*PTE Academic – Fill in the blanks*

Question 1  

Nearly every high educational establishment offers some kind of extracurricular activity, such as,sports, academic clubs, and music. These activities give __________ for learners to be trained for the _______ of individual and group responsibility, cooperation, physical strength and patience, contest, and diversity. Extracurricular activities provide a channel for __________  the lessons learned in the classroom, offering students the opportunity to _______ academic skills in a _______ and are thus considered part of well- __________ education.

 

*rounded,      standing,      apply,       reinforcing,       derive,      opportunities,        worth,       explanations,      exclusive,      contradicting*

Question 2   

The United States and the world face serious societal challenges in the areas of food, environment, energy, and health.    Historically, ____________ in plant genetics have provided new knowledge and technologies needed to __________ these challenges. Plant genetics remains a key component of global food security, peace, and prosperity for the ___________ future Millions of live depend upon the extent to which crop genetic improvement can keep ___________ with the growing global population, changing climate, and ____________  environmental resources.

*pace,     pave,      paste,      advances,            insufficiency,         exceptional,          foreseeable,           address,        execute,           exploitation,     shrinking,      validationg*

Question 3  

During the first semester of their senior year, participants reported better attendance than their non-participating classmates-half of them had no __________ absences from school and half had never ___________ a class, compared with one-third and two-fifths of  _____________, respectively. Students who participated were three times as likely to perform in the top quartile on a composite math and reading _____________ compared with nonparticipants. It cannot be known from these data, however, whether participation leads to ____________, successful students are more inclined to participate, or both occir.

*desperate,      then,         skipped,         success,          irresponsible,               quarrel,          unexcused,       observers,          nonparticipants,             explanation,            assessment*

Question 4 

Critical infrastructure protection involves ______________ the private companies that run the nation’s energy, transportation, communication, water, and emergency services to help improve the ___________ of the computer systems on which all __________.  These services are essential not only to our economy but also to national defense. They can, therefore, be _____________ and by virtue of their interconnectedness and low security, shut down – by spies, terrorists, hackers etc.

*targeted,      point-out,         shot,        rely ,            vanishing,          structure,            enlisting,            security,            corrected*

Question 5 

The government is using a new internet snifting device to __________ web traffic.   Called “Carnivore,” the device is essentially a _____________ computer installed at a key node in the system of an internet service provider. It monitors all traffic ___________ over the system at that point and selects and stores communications the government is ____________ to intercept-sometimes the full text, sometimes ____________ the internet address.

*limit,    only,        exact,            authorized,          sophistication,             carried,              stand-alone,          pull,         monitor,             withdrawn*