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

The narrative of law

40 students marked "I sat this"Added 9 May 2020Question #120162

Choose the word for each blank.

The narrative of law and order is located fundamentally at the 1 of individual guilt and responsibility. Criminal acts are seen as individual issues of personal responsibility and 2, to which the state responds by way of policing, 3, adjudication and punishment.

This is but one level at which crime and criminal justice can be analyzed. The problem is that so often analysis ends there, at the level of individual action, 4 in terms of responsibility, guilt, evil.

In few other areas of social life does individualism have this hold. To take but one 5, it would be absurd to restrict analysis of obesity, to individual greed. It should similarly be widely seen as absurd to restrict analysis of criminal justice issues to the culpability of individuals.

Options for each gap (alphabetical)

  • 1 level · pair · phase · stage
  • 2 capability · culpability · reliability · stability
  • 3 course · fin · prosecution · punishment
  • 4 character · characteristics · characterization · characterized
  • 5 exemplify · instance · method · reason
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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.