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OET Listening Sample Test

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  • Questions count: 20
  • Passing grade: 3
  • Time limit: 50 minutes
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1.

Extract 1: Questions 1-12

You hear Rose, a neonatal intensive care nurse, talking to Peter about his new-born twin. For questions 1-12, complete the notes with a word or short phrases. You now have 30 seconds to look at the notes.

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Father's name: Peter

Initial details

  • Twin babies born (1) early.
  • Olive is named after (2) mother.

Olive's current situation:

  • She is small and does not have a lot of (3) .
  • She was taken to a (4) .
  • She does not have enough (5) fat to keep her warm.

Nurse's comment regarding the incubator stay:

  • Planning to start by giving fluids (6) .
  • She will get out when she can maintain her (7) .
  • No set weight or (8) .

History of pregnancy and Olive's condition:

  • They started scanning by the (9) week.
  • They missed a couple of (10) because it was stressful.
  • Olive's (11) contained less fluid.
  • Her oxygen saturation is (12) , which is normal.
2.

Extract 2: Questions 13-24

You hear an optometrist talking to Michael, a man with macular degeneration. 

For questions 13-24, complete the notes with a word or short phrases. You now have 30 seconds to look at the notes.

 

Patient: Michael

The patient's comments on his eyes and previous optometrist visits:

  • His last visit to (13) was six months ago.
  • He purchased his most recent (14) a year ago.
  • He has difficulty reading (15) .
  • In 2006, he noticed (16) slight in reading lines.
  • The ophthalmologist referred him to a (17) specialist.
  • The specialist noticed (18) in front of the retina.
  • Prescribed Lucentis (19) to be taken monthly.
  • He visits a specialist every (20) . 

Patient's Treatment and Outcomes:

  • Doctors were (21) .
  • He had (22) injections.

Optometrist's Explanation of Amsler chart:

  • Most of the time, people do not use it (23) .
  • He needs to (24) one eye when using it.
3.

25. Which of the following information is INCORRECT regarding the patient's condition?

He is on amiodarone.
Has a wounded right sacrum.
His glucose was high, so he received insulin.
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26. What is this nurse's opinion regarding the new nurses:

They want to be given everything without effort.
They cannot manage 40 beds effectively.
They want to work hard but they do not have the experience.
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27. What is not TRUE according to the extract?

The charge nurse had personal problems.
The new nurse felt respected.
They were both stressed at work.
6.

28. Regarding the patient's vital data: 

Oxygen saturation is 90%.
Heart rate is 131 bpm.
Respiratory rate is 11.
7.

29. According to the extract: 

Patient's condition is un-usual.
The bleeding is resulting from the uterine contraction.
The targeted oxygen saturation is 96%.
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30. What is not true according to the extract:

The patient is shocked.
The patient had been vomiting blood.
The patient was started on blood transfusion.
9.

31. What important information does professor McNeil point up to regarding the study?

The increasing number of people taking Aspirin every morning.
The longer life-span of those administering Aspirin every morning.
Those participants had no history of cerebrovascular events.
10.

32. What does professor McNeil say regarding the results of the trials concerning the link between Aspirin and cancer?

More clinical trials are needed in order to come to an answer.
The exact effect is not yet confirmed.
It proves that people who take Aspirin are more liable to die of cancer.
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33. How does professor McNeil describe the course of bleeding as a complication? 

Progressive.
Continuous.
Regressive.
12.

34. What aspect of the study is considered important and needs further research?  

Effects of Aspirin on the course of some diseases in the long run.
The fact that people who are overweight might require larger doses.
The similarity of odds regarding the development of dementia when comparing the two arms of the study.
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35. The study was conducted over a period of five years to notice if the patient's age is related to:  

The long-term complications.
Patients' compliance.
The influence of Aspirin.
14.

36. Which of the following reasons does not require daily intake of Aspirin as per Professor McNeil's opinion? 

Upon the doctor's advice.
prophylaxis from the occurrence of some diseases.
prophylaxis from the reoccurrence of some diseases.
15.

37. "planned home-birth" is a choice made by some women upon their:

financial status.
personal preference.
previous experience.
16.

38. Which of the following does not categorise women as being at high risk?  

high birth-weight babies.
fetal mal-presentations.
previous elective caesarean section.
17.

39. In low risk women, the lower rate of morbidity in home delivered babies is a result of it being:

well planned.
performed in a friendlier environment.
less likely to involve advanced medical equipment.
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40. What does Dr. Davie-Tuck mention as the reason behind the higher mortality rates in home deliveries of high-risk women?

The co-morbid conditions.
The barriers that hinder their transfer to the hospital.
Not yet identified.
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41. What is Dr. Davie-Tuck excited about regarding the studies in her country?

That they are mimicking those from international studies.
That they are growing in number and effectiveness.
That it helped a lot in the process of risk assessment.
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42. Which of the following is a method that was used to overcome the barriers involving transferring high risk women to the hospital? 

Providing more experienced midwives.
Establishing a more appropriate midwife-obstetrician interaction.
Maintaining continuous after-birth follow-up.
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