Task 3 (5 marks) introductions

The following criteria in Column A are often found in a good introduction (although not all 8 criteria are used in this introduction). Identify which criteria has been used in the following paragraph. Write the corresponding number in the Column B. You may put the number of the sentence more than once in Column B..

The Science of Stress: How Well Do You Test?

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/science/jan-june13/stress_02-18.html

(1) To figure out why some students perform well under pressure and others don’t, a team of scientists in Taiwan took blood samples of 779 Taiwanese students who had just taken an extremely difficult and important test. (2) They compared each student’s genes to his or her test score and discovered the COMT gene has two variants – one that works quickly, and one that works slowly. (3) When you’re stressed, your brain is flooded with dopamine, a chemical that affects how your brain works. (4) The COMT gene’s job is to clear that dopamine from the prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain responsible for cognitive ability, problem-solving, reasoning, and planning. (5) Too much dopamine and students have a hard time concentrating and recalling facts.

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ТУТ Я НЕ УВЕРЕНА

COLUMN A	COLUMN B
Pose a challenging or interesting question	(1)
Tell a story
Use a quotation
Give an overview of the key issues involved in the topic
Provide some background information	(3)
Define terms	(4)
Citations of a few major works, developments, (facts and statistics) and findings in the field.	(2)
Indicate the direction your argument will take
Make a link to the first part of your essay	(5)

TASK 4 (6 MARKS) SUMMARIZATION

Write a summary of the introduction from the article ‘ The Science of Stress: How Well Do You Test?’ above. Your summary should be a maximum of 3 sentences.

The results of a Taiwanese study to find out why some students perform better under pressure than others determined that too much of the chemical dopamine in the brain results in difficulty concentrating and recalling facts.

After 779 Taiwanese students took a tough examination, the scientists compared student’s genes to their test scores and found that the COMT gene has two variants, one which reacts quickly, and one which reacts slowly.

The scientists claim that the brain floods with dopamine when one is stressed and the COMT gene exists to clear this chemical from the part of the brain that is responsible for cognitive abilities.

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