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ived in the extreme cold of Siberia. Most scientists think that about 10,000 years ago, woolly mammoths died out as a result of warmer weather reducing their food sources. It is believed that 10 million mammoths are buried under the frozen soil of Siberia. In 2021, a Russian hunter came across what he thought was the body of a reindeer sticking out of the snow. With a closer look, the “reindeer” turned out to be a 40,000173。old baby mammoth. Picture it in your mind. Woolly mammoths eating grass around the places we are living in. “Our ancestors might have seen them, lived with them, and even hunted them, ” said Andrei Sher, a mammoth expert at the Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution in Moscow, Russia. You might already have seen a mammoth in the movies. In Ice Age Ⅱ , the mammoth couple showed off their power, with the male saving the female from a cave. What a prehistoric romance! But scientists are dying to see real mammoths. The skin and flesh of those dug up are well preserved. Experts studying them hope to find the geic secrets of the mammoth and bring them back to life. 1. What can we learn from the last paragraph? A. Mammoth’s skeletons are difficult to find. B. We will have a chance to see the real mammoth one day. C. Mammoths will be our animal specimens. D. Mammoths will be as many as before. 2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. Mammoths first appeared in Siberia about four million years ago. B. In 2021, a Russian hunter came across a reindeer. C. Most scientists think that about 10,000 years ago, woolly mammot