Tips: Listen for the part where the speaker gives a personal opinion, and keep it apart from other views.

Why the other options are wrong:

• It is a serious risk mainly for smaller farms, and its gains are often overstated.: The survey is about small and mid-sized farms. But the speaker says the risks are widespread, not mainly for smaller farms.
• It is a serious risk across the Prairies, and its gains are often overlooked.: The speaker does not say people ignore the gains. The speaker says the opportunities are uneven and often overstated.
• It is a serious risk mainly for smaller farms, and its gains are often overlooked.: The speaker says the risks are widespread, not mainly for smaller farms. The speaker also says the gains are overstated, not overlooked.

Correct Answer: the clearly negative view, by showing how early heat can force costly replanting.

Why this is correct: The farmer story comes in the part about the clearly negative view. Early heat dried the soil, so he had to reseed twice.

Tips: Notice which claim a piece of evidence is used to support.

Why the other options are wrong:

• the cautious middle view, by showing how early heat can force costly replanting.: The heat detail is right. But the story is told for the clearly negative view, not the cautious middle view.
• the cautious middle view, by showing how sudden floods can force costly replanting.: The story belongs to the clearly negative view. The farmer also talks about early heat, not floods.
• the clearly negative view, by showing how sudden floods can force costly replanting.: The view is right. But the farmer reseeded because early heat dried the soil, not because of floods.

Correct Answer: some gains, and that farmers have adapted to change before.

Why this is correct: This group accepts the risks but sees some limited opportunities. They also say Canadian farmers are innovative and have adapted before.

Tips: Keep each reason linked to the group that presents it.

Why the other options are wrong:

• some gains, but that farms will need support to use them.: The need for support is the point of the cautious middle group. This group stresses that farmers have adapted before.
• mostly gains, but that farms will need support to use them.: This group calls the opportunities limited, not mostly gains. The need for support is the middle group's point.
• mostly gains, and that farmers have adapted to change before.: This group acknowledges the risks and calls the opportunities limited. They do not say warming brings mostly gains.

Correct Answer: That adapting costs more than many farms can afford.

Why this is correct: The middle group says adaptation itself costs money. Not all farms can afford new technology or crop insurance.

Tips: Keep track of which group says what as the report moves from one view to the next.

Why the other options are wrong:

• That farmers should not count on new crops to make up their losses.: The middle group does not talk about new crops. Doubt about the gains comes from the speaker at the end.
• That crop insurance cannot cover every loss caused by bad weather.: The middle group mentions crop insurance, but only to say not all farms can afford it. They do not say it fails to cover losses.
• That new farm technology may not work as well as people hope.: The middle group mentions new technology, but their worry is the cost. They do not say it works badly.

Correct Answer: It takes attention away from more useful work.

Why this is correct: The speaker wants less debate about whether climate change is good or bad. The speaker wants more effort on practical help for farmers.

Tips: Listen to how the speaker describes the debate, and what the speaker would rather do instead.

Why the other options are wrong:

• It is useful, because it shows both the gains and the risks.: The speaker wants governments to focus less on this debate. So the speaker does not praise it as useful.
• It should be settled before money is spent on help.: The speaker puts helping farmers first. The speaker does not say the debate must end before help is given.
• It is too focused on the risks and not enough on the gains.: The speaker thinks the gains are often overstated. So the speaker does not want more attention on the gains.

Correct Answer: Low-cost loans for farms that need climate-resilient equipment.

Why this is correct: The speaker wants practical, affordable help for farmers to adapt. Many farms put off equipment because of money worries, so cheap loans fit this aim.

Tips: Use what the speaker wants and the reasons given to judge which plan fits best.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Low-cost loans for farms that want to start growing corn and soybeans.: The speaker says the opportunities from new crops are uneven and overstated. So a plan built on them does not match the speaker's focus.
• Tax breaks for farms that have already bought climate-resilient equipment.: Farms that already bought equipment could afford it. The speaker wants to make adapting affordable for farms that cannot.
• Grants for large farms to buy more crop insurance.: The survey points to small and mid-sized farms that delay spending. The speaker never says large farms need help with insurance.