Have you ever thought about becoming a doctor? (pause)

[SoLaTiDoberman]

Hi,

This is from a practice test for English in Japan. The green part was written in Japanese.

When you read the following sentence with a pause, where do you pause? Choose the number.
"Have you (1) ever (2) thought (3) about (4) becoming (5) a doctor."

There was no more context.
And I believe that the last "." was a typo for "?".

My answer was 1, but the correct answer shown by the examiner was 4.
I don't like to pause between "think about" and "becoming a doctor" for some reason. Probably because "about" is the preposition for "becoming a doctor."

Do you agree with the answer 4?
Thanks!

 

[Loob]

It looks like a strange question to me. I could pause in several places in that sentence.

 

[SoLaTiDoberman]

Thank you, Loob, for your reply.
English tests in Japan are sometimes weird, so you may not have to take it seriously.
Anyway, you could pause at 4, couldn't you?

 

[Loob]

Yes - or (5) or (3) or ...

 

[lingobingo]

I don’t see any natural pause in that sentence.

 

[AnythingGoes]

I don’t see any natural pause in that sentence.

 

[SoLaTiDoberman]

Thank you very much!

 

[You little ripper!]

I don’t see any natural pause in that sentence.

Neither do I.