Reading & Writing: Fill in the Blanks · Part 2: Reading

Rudman

38 students marked "I sat this"Added 18 Jan 2021Question #120105

Choose the word for each blank.

Rudman looks at how a poor understanding of Maths has led historians to false conclusions about the Mathematical 1 of early societies. Rudman's final observation-that ancient Greece 2 3 4 in the subject 5 failing to teach it at school leads to a 6 punch line; Mathematics could be better learnt after we 7 school.

Options for each gap (alphabetical)

  • 1 advance · complexity · construction · sophistication
  • 2 enjoys · has · makes · takes
  • 3 large · significant · unrivalled · unsusual
  • 4 proceeds · processes · progress · results
  • 5 and · as · when · while
  • 6 radical · radish · radius · rational
  • 7 enter · go · graduate · leave
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Reading & Writing: Fill in the Blanks format (Pearson)

Pearson's name: Fill in the Blanks (Dropdown)

PromptText up to 200 words
Time to answerNot set per question (Part 2 lasts 23–30 minutes)
Skills assessedReading, Writing

How it is scored

  • Partial credit applies: a partly correct response still scores.

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