Questions 1-10

LiSTEning PART 4 
Questions 31–40
31  Asia originally migrated from = began their 
journeys in
 
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 the ‘Americas’ are mentioned as a 
possible starting point but the speaker says that 
debate ‘has been settled’, and goes on to say what 
anthropologists recognise today.
32  faster Distraction European ships were ‘stronger’, 
which implies that Polynesian canoes were ‘weaker’, 
but Europeans wouldn’t have been ‘impressed’  
by that. 
33  steering Distraction the speaker says the paddles 
were not used for ‘propulsion’.
34  bark made from = used in the manufacture of
  
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 ‘wool’ and ‘cotton’ are mentioned, but 
were ‘unknown to Polynesians’.
35  songs remembered = recall; detailed = long and 
complicated; making up = created
36  waves found direction = knew which way to sail
37  birds could identify certain = recognising those