PTE Real Questions – Reading Fill in the Blanks – Update 31

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Question 1

Below is a text with blanks. Select the appropriate answer choice for each blank from the Options.
The national government of Spain seeks to shorten the country’s standard 11-hour workday to improve its citizens’ work-life

__ .
The labor minister of Spain announced that the government is pushing to end workdays at 6:00 p.m. instead of the current 8:00 p.m. Proponents of the proposal said that a shorter workday can promote a better work-life balance for employees. The long workday affects their _ and compromises their family time. In line with this, the government is seeking the support of big companies and trade _ to achieve its objective.
Currently, a typical workday in Spain starts at around 9:00 a.m. and ends at 8:00 p.m. or later. Employees get an afternoon break that usually lasts for two to three hours. Due to their late _, Spanish employees cannot eat dinner before 9:00 p.m., and some of them sleep after midnight.
Options: Timings, balance, productivity, unions, schedules, work, departure

Question 2

Below is a text with blanks. Select the appropriate answer choice for each blank from the Options.
Eutrophication is the process whereby the terrestrial vegetation is affected by an increase in the concentration of nutrients (nitrate and phosphate). Eutrophication occurs in freshwater and marine water. Indiscriminate use of chemical fertilizer

_ groundwater and increases nutrient concentration in the various water body. The higher concentration of nutrient leads to _ growth of algae at the cost of other vegetation. Increase _ of dead algae reduces the oxygen level in water threatening other vegetation and fishes in the water. Across the world, governments are encouraging farmers to _ organic fertiliser, sprinker and drip irrigation methods to rationalise the usage of chemical fertilisers. Simultaneously, governments across the world are also _ farmers to conduct farming activities nearby rivers and water bodies to control eutrophication.
Options: purifies, contaminates, exponential, decomposition, adopt, adept, desisting, insisting, regeneration

Question 3

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The symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, a type of

_, usually develop gradually and become severe enough to interfere with daily tasks of a patient. It severely _ patient’s memory, thinking and behaviour. People above 65 years age are mainly affected by this disease but younger people are also at risk. According to the mechanism of this disease, initially, a _ of proteins grow in the brain which damage brain cells of a patient but later on It kills the brain cells hence certain areas of brain start _ and patient gradually lost memory power. Depending on age and other health conditions, the average life span of patients with Alzheimer’s is 4 to 20 years. With no cure available in sight, current treatment of Alzheimer can only slow down _ and improve the patient’s quality of life.
Options: expanding, dementia, effect, affects, clump, diagnosis, shrinking, symptoms

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The Free update contains only a few of the new questions. Full update contains all new PTE real exam questions released this week. Full update is only available to members of Super PTE. Members will receive all new questions in this update and many other benefits. Please sign up for a Super PTE package to get access to the full question bank and full weekly updates of real exam questions. You will also receive a 50 templates pack, original mock tests and a unique video course that will teach you the concepts you need to learn for a high score in PTE.

Full updates contain all new PTE real exam questions released this week. Full updates are available only to members of Super PTE. Members receive all new questions and many other benefits. Please sign up for a Super PTE package to get access to the full question bank and full weekly updates of real exam questions. You will also receive a 50 templates pack, original mock tests and a unique video course that will teach you the concepts you need to learn for a high score in PTE.