Why they delayed university - Test 3

B2 First · Listening Matching · Cambridge English First 3, Cambridge University Press

You will hear five short extracts in which people talk about why they did not go to university directly after leaving school.

a wish to see new places

a misunderstanding about applying

a desire to have a break from studying

a wish to stay near to home

a decision to prioritise family commitments

a desire to start a career immediately

a feeling of not being mature enough

an inability to find a suitable course

For questions 1–5, choose which of the reasons (A–H) each speaker gives. Use the letters only once. There are three extra letters which you do not need to use.

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