T-Rex Hunter- IELTS Reading Answers

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Reading Passage

T-Rex Hunter

Questions 1-7 

1 Jack Horner knew exactly the bone belonged to a certain dinosaur when he was in my father’s ranch at the age of 8.

2 Jack Horner achieved a distinctive degree in university when he graduated.

3 Jack Horner is the first man to discover a T-Rex’s bone in the world.

4 Jack Horner believes that the number of prey should be more than that of predators.

5 T-rex’s number is equivalent to the number of vultures in the Serengeti.

6 The hypothesis that T-rex is the top predator conflicts with the fact of the predator-prey ratio which Jack found.

7 He refused to accept any other viewpoints about T rex’s category.

Questions 8-13 

Jack Horner found that T-rex’s ______8______is shorter than the thigh bone, which demonstrated that it was actually a ______ 9 ______, unlike other swift animals such as ostrich or ______10______that was built to ______11_____ Another explanation support his idea is that T-rex’s teeth were rather______12______ , which only allowed T-rex to ______13______ hard bones instead of tearing flesh like Velociraptor.

Reading Answers 

1 Answer: True

Question type: True/FalseNot given

Answer location: Paragraph B, lines 4–7

Answer explanation: “So when I was eight years old he took me back to the area that had been his ranch, to where he had seen these big old bones. I picked up one. I am pretty sure it was the upper arm bone of a duck-billed dinosaur: it probably wasn’t a dinosaur but closely related to that.” This suggests that Horner was too sure of the bone he had picked that it belonged to a duck-billed dinosaur.

2 Answer: False

Question type: True/FalseNot given

Answer location: Paragraph B, lines 11=14

Answer explanation: “Horner spent seven years at university but never graduated. “I have a learning disability, I would call it a learning difference – dyslexia, they call it – and I just had a terrible time with English and foreign languages and things like that. For a degree in geology or biology, they required two years of a foreign language. There was no way in the world I could do that.” Thus, these lines clearly suggest that Horner wasn’t able to get any degree from his university as he never graduated in the first place. He had a learning disability and could never graduate.

3 Answer: Not given

Question type: True/FalseNot given

Answer location: N/A

Answer explanation: There is no such sentence in the passage where Horner’s discovery of the T. rex bones was numbered in the order of their discovery or investigation.

4 Answer: True

Question type: True/FalseNot given

Answer location: Paragraph D, lines 6-10

Answer explanation: “ “Triceratops is very common: they are the cows of the Cretaceous, they are everywhere. Duck-Billed dinosaurs are relatively common but not as common as triceratops and T rex, for a meat-eating dinosaur, is very common. What we would consider the predator-prey ratio seems really off the scale. What is interesting is the little dromaeosaurs, the ones we know for sure were good predators, we haven’t found any of them.” These lines depict that the number of prey was fairly larger than the predators and that the number of prey was way too high.

5 Answer: True

Question type: True/FalseNot given

Answer location: Paragraph E, lines 1-4

Answer explanation: “Which is why he sees T. rex, not as the lion of the Cretaceous savannah but as its vulture. “Look at the wildebeest that migrate in the Serengeti of Africa, a million individuals lose about 200,000 individuals in that annual migration.” These lines clearly suggest that Horner saw the number of T. rex equivalent to the number of vultures in Serengeti.

6 Answer: True

Question type: True/FalseNot given

Answer location: Paragraph E, lines 1-8

Answer explanation: “If T rex was a top predator, especially considering how big it is, you’d expect it to be extremely rare, much rarer than the little dromaeosaurs, and yet they are everywhere, they are a dime a dozen,” he says. A 12-tonne T. rex is a lot of vultures, but he doesn’t see the monster as clumsy.” This clearly suggests that the number of T. rex was significantly higher than the number of predators would have been. Therefore, it goes against the stipulated predator-prey ratio.

7 Answer: False

Question type: True/FalseNot given

Answer location: Paragraph E, lines 8-10

Answer explanation: “He insisted on his theory and finding, dedicated to further research upon it, of course, he would like to reevaluate if there is any case that additional evidence found or explanation raised by others in the future.” These lines clearly suggest that Horner was open to reconsidering his discovery in case an objection in the future or evidence suggests against his discovery.

8 Answer: SHIN BONE

Question type: Summary completion

Answer location: Paragraph F, lines 1-4

Answer explanation: “He examined the leg bones of the T-rex, and compared the length of the thigh bone (upper leg), to the shin bone (lower leg). He found that the thigh bone was equal in length or slightly longer than the shin bone, and much thicker and heavier…” This suggests that the investigation of Horner found out that the thigh bones of the T. rex is longer than the shin bone.

9 Answer: SLOW WALKER

Question type: Summary completion

Answer location: Paragraph F, lines 1-4

Answer explanation: “He examined the leg bones of the T-rex, and compared the length of the thigh bone (upper leg), to the shin bone (lower leg). He found that the thigh bone was equal in length or slightly longer than the shin bone, and much thicker and heavier. which proves that the animal was built to be a slow walker rather than fast running.” This implies that owing to the longer thigh bone, the t. Rex was a slow walker, unlike predators.

10 Answer: CHEETAH

Question type: Summary completion

Answer location: Paragraph F, lines 4-7

Answer explanation: “On the other hand, the fossils of fast hunting dinosaurs ALWAYS showed that the shin bone was longer than the thigh bone. This same truth can be observed in many animals of today which are designed to run fast: The ostrich, cheetah, etc.” This suggests that the length of shin bones and thigh bones of the T rex was dissimilar to that of fast-moving predators like Cheetah.

11 Answer: RUN FAST

Question type: Summary completion

Answer location: Paragraph F, lines 4-7

Answer explanation: “On the other hand, the fossils of fast hunting dinosaurs ALWAYS showed that the shin bone was longer than the thigh bone. This same truth can be observed in many animals of today which are designed to run fast: The ostrich, cheetah, etc.” This suggests that predators like cheetahs have shorter thigh bones as compared to the shin bone and this helps them to run faster.

12 Answer: BLUNT

Question type: Summary completion

Answer location: Paragraph G, lines 4-5

Answer explanation: “The Velociraptor’s teeth were like steak knives: sharp, razor-edged, and capable of tearing through flesh with ease. The T-Rex’s teeth were huge, sharp at their tip, but blunt, propelled by enormous jaw muscles, which enabled them to only crush bones.” This explains that the teeth of the T. rex were blunt and not sharp like predators.

13 Answer: CRUSH

Question type: Summary completion

Answer location: Paragraph G, lines 4-5

Answer explanation: “The Velociraptor’s teeth were like steak knives: sharp, razor-edged, and capable of tearing through flesh with ease. The T-Rex’s teeth were huge, sharp at their tip, but blunt, propelled by enormous jaw muscles, which enabled them to only crush bones.” This clearly suggests that the T. rex were able to only crush bones rather than tearing them like predators.