Questions 1-10

27  B 
28  F
29  C
30  D
LiSTEning PART 4 
Questions 31–40
31  mud We are told that thick mud, like the rocks, 
made it difficult for the men and horses to make 
progress.
31  steep  
 Distraction 
‘long’ might be tempting but the lecturer 
explains that the trail was ‘only about 35 miles’. In 
other words, it wasn’t the length of the trail that 
was the problem.
33  failure ‘fear’ is paraphrased as ‘came to the terrible 
realisation that’.
34  tent ‘stayed in a tent’ is paraphrased as ‘a tent was 
the only protection they had from the cold’.
35  sailor We are told that the gold-seekers had to hire 
a sailor to steer their boats through Miles Canyon 
and the rapids.
36  police The lecturer explains that the police gave 
the gold-seekers a list of items so that they might 
survive a year in the Klondike region.