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

Keith Haring

15 students marked "I sat this"Added 25 Jan 2021Question #120368

Choose the word for each blank.

Keith Haring began as an underground artist, literally. His first famous projects were pieces of stylized graffiti 1 in New York subway stations. Haring travelled from station to station，drawing with chalk and chatting with commuters about his work. These doodles helped him develop his classic style and he grew so 2 ,doing up to 40 drawings a day，that it was not long before fame and a measure of fortune followed.Soon, galleries and collectors from the art establishment wanted to buy full-sized pieces by Haring. The paintings skyrocketed in price but this did not sit well with Haring's philosophy. He believed that art, or 3 his art, was for everyone. Soon，Haring opened a store which he called the Pop Shop，which he hoped would attract a broad range of people. While somewhat controversial among street artists，some of 4 accused Haring of 'selling out', the Pop Shop changed the way people thought about the relationship between art and business.

Options for each gap (alphabetical)

  • 1 drawers · drawn · draws · drew
  • 2 pedantic · perceptive · proactive · prolific
  • 3 actually · at least · by contrast · in part
  • 4 them · those · whom · whose
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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.