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Multilevel · Part 3 · Multilevel Practice Test 15

Flamingos: Reading answers

Answers to questions 15–20 (6 in all), each with why it is right.

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I Flamingos are very social and often live in large groups, called colonies throughout the world. They are found in both the Eastern and Western hemispheres. The American Flamingo is the only one that lives in the wild North America, and on many Caribbean islands such as the Bahamas, Cuba and Hispaniola. It also lives in northern South America, the Galapagos Islands, and parts of Mexico. II Flamingos fish while walking in shallow water and mud. When a flamingo notices its potential dinner (for example, shrimp, snails, and plantlike water organisms), it plunges its head into the water, twists its head ups down, and scoops the fish up using its upper beak like a shovel. Flamingos get their…

Answers 15–20

  1. 15

    Paragraph I

    B: Where they live Matching headings

  2. 16

    Paragraph II

    D: How they get their food Matching headings

  3. 17

    Paragraph III

    G: How they breed Matching headings

  4. 18

    Paragraph IV

    C: How they confuse the scientists Matching headings

  5. 19

    Paragraph V

    F: How people used to treat them Matching headings

  6. 20

    Paragraph VI

    A: How people started to collect their images Matching headings

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