My First Job

Listening audio
Listening level
Intermediate

My First Job

1. Choose the best answer (a, b or c) to complete each of the following statements.
(1) The story took place in _________.

a. Scotland b. England c. Ireland
(2) The girl worked as a waitress ____________. a. while she was a university student b. after she left university c. before she started at university
(3) The girl was __________. a. Scottish b. English c. Welsh
(4) The girl had to go to work at ________ every morning. a. 7:30 b. 7:15 c. 10:00
(5) She got up at __________ the first time she started working. a. 7:30 b. 7:15 c. 10:00
(6) She picked up her first job at the age of _____________. a. 18 b. 20 c. 8
(7) She was late the first day she started working because ______________. a. she came across a traffic jam b. she didn't find her way to the hotel c. she got up late

2. Fill in the blanks according to what you hear on the tape.
(1) I was working in a very nice hotel in a small town in Scotland where there are
in the
so they were taking on
.
(2) The first thing I learned was that there were these two
into the kitchen from the restaurant—one for
and one for
, so that the waiters coming in didn't
the ones going out.
(3) Anyway, that morning I was so
of the head waiter that I didn't listen
to what he was saying, so when one of the waiters asked me to
and take two plates of eggs and bacon and an orange juice out to the restaurant, I went
and
!

3. True or False Questions.
(1)
She had a big breakfast that morning.
(2)
She couldn't bear being laughed at so she burst into tears.
(3)
Together with others, she started getting the dining room ready for lunch, having little time to enjoy the beautiful scenery outside the window.
(4)
She started doing everything all by herself.
(5)
The head waiter found out she had opened a bottle of wine wrongly.
(6)
Her shoes looked smart and were very comfortable.
(7)
In the afternoon she didn't take much rest even though she was free.
(8)
She hated her job and never did it again.
(9)
Actually she got on quite well with the head waiter.
(10)
She worked very hard and was exhausted that day.

Listening answers

My First Job

1. Choose the best answer (a, b or c) to complete each of the following statements.
(1) The story took place in _________.

a. Scotland b. England c. Ireland
(2) The girl worked as a waitress ____________. a. while she was a university student b. after she left university c. before she started at university
(3) The girl was __________. a. Scottish b. English c. Welsh
(4) The girl had to go to work at ________ every morning. a. 7:30 b. 7:15 c. 10:00
(5) She got up at __________ the first time she started working. a. 7:30 b. 7:15 c. 10:00
(6) She picked up her first job at the age of _____________. a. 18 b. 20 c. 8
(7) She was late the first day she started working because ______________. a. she came across a traffic jam b. she didn't find her way to the hotel c. she got up late

2. Fill in the blanks according to what you hear on the tape.
(1) I was working in a very nice hotel in a small town in Scotland where there are
in the
so they were taking on
.
(2) The first thing I learned was that there were these two
into the kitchen from the restaurant—one for
and one for
, so that the waiters coming in didn't
the ones going out.
(3) Anyway, that morning I was so
of the head waiter that I didn't listen
to what he was saying, so when one of the waiters asked me to
and take two plates of eggs and bacon and an orange juice out to the restaurant, I went
and
!

3. True or False Questions.
(1)
She had a big breakfast that morning.
(2)
She couldn't bear being laughed at so she burst into tears.
(3)
Together with others, she started getting the dining room ready for lunch, having little time to enjoy the beautiful scenery outside the window.
(4)
She started doing everything all by herself.
(5)
The head waiter found out she had opened a bottle of wine wrongly.
(6)
Her shoes looked smart and were very comfortable.
(7)
In the afternoon she didn't take much rest even though she was free.
(8)
She hated her job and never did it again.
(9)
Actually she got on quite well with the head waiter.
(10)
She worked very hard and was exhausted that day.