Here are Top 3 frequently asked Fill in the Blanks (Reading) questions in recent PTE Academic test (March 2020).
1.Radioactivity (Version 2)
So why the concern? It’s partly because radioactivity is invisible. If you receive a large dose, or if you ingest radioactive heavy metals, it is certainly toxic, and we tend to associate it with cancer, a great fear in modern society. Nuclear waste is also highly concentrated. While this is seen as a “problem” it can be an advantage – it is very localized and its radioactive nature, means we can detect easily, the movement of tiny amounts of material.
2.Pop Stars
A MUSIC student at the University of Salford who wrote a song in two weeks is celebrating after being featured on a compilation album produced by Metropolis Studios.
Pop mega-stars including Adele, Michael Jackson and Sir Elton John have all recorded music at the world famous Metropolis Studios.
Last year, the recording studios set about compiling an album called ‘Lost Songs’, which features songs from relatively unknown musicians.
First year student Zak Taylor Fray decided to submit his song demo to be included in Volume Two of the Lost Songs album which was released this year, after he saw how successful Volume One had been.
Zak 24, said: “I found this competition when simply searching the internet for songwriting competitions one day, and was lucky that there was still time to enter. It amazes me that people who have worked with huge pop stars thought my song was good and worth something.”
3.Zika
Zika is more pernicious than public health officials anticipated. At present, it is circulating in more than 50 countries. And as of mid-May, seven countries or territories have reported cases of microcephaly or other serious birth defects linked to the virus, which is transmitted by mosquito bite, blood transfusion or sexual contact with an infected human. It can also be passed from mother to fetus during pregnancy.
Despite Zika’s vast range over almost 70 years, there is little genetic difference among the various strains, according to an analysis by researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. For example, the strain currently in the Americas and another previously detected in French Polynesia are practically indistinguishable from each other (group in white box). If the virus has changed so little over time, why is it rearing its ugly head now? Scientists are not sure yet, but new experimental work in mosquitoes suggests that the virus was capable of causing detrimental health effects and outbreaks all along. Therefore, it is unlikely mutations enabled new abilities. Instead public health officials probably did not understand Zika’s potential because the virus circulated mostly in remote locations until recently.
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