Listening: Fill in the Blanks · Part 3: Listening

Malaria

2 students marked "I sat this"Added 20 Feb 2023Question #150104

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Also, malaria is something that is a very complex disease with this complex life cycle. That means that if you're going to 1 it, you have to be able to target cute parasites and humans. You have to be able to target parasites in the mosquitoes, that mosquito 2. And so that requires a lot of resources. It requires really good planning and a health system across all these different 3. And so I think the political capital that you need for that, the educational 4 you need for that, the economic resources you need for that are quite a 5.

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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.