Entertainment - working as actors - Worksheet 2

C1 Advanced · Listening Matching · Cambridge Exam Booster for Advanced, Cambridge University Press

You will hear five short extracts. For questions 1–5, choose from the list (A–H) which best matches what each speaker says. For questions 6–10, choose from the list (A–H) for the second matching task. Use the letters only once.

a calm personality

a willingness to take risks

an understanding of other people

a lack of self-consciousness

a love of music

an ability to attract people

an ability to be patient

a constant wish to improve skills

For questions 1–5, choose from the list (A–H) what has helped the speaker to succeed.

studying the wrong subject

deciding on a career too quickly

being over-critical of others

choosing an unsuitable first job

mixing with unambitious people

turning down a good offer of work

being too competitive

having fun instead of studying

For questions 6–10, choose from the list (A–H) what each speaker regrets about the past.

You will hear five short extracts in which people are talking about working as actors.

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