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El dictado. Listen carefully to the audio clip of a waiter explaining the specials to his customers. Then, fill in the blanks below with the missing words, in Spanish. Each blank represents one missing word. (1 pt each, partial credit for minor misspellings and/or missing accent marks)   Buenas tardes. Les voy a explicar los platos que [ofrecemos] hoy para el [almuerzo]. Para empezar, tenemos [cuatro] deliciosas sopas: sopa de [salmon], sopa de espárragos, sopa de [verduras] y [tambien] una rica sopa de [champinones]. También tenemos [bistec] con verduras, un excelente [jamon] con patatas, y bueno, yo personalmente les [recomiendo] la carne de [res] con [pimienta] y limón. El plato del día es [marisco] asado. Para beber, los [jugos] naturales son nuestra especialidad o, si lo desean, les puedo [traer] el menú de [vinos].

Comprensión y dictado: preguntas personales.  Listen carefully to the five questions provided in the audio. For each question, you must provide two things in the text box: Write exactly what you hear in Spanish (the question itself). Write a logical, complete sentence in Spanish that answers the question. (If a question has more than one part, you must answer all parts to receive full credit.) Grading (3 points per item): 1 point: Accurate transcription of the question. 2 points: A logical answer in a complete sentence with correct grammar. Note: No credit will be given for illogical responses or answers that do not address the question asked. Modelo: [you hear] ¿Cómo estás hoy? [you write] ¿Cómo estás hoy? Estoy muy bien, gracias.

Vocabulario con fotos. Label each image with the appropriate vocabulary word. Be sure to include the correct definite article (el/la/los/las).  1. [1] 2. [2] 3. [3] 4. [4] 5. [5] 6.  [6]

Name 2 barriers to good nutrition for COPD patients.

Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding malnutrition in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)?

Red-green color deficiency is a X-linked recessive trait in humans. Two people with normal color vision have a male (XY) child with red-green color deficiency.  What are the genotypes of the parents with regard to color vision? (Xc is used to indicate the color deficiency allele and X is used to indicate no color deficiency) [ans1] If the same couple later had a female (XX) child, what would be the possible genotype(s) and phenotype(s) of that child? Genotype [ans2] Phenotype [ans3] *for all questions we are assuming no new mutations for this trait  

As a researcher you create a construct combining the pieces of DNA diagrammed below. If this construct were successfully added to the genome of an organism: What protein would it cause to be expressed [ans1]? Where would this construct cause its expression? [ans2]?    

Taxol is a chemotherapeutic drug used to treat cancer that works by preventing microtubules from shortening.  Which phase of mitosis does this drug most actively disrupt? [ans1] What types of healthy (non-cancer) cells might also be affected by this drug? [ans2]  

In eukaryotes, what is a difference between the first RNA molecule that is made and the mature mRNA?

MicroRNAs can bind to complementary mRNA in the cytoplasm of the cell which blocks the binding of the ribosome. What level of gene regulation is this?