So between 4,000 and 3,000 BC the Mesopotamian Samarian cultures…
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So between 4,000 and 3,000 BC the Mesopotamian Samarian cultures do not 1 any kind of burial. And then, about 3,000, in the early Dynastic Period, these burials start to reappear, and they reappear with a certain amount of 2 consumption, and this is the context for the royal burials at Ur. OK, so, the royal 3 erm, consists of quite a number of pits, so these are little people, um, these are the, er, 4 workers who are coming down into the pits. So you get some sense of how really deep and how really difficult it was to construct these 5.
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| Gap | Answer | In the text |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | practice | …Samarian cultures do not practice any kind of… |
| 2 | conspicuous | …a certain amount of conspicuous consumption, and this… |
| 3 | cemetery | …OK, so, the royal cemetery erm, consists of… |
| 4 | excavation | …these are the, er, excavation workers who are… |
| 5 | chambers | …was to construct these chambers .… |
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The missing words in order are: practice, conspicuous, cemetery, excavation, chambers.
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| Prompt | Recording of 30–60 seconds |
|---|---|
| Time to answer | Not set per question (Part 3 lasts 31–39 minutes) |
| Skills assessed | Listening |
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- Each correct word, spelled correctly, scores 1 point.
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Source: Pearson, PTE Academic & UKVI test format, Part 3: Listening, checked 9 October 2026.