In the humanities, authors write to inform you in many ways. These methods can【C1】______________ three types of informational writing: factual, descriptive, and process. Factual writing provides【C2】____________ information on an author, composer, or artist or on a type of music, literature, or art. Examples of factual writing include notes on a book jacket or【C3】____________ cover and longer pieces, such as an article describing a style of music which you might read in a music【C4】____________ course. This kind of writing provides a context for your study of the humanities. As its name【C5】, descriptive writing simply describes, or provides an image of, a piece of music, art, or literature. For example, descriptive writing might list the colors an artist used in a painting or the 【C6】 a composer included in a musical composition, so as to make pictures or sounds in the reader's mind by【C7】________ specific details of the work. Descriptive writing in the humanities, particularly in literature, is often mixed with【C8】____________ writing. Process writing explains a series of actions that【C9】____________ a result. It tells the reader how to do something, for example, explaining the technique used to shoot a film. This kind of writing is often found in art, where understanding how an artist created a certain effect is important. Authors may【C10】_______use more than one type of technique in a given piece of informational writing.

There are between 3,000 and 6,000 public languages in the world, and we must add approximately 6 billion private languages since each one of us【C1】____________ has one. Considering these facts, the possibilities for breakdowns in communication seem【C2】____________ in number. However, we do communicate successfully from time to time. And we do learn to speak languages. But learning to speak languages seems to be a very【C3】____________ process. For a long time, people thought that we learned a language only by imitation and association. For example, a baby touches a hot pot and starts to cry. The mother says, "Hot, hot! " And the baby, when it stops crying,【C4】____________ the mother and says, "Hot, hot! " However, Noam Chomsky, a famous expert in language,【C5】_______________ that although children do learn some words by imitation and association, they also combine words to make meaningful sentences in ways that are【C6】, unlearned and creative. Because young children can make sentences they have never heard before, Chomsky suggested that human infants【C7】 the ability to learn language. Chomsky meant that【C8】______________ all the differences between public and private languages, there is a universal language【C9】' that makes it possible for us, as infants, to learn any language in the world. This theory explains the【C10】_ that human infants have for learning language. But it does not really explain how children come to use language in particular ways.

Obtaining good health insurance is a real necessity while you are studying overseas. It【C1】______________ minor and major medical expenses that can【C2】_____________ not only your savings but your dreams of an education abroad. There are often two different types of health insurance you can consider buying: international travel insurance and student insurance in the country where you will be going. An international travel insurance【C3】____________ is usually purchased in your home country before you go abroad It generally covers a wide 【C4】of medical services and you are often given a list of doctors in the area where you will travel who may even speak your native language. The【C5】 might be that you may not get your money back【C6】. In other words, you may have to pay all your medical expenses and then later【C7】__ your receipts to the insurance company. On the other hand, getting student health insurance in the country where you will study might allow you to only pay a certain【C8】____________ of the medical cost at the time of service and thus you don't have to have【C9】____________ cash to pay the entire bill at once. Whatever you decide, obtaining some form of health insurance is something you should consider before you go overseas. You shouldn't wait until you are sick with major medical bills to【C10】____________.