Final Listening 9H (Gateway Unit 7)

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10 questions
Listen to five people talking about why they have their jobs. Match the speakers (1–5) with the comments (A–F). There is one extra comment.
1  ………………………
2  ………………………
3  ………………………
4  ………………………
5  ………………………
A  I tried something else first.
B  I’ve always wanted to do this job.
C  I wanted to be like someone else.
D  I never wanted to work.
E  A family member suggested this job.


Listen again. Choose the best answers, A, B, 
C or D.

6.When she was young, Speaker 1
A   watched a lot of different programmes.
B   decided to be a lawyer.
C   wanted to be on television.
D   didn’t want to have a difficult job.

7. Speaker 2
A   works as a car designer.
B   loved being a car designer.
C   always wanted to be a manager.
D   is in charge of a restaurant.

8. When she was young, Speaker 3
A   wanted to be a maths teacher.
B   didn’t know what she wanted to do.
C   didn’t like her maths teacher.
D   was fantastic at maths.

9. Speaker 4 thinks
A   he’s quite well-off.
B   the people at work are boring.
C   he’ll earn a lot of money.
D   his father is difficult to work with.

10.Speaker 5
A   doesn’t think her job is too difficult.
B   has always been ambitious.
C   isn’t very happy in her job.
D   didn’t like the advice she got.