Listening unit two

Unit 2: Exercise 2

The title of the text about mammoths is called ‘Bringing the mammoth back to life’.
What do you think the text might be about? Choose the best option.

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  a scientific study of the way mammoths used to behave
  
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  methods for transporting mammoth skeletons to museums in different countries
  
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  the idea that mammoths might be created again in the future
  

Unit 2: Exercise 3

Read the information. Then read the first paragraph of the text. Try to focus only on the
main words.
Choose the correct answer.

In any IELTS Reading task, it is a good idea to read the text quickly to understand the main idea of each paragraph. Try to read only the main nouns, verbs and adjectives (shown in bold in the paragraph below).

Bringing the mammoth back to life
Mammoths once lived in large numbers across Asia, Africa, North America and Europe. However, over time, their numbers fell until the mammoth became extinct. Scientists think this happened for two reasons. Firstly, the mammoths’ natural habitat decreased in size because of climate change. Secondly, many mammoths were killed by people who hunted them. The last population of mammoths lived on Wrangel Island, off north-east Siberia in the Chukchi Sea. These were woolly mammoths that could survive in very cold conditions, but they also died out around 4,000 years ago.
What is the main idea of this paragraph?

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  to explain where mammoths lived before they became extinct
  
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  to explain when mammoths became extinct
  
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  to explain why mammoths became extinct