Reading: Fill in the Blanks (Dropdown) · Part 2: Reading

Individual human beings are relatively powerless creatures, no match for…

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Choose the word for each blank.

Individual human beings are relatively powerless creatures, no match for lions or bears. It’s what they can do as groups that has 1 them to take over the planet. These groupings – corporations, religions, states – are now part of a vast network of 2 information flows. Finding points of resistance, where smaller units can 3 up to the waves of information washing around the globe, is becoming harder all the time.

Options for each gap (alphabetical)

  • 1 conjured · contended · embodied · enabled
  • 2 exploited · fastened · interconnected · overlapping
  • 3 hail · pump · raise · stand
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Reading: Fill in the Blanks (Dropdown) format (Pearson)

Formerly called Reading & Writing: Fill in the Blanks.

PromptText up to 200 words
Time to answerNot set per question (Part 2 lasts 23–30 minutes)
Skills assessedReading

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.