PTE MASTER- TRAINER: ANH HIEU VU

Multiple choice questions. You will need to select more than one response.

According to the recording, why do airline companies overbook?

A. To optimize their resources

B. To avoid penalties, such as paying for customer hotels and flights

C. Not everyone shows up to their flight

D. To make way for VIPs, such as the President

E. Some planes are too old that need to be replaced.

Fill in the blanks. Type the missing words in each blank.

1. What she was interested in was marine ……………… things like seals. And she found three
places in the oceans which were hotspots, and what these had in ……………… was that
these hotspots were all located at ……………… between ocean currents, and this seems to
be the sort of place that has lots of the ……………… that some of these species feed on. So
now people who want to protect the species that are ……………… need to get as much
information as possible. For example, there’s an international project ……………… the
Census of Marine Life.

2. Um, I’m ……………… for student admissions to the college and I use a computer system to
help process student ……………… and to do the timetabling. But it really doesn’t suit the
way we work these days. It’s over ten years old and although it was fine when it was
first ………………, it is just not good enough now. 20 years ago, the college was quite small
and we didn’t have the number of students and ……………… that we have now. There’s a
lot more data now and it sometimes seems the system has ……………… but, in fact, it just
takes ages to go from one ……………… to the next.
 Highlight correct summary. Choose the paragraph that best relates to the recording

A. While consciousness is what many people believe the study of psychology should be about, this is
clearly not the case, the concepts involved are too fundamental to be addressed by just one area of
study.
B. Consciousness is a central question for consideration in the study of psychology. The issue addressed
the key question: what it is to be ourselves? It is a key question for psychology, but it is one that is
very difficult to explain.
C. The study of consciousness really covers the same issues as they study of psychology. There is a
considerable degree of overlap between who we are, what it means to be ourselves, and how we
think about the world around us. But the two issues are otherwise unrelated.
D. There are many questions for psychology to answer. However, the key issue for psychology-who am
I and what do I know?- is not really a legitimate area for study at a tertiary level.

Single answer question. Only one response is correct.

What do the speakers feel about early views on malaria?

A. They were understandable at the time.

B. They resulted in nothing.

C. They have immediately helped the scientists in their experiment.

D. They will be remembered in the future.

Select missing word- You will hear a recording. At the end of the recording, the last word or group of
words has been replaced by a beep. Select the correct option to complete the recording

A. melt

B. slide

C. toy

D. oval
Highlight Incorrect Word – You will hear a recording. Highlight incorrect words from the transcript

1. Radon is a naturally occurring, colorless, odorless, and tasteless radioactive gas taken; from the
decay of thorium and uranium, which are common components; found in rock and soil. Radon gas
becomes entrapped in houses and other buildings by changing; into cracks in foundations or
basements or by entering through sump pumps or other drainage systems. Despite most people have
heard of radon, very few test their homes for the radioactive gas. One study reported that 82% of
individuals had heard of radon but only 15% had tested for radon.

2. The Czech Republic currently is undergoing upheavals from the centralized regime of a communist
dictatorship towards a modern democratic state. Fanta et al. shows three main events in the last half
century that had dire consequences for the country and its land use. First, the communist coup d’e tat
and the next collectivization of land in the 1950s that introduced large-scale collective farming.
Second, the demise of the totalitarian political system in 1989, which was followed by the restitution
of private land ownership in the 1990.