Occupational English Test
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Complete the summary on pages 2 and 3 of Part A – Answer Booklet using the information in the four texts (A1-4) below. You do not need to read each text from beginning to end to complete the task. You should scan the texts to find the information you need. Gaps may require 1, 2 or 3 words. Answer ALL questions. Marks are NOT deducted for incorrect answers. You should write your answers next to the appropriate number in the right-hand column. Please use correct spelling in your responses. Do not use abbreviations unless they appear in the texts.
Incidence and Prevalence in an Emergency Department Population, 1995
TEXT 1 : Abstract Objective. —To determine the incidence, 1-year prevalence, and cumulative prevalence of domestic violence (DV) among female emergency department (ED) patients. Design. —Descriptive written survey. Setting. —Two teaching EDs, two hospital walk-in clinics, and one private hospital ED in Denver, Colo. Participants. —Of 833 women presenting during 30 randomly selected 4-hour time blocks, 648 (78%) agreed to participate. Most respondents were young (median age, 34 years) and unemployed (62%); half (49%) had annual household incomes less than $10000. Main Outcome Measures. —Domestic violence was defined as an assault, threat, or intimidation by a male partner. Acute DV (incidence) and past DV exposure (1-year prevalence and cumulative prevalence) were determined. Results. —The incidence of acute DV among the 418 women with a current male partner was 11.7% (95% confidence interval [CI], 8.7% to 15.2%). Only 11 (23%) of these 47 women subjected to acute DV presented for care because of trauma, and only six (13%) either told staff about DV or were asked about DV by ED professionals. Among 230 women without current partners, 13 (5.6%) reported an episode of DV within the previous 30 days. For the entire sample, the cumulative lifetime prevalence of DV exposure was 54.2% (95% CI, 50.2% to 58.1%). Women exposed to acute or prior DV were more likely than unexposed women to have made suicide attempts (26% vs 8%; P<.001) and to report excessive ethanol use (24% vs 13%; P=.001). Conclusions. —The incidence of acute DV is not as common among women visiting an ED as previously reported, although the cumulative prevalence of DV is strikingly high. Women who have experienced DV are seldom identified by ED professionals.
Text 2: Family / Domestic Violence Statistics (2004)
Text 3 Case 1 Justine, an 18-year-old woman presented to her family physician for an initial obstetric examination, accompanied by her 27-year-old boyfriend. Initial history revealed that she was at 16 weeks of gestation and living in a mobile home with her partner. She was strongly considering giving up the baby for adoption because of "financial and other" reasons. Answers to screening violence history questions indicated that her present partner had "slapped her around" on several occasions. On further questioning the patient stated that she was not happy in this relationship and in fact did not feel safe. However, she stated that she "had no place else to go" and expressed optimism about the future because her partner had begun to attend church and stated that he wanted to be a good father. Case 2 Martin, a 45-year-old man presented to his physician with a complaint of worsening depression. The patient had been taking antidepressant medications for many years, was receiving ongoing psychotherapy from a clinical social worker and attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. The patient complained of insomnia, loss of appetite and thoughts of guilt and suicide since his spouse had "kicked him out." Further discussion revealed that during an argument, he verbally threatened to harm her. She called the police, had him removed from the home and told him she would soon be filing for divorce. A positive outcome is possible for this couple because of the confluence of several helpful events and interventions. The patient had previously received treatment for alcoholism, had not resumed drinking and was under care for depression. Furthermore, his wife was receiving retirement benefits and was not financially dependent on him. Perhaps most significantly, she called the police during the first violent episode rather than excuse her husband's actions and allow a pattern of threats and intimidation to become established. She also received a prompt response and support from the police and the courts.
Text 4 Violence Runs in Couples An important but unanticipated finding was that violence runs in couples. 54% of respondents who reported that they had been assaulted, also admitted that they had assaulted their partners. 94.4% report being neither perpetrators nor victims of violence. 2.5% report both assaulting and being assaulted. 2.1% report being assaulted but not committing assault. 1.0% report assaulting their partner but not being assaulted.
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Occupational English Test
READING SUB-TEST Part A - Answer Booklet Practice test You must record your answers for Part A in the Part A - Answer Booklet using pen or pencil. Please print in BLOCK LETTERS
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READING: Part A – Answer Booklet Instructions TIME LIMIT: 15 MINUTES
Instructions Complete the following summary using the information in the texts for this task. Skim and scan the texts to find the information required. Gaps may require 1, 2 or 3 words. Write your answers in the appropriate space in the column on the right hand side. Make sure your spelling is correct. SUMMARY TASK
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Statistics of crime in Australia (2004), reveal that the most
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common form of domestic violence is damage to 1) _________________ at 2) _____%. Another common form of controlling behavior is limiting a partner’s 3) _________ with relatives and friends.
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A 1995 study on domestic violence (DV) against women examined the 4) ____________ of DV among patients presenting at an 5) ___________ A total of 6) _____ female patients agreed to participate in the study. Their average age was 7) ____, most were 8)
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________ and about half came from from low 9) _______ households. At the time of this study, 10) ________ of these women had a male partner. 11) _____ of the women had presented at hospital due to trauma. 12) _____ o the women reported an incident of DV within the last 13)
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_____ days. The women reported being either assaulted, 14) ___________ or intimidated by their partner.
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The case of Justine illustrates this. She presented at 15)
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______ for an obstetric examination. She was considering having her baby 16) ________ due to financial reasons and the fact that she had been 17) _______ by her partner.
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She reported feeling unsafe in the relationship. However she still felt 18) _________________ about their future
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together. The case of Martin shows that a positive outcome is possible in some cases, if the victim 19) _______ excuse their violent partner’s actions. Martin was
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suffering from 20) _____________ and was on 21) __________. He had also been 22) _________ for
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alcoholism. During an argument, he had 23) _______________ his wife, who sought help from 24)
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__________ and 25) _____________.
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Research from the ABS shows surprisingly that 26) ____
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of those who reported assault, also 27) ______________ their partners. The results of the earlier study indicated that DV was 28) _________ than previously thought,
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with 29) ____ of the victims saying they were neither victims nor 30) ________________ of DV. But
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worryingly, the 1995 study found that victims of DV were not often 31) ___________ by medical professionals.
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Answers: 1) Property 2) 20% 3) Contact 4) Prevalence / incidence 5) ED (Emergency Departments) 6) 648 7) 34 8) Unemployed 9) Income 10) 418 11) 11 12) 13 13) 30 14) Threatened 15) Her GP / a GP / .. doctor 16) Adopted 17) Assaulted / slapped / hit / abused 18) Optimistic 19) Does not 20) Depression 21) Anti-depressant 22) Treated 23) Threatened (to hit) 24) The police 25) Courts 26) 54 27) Assaulted 28) Lower / less 29) 94.4% 30) Perpetrator 31) Identified