PTE Academic Listening fill in the blanks practice sample 8

PTE Academic listening
PTE Academic listening fill in the blanks practice

 

Audio 1

1.Western Sydney streets, cafes, shops, parks and malls will soon be ……………..with the sweet sound of local musicians and bands.

Deputy Premier and Minister for the Arts Troy Grant …………..western Sydney councils to submit ……………………for family-friendly, community-based micro music festivals as a part of a new funding initiative to promote live music in the state’s fastest-growing region.

“The NSW Government has ………………$150,000 to deliver the festivals which will be a great way for residents and visitors to sample western Sydney’s diverse musical talent,” Mr Grant said.

“The events will be coordinated by industry ……………….The Live Music Office using its Live and Local model for a four-hour, multi-venue live music event in local communities.”

Audio 2

2.Two-thirds of voters say the Turnbull government is doing “not very much” or “nothing at all” to ……………….climate change.

And they are not alone – exclusive international polling for Fairfax Media shows a similar………………….. in 22 other nations think their governments are doing little or nothing to address global warming.

Climate change has featured little in ……………….election campaign so far but the new poll results point to widespread voter ……………….with current policies.

In Australia, just 4 per cent said the government was doing “a great deal” to ………………climate change and 19 per cent said it was doing “a fair amount.” But more than half (52 per cent) said the government was doing not very much and 14 per cent nothing at all.

Audio 3

  1. It might not be a well-known fact in Australia, but Israel has one of the highest ………………….of start-ups in the world and is widely ………………………as a global leader in research and development. Now the country’s ………………..expanding tech scene is turning to Australia for capital — and experience.

Israel has more than 3000 Israeli start-ups employing almost 20,000 people, with the entire hi-tech …………………..employing 300,000 people — in a country with a population of just 8.4 million.

By comparison, a PricewaterhouseCoopers report found Australia had only 1500 start-ups, despite having nearly three times the……………………………

PTE Academic listening fill in the blanks practice

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5 thoughts on “PTE Academic Listening fill in the blanks practice sample 8

  1. 1 filled , invited, proposals, committed. Organisation
    2 combat, proportion, federal, dissatisfaction, address
    3 concentrations , recognised, rapidly, industry, population

    1. 1. filled , invited , proposals , committed , organisation
      2. combat , proportion , federal , dissatisfaction , address
      3. concentrations , recognised , rapidly , industry , population

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