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

Visual Perception

4 students marked "I sat this"Added 4 May 2022Question #120413

Choose the word for each blank.

A team in the University of London found that people who went with their initial response on a test of visual perception (questions included picking out an anomaly in a pattern of symbols) did better than those who were given more time to ponder. 1 the subconscious brain recognized a rotated version of the same symbol as different, the conscious brain reasoned that 'an apple is still an apple whether rotated or not', the researchers on the project 2 . When the subjects had time to engage their higher-level functions 3 of relying on their intuitive responses, they were more 4 to be wrong.

Options for each gap (alphabetical)

  • 1 even · therefore · whereas · whether
  • 2 asked · claimed · concluded · speculated
  • 3 because · in spite · instead · together
  • 4 agreeable · involved · likely · susceptible
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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.