceived as desirable. Exercise, dating, moving to a new home, or taking a trip are all stressful situations. Although short-term stress is usually harmless, the consequences of long-term stress can be dangerous to health. Factors that decrease the consequences of stress are the ability to predict stressful situations and the level of control over them that can be achieved.

Now listen to part of a lecture in a psychology class. The professor is talking about an experiment.

Question

Explain the causes of stress and relate them to the experiment with rats.

Preparation Time:30 seconds

Preparation Time:60 seconds

clude details and examples to support your explanation.

special effects that they describe. TWO of the answer choices will NOT be used. This question is worth 3 points.

Answer Choices

A．Objects and devices are used during filming to create an illusion.

B．The eye retains the image of an object after the object has actually disappeared.

C．Tricks of the camera produce images of things that are not real.

D．Puppets, robots, explosives, and small models are examples of these effects.

E．Stop-motion photography makes an actor disappear on screen. F．A computer program makes one object appear to change into another. G．They created the illusion of ships attacking a town in a 1916 silent film.

Optical Effects

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Mechanical Effects

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