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

DNA sequence

42 students marked "I sat this"Added 9 May 2020Question #120135

Choose the word for each blank.

The recipe for making any creature is written in its DNA. So last November when geneticists published the near-complete DNA sequence of the long-extinct woolly mammoth, there was much speculation about whether we could bring this behemoth back to life. Creating a living, breathing creature from a genome sequence that exists only in a computer's memory is not possible right now. But someone someday is sure to try it, 1 Stephan Schuster, a 2 biologist at Pennsylvania State University, University Park, and a 3 force behind the mammoth genome project.

Options for each gap (alphabetical)

  • 1 predicts · speaks · supports · tells
  • 2 air · animal · human · molecular
  • 3 army · carrying · driving · moving
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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.