Listening Advanced C1: How Do You Become a Marine Biologist?

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B2-C1 Listening How Do You Become a Marine Biologist

You are going to hear Rachel Butler, a marine biologist and wildlife film-maker speak about her career.

For questions 1-5, choose the answer which fits best according to what you hear.

You will have two links to the same video.

You may watch each link once.

The video is from BBC Earth Unplugged.

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Video from BBC Earth

she enjoyed swimming among marine fauna.

she had shared this interest with her father since she was a little girl.

an event arose her interest in marine life.

2. Rachel says that to become a biologist...

passion and knowledge on biology should be sufficient.

you need to do well in certain school subjects such as mathematics, biology and physics.

you only need to have a lot of passion.

3.The next step after deciding a career path in marine biology is to ...

get the necessary qualifications.

volunteer.

gain experience

4. According to Rachel, what was it that helped her get her first job?

pursuing a career as an underwater film-maker.

the knowledge she gained.

the skills she gained.

5. Rachel is positive that ...

marine biologists have already uncovered most of the ocean's mysteries.

marine biologists still have a lot more discoveries to be made.

the new generations of marine biologists will discover a lot more things.

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