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

Pop art

5 students marked "I sat this"Added 15 Jun 2024Question #120454

Choose the word for each blank.

Emerging in the mid 1950s in Britain and late 1950s in America, pop art reached its peak in the 1960s. It began as a revolt 1 the dominant approaches to art and culture and traditional views on what art 2. Young artists felt that what they were taught at art school and what they saw in museums did not have anything 3 their lives or the things they saw around them every day. Instead they 4 sources such as Hollywood movies, advertising, product packaging, pop music and comic books for their imagery.

Options for each gap (alphabetical)

  • 1 against · along · amidst · beside
  • 2 has been · must be · ought to be · should be
  • 3 concerning · dealing with · relating to · to do with
  • 4 gravitated woward · inclined to · resorted to · turned to
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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.