PTE READING BLANKS exam questions
Tip: Blank positions are often changing in recent exams. Make sure you understand the whole passage. Do not memorize the answers.
In the text below some words are missing. Choose the correct word to fill each blank from the box below. There are more words than you need to complete the exercise.
A. You may think that the World Cup, like the Olympic Games”‘, only occurs once every four years. It is the (1) …………………… rounds that take (2) …………………… every four years, but the competition as a whole is an ongoing (3) …………………… since the qualifying rounds take place over the preceding three years. The final phase of the tournament now involves thirty-two teams competing over a four-week (4) …………………… in a previously nominated (5) …………………… nation. It has become the most widely-viewed sporting event in the world.
event final home host last period place time
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Ideas, as well as people, can take (1) …………………… stage at the right time and the right place. If new ideas are to have a wide-ranging (2) ……………………, they had better occur at the right time – usually when old theories are worn out or have reached a dead (3) ……………………. Then they make people think along new lines and in ways that may (4) …………………… in unexpected directions. These ideas needn’t be new in themselves. They can be older, half-forgotten ideas brought back to life, or new combinations of (5) …………………… ones presented in a new light.
center effect end familiar front known lead stop
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Most of us believe that when we are making decisions about money we are being clear-headed and sensible, and assume that any rational person would (1) …………………… in the same way and make the same decisions. But our (2) …………………… are always based on the private logic of our own (3) …………………… mind-set, our deep beliefs about money and what it’s for, and no two people are the same. Even when two people come to the same (4) …………………… , they have probably used quite different logical paths.
answer behave choices conclusion economical financial ideas
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There are, I have been (1) …………………… , some languages that don’t have a word for rubbish, garbage, or whatever you call it. For their speakers, nothing is useless or goes to (2) ………………….. . – just as our ancestors used to hoard, patch up, reuse and hand things (3) …………………… to the next generation rather than throw them (4) ……………………. These days, however, rubbish and how to (5) …………………… it has become a major problem: we are running out of places to put it.
away dispose waste over said down rid told
E. Symbiosis is a general term for interspecific ___ in which two species live together in a long-term, _____association. In everyday life, we sometimes use the term symbiosis to mean a relationship that _____ both parties. However, in ecologist-speak, symbiosis is a broader concept and can include close, lasting relationships with a variety of positive or negative effects on the participants.
Interactions, harms, Indifferent, Benefits, Intimate, Integrations
F. Based on collaborative research by Arizona’s top business schools, this study of leadership and company performance uncovers the effects of leadership driven by …………., cost control, and maintaining market share, versus leadership-driven more by balancing employee relations and development, customer or ……………., and the welfare of the greater community. Together, Mary Sully de Luque, assistant professor of Management and Research Fellow at Thunderbird School of Global Management and David Waldman, director of the Center for Responsible Leadership at ASU’s School of Global Management and Leadership, have found that maintaining a specific focus on
earnings in ………………. can have ……………… on how a leader is viewed.
profits, negative effects, client needs, decision making, leadership, relations
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ANSWERS:-
A. 1.final 2.place 3.event 4.period 5.host
B. 1. center 2.effect 3.end 4. lead 5.familiar
C. 1. behave 2.choices 3.financial 4.conclusion
D. 1.told 2. waste 3.over 4.away 5.dispose
E. 1. Interactions ( collocation- interspecific interaction)
2. Intimate (context cue — live together, close relationships)
3. Benefits
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