Latest PTE Practice – Reading Fill-Ups – 1

Latest PTE Practice – Reading Fill-Ups – 1

PTE Fill-ups are very easy question types. They can be easily solved if the concept is clear and practice is done on a regular basis. This blog coupled with my Master Class will help you with both.

Latest PTE Fill-Ups – A

Animals have played a major role in human’s lives throughout history. Today, scientific research is trying to (1)_______ the positive aspects of living with companion animals. Animals have been used as an (2)__________ form of treatment for many years. More recently it has been discovered that owning a pet can help lower people’s blood pressure, (3)_________ the chances of living after a heart attack, keep people more active and provide more satisfaction with life. It is (4)__________ that this happens because pets help people become more social, provide a means to give and receive (5)___________, and help connect us with the natural world.

decisions, enhance, affection, different, discover, theorized, alternative

Latest PTE Fill-Ups – B

The poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost is about the (1)_______ that one makes in life. It tells about a man who comes to a (2)_______ in the road he is traveling upon. He feels (3)________ that he cannot travel (4)________ paths as he must choose one. Frost uses this fork in the road to represent a point in the man’s life where he has to choose the (5)_________ he wishes to take in life.

sorry, foresee, choices, pleasant, direction, both, trail, fork

Latest PTE Fill-Ups – C

Montego Bay is the second largest city in Jamaica by area and the third by population. It is a lively and (1)_______beach resort and attracts a lot of tourists from many different countries with its (2)__________ beaches and (3)_________ relaxing atmosphere. Many Americans and Europeans, as well as Jamaicans, have summer homes in Montego Bay, so it is a (4)_______ city and becomes more (5)_________ during the holiday seasons. It is most famous for Doctor’s Cave beach, which has clear, turquoise waters.

peaceful, polluted, cosmopolitan, bustling, facilities, crowded, hospital, sandy

Latest PTE Fill-Ups – D

High emotional intelligence can help a manager (1)_______ workplace communication skills, employee motivation and organizational effectiveness. If a manager has high (2)_______ _, a key component of emotional intelligence, he or she will be able to (3)_________ to the concerns of employees and will be more understanding of their needs, wants and concerns. This will most likely translate into (4)_______ motivation and satisfaction of employees and ultimately will have a (5)_________ effect on the effectiveness of the business.

listen, empathy, determiner, improve, employed, positive, increased

Answers

Exercise A – 1. discover   2. alternative   3.enhance  4. theorized  5. affection 

Exercise B – 1. choices  2. fork  3. sorry  4. both  5. Direction

Exercise C – 1. bustling  2. sandy  3.peaceful  4. cosmopolitan  5. Crowded

Exercise D – 1. improve  2. empathy  3.listen  4. increased   5. positive

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