Reading: Fill in the Blanks · Part 2: Reading

People run for office

31 students marked "I sat this"Added 24 Apr 2021Question #110333

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One of the things that we are seeing is that we're seeing more young people run for office, and the more people start running for office, they realize that local 1 is what makes the most impact, at least here in America. So if you want, for example, some racial 2 in your judicial system, vote for your district attorney, vote for your city 3 . If you think that there's disparities in our education system, run for your school board. So that's one. But the other thing to send very clearly to politicians is that when young Americans voted their heart out. Young Latinos, youth in general, outvoted the people before them, but they're voting on making a bet that their life will change, because the last four years could not have been 4 .

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councilmanevolutiongovernmentorganizationreformrockiersuperior

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Reading: Fill in the Blanks format (Pearson)

Pearson's name: Fill in the Blanks (Drag and Drop)

PromptText up to 80 words
Time to answerNot set per question (Part 2 lasts 23–30 minutes)
Skills assessedReading

How it is scored

  • The box has more words than there are gaps.
  • Partial credit applies: a partly correct response still scores.

Source: Pearson, PTE Academic & UKVI test format, Part 2: Reading, checked 9 October 2026.