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Boosting Your English Listening Skills

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Q1 : The passage is about:

P1 : a 36-year-old grown-up speaking about jobs.

P2 : a 15 –year-old teenager telling us about his first part time job.

P3 : a 23-year-old man telling us about his future job.

Q2 : The speaker's first job was

P1 : working as a businessman

P2 : washing dishes in a restaurant

P3 : a book seller

Q3 : How much money did he earn in his first job?

P1 : two dollars per day

P2 : two dollars per hour

P3 : two hours per week

Q4 : The first job was easy because

P1 : he had a dishwasher

P2 : his friends helped him

P3 : he worked only at the weekend

Q5 : How long did he work in the restaurant?

P1 : one month

P2 : one year

P3 : one week

Q6 : How many countries did the speaker work in as a teacher ?

P1 : 4 countries

P2 : 3 countries

P3 : 2 countries

Q7 : where in America did he teach English?

P1 : in San Antonio

P2 : in San Francisco

P3 : in Los Angeles

Q8 : How long did he teach in Japan?

P1 : for sixteen years

P2 : for six years

P3 : for nine years

Q9 : His future job is

P1 : write songs for artists

P2 : make multimedia and books for students

P3 : have his own restaurant

Q10 : Say whether the underlined sounds are similar or different : restaurant- taught

P1 : true

P2 : false

Q11 : Say whether the underlined sounds are similar or different : deal- really

P1 : true

P2 : false