PTE reading fill blanks practice exercise 34

PTE reading fill blanks practice exercise

PTE reading fill blanks practice exercise.In the text below some words are missing.Fill the blanks from the words provided after the text.

Fill in the Blanks: Check for Logical Consistency, Verb forms and vocabulary usage.

1.The group of explorers that discovered the ………………… of an ancient city in the jungle of Honduras while hunting for the legendary lost city of La Ciudad Blanca , otherwise known as City of the Monkey God, almost lost their faces to a flesh-eating parasite. Inhabitants of the ancient city had ………………. it in the 16th century after believing gods had cursed their city with disease.La Ciudad Blanca is a ……………. city that was said to be located in the virgin rain forest of Mosquitia in eastern Honduras. Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés reported ………………….  “trustworthy” information about the ancient ruins, but never located them.

collecting | abandoned | remains | legendary | hearing | ancient | deserted | ruins

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2.The first …………….. of olive trees is dated to the 7th millennia BC. The first known olive trees grew in the Levant, in the lands of Persia and Mesopotamia. The olive tree also ……………. on tablets and pieces of wood hidden in ancient tombs. People who lived millennia ago saw the olive tree as a life-giving tree. It also ……………one of the first goods used for trade. Early evidence of the ……………………..  and usage of olive oil is known from archaeological sites in Crete, Israel, and Syria too.

appeared |  appreciation |   provided | reference | admiration | graced | evidence | granted |

3.The Nekton Mission is an ………… of 30 organizations conducting the longest seafloor survey in history. Think of it as a physical exam for the ocean. Future groups will be able to use the mission’s …………………. findings to chart how oceans will respond to human-made threats like global warming. The project is …………………. by XL Catlin, a global insurance company from Ireland that has sponsored similar environmental surveys since 2009. None of the work is ………………….. , and the data are open access so other researchers can use them.

baseline | trademark  |  sponsored  | proprietary | alliance | association | funded | guideline

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1.remains , abandoned , legendary , hearing 2. evidence , appeared , provided , appreciation 3.alliance , baseline , sponsored , proprietary

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11 thoughts on “PTE reading fill blanks practice exercise 34

    1. alliance -a union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations
      association – a group of people organized for a joint purpose.

    1. use funded when expecting returns from investment whereas sponsored means to provide funds for helping in a cause.
      Therefore answer is sponsored

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