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Practice Listening: Multiple Choice, Single Answer ID: #4071 Medium Birds
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Listen to the recording and answer the multiple-choice question by selecting the correct response. Only one response is correct.

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These are just a few of the reasons that Clayton describe Jase and other members of the crow family as feathered Apes. A term that deliberately challenges the ways we think about intelligence in the animal kingdom. Clayton has been fascinated by birds ever since as a young girl she watched them in her garden. Her research into bird cognition has always run in parallel with her passion for dance especially tango. She says it was the movements of birds that first drew her to them. She wanted to know what they were doing how they move and how they think. For Clayton the challenge of working with birds is that they're distant relatives of humans. We shared a common ancestor some 300000 million years ago. Next in the Cambridge animal alphabet. K is for a bird that has biologist physicist and material scientists working together to unravel the secrets behind its spectacular colour effects.

What is the most attractive action of birds that drew the attention of young girl?

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Option 1: "The way the birds move about"

Explanation: The text states that Clayton was drawn to birds because of their movements, which is directly referenced when it mentions, 'it was the movements of birds that first drew her to them.' This aligns perfectly with the question about what attracted her attention as a young girl.

Option 2: "Migrating from one place to another"

Explanation: This option is incorrect because the text does not mention migration as an attractive action of birds. Instead, it focuses on their movements in a more general sense, which does not specifically include migration.

Option 3: "Chirping continuously through day and night"

Explanation: While birds do chirp, the text does not highlight this as a reason for Clayton's interest. The focus is on their movements rather than their sounds, making this option irrelevant to the question.

Option 4: "Intelligence in playing with other animals"

Explanation: This option is incorrect as the text does not discuss birds playing with other animals or their intelligence in that context. The main attraction mentioned is the way birds move, which does not relate to this option.

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