Listening: Fill in the Blanks · Part 3: Listening

Life on Mars

3 students marked "I sat this"Added 1 Apr 2023Question #150108

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The thing that makes it difficult is because even if life had evolved on Mars, the chances of being preserved are very small. If we use Earth as a 1 and our planet is teeming with life, yet it rarely preserves evidence of life of the fossil record. And the focus now is on exploring for 2 environments. If you're looking for water, a 3 of energy, either solar energy or thermal energy or chemical energy, and then 4 carbon, assuming life as we know it on Earth based on carbon. So those are sort of the three things that we're looking for in the course of our mission.

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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.