# PTE Listening FIB #19: Turtle Egg Decoys and...

Listening: Fill in the Blanks #19 - Level 3 - Feeds Listening

> You will hear a recording. Type the missing word in each blank.

In Costa Rica, researchers embedded GPS devices in decoy sea turtle eggs to track ____ patterns. In their first field test, 5 of the 101 decoys, which had similar size, weight, and texture to real eggs, traveled ____ potentially reaching consumers. In Latvia, DNA ____ from a 700-year-old public toilet in Riga, as well as a 600-year-old cesspit in Jerusalem, will help researchers examine how human ____ have evolved over time. Microbial DNA from both sites matches some species common in modern hunter-gatherers and some in today's city ____ . In Antarctica, new analysis suggests a 50-million-year-old foot bone found on Seymour Island.

## Answer

1. poaching
2. significantly
3. harvested
4. microbiomes
5. dwellers

## Explanation

"Significantly" ends in -ly, and the speaker rushes it, so do not drop the ending. It describes how far the decoys traveled. "Harvested" has a soft -ed and means the DNA was collected. "Microbiomes" and "dwellers" are both plural. "City dwellers" means people who live in cities.

## Hints

- Focus on the specific scientific context of each sentence to identify the missing terms.
- Ensure your spelling is accurate and matches the audio exactly.

## Transcript

In Costa Rica, researchers embedded GPS devices in decoy sea turtle eggs to track poaching patterns. In their first field test, five of the 101 decoys, which had similar size, weight, and texture to real eggs, traveled significantly, potentially reaching consumers. In Latvia, DNA harvested from a 700-year-old public toilet in Riga, as well as a 600-year-old cesspit in Jerusalem, will help researchers examine how human microbiomes have evolved over time. Microbial DNA from both sites matches some species common in modern hunter-gatherers and some in today's city dwellers. In Antarctica, new analysis suggests a 50 million-year-old footbone found on Seymour Island.

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