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IELTS Listening Exam - Section 4

The passage discusses the caveman diet and its origins. It examines evidence from existing hunter-gatherer tribes that suggest cavemen obtained about a third of their energy from meat, relying also on foods gathered by women like fruits and vegetables. The passage notes cavemen likely did not all eat the same diet and that diets developed from complex cultural and environmental factors. It raises concerns that the caveman diet may be too costly, unhealthy if relying too much on red meat, and bad for the environment due to meat production.

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IELTS Listening Exam - Section 4

The passage discusses the caveman diet and its origins. It examines evidence from existing hunter-gatherer tribes that suggest cavemen obtained about a third of their energy from meat, relying also on foods gathered by women like fruits and vegetables. The passage notes cavemen likely did not all eat the same diet and that diets developed from complex cultural and environmental factors. It raises concerns that the caveman diet may be too costly, unhealthy if relying too much on red meat, and bad for the environment due to meat production.

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SECTION 4

The fourth section has questions from 31 to 40.

Audio link: https://www.ielts.org/-/media/us-files/ielts-practice-listening-test_section-4-audio.ashx?la=en

Questions 31–34: Complete the summary below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.
Origins of the Caveman Diet
There are many popular fad diets nowadays. They all promise good health if you stick to the 31) _____________.
The Caveman diet is a popular example. This diet includes foods such as lean meat and fish that our forebears
ate before we developed 32) _______________. We need to find out what our ancestors did eat, so researchers
are studying some existing hunter-gatherer tribes. These tribes typically like to eat meat but they can’t always
get it, even though they are skilled with their weapons, e.g. 33) ____________ and _____________. So, instead,
they eat foods that their wives gather. They get only about a 34) _________________ of their energy from meat.

Questions 35–36: Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.


35) Research evidence suggests that _____.
A the tribesmen’s traditional diet is unhealthy
B our bodies can digest only certain foods
C we can adapt to a range of diets.
36) Thai people have difficulty digesting milk because _____.
A they have too much lactase in their bodies
B in the past they didn’t farm cows
C their saliva lacks certain enzymes.

Questions 37-40: Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.
Variation in global diets:
• Inuit – most calories from 37) ___________________ foods, e.g. seal meat
• Jains – vegetarian, but milk is permitted
• Others – fish, insects
Implications for the caveman diet:
• Cavemen did not all eat the same diet
• Diets come from complicated cultural 38) ______________________________________.
Problems with Caveman diet:
• Costs a lot of money for lean meat and 39) ______________________________________.
• Too much red meat may be unhealthy
• Reliance on meat is bad for the 40) ______________________________________.
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