【Imaginebeingface-to-facewithawoollymammoth(猛犸).Itwouldbequiteasight.Scientistsbelieveitwouldtowerat11feettall.Thewoollymammothwouldhaveapowerfultrunkandsharptusksthatstretchupto10feet.Itsthickhairwoul】

　　Imaginebeingface-to-facewithawoollymammoth(猛犸).Itwouldbequiteasight.Scientistsbelieveitwouldtowerat11feettall.Thewoollymammothwouldhaveapowerfultrunkandsharptusksthatstretchupto10feet.Itsthickhairwouldbeuptothreefeetlong.Itwouldweighsixtons—aboutasmuchasabus.

　　You’veprobablyneverseenagiantfurryelephantbefore.Actuallyyoudefinitelyhaven’t.Thespecieshasbeenextinctforthousandsofyears.

　　Butafewyearsfromnowyoumightbeabletoseeawoollymammothforyourself.Scientistsbelievetheyhavethetechnologytorecreateone.

　　AteamofSouthKoreanandRussianscientistsplantocloneawoollymammoth.Howwilltheydoit?SeveralwoollymammothbodieshavealreadybeendiscoveredinSiberiaanicyregioninRussia.Thescientistsplantotakecellsfromthesefrozenmammoths.

　　Thescientistsbelievethewholeprocesswilltakefiveyears.Manyscientistsandanimalloverscan’twait.Itwillbesoexcitingtheythinktobeabletobringbacktolifeacreaturethathasbeenextinctfrothousandsofyears.Peoplewouldtravelfromaroundtheworldforthechancetoseeawoollymammoth.Byobservingthewaythecreaturelooksandactsscientistsmightmakebrand-newdiscoveriesaboutthehistoryofanimallife.

　　Otherexpertsaren’tsosureaboutthewoollymammothproject.Onebigquestioniswhattodowithamammoth.TheEarthhaschangedinthethousandsofyearssincetheseanimalsroamedtheplanet.Wherewouldthecreatureliveandwoulditbeabletosurviveintoday’sclimate?

　　Thenthere’sthecost:somebelievethatthemoneybeingspentontheexperimentcouldbebetterspentonotherimportantscientificprojectssuchasfightingdiseases.

　　ButtheSouthKoreanandRussianscientistsarestickingtotheirplan.Theyadmittheyhaveabigchallengeahead.Thereisnoguaranteethattheywillsucceedbutthey’rehopeful.

　　1. Whatdoweknowaboutawoollymammoth?

　　A.Ithasshorthair. B.Ithasaheavybuild.

　　C.Ithassix-foot-longlegs. D.Ithasathree-foot-longtrunk.

　　2. Thewoollymammothprojectreferstotheplanto______.

　　A.searchfortheani