Here are Top 3 frequently asked Fill in the Blanks (Reading) questions in recent PTE Academic test (June 2021).

1.Good School

A big rise in state schools rated among the best institutions in the country is revealed in the latest edition of the Good Schools Guide. Middle-class parents facing financial pressures in the downturn are increasingly looking beyond the private sector to educate their children.

The 23-year-old Good Schools Guide – a popular reference book for fee-paying families set on the best private school – has increased the number of state schools in this year’s edition to 251, pushing the figure to more than a quarter of its 1,000 entries for the first time.

Explaining why the guide has more than doubled the number of schools it features outside the private sector in only five years, Sue Fieldman, regional editor, told the Financial Times: “The parents we speak to want more information on the state sector and the best it has to offer.

2.Online Learning

If you are interested in studying but have other commitments , our online and distance learning courses offer an alternative flexible mode of study. Teaching is conducted through a mixture of audio-visual, written and interactive materials. There are also opportunities for online discussion and collaborative projects with tutors and other students. Some programmes include residential modules taught on campus, giving you the chance to meet and work alongside your tutors and fellow students face-to-face. Our Graduate School provides comprehensive support for distance and part-time researchers, many of whom study for up to six years or more.

3.Sandra Lousada

London’s National Portrait Gallery is currently celebrating the fifty-year career of photographer Sandra Lousada. The twenty one portraits on display depict key figures in literature, film and fashion from the early 1960s. Subsequent to the acquisition of forty portraits by Lousada, the display at The National Portrait Gallery highlights shots taken between 1960 and 1964, many of which feature in Lousada’s book Public Faces Private Places (2008). Formal commissioned portraits are shown alongside behind the scenes photographs taken on films sets and unguarded portraits of sitters captured at home.