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IELTS · Part 1 · Cambridge 14 — Test 4

The secret of staying young: Reading answers

Answers to questions 1–13 (13 in all), each with why it is right.

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Read the whole passage and answer in the exam interface, timed as on the day.

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The passage opens

Pheidole dentata, a native ant of the south-eastern U.S., isn't immortal.But scientists have found that it doesn't seem to show any signs of aging.Old worker ants can do everything just as well as the youngsters, and their brains appear just as sharp."We get a picture that these ants really don't decline," says Ysabel Giraldo, who studied the ants for her doctoral thesis at Boston University. Such age-defying feats are rare in the animal kingdom.Naked mole rats can live for almost 30 years and stay fit for nearly their entire lives.They can still reproduce even when old, and they never get cancer.But the vast majority of animals deteriorate with age just like people do.Like the naked mole…

Answers 1–13

  1. 1

    four / 4 Note completion

  2. 2

    young Note completion

  3. 3

    food Note completion

  4. 4

    light Note completion

  5. 5

    aggressively Note completion

  6. 6

    location Note completion

  7. 7

    neurons Note completion

  8. 8

    chemicals Note completion

  9. 9

    Pheidole dentata ants are the only known animals which remain active for almost their whole lives.

    FALSE True / False / Not Given

  10. 10

    Ysabel Giraldo was the first person to study Pheidole dentata ants using precise data about the insects' ages.

    TRUE True / False / Not Given

  11. 11

    The ants in Giraldo's experiments behaved as she had predicted that they would.

    FALSE True / False / Not Given

  12. 12

    The recent studies of bees used different methods of measuring age- related decline.

    NOT GIVEN True / False / Not Given

  13. 13

    Pheidole dentata ants kept in laboratory conditions tend to live longer lives.

    TRUE True / False / Not Given

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