Wolves, Dogs And Humans IELTS Reading Answers

Updated On Sep 28, 2021

Wolves, Dogs And Humans IELTS Reading Answers

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The Academic passage ‘Wolves, Dogs And Humans’ is a reading passage that appeared in an IELTS Test. Read the passage below and answer questions 1 – 14. Beyond the questions, you will find the answers along with the location of the answers in the passage and the keywords that help you find out the answers.

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Question number	Answer	Explanation
1	No	Paragraph A mentions, “the conventional view is that the domestication of wolves began between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago. However, a recent ground-breaking paper by a group of international geneticists has pushed this date back by a factor of 10.” Since it began more than 10,000 years ago, it implies that it did not begin 10,000 ago. As the statement contradicts the information, the correct answer is ‘NO.’
2	No	There’s a line in paragraph A states that “the research also confirms, for the first time, that dogs are descended only from wolves and do not share DNA with coyotes or jackals.” This line confirms that only dogs originated from wolves, not coyotes and jackals. As the statement contradicts the information, the correct answer is ‘NO.’
3	Not Given	According to paragraph B, “the descendants of the wolves that remained wolves are now sparsely distributed, often in endangered population” This line suggests that wolves are endangered’, which means that they are at risk of extinction. However, whether they are protected or not in most parts of the world is not explicitly mentioned. Hence, the correct answer is ‘NOT GIVEN.’

4	Yes	There’s a line in paragraph B that confirms, “wolves may have started living at the edge of human settlements as scavengers, eating scraps of food and waste. Some learned to live with human beings in a mutually helpful way and gradually evolved into dogs.” As the statement agrees with the information, the correct answer is ‘YES.’
5	Yes	The beginning line of paragraph C conveys, “in return for companionship and food, the early ancestor of the dog assisted humans in tracking, hunting, guarding and a variety of other activities.” Since the ancestors of dogs helped humans in various activities such as hunting, it implies that dogs influenced the development of human hunting. As the statement agrees with the information, the correct answer is ‘YES.’
6	D	Paragraph B discusses wolves, dogs, and humans more in detail, where it states, “the wolves that evolved into dogs have been enormously successful in evolutionary terms. They are found everywhere in the inhabited world.” As the dogs are found everywhere in the world than wolves, it is a fact that dogs have evolved more successfully than wolves. Hence, the correct answer is ‘YES.’
7	B	The first line of paragraph D provides the information that “early humans came to rely on dogs’ keen ability to hear, smell and see – allowing certain areas of the human brain to shrink in size relative to oilier areas.” From the term’ human brains shrink in size’, we can deduce that as a result of the domestication of dogs, the size of the human brain has decreased. Hence, the correct answer is ‘B.’
8	A	The last line of paragraph E describes that “Dr. Groves believes this reduction may have taken place as the relationship between humans and dogs intensified. The close interaction between the two species allowed for the diminishing of certain human brain functions like smell and hearing.” Since dependency on dogs increased because they are better at hunting and sniffing threats than humans, due to which humans stopped putting efforts into smelling and hearing things. As a result, it impacted their brain size and everyday activity. Hence, the correct answer is ‘A.’
9	Selectively breed	Paragraph C mentions that “eventually humans began to selectively breed these animals for specific traits.” Thus, there are many different types of dogs today because humans began to breed them selectively. Hence, the correct answer is ‘selectively breed.’
10	C	As per paragraph E, “Dr. Groves repealed an assertion made as early as 1914 that humans have some of the same physical characteristics as domesticated animals, the most notable being decreased brain size.” Thus, it was Dr. Groves who studied the brain size of domesticated animals. Hence, the correct answer is ‘C.’
11	B	Paragraph B implies that “Wolves may have started living at the edge of human settlements as scavengers, eating scraps of food and waste. Some learned to live with human beings in a mutually helpful way and gradually evolved into dogs.” It was David Paxton who suggested wolves chose to interact with humans by evolving into dogs. Hence, the correct answer is ‘B.’
12	A	In Paragraph A, it was Dr. Robert Wayne who said, “the conventional view is that the domestication of wolves began between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago. However, a recent ground-breaking paper by a group of international geneticists has pushed this date back by a factor of 10. Led by Dr. Robert Wayne, at the University of California, Los Angeles, the team showed that all dog breeds had only one ancestor, the wolf.” Thus, the new time for the domestication of wolves is between 10,000 and 20,000 years. Hence, the correct answer is ‘A.’
13	C	The lines in paragraph D states that “Dogs acted as human’s alarm systems, trackers and hunting aids, garbage disposal facilities, hot-water bottles and children’s guardians and playmates. Humans provided dogs with food and security. This symbiotic relationship was stable for over 100,000 years and intensified into mutual domestication,’ said Dr. Groves.” The word ‘intensified into mutual domestication’ confirms that both dogs and humans domesticated each other. Hence, the correct answer is ‘C.’
14	A	Paragraph A states that it was Robert Wayne who suggested: “the research also confirms, for the first time, that dogs are descended only from wolves and do not share DNA with coyotes or jackals.” Therefore, it was Wayne who studied the DNA of wolves and dogs. Hence, the correct answer is ‘C.’