The Top 5 Regrets of the dying – interview

B1+ Listening Test

Watch an interview to Bronnie Ware, the writer of a book called “The Top 5 Regrets of the Dying”. For questions 1 to 6, choose the correct answer. You can see the transcription after submitting your answers.

Listening comprehension test

Watch from minute 1:15

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1 Bronnie Ware is a ... who spent years talking to people who were dying.

a.carer

b.journalist

c.person suffering from a serious illness

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2 She got the idea of her book ...

a.from a blog she used to read

b.from a blog that she wrote

c.from a video

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3 According to the people she talked to, ...

a.they were more or less content with the life they had lived.

b.their lives had been quite boring.

c.they lived in a way other people wanted them to live.

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4 People have liked the book because ...

a.it encourages us to be ourselves, and not what the others expect from us.

b.it helps us to be better than other people.

c.we all have a lot of regrets in our lives.

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5 Bronnie thinks that ...

a.people can't really do what they want because they have many responsibilities: mortgages, jobs, children, etc.

b.everybody can take their own decisions in some way.

c.most people feel that they have no control over their lives at all.

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6 She says that those talks with the dying ...

a.helped her with her relationships.

b.made it possible for her to accept death.

c.made her have the courage to change her life.

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