Listening comprehension: What is the world is a tapir?

source: www.englishexercises.org

Author: Lucka 20 from Brazil

WHAT IN THE WORLD IS A TAPIR?

Watch the video to learn about tapirs.

Now, do the exercises!

 

1. How long have tapirs been around?

25 million years

30 million years

35 million years

 

2. Baird's Tapir is the official national animal of ...

Belize

Guatemala

Mexico

 

3. Tapirs are called ...

mountain pigs

mountain horses

mountain cows

 

4. Tapirs are related to ...

cows and sheep

horses and rhinoceros

cows and horses

 

5. How many toes does a tapir have?

18 toes, 5 on each front foot and 4 on each rear foot

16 toes, 4 on each front foot and 4 on each rear foot

14 toes, 4 on each front foot and 3 on each rear foot

 

6. Tapirs have .....

a rubbery, highly flexible nose

large, pointed teeth

long, thick, muscular tail

 

7. Baird's tapir can weigh ...

up to 600 pounds

up to 100 pounds

up to 700 pounds

 

8. Baird's tapirs are facing extinction  ...

because humans are destroying their habitat

because they are overhunted

because they have uncommon diseases

 

9. The tapir was first studied by scientists in ...

1823

1833

1843

 

10. Baird's tapir was named after ...

a president

a naturalist

an archeologist