Finally, the experimenters examined real insects. To see if leg…
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Finally, the experimenters examined real insects. To see if leg adhesion might also play a role in the walking coordination of real flies, they put polymer drops on the flies’ legs to cover their claws and adhesive pads – – as if the flies were wearing boots — and watched what happened. The flies quickly began to use bipod-like leg coordination similar to the one discovered in the simulation.
Opens question #010349 in the RealPTE practice screen.
How to read it
Finally,|the experimenters examined real insects.‖To see if leg adhesion might also play a role|in the walking coordination of real flies,‖they put polymer drops on the flies’ legs|to cover their claws and adhesive pads —‖as if the flies were wearing boots —|and watched what happened.‖The flies quickly began to use bipod-like leg coordination|similar to the one discovered in the simulation.
| short pause ‖ breathe
Aim for 26–31 seconds.
Words to stress correctly
| experimenters | ex·PER·i·ment·ers | /ɪkˈspɛrəmɛntɚz/ |
| coordination | co·or·di·NA·tion | /koʊɔrdəˈneɪʃən/ |
| simulation | sim·u·LA·tion | /sɪmjəˈleɪʃən/ |
| discovered | dis·COV·ered | /dɪˈskʌvɚd/ |
| examined | ex·AM·ined | /ɪɡˈzæmənd/ |
| adhesion | ad·HE·sion | /ædˈhiʒən/ |
68 words in 26–31 seconds, no numbers. Breathe after insects., flies,, pads — and happened.; the aside as if the flies were wearing boots sits between two dashes, so drop the voice slightly for it and come back up on and watched.
Where marks are usually lost
Second-syllable stress in ex·PER·i·ment·ers, ex·AM·ined, ad·HE·sion, dis·COV·ered; fourth in co·or·di·NA·tion, third in sim·u·LA·tion. Hesitating at the two dashes or before bipod-like. Dropping -ed in examined, watched, happened, discovered and -s in insects, flies, drops, legs, claws, pads, boots.
General tip: Read the two-dash aside as one quick unit, slightly quieter, then return to full voice — this shows you understood the sentence structure.
What it means: 中文 · हिन्दी · नेपाली · Tiếng Việt
中文: 最后，实验人员检查了真实的昆虫。为了看看腿部黏附是否也在真实果蝇的行走协调中起作用，他们在果蝇的腿上滴了聚合物液滴，盖住爪和黏附垫——就像给果蝇穿上靴子——然后观察发生了什么。果蝇很快开始使用类似“双足”的腿部协调方式，与在模拟中发现的方式相似。
हिन्दी: अंत में, प्रयोगकर्ताओं ने असली कीड़ों की जाँच की। यह देखने के लिए कि क्या टाँगों का चिपकाव भी असली मक्खियों के चलने के समन्वय में भूमिका निभाता है, उन्होंने मक्खियों की टाँगों पर पॉलिमर की बूँदें डालकर उनके पंजे और चिपकने वाले पैड ढक दिए — जैसे मक्खियों ने जूते पहने हों — और देखा कि क्या हुआ। मक्खियों ने जल्दी ही दो-पैर जैसी टाँग-समन्वय का उपयोग शुरू कर दिया, जो सिमुलेशन में खोजी गई शैली के समान था।
नेपाली: अन्त्यमा, प्रयोगकर्ताहरूले वास्तविक कीराहरूको परीक्षण गरे। खुट्टाको टाँसिने गुणले वास्तविक झिँगाहरूको हिँडाइ-समन्वयमा पनि भूमिका खेल्छ कि भनेर हेर्न, उनीहरूले झिँगाका खुट्टामा पोलिमरका थोपा राखेर तिनका नङ्ग्रा र टाँसिने प्याड छोपिदिए — झिँगाले जुत्ता लगाएजस्तै — र के भयो भनेर हेरे। झिँगाहरूले चाँडै नै दुई-खुट्टेजस्तो खुट्टा-समन्वय प्रयोग गर्न थाले, जुन सिमुलेशनमा पत्ता लागेकोसँग मिल्दोजुल्दो थियो।
Tiếng Việt: Cuối cùng, các nhà thực nghiệm khảo sát côn trùng thật. Để xem độ bám dính của chân có góp phần vào sự phối hợp bước đi của ruồi thật hay không, họ nhỏ các giọt polymer lên chân ruồi để che các vuốt và đệm bám — như thể ruồi đang mang ủng — và quan sát điều gì xảy ra. Ruồi nhanh chóng chuyển sang kiểu phối hợp chân giống “hai chân”, tương tự kiểu đã phát hiện trong mô phỏng.
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Read Aloud format (Pearson)
| Prompt | Text up to 60 words |
|---|---|
| Preparation | 30–40 seconds |
| Time to answer | Depends on the length of the text |
| Skills assessed | Speaking |
| Scored on | Content; Pronunciation; Oral fluency |
How it is scored
- Content is scored by counting the correct words in your response.
- If you stay silent for more than 3 seconds, the recording stops.
- You can record your response only once.
Source: Pearson, PTE Academic & UKVI test format, Part 1: Speaking & Writing, checked 9 October 2026.