Listening: Fill in the Blanks · Part 3: Listening

Tens of millions of sharks are killed for…

13 students marked "I sat this"Added 19 Apr 2019Question #151096

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Tens of millions of sharks are killed for their fins each year. It's not just a tragic 1 of the animals. It's bad business. "They're basically swimming dollar signs, whether you're trying to kill them for their meat or their fins or you're interested in looking at them for ecotourism." That's Austin Gallagher, a doctoral student at the University of Miami. I spoke with him on February 26th. "We did some calculations and the results were remarkable. We determined that the average shark was worth about $200,000 over the course of its life. And when you compare it to finning that animal -- a one-time extractive use -- seeing it for diving is worth about 40 percent more." Gallagher and his doctoral advisor Neil Hammerschlag 2 the study last year in Current Issues in Tourism. "Since this paper came out, I got an e mail from somebody in Bali just a weeks ago saying, 'We're using your paper to stop illegal 3 of thresher sharks in Bali at a local dive community .'"

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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.