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In this set of materials, the reading part discusses three evidence that show dinosaurs were endotherm, and the listening section refutes the information presented in the article and argues that these evidence don not prove that dinosaurs were endotherms like modern birds and mammals.

First the passage posits that the fossils which have been discovered in Polar Regions reveal that dinosaurs need to be endotherm to maintain their body temperature to live and be active in such cold regions. However, the talk makes the point that in the dinosaurs’ era the poles are warmer than today, and als...

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