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IELTS Academic Reading — Test 10, Passage 1

New Understanding of Giraffes in the Wild

Questions 1–13 of Reading Test 10. Do it online and every answer is marked the moment you finish, with your band score and the exact line of the passage each answer came from.

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Questions 1–13 — 13 questions, in these types: Table Completion, True / False / Not Given.

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How the passage begins

Even as the tallest animals on Earth, giraffes can be easy to overlook. Despite being a favorite in zoos, until recently almost nobody studied giraffes in the wild. ‘When I first became interested in giraffes in 2008 and started looking through the scientific literature, I…

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