OET Listening sub-test Part B

Time allowed: 25 minutes

In this part of the test, you will hear a talk on the relationship between sun exposure and
cardiac health.

You will hear the talk ONCE ONLY, in sections.

As you listen, you must answer the questions in the spaces provided on the answer paper.

Look quickly through the next section. You have ONE MINUTE to do this.

You may write as you listen, and there will be pauses during the talk for you to complete
your answers, and to read the following question.

Remember, you will hear the tape ONCE ONLY, and you should write as you listen.

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Now read Question 1. Question 1 has been done for you.

1. What is the speaker’s profession?

● dermatologist

In what discipline did the speaker start his career?

● general medicine

2. How much less heart disease is there in Australia? ___________________

List the heart diseases that the speaker mentions:

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hypertension
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angina
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3. What does the data account for?

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diet
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alcoholism
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4. Complete the gaps in the summary

The ____________ the levels of vitamin D people have in their blood, the less heart
disease they get, and also the ____________ they get. A lot of data ____________ that
vitamin D is very good for you. But if you ____________ vitamin D ____________ to
people, rates of heart disease don’t change. And the ____________ for vitamin D
preventing cancers is not yet great. Vitamin D is not the only possibility. It's not the only
thing ____________ heart disease. High vitamin D levels, I think, are a marker for
____________, which I'm going to show is a good ____________ for heart disease.

5. Complete the table.

age 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s+

nitric oxide 100% ______ 50% 35% 15%

production

arteries flexible, ______ inflamed ______ ruptured

smooth

deposits nothing nothing ______ ______ possible

______ ______ heart
attack

6. Circle the best answer

The speaker…
A expected the results that he found
B was unperturbed by the findings
C was taken-aback at the findings

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Nitric oxide is produced by...
A the skin
B the cardiovascular system
C both the skin and the cardiovascular system

What was nitric oxide doing in the mice?

A killing cells
B growing cells
C helping cells survive

With regards to mice the researchers found...

A that they could not replicate their findings in humans
B that they confirmed their null hypothesis
C that they were disappointed that nothing seemed to work

When discussing the advantages of using medical students over mice in experiments…
A the speaker is being facetious
B the speaker is referring to the similarities between mice and human subjects
C the speaker has a disregard for human subjects

Nitric oxide is...

A a gas
B NO2 or nitrate
C a stable store

The experimental animals were exposed to...

A ultraviolet D
B ultraviolet A
C ultraviolet B

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7. Answer the following questions

1. What was the result of putting people under the UV lamp?

- / it produced a rise in circulating nitric oxide / it circulated nitric oxide / nitric oxide
rose

2. What was the effect of increased nitric oxide on blood pressure?

- / it rose / it equilibrated / it dropped

3. How does the speaker describe the effect in older people?

- / marked / significant / minute

4. What was the effect of Vitamin D on the results of the experiment?

- / its effects were marginal / it didn’t play a part / it had an insignificant influence

5. How do the researchers feel about the results of their experiments?

- / they’re incomplete / they’re conclusive / they’re inferior

6. Why does the speaker compare heart disease to skin cancer?

- / Because heart disease is far more common than skin cancer / Because heart
disease is caused, in some way, by the sun / Because heart disease and skin cancer
are inextricably linked

End of Part B.

You now have 2 minutes to check your answers.

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