The Spirit Bear - IELTS Listening with Practice test, Audio, Transcript, And Explanation

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The Spirit Bear

General facts
It is a white bear belonging to the black bear family.
Its colouring results from an unusual 1.
            
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Local people believe it possesses special 2.
            
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They protect the bear from 3.
            
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Habitat
The bear has a complex relationship with the forest.
Tree roots prevent 4.
            
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 beside salmon streams.
The bears’ feeding habits add nutrients to forest vegetation.
It now lives on a small number of 5.
            
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Threats
Logging companies cause habitat loss through deforestation and construction of 6.
            
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Unrestricted 7.
            
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 is reducing the supply of salmon.
The bears are also threatened by a low rate of 8.
            
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Going forward
Interested groups are cooperating.
Logging companies must improve their logging 9.
            
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The bears’ territory needs both maintenance and 10.
            
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❓ Transcript

The Spirit Bear

You will hear a lecture about the spirit bear and efforts to protect it.

First, you have some time to look at questions 31 to 40.

Now listen carefully and answer questions 31 to 40.

Today our ecology and conservation series turns to a highly endangered member of the black bear family.

Roughly one black bear in 10 is born with white fur because of an uncommon gene.

Local communities call it the spirit bear.

Their legends say its pale coat gives the animal unusual powers.

The bear is held in such respect that residents do not tell outsiders when they have seen one, thereby protecting it from strangers.

Its relationship with the old-growth rainforest is complex.

The bear depends on the forest's enormous ancient trees in several ways.

Their extensive roots prevent erosion along the banks of salmon streams.

Protecting those banks matters because salmon are the bear's main food.

The relationship also benefits the forest.

When bears eat salmon, they leave skin and bones on the forest floor, adding nutrients that support rich vegetation and many other forms of life.

Spirit bears now survive on only a few islands off the coast of British Columbia.

Fewer than 200 may remain.

Their survival therefore depends on preserving the fragile balance of the entire forest ecosystem.

Habitat loss poses the greatest danger.

Logging companies have removed large areas of forest and constructed roads that divide the bear's feeding grounds.

Numerous hibernation sites have disappeared as well.

Tree removal beside streams has harmed fishing areas, while the salmon supply is shrinking because fishing is currently unrestricted.

Together, these pressures undermine the bear's survival.

The danger is intensified by their consistently low rate of reproduction.

What can be done, community organizations, environmental groups, and the British Columbia government are cooperating.

The government now requires logging companies to improve their methods of logging.

That is encouraging, but it may not be enough to secure a healthy future population.

Further measures are necessary.

Maintaining the spirit bear's territory is vital, but its expansion must also receive greater attention.

A larger protected area would also provide space for other bears that are losing their homes.

That is the end of part four.

You now have one minute to check your answers to part four.

🔥 Answer key (đáp án và giải thích)

gene

Giải thích chi tiết

❓ Câu hỏi: Roughly one black bear in 10 is born with white fur because of an uncommon ___.

🎯 Xác định loại từ cần điền:

Sau tính từ uncommon cần một danh từ số ít.
Cụm câu hỏi nói về nguyên nhân con gấu có white fur ⇒ cần nghe một từ chỉ yếu tố sinh học / di truyền.

✅ Đáp án đúng: gene

▶️ Bắt đầu nghe ở: câu giới thiệu về a highly endangered member of the black bear family, ngay sau đó người nói giải thích vì sao một số con gấu có white fur.

☺️ Giải thích đáp án:

Trước khi nghe, xác định từ khóa quan trọng là one black bear in 10, white fur, và because of.
Khi nghe, chú ý đoạn người nói nêu tỷ lệ và nguyên nhân của bộ lông trắng.
Trong bài nghe có câu: “Roughly one black bear in 10 is born with white fur because of an uncommon gene.”
Từ cần điền đứng sau uncommon, và trong bài nghe người nói đọc rõ danh từ gene.
Vì vậy, đáp án chính xác là gene.

🧐 Lưu ý: ❌ powers => xuất hiện ở câu sau khi nói về legends và unusual powers, không phải nguyên nhân sinh học của white fur.

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