Mastering OET Listening: A Comprehensive Mock Test

PLAY THE ABOVE AUDIO

PART A 

Extract 1: Questions 1 to 12

You hear a neurologist talking to a patient called Vincent Cheung. For questions 1 to 12, complete the following notes with a word or short phrase. You now have 30 seconds to look at the notes.

Patient: Vincent Cheung

Initial symptoms:

• Facial pain - started three months ago
• Pain described as (1)_____
• Mainly affects right side of face (check, teeth and (2)_____
• Compares the sensation to (3)_____

Triggers:

• Washing face, brushing teeth and (4)_____
• Anything touching the face (including (5)_____
• Eating and drinking
• Spontaneous or lengthy (6)_____

Development of condition

• Attacks becoming more frequent
• Whole face now affected
• Attacks now last longer
• Describes current level of pain as (7)_____

Medication:

• Initially prescribed (8)_____
• Now on anti-spamodic
• Also taking supplements: Vitamin D and (9)_____

Impact of medication:

• Feels constantly (10)_____
• Easily becomes (11)_____ (cause of embarrassment)
• Notices unchracteristic (12)_____

Extract 2 : Question 13 to 24

You hear a pulmonologist talking to a patient called Pam Herbert. For questions 13 to 24, complete the notes with a word or short phrase. You now have 30 seconds to look at the notes.

Patient: Pam Herbert

Presenting symptoms:

• Persistent cough-sputum (13)_____ in colour
• Worse at night - leaves her feeling constanty (14)_____
• Loss of appetite and weight
• Can't (15)_____ for longer than ten minutes
• Ribs feel painful after (16)_____
• Sometimes has (17)_____sensation in right arm

Recent illnesses

• Flu (nine months ago) - developed into (18)_____
• Sevaral persistent (19)_____recently

Background:

• Has smoked for 35 year (several cessation attempts)
• Ongoing issues with (20)_____
• Reports having no (21)_____for at least 10 years

Current medication:

• (22)._____(ten years)
• Salbutamol inhaler
• (23)_____(one year)

Allergies:

• Lactose intolerant
• Severe (24)_____

PART B

25. You hear a nurse talking to a patient who is about to have mammogram.

What is the patient's main concern?

A. When the results are available

B. The level of risk involved

C. How painful it might be

26. You hear a doctor talking to a patient about a blood-pressure monitor.

What is she explaining to him?

A. When to adjust the settings
B. What to do when it's taking a reading
C. How to check that it's working properly

27. You hear a dentist and her assistant talking about a problem with some sterilising equipment.

What does she ask her assistant to do?

A. Inform staff that it isn't working properly

B. Call the people responsible for maintaining it

C. Cheek whether repairs are covered by insurance

28. You hear a GP talking to a patient with hay fever.

What's making the patient more miserable?

A. The intensity of the symptoms

B. The attitude of her friends

C. The effect on her work

29. You hear two nurses doing a patient handover at the change of shift.

The incoming nurse needs to

A. Change the patient's infusion

B. Monitor the patient's oxygen levels

C. Arrange for the patient to have a special meal

30. You hear a hospital manager briefing newly recruited staff about patient safety.

What is he doing?

A. Explaining how individual incidents should be documented

B. Comparing the role of record keeping in different contexts

C. Emphasising the need to identify and deal with potential issues

PART C

Extract 1

Question 31 to 36 : You will hear an interview with a midwife called Christina Morello, who's talking about the time she spent working as a volunteer in South Sudan. You have 90 seconds to read question 31 to 36

31. When she was thinking of applying to go to South Sudan, Christina was most concerned about whether.
A. Her skills would be required.
B. She would miss her home and family.
C. She would be put in a dangerous situation.

32. What aspect of her role in South Sudan surprised Christina?
A. The long working hours
B. The impact on the local people
C. The number of births she had to deal with

33. Christina suggests that complicated deliveries in South Sudan are related to
A. Use of poor equipment
B. Lack of contraception.
C. Shortages in funding.

34. Christina talks about her patient Margaret in order to highlight the

A High risk of infection.

B. High infant mortality rates.

C Importance of communication skills.

35. Christina says that he hardest thing to adapt to in South Sudan was

A. the hygiene facilities.

B. the presence of insects.

C having to stay in every night

36. In Christina's opinion what is the most valuable skill for a midwife working in South Sudan?

A. Having a wide range of professional experience.

B. Taking a flexible approach to your work.

C. Being able to speak the local language.

Extract 2

Question 37 to 42 You hear a GP called Dr Edward Symes giving a presentation about how the condition called Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) affects young people. You now have 90 seconds to read question 37 to 42

37. How did Dr Symes feel about the girl called Emma having ME?
A. Concerned about the effect it was having on her life
B. Curious about what her actual symptoms were
C. upset about how her teachers had rejected

38. Dr Symes decided to specialise in ME because he came to realise that
A. No effective treatment existed for it.
B. So many families were affected by it.
C. There was a lot of ignorance surrounding it.

39. Dr Symes feels that a reliable diagnosis test for ME would be helpful because
A. It could lead to the illness being taken more seriously.
B. Patients could be educated to adjust to the illness.
C. The severity of the patient's condition could be determined.

40. Dr Symes thinks that the most challenging aspect of the illness is the way

A. It is exacerbated by social and psychological factors.

B. It effects on the individual can be difficult to predict.

C. It places pressure on close relationships.

41. What does Dr Symes think GPs should do to help patients manage me?

A. Encourage them to have a healthy lifestyle

B. Ensure they understand how the illness develops

C. Continuously experiment with different approaches

42. What reservations does Dr Symes have about the use of CBT?

A. It can cause irreversible damage.

B. It's inconsistent with what's known about the illness.

C. More research needs to be carried out into its effectiveness

ANSWERS

PART A: QUESTIONS 1-12

1. searing

2. jaw

3. (an) electric shock(s)

4. shaving

5. (the) wind

6. smiling

7. severe

8. (an) anti-convulsant(s)

9. cod-liver oil

10. drowsy

11. confused

12. mood swings

PART A: QUESTIONS 13-24 

13. brown

14. fatigued

15. walk

16. laughing

17. tingling

18. glandular fever

19. chest infections

20. insomnia

21. sense of smell

22. statin

23. anti-depressants

24. hay fever seasonal rhinitis

PART B

25. C

26. B

27. A

28. A

29. C

30. C

PART C

31. A

32. C

33. B

34. C

35. A

36. B

37. A

38. C

39. A

40. B

41. C

42. B