Occupational English Test

Reading sub-test
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PART A READING
Being Healthy

TIME LIMIT 15 MINUTES

Read the following reading material being healthy.

You only have 15 minutes to scan the reading materials then fill in the synthesizing exercise (last
page) so only skim and scan read the reading material do not spend a lot of time reading it in
depth

In the exercise on the last page fill in the missing word (or words) using one, two or three word-
answers depending on the number of indicated spaces to be filled in.

BEING HEALTHY

TEXT 1: Results
During the 18-month American study,
46% reported at least one injury/illness, and
32% reported at least one injury that was attributed to exercise.
Lower-body musculoskeletal injuries (21%) were the most commonly reported injury
followed by
cold/flu/respiratory infections (18%) and
back pain/injury (10%).
Knee injuries comprised one-third of the lower-body musculoskeletal injuries.
Only 7% of the injuries were attributed to exercise alone, and
59% of the injuries did not involve exercise.

BMI (p<0.01) but not exercise (p>0.41) was significantly associated with time to first injury and
injuries over time. Participants with higher BMIs were injured earlier or had increased odds of injury
over time than participants with lower BMIs. Due to the linear dose-response relationship between
BMI and injury/illness, any weight loss and reduction in BMI was associated with a decrease risk of
injury/illness and delay in time to injury/illness.

Text 2

When a pharmaceutical company first markets a drug, it is usually under a patent that only allows the
pharmaceutical company that developed the drug to sell it. This allows the company to recoup the
cost of developing that particular drug. It will frequently cost millions of dollars to develop and test a
new drug before it is approved for use. After the patent on a drug expires, any pharmaceutical
company can manufacture and sell that drug. Since the drug has already been tested and approved,
the cost of simply manufacturing the drug will be a fraction of the original cost of testing and
developing that particular drug.
Text 3

The first chart shows U.S. health care expenditures as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) compared to
seven other developed nations.

The second chart shows historical and projected U.S. health care expenditures as a percentage of GDP. If you also
read the prior two posts, you can see that a lack of spending is not an issue with U.S. health care. On a per person
basis and as a percentage of GDP the U.S. dramatically outspends other nations

Text 4

Abstract: Zhong, Z.., (2005) Health determinants in Urban China, for Institute of the Study of Labor
(IZA) Paper No 1835

This paper identifies health determinants in urban China applying Grossman model. Using wave of
China Health and Nutrition Survey in 2000, we find that education has important positive effect on
health, and cost of health care services has significantly negative impact. However, effects of wage
rate and household income are insignificant. We also find that region is an important determinant of
health. The body weight is also important, but unlike findings in developed countries, under-weight
instead of over-weight is a better predictor for poor health. Our results suggest that the male has
better health than the female does, and married couples have better health in urban China.
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Occupational English Test

READING SUB-TEST
Part A - Answer Booklet
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READING TASK : SYNTHESIS 1
2
The cost of being healthy is rising. Reading 2 explains that when a
3
pharmaceutical company .1 a drug, it is usually under
4
. 2 only allowing the developing .. 3

company to .4 the drug. This enables the 5 to get 5

back the cost of .6 a particular drug. Once the 7 6

has expired any pharmaceutical company is permitted to 8 7
and sell that particular drug. 8
9
An 18-month long study in the . 9 studied the influence of
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exercise and body mass index on injuries and illnesses in overweight
11
and obese . 10 Of those studied .. % 11 reported at least
one injury or illness during the study period with ....12 12

comprising one third of the lower-body musculoskeletal injuries. 13

Only 7% of injuries were attributed to 13. alone and ..% 14
14
of those injuries did not . 15 any exercise. 15
16
The first chart in Reading 3 gives the 2006 percentages for US
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Health Care Expenditures and 16 seven developed nations
18
with the USAs own position. In 2006, health expenditure in the US
occupied nearly %17 of GDP compared to %18 for Japan 19

and just over %19 for the UK. The second chart gives 20
historical and 20 US health care expenditures as a 21
percentage of GDP. 22
23
Zhao Zhong, a Chinese researcher, looked at what factors influenced
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ones health. His study found that 21 has a positive effect
25
on health and the 22 of health care services had a
23 impact. Effects of 24 rate and 25 26
income are insignificant. Where one lived in China was also found 27
26
to be an important of health. Ones body weight was also 28
27
important however being weight was a predictor for
29
28.health. His study revealed that males in China have
30
better health than females as do 29
30
.
PART A READING - BEING HEALTHY - ANSWERS
1 2 3 4 5
markets patent pharmaceutical sell company
6 7 8 9 10
developing patent manufacture USA adults
11 12 13 14 15
46% knee injuries exercise 59% involve
16 17 18 19 20
compared 15% 8% 8% projected
21 22 23 24 25
education cost negative wage household
26 27 28 29 30
determinant Under poor married couples