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OET Reading Course: Endometriosis Focus

This document provides instructions for a reading course exam on endometriosis. It outlines that students will have 15 minutes to read 4 texts labeled A through D and answer 20 multiple choice and short answer questions based on the information found in the texts. The questions cover topics such as the hereditary nature of endometriosis, locations of endometrial tissue outside the womb, common symptoms, treatments, and more. Students are directed to write their answers in the provided spaces using information taken directly from the texts.

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OET Reading Course: Endometriosis Focus

This document provides instructions for a reading course exam on endometriosis. It outlines that students will have 15 minutes to read 4 texts labeled A through D and answer 20 multiple choice and short answer questions based on the information found in the texts. The questions cover topics such as the hereditary nature of endometriosis, locations of endometrial tissue outside the womb, common symptoms, treatments, and more. Students are directed to write their answers in the provided spaces using information taken directly from the texts.

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  • Questions 8-14
  • Questions 1-7
  • Questions 15-20

OET READING COURSE

Part A

TIME: 15 minutes

• Look at the four texts, A-D, in the separate Text Booklet.


• For each question 1-20, look through the texts, A-D, to find the relevant information.
• Write your answers on the spaces provided in this Question Paper.
• Answer all the questions within the 15-minute time limit.
• Your answers should be correctly spelt.

Questions 1-7

For each question, 1-7, decide which text (A, B, C or D) the information comes from. You
may use any letter more than once.

In which text can you find information about …

1 the possibility that endometriosis is a hereditary ____________________


condition?

2 finding endometrial tissue in locations far from the womb? ____________________

3 exhaustion caused by endometriosis? ____________________

4 the possibility of not getting treatment for endometriosis? ____________________

5 recommended sleeping position during a period? ____________________

6 endometriosis commonly affecting women in their child- ____________________


bearing years?

7 the level of pain being inversely related to the size of the ____________________
endometrial tissue?

Questions 8-14

Answer each of the questions, 8-14, with a word or short phrase from one of the texts. Each
answer may include words, numbers or both.

8 What are the names of two painkillers that a doctor can prescribe to manage endometriosis?

____________________________________________________________________________

9 What is the surgery used to confirm that a woman has endometriosis?


____________________________________________________________________________

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10 What is the term used to describe the situation where the menstrual blood goes into the
body instead of leaving the body?
____________________________________________________________________________

11 Where can you find lesions of ovarian disease?


____________________________________________________________________________

12 What can be affected by dioxin?


____________________________________________________________________________

13 How far do endometriosis lesions go into tissues in deep-infiltrating endometriosis?


____________________________________________________________________________

14 What is another term for the endometrium?

____________________________________________________________________________

Questions 15-20
Complete each of the sentences, 15-20, with a word or short phrase from one of the texts.
Each answer may include words, numbers or both.

15 When endometrial cells ________________ during menstruation, they may cause


inflammation and scarring.

16 Some women with endometriosis may have an absence of __________________.

17 The common type of endometriosis where the lesions do not burrow into far into
the tissues is called ________________.

18 A woman suffering from endometriosis is advised to stay away from processed food,
sugar, dairy, gluten and _______________.

19 Physical activity can help to reduce _________________ in the body.

20 Treatment for endometriosis cannot guarantee that a woman who has been infertile
will be able to __________________.

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