IELTS AC Reading Questions with Answers

Get the answers for Dog a love story reading passage below.

1. F	5. B	9. D	13. E
2. J	6. C	10. E
3. A	7. F	11. F
4. I	8. H	12. A

Questions 1-13 are given that are based on the reading passage below. Spend about 20 minutes answering all the questions.

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Dogs A Love Story

1. Genetic studies demonstrate that dogs evolved through wolves and are as identical to the creatures from which they descended as humans with various physical attributes are to each other, i.e. not very dissimilar. 'Even in the most changeable mitochondrial DNA markers — DNA passed down from mother to child — dogs and wolves differ by less than 1%,' says Robert Wayne who is a geneticist at the University of California, Los Angeles.
   
   
2. According to Wayne, wolf-like creatures date back between one and two million years. Genetic research reveals that roughly 100,000 years ago, some kind of dog started to diverge. As early as 400,000 years ago, wolf and early human fossils have been discovered nearby, whereas dog and early human fossils are only about 14,000 years old. This places wolves and/or dogs in the company of man or his ancestors before the advent of agriculture and permanent human settlements, at a time when both species did survive on what they could scrape together through hunting or scavenging.
   
   
3. Why would these rivals collaborate? The answer most likely rests in the similarities between early human clans and wolf packs in terms of size, social organization, and range of prey, as well as in how openly people welcomed the most docile wolves—those who were young or less aggressive—into their camps.
   
   
4. After smelling tasty food, some wolves or proto-dogs may have made their way near to the fire ring. They may then have entered early human gatherings by being friendly or helpful. The wolves hung around campsites scavenging leftovers while clans of similarly sized nomadic humans and wandering packs of twenty-five or thirty wolves roamed the landscape simultaneously hunting big game. The humans may have used the wolves' superior scenting abilities and speed to locate and track potential kills. Wolves have acute senses which allow them to alert people to danger at night.
   
   
5. It's possible that things weren't as difficult back then as is generally believed. In many cases, there would have been plenty of food, few predators, and no clear separation between people and wildlife. Smaller or less dangerous wolves may sneak through those pores, and because they had grown up in packs where alpha bosses presided, they would be familiar with the art of submission and able to adjust to being under the control of humans. Particularly puppies would be difficult to resist in their current state. A domestication process started because of this marriage birth.
   
   
6. People-friendly breeds that can be distinguished from wolves by their size, shape, coat, ears, and markings have evolved over the course of millennia as a result of the admission of some wolves and proto-dogs into human settlements and the rejection of larger, more menacing ones. Dogs often had smaller snouts than wolves due to their smaller overall size. They would help with the hunt, tidy up the camp by eating trash, warn of danger, keep people warm, and provide food. Puppy eating was a common habit among Native Americans and other people, and it is still common in some cultures.
   
   
7. Egyptian images on rock and pottery from the fourth millennium BC depict men working with dogs. The partnership had its problems back then, just like it does now. Wild canines prowled the city's streets, robbing shoppers coming home from the market of their food. Dogs continue to appear at all the significant turning points in human history, sometimes in spite of their propensity for misbehaving and other times because of it.
   
   
8. Aristotle, who lived 350 years before Christ, documented three different breeds of domesticated dogs in ancient Greece, including the swift Laconians that the wealthy used to hunt and kill deer and rabbits. Roman warriors trained huge dogs for combat three hundred years later. An armed man could be dismembered by the brutes once they forced him off his horse.
   
   
9. Dogs continued to work in seventeenth-century England, herding animals, dragging sleds and plows, hauling carts, or acting as turn-spits to turn beef and venison over open fires. However, working dogs were not well-liked and when they grew old, they were typically hanged or drowned. In the meantime, "unnecessary" dogs rose in status among the English nobility. It was stated that King James I loved his dogs more than any of his subjects. When his ship was lost in a storm in 1682, Charles II's brother Lame had dogs at sea. Charles II was known for playing with his dog at the Council table. He supposedly screamed out, "Save the dogs and Colonel Churchill?" as sailors drowned.
   
   
10. Private registries were established in the late nineteenth century as a result of the breeding craze to safeguard valuable bloodlines. The English Kennel Club was founded in 1873, while across the Atlantic, the American Kennel Club (AKC) was established eleven years later. The AKC currently recognizes 150 breeds, the Kennel Club 196, and the Fédération Cynologique Internationale, located in Europe, many more. In the middle of the 19th century, as they continue to do today, superfluous dogs began to outnumber working dogs by a significant margin. Unless you consider having a job.

Questions 1-4

Which FOUR of the following statements are made in the text? Choose FOUR letters from A—H and write them in boxes 1-4 on your answer sheet.

A. normal camp would have far more wolves than people.
B. Neither the wolves nor the people spent a lot of time in one location.
C. Some wolves learned to follow human leaders.
D. Humans chose the most dangerous wolves to assist them in their hunting.
E. There was relatively nothing to eat for early people.
F. Wolves were fed by early people.
H. Wolves began to coexist with people when agriculture was invented.
H. Early humans were particularly fond of young wolves.

Questions 5-9

From the information in the text, indicate who used dogs in the ways listed below. Write the correct letters A—F in boxes 5-9 on your answer sheet. 

NB You may use any letter more than once.

Used by
A. the Greeks
B. the French
C. the Egyptians
D. the Romans
E. the English
F. the Native Americans

5. in war
6. as a source of energy
7. as food
8. to hunt other animals
9. to work with farm animals

Questions 10-13

Reading Passage has ten paragraphs labeled A-I. Write the correct letters A-I in boxes 10-13 on your answer sheet.

1. Which sentence in paragraph one describes how dogs evolved to look different from wolves?
2. In which paragraph is it explained how there are various varieties of dogs?
3. In which sentence is the fundamental resemblance between wolves and dogs stated?
4. In which paragraph are there examples of human care for animals being greater than for people?

Answers with Explanations

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(Note: The text in italics is from the reading passage and gives the location from where the answer is taken or inferred. The text in regular font gives an explanation of the answer in brief.)

1. Answer: B

Keyword location: Paragraph B last line
Explanation: According to the passage, This places wolves and/or dogs in the company of man or his ancestors before the advent of agriculture and permanent human settlements, at a time when both species did survive on what they could scrape together through hunting or scavenging.

2. Answer: C

Keyword Location: Paragraph D 2nd line
Explanation: According to Paragraph D, They may then have entered early human gatherings by being friendly or helpful. The wolves hung around campsites scavenging leftovers while clans of similarly sized nomadic humans and wandering packs of twenty-five or thirty wolves roamed the landscape simultaneously hunting big game. The humans may have used the wolves' superior scenting abilities and speed to locate and track potential kills. Wolves have acute senses which allow them to alert people to danger at night.

3. Answer: F

Keyword Location: Paragraph B last line
Explanation: According to the passage, This places wolves and/or dogs in the company of man or his ancestors before the advent of agriculture and permanent human settlements, at a time when both species did survive on what they could scrape together through hunting or scavenging.

4. Answer: H

Keyword Location: Paragraph D 1st line
Explanation: It is mentioned in the passage, They may then have entered early human gatherings by being friendly or helpful. The wolves hung around campsites scavenging leftovers while clans of similarly sized nomadic humans and wandering packs of twenty-five or thirty wolves roamed the landscape simultaneously hunting big game. The humans may have used the wolves' superior scenting abilities and speed to locate and track potential kills. Wolves have acute senses which allow them to alert people to danger at night.

5. Answer: D

Keyword Location: Paragraph H 3rd line
Explanation: It is stated in the passage, Roman warriors trained huge dogs for combat three hundred years later.

6. Answer: E

Keyword Location: Paragraph I 1st line
Explanation: According to the passage, Dogs continued to work in seventeenth-century England, herding animals, dragging sleds and plows, hauling carts, or acting as turn-spits to turn beef and venison over open fires. However, working dogs were not well-liked and when they grew old, they were typically hanged or drowned. In the meantime, "unnecessary" dogs rose in status among the English nobility.

7.  Answer: F

Keyword Location: Paragraph F last line
Explanation: Puppy eating was a common habit among Native Americans and other people, and it is still common in some cultures.

8. Answer: A

Keyword Location: Paragraph H 1st line
Explanation: Aristotle, who lived 350 years before Christ, documented three different breeds of domesticated dogs in ancient Greece, including the swift Laconians that the wealthy used to hunt and kill deer and rabbits.

9. Answer: E

Keyword Location: Paragraph I 1st line
Explanation: Dogs continued to work in seventeenth-century England, herding animals, dragging sleds and plows, hauling carts, or acting as turn-spits to turn beef and venison over open fires.

10. Answer: F

Keyword Location: Paragraph F 1st line
Explanation: According to paragraph F, People-friendly breeds that can be distinguished from wolves by their size, shape, coat, ears, and markings have evolved over the course of millennia as a result of the admission of some wolves and proto-dogs into human settlements and the rejection of larger, more menacing ones. Dogs often had smaller snouts than wolves due to their smaller overall size.

11. Answer: J

Keyword Location: Paragraph J last line
Explanation: According to paragraph J, The AKC currently recognizes 150 breeds, the Kennel Club 196, and the Fédération Cynologique Internationale, located in Europe, many more. In the middle of the 19th century, as they continue to do today, superfluous dogs began to outnumber working dogs by a significant margin. Unless you consider having a job.

12. Answer: A

Keyword Location: Paragraph A last line
Explanation: According to paragraph A, 'Even in the most changeable mitochondrial DNA markers — DNA passed down from mother to child — dogs and wolves differ by less than 1%,' says Robert Wayne who is a geneticist at the University of California, Los Angeles.

13. Answer: I

Keyword Location: Paragraph I 4th line
Explanation: According to Paragraph I, In the meantime, "unnecessary" dogs rose in status among the English nobility. It was stated that King James I loved his dogs more than any of his subjects. When his ship was lost in a storm in 1682, Charles II's brother Lame had dogs at sea. Charles II was known for playing with his dog at the Council table. He supposedly screamed out, "Save the dogs and Colonel Churchill?" as sailors drowned.

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