Owl Secrets – IELTS Reading Answers

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Updated On Apr 17, 2021

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You should spend 20 minutes on questions 27-40.

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The answers to questions 27-40 are given below along with their explanations.

Question Number	Answer	Keywords	Locations of Keywords
27	B	rotate their overly large heads by up to 270 degrees	Para 1, last line
28	A	vascular systems let them move with increased flexibility	Para 2, first 2 lines
29	K	They found, vertebral artery enters, neck higher, other birds, more slack, have small vessel connections, carotid, vertebral arteries, allowing, blood, exchanged, two blood vessels	Para 2, lines 3-6
30	D	carotid arteries, instead of, side of the neck, humans, close to the centre of rotation, in front of the spine	Para 5, lines 5-6
31	G	arteries experience much less twisting and turning	Para 5, lines 6-7
32	C	blood vessels below the jaw bone expanded	Para 5, line 3
33	L	owls, structures, adapted, greater arterial flexibility, movement	Para 7, lines 2-3
34	M	–	N/A
35	B	designed, prevent injury, animals rotate, overly large heads	Para 1, last 2 lines
36	D	human anatomical ability, arteries, get smaller,	Para 5, lines 7-8
37	F	mimicking blood flow	Para 5, first 2 lines
38	C	risk damaging the lining of their blood vessels	Para 3, line 4
39	G	This creates an uninterrupted blood flow to the brain	Para 2, lines 6-7
40	H	if you’re trying to avoid predators or detect prey	Para 7, last 2 lines

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