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

Economic dimension of globalization

6 students marked "I sat this"Added 9 Jan 2021Question #120310

Choose the word for each blank.

The economic 1 of globalization involves international financial institutions i.e. the IMF & WB. Stabilization and adjustment are sponsored by the two respectively and are rooted in the ideology of the free market. At the other end of the spectrum, protesters see globalization in a very different light than the treasury secretary of the United States, or the finance or trade ministers of most of the advanced industrial countries. The difference in 2 is so great that one wonders 'are the protesters and the policy makers talking about the same 3 ? Are they looking at the same data? Are the visions of those in 4 are so clouded by special and particular 5 ?

Options for each gap (alphabetical)

  • 1 definition · demension · demonstration · depression
  • 2 conclusion · exception · expectation · views
  • 3 explanation · phenomenon · philosophy · substance
  • 4 conjugation · powder · power · tandem
  • 5 achievements · detastation · efforts · interests

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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.