Reorder Paragraphs · Part 2: Reading

Artificial Intelligence

21 students marked "I sat this"Added 20 Mar 2020Question #100089

Put the paragraphs in order.

  1. AEver since the stunning victory of Deep Blue, a program running on an IBM supercomputer, over Gary Kasparov, then world chess champion, in 1997, it has been clear that computers would dominate that particular game.
  2. BToday, though, they are pressing the attack on every front.
  3. CGames provide an ideal setting to explore important elements of the design of cleverer machines, such as pattern recognition, learning and planning.
  4. DResearchers in the field of artificial intelligence have long been intrigued by games, and not just as a way of avoiding work.
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Reorder Paragraphs format (Pearson)

Pearson's name: Reorder Paragraph

PromptText up to 110 words
Time to answerNot set per question (Part 2 lasts 23–30 minutes)
Skills assessedReading

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Source: Pearson, PTE Academic & UKVI test format, Part 2: Reading, checked 9 October 2026.