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PTE PRACTISE TESTS SAMPLES

TEST 1

PTE READ ALOUD QUESTIONS

TIME ALLOTED 40 sec.

1. University is a lot more than just classes and exams. University is a concept that offers you
a host of possibilities to develop both academically and personally. Find out about the
different projects, clubs and societies that are in your university. You will definitely find
something you’re interested in.
2. Researchers from 18 countries analyzed honey bee, other bee and non-bee insect visits to
480 fields of 17 different crop types on five continents. They found that total pollination
services provided was the same for honey bees and non-bee insects (38 per cent), with
around a quarter of services (23 per cent) provided by other bees.
3. Methane is a waste product of the oil and gas industry that results in greenhouse gas
pollution that is 25 times more powerful than CO2. Working with industry to cut these
harmful emissions by almost half over the next ten years will dramatically reduce our
greenhouse gas emissions.
4. Alberta is the only province without a plan to improve the energy efficiency of our homes,
workplaces, and public buildings. That is not leadership. Our plan will make Alberta a leader
in energy efficiency. Targeted incentives and support will be available to improve the
efficiency of our homes, commercial buildings, schools, hospitals, universities and municipal
buildings.
5. The government has committed to working with the states and territories to shift the burden
of road charges from indirect to direct charges, made possible by the use of new
technologies such as eTags. In other words, the goal is to reduce fees such as registration
renewals and replace them with usage-based fees to fund road construction, maintenance
and safety.
6. A RARE snail and a very rare flower have been discovered in the Daintree rainforest by
biosecurity officers who were combing the World Heritage listed area for exotic weeds.The
officers found the Mossman tree snail and Tonsil orchid while searching the forest for the
highly invasive Miconia weed.
TEST 2

1. According to Guinness World Records, the longest reticulated python in captivity is Medusa,
who lives in Kansas City, US. She is 25ft. Natusch lists several species that are said to
exceed the reticulated python record for length. These include the Australian scrub python,
African rock python and probably the best known: the green anaconda.
2. Banksia scabrella, commonly known as the Burma Road banksia, is a species of woody
shrub in the genus Banksia. It is classified in the series Abietinae, a group of several species
of shrubs with small round or oval inflorescence. It occurs in a number of isolated
populations south of Geraldton, Western Australia, with the largest population being south
and east of Mount Adams.
3. The Bermuda Triangle is a mythical section of the Atlantic Ocean roughly bounded by
Miami, Bermuda and Puerto Rico where dozens of ships and airplanes have disappeared.
Unexplained circumstances surround some of these accidents, including one in which the
pilots of a squadron of U.S. Navy bombers became disoriented while flying over the area;
the planes were never found.
4. One of the most popular natural dandruff remedies, coconut oil can help reduce some of the
yeast that contributes to flakes, explains Geeta Shah, MD, a Maryland-based dermatologist.
She recommends massaging a small amount into your scalp and leaving it there for at least
15-20 minutes. “The longer the better,” she says. “Some people even leave it on overnight
with a towel or shower cap so it penetrates a little deeper.”
5. The Earth just had the hottest month in recorded history, and it’s even worse than normal.
The record comes in a run of unprecedentedly hot months. Not only does it break through
the all-time record set a year before, it also continues a now 10-month long streak of months
that are the hottest ever according to NASA data. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration calculates temperatures slightly different.
6. Smartphones have become an everyday essential for millions of us – we rely on them for
everything from updating our social media profiles to banking. Taking out a smartphone
contract that bundles together your calls, data and texts with the cost of the handset can
help spread the cost – but can also mean you’ll pay more over the long run.
TEST 3

1. Wellington is at the south-western tip of the North Island on Cook Strait, separating the
North and South Islands. On a clear day the snowcapped Kaikoura Ranges are visible to the
south across the strait. To the north stretch the golden beaches of the Kapiti Coast. On the
east the Rimutaka Range divides Wellington from the broad plains of the Wairarapa, a wine
region of national notability. With a latitude of 41° 17′ South, Wellington is the southernmost
capital city in the world.
2. James Cook was born on 7 November 1728 in the village of Marton in Yorkshire and
baptised on 3 November in the parish church of St Cuthbert, where his name can be seen in
the church register. He was the second of eight children of James Cook, a Scottish farm
labourer from Ednam in Roxburghshire, and his locally born wife, Grace Pace, from
Thornaby-on-Tees.
3. The method was developed by Willard Libby in the late 1940s and soon became a standard
tool for archaeologists. Libby received the Nobel Prize for his work in 1960. The radiocarbon
dating method is based on the fact that radiocarbon is constantly being created in the
atmosphere by the interaction of cosmic rays with atmospheric nitrogen.
4. Alive corals are colonies of small animals embedded in calcium carbonate shells. It is a
mistake to think of coral as plants or rocks. Coral heads consist of accumulations of
individual animals called polyps, arranged in diverse shapes. Polyps are usually tiny, but
they can range in size from a pinhead to 12 inches across. Reef-building or hermatypic
corals live only in the photic zone, the depth to which sufficient sunlight penetrates the
water, allowing photosynthesis to occur.
5. According to a 1978 essay by German historian Andreas Hillgruber, the invasion plans
drawn up by the German military elite were coloured by hubris stemming from the rapid
defeat of France at the hands of the “invincible” Wehrmacht and by ignorance tempered by
traditional German stereotypes of Russia as a primitive, backward “Asiatic” country. Red
Army soldiers were considered brave and tough, but the officer corps was held in contempt.
6. The Soviet republic was renamed the Republic of Kazakhstan on December 10, 1991, which
declared its independence six days later, on December 16, 1991. The Soviet Union was
disbanded on December 26, 1991 by the Soviet of Nationalities. The Republic of
Kazakhstan, the legal successor to the Kazakh SSR, was admitted to the United Nations on
March 2, 1992.
TEST 4

1. For shopaholics, the post-Christmas period means only one thing – sales! Across the
country, prices are slashed on clothing, electronics, home furnishings and more, but London
is the place for serious shopping, and you can certainly pick up some amazing bargains.
The sales start on Boxing Day – 26th December, and continue for the month of January, but
the keenest bargain hunters get there early to be first through the doors.
2. London Heathrow is the biggest airport in the UK and it also handles more international
passenger traffic than any other airport in the world. For this reason, expansion was planned
and on 27th March a fifth terminal opened to help to cope with the many passengers that
pass through the airport. The new terminal has taken a long time to plan and build. The idea
was first proposed back in the 1980s.
3. British universities offer a personalized but independent approach. The emphasis is on
creative and independent thought, which helps develop the skills you will need to compete in
the global job market. Tutors not only teach but also provide support and guidance. As a
result, international students have a very low drop out rate and a very high pass rate.
4. The challenge of designing institutions to manage ethnonational conflict is a long-running
topic of academic inquiry and dispute. Generally speaking, the focus is on how legislatures,
executives, and electoral systems can be organized to accommodate the politics of deeply
divided societies. The design of courts figures much less frequently in this literature. But
courts, particularly constitutional courts, may play a vital role in such contexts.
5. On November 28, 2007, a jury convicted Joseph Jones, Desmond Thurston, and Antuwan
Bell of distributing a relatively small amount of crack cocaine. The defendants were
acquitted of a number of more serious charges, including conspiracy to distribute a much
larger quantity of crack. At the defendants’ respective sentencing hearings, the sentencing
judge found that criminal activities had been part of a conspiracy to distribute large
quantities of crack cocaine.
6. Combinatorial game theory is a vast subject. Over the past forty years it has grown to
encompass a wide range of games. All of those examples were short games, which have
finite sub-positions and which prohibit infinite play. The combinatorial theory of short games
is essential to the subject and will cover half the material in this paper. This paper gives the
reader a detailed outlook to most combinatorial games, researched until our current date.

Prepared by: Neha Adhia (Certified PTE / IELTS trainer)