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to tell their friends how long they had been in a LiSTEning PART 4
particular job; C: Although Kiara refers to managers Questions 31–40
and heads of department, she says that these are
job titles that might have been more relevant in the 31 mud We are told that thick mud, like the rocks,
past, not the future. made it difficult for the men and horses to make
23 B Finn talks about how people who earn a good progress.
salary can enjoy their lives, and contrasts this with 31 steep
people earning the minimum wage – the least Distraction ‘long’ might be tempting but the lecturer
amount of money a company can legally pay. He explains that the trail was ‘only about 35 miles’. In
says this is his biggest worry. other words, it wasn’t the length of the trail that
Distraction A: Finn says that having to leave a job was the problem.
and work in different places could be ‘interesting’. 33 failure ‘fear’ is paraphrased as ‘came to the terrible
He doesn’t think a lack of job security is always a realisation that’.
bad thing. 34 tent ‘stayed in a tent’ is paraphrased as ‘a tent was
24 C Kiara thinks that the findings of the survey are the only protection they had from the cold’.
not presented clearly enough. She is interested in 35 sailor We are told that the gold-seekers had to hire
knowing what the individual questions in the survey a sailor to steer their boats through Miles Canyon
were. and the rapids.
Distraction A: The tutor asks whether Kiara is 36 police The lecturer explains that the police gave
surprised by the statistic of 48% but she says, ‘It’s the gold-seekers a list of items so that they might
hard to say’. In other words, she feels she cannot survive a year in the Klondike region.
comment on the statistic because it’s unclear what 37 flour
it represents; B: Kiara refers to the people ‘who took
part’ [= the interviewees] but is only interested in 38 buckets ‘several’ is paraphrased as ‘two or three’.
their responses to the survey, not what kind of work 39 adventure We are told that the writer Jack
they each do. London’s vivid descriptions helped readers get a
25 A Kiara makes the point that learning new skills sense of adventure.
would help an employee if they wanted to change 40 newspapers The lecturer explains that Hall and
companies. Finn admits he hasn’t thought about Kelly were employed by newspapers in the US and
that advantage and agrees it’s a good idea. Canada to write stories about life in the Klondike
Distraction B: Finn says that companies will want region.
employees to study new skills at the weekends or in READing PASSAgE 1
the evening [= their own time] but doesn’t say what Questions 1–13
he thinks about this. Kiara says that studying in your
own time could be useful, as long as companies 1 FALSE: In the USA, the figure is 80%. In Australia,
paid for the course. the proportion is ‘slightly smaller’.
26 B Kiara explains how her device helps her balance 2 TRUE: With modern technology the problems of rot
her studies and the things she has to do for her and fire ‘can be eliminated’.
family. 3 nOT giVEn: The building has a concrete floor. But
Distraction A: Kiara says that the media is often there is no information about the type of wood used
negative about mobile technology, but she doesn’t or the species of tree it came from.
go into detail about why or what the disadvantages 4 TRUE: New engineering systems based on wood
might be. construction ‘have been pioneered’ at the institute.
27 B 5 glue ‘nails’ and ‘screws’ provide distraction
28 F 6 Lasers ‘columns’ and ‘beams’ provide distraction,
29 C but these were not used to ‘cut’ the material.
30 D 7 cake in the same way = not unlike
8 recycled ‘demolished’ might be tempting, but it’s
not the correct answer here; the point is that the
timber isn’t thrown away.