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Part 4 · Exercise 2 — Changing career in mid-life

C1 Advanced · Listening

10 questions · 11 minutes

Part 4 · Multiple matching (two tasks)

For questions 1–10, you will hear five people talking about changing career in mid-life. Look at Task One and Task Two. As you listen you must complete both tasks: for each speaker, choose one answer from Task One and one from Task Two. There are three extra options in each task which you do not need to use.

Everything is played twice within the recording, exactly like the real exam — press play once and follow the narrator.

Task One — For questions 1–5, choose from the list (A–H) what finally prompted each speaker to change career.

A The illness of someone close to them.
B Being passed over for a promotion.
C A remark made by a stranger.
D Realising they could no longer defend the work.
E The offer of voluntary redundancy.
F Reaching a significant birthday.
G A course taken purely for pleasure.
H Pressure from their own children.

Speaker 1

Speaker 2

Speaker 3

Speaker 4

Speaker 5

Task Two — For questions 6–10, choose from the list (A–H) what each speaker says has surprised them since.

A How little they miss the status they had.
B How much their old skills still matter.
C How hostile former colleagues have become.
D How tiring physical work turns out to be.
E How long it takes to feel competent again.
F How isolated they now feel from friends.
G How readily others assume they have failed.
H How badly they judged the financial side.

Speaker 1

Speaker 2

Speaker 3

Speaker 4

Speaker 5

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Part 4 · Multiple matching (two tasks)

Everything is played twice within the recording, exactly like the real exam — press play once and follow the narrator.

Task One — For questions 1–5, choose from the list (A–H) what finally prompted each speaker to change career.

A The illness of someone close to them.
B Being passed over for a promotion.
C A remark made by a stranger.
D Realising they could no longer defend the work.
E The offer of voluntary redundancy.
F Reaching a significant birthday.
G A course taken purely for pleasure.
H Pressure from their own children.

Speaker 1

Speaker 2

Speaker 3

Speaker 4

Speaker 5

Task Two — For questions 6–10, choose from the list (A–H) what each speaker says has surprised them since.

A How little they miss the status they had.
B How much their old skills still matter.
C How hostile former colleagues have become.
D How tiring physical work turns out to be.
E How long it takes to feel competent again.
F How isolated they now feel from friends.
G How readily others assume they have failed.
H How badly they judged the financial side.

Speaker 1

Speaker 2

Speaker 3

Speaker 4

Speaker 5