1. According to the speaker, when did the ancestors of humans and the ancestors of cats and dogs last share a common ancestor?
90—95 million years ago.
5 million years ago.
55 million years ago.
100 million years ago.
Ответ: 90–95 million years ago

2. Which of the following animals are cats and dogs more closely related to than to humans?
Primates.
Colugos and tree shrews.
Rabbits, rats, and mice.
Pangolins, horses, cows, whales, bats, shrews, and moles.
Ответ: Pangolins, horses, cows, whales, bats, shrews, and moles.

3. Why might cats be a better model than dogs for studying human gene regulation?
Because they live longer.
Because they have more chromosomes.
Because cats are more cooperative in research.
Because their genome organization is closer to humans’.
Ответ: Because their genome organization is closer to humans’.

4. Which disease is mentioned in the article as occurring in both humans and cats?
Polycystic kidney disease.
Idiopathic epilepsy.
Heart disease.
Alzheimer’s disease.
Ответ: Polycystic kidney disease

5. What does the article suggest about the gene FBXW7?
Mutations in this gene are linked to worse outcomes in breast cancer in humans and were found in feline tumors.
It is responsible for eye disease in dogs.
It is only found in cats.
It causes Alzheimer’s disease.
Ответ: Mutations in this gene are linked to worse outcomes in breast cancer in humans and were found in feline tumors

6. According to the article, why has more research historically focused on dogs than on cats?
Dogs have more genetic diseases.
The canine genome was sequenced earlier, and dogs are seen as more cooperative.
Dogs have a larger brain.
Cats are more expensive to keep in labs.
Ответ: The canine genome was sequenced earlier, and dogs are seen as more cooperative.

7. Listen to the text for the second time and answer questions 7—15.
Cats and dogs make up one-third of all pet ownership worldwide.
True
False
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Ответ: False

8. Mark Springer, teaches ecology and organismal biology at the University of California.
True
False
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Ответ: True

9. From an evolutionary perspective, humans are more closely related to cats than to dogs.
True
False
Not Stated
Ответ: False

10. The order Carnivora includes cats, dogs and some other mammals.
True
False
Not Stated
Ответ: True

11. The ancestors of modern-day dogs went through extensive chromosome rearrangements over evolutionary time.
True
False
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Ответ: True

12. Cats have a genome organization that is closer to that of humans than dogs do.
True
False
Not Stated
Ответ: True

13. The article states that treatments for polycystic kidney disease in cats could help inform therapies for people.
True
False
Not Stated
Ответ: True

14. Dogs are never used to model human illnesses.
True
False
Not Stated
Ответ: False

15. The article mentions that cats are generally perceived as more cooperative than dogs in research settings.
True
False
Not Stated
Ответ: False