IELTS, PTE COACHING IN PANCHKULA, CHANDIGARH

PTE- Fill in the Blanks for Reading module

European ………………peasants would insert a wooden drill in a round hole and rotate it ……………briskly between their palms This process could be speeded up by wrapping a cord around the ………….drill and pulling on each end. The Ancient Greeks used ……………lenses or concave mirrors to concentrate the sun’s …………..rays and burning glasses were also used by Mexican Aztecs and the Chinese. Percussion methods of fire lighting date back to Paleolithic ………….times, when some Stone Age tool-makers ……………..discovered that chipping flints produced sparks. The technique became more efficient after the discovery of iron,

about 5000 vears ago. In Arctic North America, the Eskimos produced a slow-burning ……………..spark by striking quartz against iron pyrites, a ……………..compound that contains sulphur. The Chinese …………..lit their fires by striking porcelain with bamboo. In Europe, the …………………………..combination of steel, flint and tinder remained the main method of fire lighting until the mid 19th century.

Options:-  drill, discovered, times, compound, combination, peasants, lit, briskly, times, rays, lenses 

PTE - Fill in the blanks for Practice

C1.1 The ………………….control of fire was the first and perhaps greatest of humanity’s steps towards a life-………………enhancing technology. To early man, fire was a ……………..divine gift randomly delivered in the form of lightning, forest fire or ……………….burning lava. Unable to make …………..flame for themselves, the earliest peoples probably stored fire by keeping slow burning ………….logs alight or by carrying ……………….charcoal in pots. How and where man learnt how to ………………produce flame at will is unknown. It was probably a secondary invention, ………………..accidentally made during tool-making operations with wood or stone. Studies of ………………primitive societies suggest that the earliest method of making fire was through friction.

Options::- flame, logs, produce, control, divine, enhancing, accidently, primitive, burning, produce.