Reading & Writing: Fill in the Blanks · Part 2: Reading
New Zealand
182 students marked "I sat this"Added 9 May 2020Question #120178
Choose the word for each blank.
Twelve hundred miles east of Australia 1 the islands of New Zealand. Long before they were 2 by Europeans, a Polynesian race of warriors, the Maoris, had sailed across the Pacific from the northeast and established a civilization 3 for the brilliance of its art and the strength of its military 4. When Captain Cook visited these islands towards the end of the 18th century, he 5 that the population numbered about a hundred thousand.
Options for each gap (alphabetical)
- 1 lie · place · set · settle
- 2 detected · discovered · recognized · revealed
- 3 evident · notable · outstandingly · unusual
- 4 method · practice · practices · system
- 5 calculated · estimated · evulated · reckoned
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Reading & Writing: Fill in the Blanks format (Pearson)
Pearson's name: Fill in the Blanks (Dropdown)
| Prompt | Text up to 200 words |
|---|---|
| Time to answer | Not set per question (Part 2 lasts 23–30 minutes) |
| Skills assessed | Reading, 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.