PTE Bank team collected the most frequently asked PTE questions which are repeatedly showed in recent PTE exams, more questions are available at PTE Prediction File.
Here are TOP 3 frequently asked PTE Retell Lecture Questions from the recent PTE prediction file.
1. Super Power
Today we’re going to recount heroic tales of superhuman feats of strength, when in the face of disaster, some people are said to have summoned up incredible physical power to lift a car off of an accident victim, move giant rocks, or like Big John of song, single-handedly hold up a collapsing beam to let the other miners escape. Are such stories true? There are many anecdotes supporting the idea, but we’re going to take a fact-based look at whether or not it truly is possible for an adrenalin-charged person to temporarily gain massive strength. In proper terminology, such a temporary boost of physical power would be called hysterical strength. The majority of them are anecdotal, and interestingly not repeatable; in many cases, the person who summoned the superstrength later tried it again only to find that they couldn’t do it. Basically, what we have is a respectably large body of anecdotal evidence that suggests that in times of crisis, danger, or fear, some people have the ability to temporarily exercise superhuman strength.
Sample Answer
There are heroic tales of superhuman feats, such as some people having incredible power to lift a car or move giant rocks in the face of a disaster. In proper terminology, such a temporary boost of physical power would be called hysterical strength. The majority of them are anecdotal, and interestingly not repeatable. Basically, these anecdotes suggest that in times of crisis, danger, or fear, some people have the ability to temporarily exercise superhuman strength.
2. Early Robot
This is a kind of object that you’re probably all familiar with When you had the term robot, but I’m goanna show you the very, very first robots. These were the very first robots. They were characters in a play in the 1920s called Rossum’s Universal Robots, and they…, the play was written by Czech writer called Karle Capek. And basically, these robots, you know, people tend to think of robots as kind of cute cuddly toys or, you know, Hollywood depictions kind of devoid of politics. But the first robots were actually created and imagined in a time of absolute political turmoil. You just had the First World War, you know, it finished and had a devastating impact across Europe and so people will kind…and people are kind of reflecting on “What does it mean to be human”, “what makes us human” those kinds of question. And this kind of context is what inspired Capek to kind of write this play. And interestingly, these robots being human, they are actually in the play assembled on a production line, a bit like the Ford manufacturing production line. So even though they are human, they are assembled and these robots are designed to labor and that is their primary purpose in society.
Sample Answer
These early robots were characters in a play written in the 1920s. People usually think of robots as cute, cuddly toys as Hollywood depictions. The first robots were created and imagined in the time of political turmoil after First World War. People reflected on what does it mean to be a human. The early robots were assembled on production line and their primary purpose is labor in society.
3. Rice
In 1943, what became known as the Green Revolution began when Mexico, unable to feed its growing population, shouted for help. Within a few years, the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations founded the International Rice Research Institute in Asia, and by 1962, a new strain of rice called IR8 was feeding people all over the world. IR8 was the first really big modified crop to make a real impact on world hunger. In 1962 the technology did not yet exist to directly manipulate the genes of plants, and so IR8 was created by carefully crossing existing varieties: selecting the best from each generation, further modifying them, and finally finding the best. Here is the power of modified crops: IR8, with no fertilizer, straight out of the box, produced five times the yield of traditional rice varieties. In optimal conditions with nitrogen, it produced ten times the yield of traditional varieties. By 1980, IR36 resisted pests and grew fast enough to allow two crops a year instead of just one, doubling the yield. And by 1990, using more advanced genetic manipulation techniques, IR72 was outperforming even IR36. The Green Revolution saw worldwide crop yields explode from 1960 through 2000.
Sample Answer
Green revolution in Mexico, government unable to feed hungry people. Scientists try to research new rice. First, IR8, first really modified crop, produced 5 times the yields than traditional one. In 1980, the second one is IR36, can resist pest, growing fast, doubling the yield than IR8. In 1990, IR72, the third one, outperforming than others.
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