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IRS Test 5
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Listening test
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Extract 1: Questions 1-12
You hear a doctor talking to a patient called Graham, a patient with breathing difficulty.
For questions 1-12, complete the notes with a word or short phrase.
You now have thirty seconds to look at the notes.
Patient : Graham
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Extract 2: Questions 13-24
You hear a doctor talking to a client called Barbara Roberts, a patient with psychosomatic disorder.
For questions 13-24, complete the notes with a word or short phrase. © IRS Group
Age : 58 years
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Part B
In this part of the test, you’ll hear six different extracts. In each extract, you’ll hear people talking in a different
healthcare setting.
For questions 25-30, choose the answer (A, B or C) which fits best according to what you hear. You’ll have
time to read each question before you listen. Complete your answers as you listen.
26. You hear a doctor discussing with a patient the complications of a surgical procedure
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28. You hear a nurse brief about behavioural nursing
29. You hear a scientist deliver a talk on physical activities for children
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Part C
In this part of the test, you’ll hear two different extracts. In each extract, you’ll hear health professionals
talking about aspects of their work.
For questions 31 to 42, choose the answer (A, B or C) which fits best according to what you hear.
Complete your answers as you listen.
Extract 1: Questions 31 to 36
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34. What must be done for subjective rating of severity of depression
35. Mary feels that suicide rates may be reduced by interventions like
36. What is the increasing concern with digital media covering suicide
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Extract 2: Questions 37 to 42
You hear an interview with Samantha Solon, a lead scientist on diet that boosts the ‘miracle
hormone’
You now have 90 seconds to read questions 37-42.
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41. What can be done to harness the potential of the hormone?
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LISTENING SUB-TEST 5
PART A: QUESTIONS 1 - 12
1 breathing
2 coughing
3 phlegm
4 started
5 not
6 attacks
7 nearly
8 allergy
9 mortgage
10 never
11 ill
12 eczema
PART A: QUESTIONS 13 - 24
13 (terrible) discomfort
14 bloated
15 diarrhoea
16 sometimes
17 4 years / four years
18 muscle relaxants
19 imodium
20 barium enema
21 real
22 ulcer
23 reassurable things
24 decide
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PART B: QUESTIONS 25 - 30
PART C: QUESTIONS 31 - 36
PART C: QUESTIONS 37 - 42
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