Listening unit two

Unit 2: Exercise 1
In this unit, you will answer IELTS Reading sentence completion questions and read a text about mammoths.
What do you already know about mammoths? Choose the correct answers.

Before you read any IELTS Reading text, you should quickly think about the things you already know about the topic. You won’t be able to guess any answers like this, but this will help you understand the general idea of the text.

1. 
   Mammoths had ... .
   

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  no fur and long tusks
  
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  orange-brown fur and long tusks
  
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  orange-brown fur and short tusks
  

2. 
   The last mammoths were alive about ... .
   

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  4,000 years ago
  
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  7,000 years ago
  
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  10,000 years ago
  

3. 
   People have found many bodies of mammoths ... .
   

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  at the bottom of lakes in Europe
  
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  in the desert in Australia
  
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  in the ice in Siberia
  

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).