Reading: Fill in the Blanks · Part 2: Reading

Western Firms

9 students marked "I sat this"Added 7 Jul 2022Question #110366

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It is often assumed that when Western firms, or any firm for that matter, reach out across 1 to establish a factory outlet here, an assembly plant there or a subsidiary in some far-off 2 , they do so through directly investing and thereby wholly owning such facilities. In the 1970s and 1980s, among the low-cost manufacturing overseas operations, this was indeed often the case, but increasingly Western firms started to conduct their business at-a-distance through a variety of indirect means, of which subcontracting became the principal 3

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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.