IELTS Academic Listening – Test 1
Section 4: The Migration of Early Humans
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Questions 31–35: Multiple Choice
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31. According to the speaker, where did the earliest major movement of modern humans begin?
32. Why did the first group of humans who crossed the Red Sea fail to establish permanent settlements?
33. What environmental change encouraged a second migration out of Africa about 70,000 years ago?
34. According to the speaker, how did the first humans reach Australia?
35. What does the speaker suggest was one important result of the Bantu learning iron production?
Questions 36–40: Complete the Notes
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36. The first significant migration began in East Africa around __________ years ago.
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37. A second migration followed approximately __________ years ago when the climate became warmer.
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38. Modern humans reached North America by crossing what is now the __________ through Alaska.
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39. The Bantu migration may have been triggered by the cultivation of the __________, which increased food supplies.
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40. Knowledge of iron production reached the Bantu through contact with __________.
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