Reorder Paragraphs · Part 2: Reading

Cultural invasion

1 student marked "I sat this"Added 13 Oct 2024Question #100277

Put the paragraphs in order.

  1. AIdeas are dangerous. The Holy Office knew this full well when it caused heretics to be burned in days gone by.
  2. BIt is well known that where the white man has invaded a primitive culture, the most destructive effects have come not from physical weapons but from ideas.
  3. CIndeed, the concept of free speech only exists in our modern society because when you are inside a community to such a degree that it is very difficult to conceive of anything really destructive.
  4. DIt is only someone looking on from outside that can inject the dangerous thoughts.
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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

How it is scored

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