PTE Reading: Fill in the Blanks: free practice questions
A passage has gaps and there is a box of words underneath. Put a word from the box into each gap. Some words in the box are not needed.
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Question 1
Pick a gap, then a word from the box. Tap a filled gap to clear it.
Honeybees are among the most studied insects on the planet. A single colony can tens of thousands of workers, and each worker has a clear job. Young bees usually stay inside to clean cells and feed larvae, while older bees the hive to collect nectar and pollen. When a forager finds a rich patch of flowers, she returns and performs a short dance that her sisters where to fly.
Question 2
Pick a gap, then a word from the box. Tap a filled gap to clear it.
In many parts of the world, people boil water before they drink it. Heat most of the bacteria and viruses that cause stomach illness. Boiling does not, however, remove chemicals such as lead or arsenic, so families in some areas also a filter. Health workers advise keeping boiled water in a clean, covered container, because it can easily become again if it is left open.
Question 3
Pick a gap, then a word from the box. Tap a filled gap to clear it.
Before the printing press reached Europe, books there were copied by hand, which made them slow to produce and costly to buy. , only churches, universities and wealthy families owned large collections. Movable type changed this within a few decades. Printers could make hundreds of identical copies, the cost of a single book fell sharply. Ideas now moved between cities far faster than before, historians still disagree about how much of that change the press itself caused.
Question 4
Pick a gap, then a word from the box. Tap a filled gap to clear it.
Sleep researchers have long suspected that a short afternoon nap helps the brain new information. In a typical study, volunteers learn a set of word pairs, and half of them then a nap while the others watch a film. When both groups are tested later, the nappers usually better, although the gap is small. Researchers now want to know whether the of the nap matters as much as its timing.
Question 5
Pick a gap, then a word from the box. Tap a filled gap to clear it.
Coral reefs cover a tiny fraction of the ocean floor, yet they roughly a quarter of all known marine species. The corals themselves depend on algae that live inside their tissue and supply them with food. When the water stays too warm for too long, the corals these algae, lose their colour and may starve. This process, known as bleaching, has become more as sea temperatures rise. Some reefs recover within a decade if conditions improve, but repeated events give them little time to .
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