Listening: Fill in the Blanks · Part 3: Listening

The Wall Street Journal

25 students marked "I sat this"Added 12 Nov 2019Question #150085

Type the missing words.

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Well, basically just hitchhiking on the point. If you look at the 1 at The Wall Street Journal, the basically financial news, financial people here are people who rely on sound, valid and tallied data to make investment decisions. They look at things and track trends in the industry, worrying about things like profit maximization. If they even 2 that political issues and ideological issues from the 3 page, we're going to start affecting the flow of 4 financial information. If they even thought that ideological issues were going to affect their ability to understand investments and make sound decisions, they get very upset..

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Listening: Fill in the Blanks format (Pearson)

Pearson's name: Fill in the Blanks (Type In)

PromptRecording of 30–60 seconds
Time to answerNot set per question (Part 3 lasts 31–39 minutes)
Skills assessedListening

How it is scored

  • Each correct word, spelled correctly, scores 1 point.
  • The recording plays only once.

Source: Pearson, PTE Academic & UKVI test format, Part 3: Listening, checked 9 October 2026.