European wildcats, thought to be extinct 50 or so years…
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European wildcats, thought to be extinct 50 or so years ago in the Jura mountains, have since recolonized part of their former territory. This resurgence in an area occupied by domestic cats has gone hand-in-hand with genetic crosses between the two species. A team of biologists modeled the interactions between the two species to predict that hybridization will entail the irreversible genetic replacement of wildcats.
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How to read it
European wildcats,|thought to be extinct 50 or so years ago|in the Jura mountains,‖have since recolonized part of their former territory.‖This resurgence in an area occupied by domestic cats|has gone hand-in-hand with genetic crosses|between the two species.‖A team of biologists modeled the interactions|between the two species‖to predict that hybridization will entail|the irreversible genetic replacement of wildcats.
| short pause ‖ breathe
Words to stress correctly
| hybridization | hy·brid·i·ZA·tion | /haɪbrədəˈzeɪʃən/ |
| irreversible | ir·re·VERS·i·ble | /ɪrɪˈvɝsəbəl/ |
| interactions | in·ter·AC·tions | /ɪntɚˈækʃənz/ |
| biologists | bi·OL·o·gists | /baɪˈɑlədʒɪsts/ |
| european | eu·ro·PE·an | /jʊrəˈpiən/ |
| replacement | re·PLACE·ment | /rɪˈpleɪsmənt/ |
65 words, aim for 25–30 seconds. Say 50 as "fifty". Breathe after mountains, territory, the first species and the second species; short pauses after wildcats, ago, cats, crosses, interactions, entail.
Where marks are usually lost
Stress: eu·ro·PE·an, bi·OL·o·gists, in·ter·AC·tions, hy·brid·i·ZA·tion, ir·re·VERS·i·ble, re·PLACE·ment. The last clause stacks two five-syllable words; don't speed up before them. Keep -ed on recolonized, occupied, modeled and -s on wildcats, crosses, species, biologists.
General tip: species ends in /z/ and is the same in singular and plural; say it the same way both times so the repetition sounds deliberate.
What it means: 中文 · हिन्दी · नेपाली · Tiếng Việt
中文: 欧洲野猫大约 50 年前被认为已在汝拉山区灭绝，此后又重新占据了部分原有领地。这种在家猫活动区域内的复苏，伴随着两个物种之间的基因杂交。一支生物学家团队对两个物种的相互作用建立了模型，预测杂交将导致野猫被不可逆地基因取代。
हिन्दी: यूरोपीय जंगली बिल्लियाँ, जिन्हें लगभग 50 साल पहले जुरा पर्वतों में विलुप्त माना जाता था, तब से अपने पूर्व क्षेत्र के एक हिस्से में फिर से बस गई हैं। घरेलू बिल्लियों के क्षेत्र में यह पुनरुत्थान दोनों प्रजातियों के बीच आनुवंशिक संकरण के साथ-साथ हुआ है। जीवविज्ञानियों की एक टीम ने दोनों प्रजातियों की अंतःक्रियाओं का मॉडल बनाकर यह पूर्वानुमान किया कि संकरण से जंगली बिल्लियों का अपरिवर्तनीय आनुवंशिक प्रतिस्थापन हो जाएगा।
नेपाली: करिब 50 वर्षअघि जुरा पर्वतमा लोप भइसकेको ठानिएका युरोपेली वन बिरालाहरूले त्यसपछि आफ्नो पुरानो क्षेत्रको केही भागमा पुनः बसोबास गरेका छन्। घरपालुवा बिरालाको क्षेत्रमा भएको यो पुनरुत्थान दुई प्रजातिबीचको आनुवंशिक संकरणसँगै भएको छ। जीवशास्त्रीहरूको एक टोलीले दुई प्रजातिबीचको अन्तरक्रियाको मोडेल बनाएर संकरणले वन बिरालाको अपरिवर्तनीय आनुवंशिक प्रतिस्थापन ल्याउनेछ भनी भविष्यवाणी गरे।
Tiếng Việt: Mèo rừng châu Âu, từng được cho là đã tuyệt chủng khoảng 50 năm trước ở dãy núi Jura, từ đó đã tái chiếm một phần lãnh thổ cũ của chúng. Sự hồi sinh này trong vùng có mèo nhà sinh sống đi kèm với các cuộc lai tạo di truyền giữa hai loài. Một nhóm nhà sinh vật học đã mô hình hóa tương tác giữa hai loài để dự đoán rằng sự lai tạp sẽ dẫn đến việc mèo rừng bị thay thế về di truyền một cách không thể đảo ngược.
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| Prompt | Text up to 60 words |
|---|---|
| Preparation | 30–40 seconds |
| Time to answer | Depends on the length of the text |
| Skills assessed | Speaking |
| Scored on | Content; Pronunciation; Oral fluency |
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Source: Pearson, PTE Academic & UKVI test format, Part 1: Speaking & Writing, checked 9 October 2026.