Academic Reading Flashcards
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In PTE Academic Reading 'Fill in the Blanks', where do you drag your answer options from?
Answer: A word bank below the passage
In Reading Fill in the Blanks, you drag words from a box below the passage into gaps within the text.
A PTE Reading passage states: 'The study yielded _______ results, prompting researchers to abandon the hypothesis.' Which word best fits the blank?
Answer: inconclusive
Inconclusive results mean no clear conclusion was reached, which logically leads researchers to abandon a hypothesis.
Which PTE Reading task awards partial credit — one point per correct blank — rather than all-or-nothing scoring?
Answer: Reading & Writing: Fill in the Blanks
Reading & Writing: Fill in the Blanks uses partial scoring, giving one point for each correctly filled blank.
In a PTE passage about climate science, the phrase 'feedback loops amplify initial perturbations' most nearly means:
Answer: Processes that magnify a starting change
Amplify means to increase, so feedback loops make an initial disturbance larger.
What is the primary reading skill tested by the PTE 'Re-order Paragraphs' task?
Answer: Understanding text cohesion and logical flow
Re-order Paragraphs tests whether you can recognize how ideas connect and flow logically across a text.
A PTE reading passage uses the word 'ubiquitous' to describe smartphones. Which synonym could replace it without changing meaning?
Answer: Omnipresent
Ubiquitous means present everywhere, making omnipresent the correct synonym.
In PTE Multiple-choice, choose multiple answers (Reading), what is the score penalty for selecting an incorrect option?
Answer: One point is subtracted per wrong option selected
PTE deducts one point for each incorrect option chosen in multiple-answer reading questions, so guessing can lower your score.