ACADEMIC LISTENING TEST PRACTICE
GIANT TORTOISE

For Students Preparing for Academic Tests / IELTS and TOEFL

Playing Time: 3 minutes 13 seconds

Discuss these questions with a friend or classmate.

1. What information from the lecture did you find the most interesting? Why?
2. Have you ever had a pet tortoise? Why? / Why not?
3. Why do you think tortoises can live to be so old?
4. Would you like to live as long as a tortoise (for 200+ years)? Why? / Why not? 
5. Do you think these tortoises might be dangerous? Why? / Why not?
​6. What three questions would you like to ask a giant tortoise?

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