Reading: Fill in the Blanks (Dropdown) · Part 2: Reading
The few people who live in Alaska's Aleutian Islands have…
Question #82500732 students marked “I sat this”Added 23 Feb 2023
Choose the word for each blank.
The few people who live in Alaska's Aleutian Islands have long been accustomed to shipwrecks. They have been part of local consciousness since a Japanese whaling ship ran 1 near the western end of the 1,100-mile (1,800-km) volcanic 2 in 1780, inadvertently naming what is now Rat Island when the ship's infestation 3 ashore and made itself at home. Since then, there have been at least 190 shipwrecks in the islands.
Options for each gap (alphabetical)
- 1 aground · along · around · aside
- 2 archaeology · archipelago · island · islet
- 3 buried · ferried · hurry · scurried
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Reading: Fill in the Blanks (Dropdown) format (Pearson)
| Prompt | Text up to 200 words |
|---|---|
| Time to answer | Not set per question (Part 2 lasts 23–30 minutes) |
| Skills assessed | Reading |
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.