Monologue by Mrs. Beverley Evans About the Borchester Hospital Trust Listening Answers

Monologue by Mrs. Beverley Evans About the Borchester Hospital Trust Listening Answers is a monologue by Mrs.Beverley Evans during the final session of the Borchester Health Authority’s Nurses orientation Programme. During this monologue she is presenting the reports of progress of the last few months. The candidate needs to answer the following question types such as circle the correct answer, complete the sentences, circle two answers and lastly, circle the correct answer. The candidate is required to circle the correct answer from the given options A-D, complete the sentences using no more than three words, circle two answers from the given options A-E and lastly, circle the last answer from options A-D.
The IELTS Listening section tests a candidate’s listening ability. The candidates are required to listen to an audio and then answer the given IELTS listening questions.

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Topic: Monologue by Mrs. Beverley Evans About the Borchester Hospital Trust 

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Questions 21-24.

Circle the correct answer A-D. Write answers next to 21-24 on your answer sheet.

21. Roughly what proportion of the public is happy with the hospital?

1. all
2. the vast majority
3. few
4. some

Answer: B
Explanation: Mrs. Evans mentions “how happy the public was with our service”. So the answer must be B.

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22. What is the purpose of the “Visitors’ Charter”?

1. To notify the public.
2. To display standards.
3. To help patients with special needs.
4. To give patients a sympathetic ear.

Answer: A
Explanation: According to the speech they ‘have recently established a “Visitors Charter” to inform the public what standards to expect’. For this reason, the answer is A.

23. What is the purpose of the “sympathetic ear” symbol on patient records?

1. To make the patient aware of the problem.
2. To impair hearing.
3. To gain the patients’ consent.
4. To indicate a patient who has difficulty hearing.

Answer: D
Explanation: According to Mrs. Wales ‘One recent initiative is a policy where all patients who have hearing problems have their records marked with a “sympathetic ear” symbol – only with their consent, of course’. Thus the answer must be D.

24. The work on the main entrance

1. will be improved.
2. will be completed on schedule.
3. will be finished in a few months.
4. will cost more than planned.

Answer: B
Explanation: Mrs. Evans mentioned in the conversation that the work is on budget and on time. Therefore the work will be completed on schedule.

Questions 25-27.
Complete the sentences below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

25. Members of staff who know a foreign language ought to have_______________________indicate this.
26. The hospital has bilingual staff speaking Welsh. Urdu and_________________________
27. The hospital hopes more languages will be offered in_______________________________

Question 25.

Answer: a badge
Explanation: The speaker suggested that ‘that staff who can speak another language should wear a badge to show this’. So the answer is Badge.

Question 26.

Answer: Arabic
Explanation: Mrs. Evans said ‘we’ve worked on this, and have now identified speakers of Welsh, Urdu, and Arabic’. Hence the answer is Arabic.

Question 27.

Answer: the autumn
Explanation: Mrs. Evans states that they ‘will add further languages by the autumn’. This means that more languages will be offered in the autumn. Therefore, the answer is ‘the autumn’.

Questions 28 and 29:
Circle TWO answers A-E. Write answers next to 28-29 on your answer sheet.
Which ideas mil the hospital use for fundraising?

1. camping
2. outdoor suppers
3. sponsored bikes in the park
4. sponsored swims
5. surveys

Question 28.

Answer: B
Explanation: The speaker mentioned ‘There are a lot of interesting ideas, but one really good one is for an open-air twilight dinner in the local park’. For this reason, the correct answer must be B.

Question 29.

Answer: D
Explanation: As mentioned in the speech, ‘Other more traditional ideas are for sponsored bike rides, and sponsored sea swimming’. Therefore the correct answer is D.

Question 30.
Circle the correct answer A-D. Write answer next to 30 on your answer sheet

30. How many people completed the questionnaire?

1. 18
2. 15O
3. 200
4. 98

Answer: C
Explanation: It is stated in the report that ‘We undertook a survey 18 years ago, questioning 50 first attenders and 150 re-attenders in the unit’. Therefore we can conclude that the total number of people who completed the questionnaire is 200.