Final Listening 9H (Gateway Unit 7)

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.