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 

FILL IN THE BLANKS - READING TEST

1)  The word euthanasia is of Greek  BLANK 1 and literally means “a good death.” The American Heritage Dictionary BLANK 2  it as “the act of killing a person painlessly for reasons of mercy.” Such BLANK 3 can be done through active means, such as administering a BLANK 4 injection, or by passive means, such as  BLANK 5 medical care or food and water.

Options:- mythology, birth, killings, explain, poison, increasing, mild, withholding, origination, illustration, murder, copy, lethal, origin, slaughter, painful, stopping, deadly, closing.   

2) In recent years in the United States, there have been BLANK 1 cases of active euthanasia in the news. They usually involve the deliberate killing of  BLANK 2  or incapacitated persons by relatives or BLANK 3 who plead that they can no BLANK 4 bear to see their loved ones BLANK 5. Although such killings are a crime, the perpetrators are often dealt with BLANK 6 by our legal system, and the media usually BLANK 7 them as compassionate heroes who take personal risks to save another from unbearable suffering.

Options:- ill, doctors, suffer, strongly, reflects, lower, numerous, more, leniently, show, easily, little, friends, enjoy, strangers, plead, displays, mercilessly, portrays, safely, often, strong, longer, healthy.

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