PTE Real Repeated Questions - Fill in the blanks - Update 14

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This update contains several new questions from the Fill in the blanks from the Reading Section, reported from very recent PTE exams. Our teachers have verified all questions and added correct responses to them. Practice these questions under time constraints to get the maximum benefit.

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Question 1

People have _____ coins for their bullion value for as long as coins have been minted. However, the collection of coins for their _____ value was a later development. Evidence from the archaeological and historical record of Ancient Rome and _____ Mesopotamia indicates that coins were collected and catalogued by scholars and state treasuries. It also seems probable that individual citizens _____ old, exotic or commemorative coins as an affordable, portable form of art. According to Suetonius in his De vita Caesarum, written in the first century CE, the emperor Augustus sometimes _____ old and exotic coins to friends and courtiers during festivals and other special occasions.

herded, presented, medium, artistic, collected, collection, medieval, hoarded

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People have hoarded coins for their bullion value for as long as coins have been minted. However, the collection of coins for their artistic value was a later development. Evidence from the archaeological and historical record of Ancient Rome and medieval Mesopotamia indicates that coins were collected and catalogued by scholars and state treasuries. It also seems probable that individual citizens collected old, exotic or commemorative coins as an affordable, portable form of art. According to Suetonius in his De vita Caesarum, written in the first century CE, the emperor Augustus sometimes presented old and exotic coins to friends and courtiers during festivals and other special occasions.

Question 2

A metal is _____ to be precious if it is rare. The discovery of new sources of ore or improvements in mining or _____ processes may cause the value of a precious metal to diminish. The status of a “precious” metal can also be _____ by high demand or market value. Precious metals in bulk form are known as bullion and are traded on _____ markets. Bullion metals may be cast into ingots or minted into coins. The defining attribute of bullion is that it is valued by its mass and purity rather than by a _____ value as money.

face, refining, decided, deemed, commodity, refinement, determined, facial, common

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A metal is deemed to be precious if it is rare. The discovery of new sources of ore or improvements in mining or refining processes may cause the value of a precious metal to diminish. The status of a “precious” metal can also be determined by high demand or market value. Precious metals in bulk form are known as bullion and are traded on commodity markets. Bullion metals may be cast into ingots or minted into coins. The defining attribute of bullion is that it is valued by its mass and purity rather than by a face value as money.

Question 3

Relief carving became common in 5th century BC Greece, and _____ most of the spectacular carved gems in the Western tradition were in relief, although the Sassanian and other traditions remained _____ to the intaglio form. Generally a relief image is more impressive than an intaglio one; in the earlier form the _____ of a document saw this in the impressed sealing wax, while in the later reliefs it was the owner of the seal who kept it for himself, probably marking the emergence of gems meant to be collected or worn as jewellery pendants in necklaces and the like, rather than used as seals – later ones are sometimes rather large to use to seal letters. However _____ are usually still in reverse so they only read correctly on impressions or by viewing from behind with transparent stones. This _____ also partly explains the collecting of impressions in plaster or wax from gems, which may be easier to appreciate than the original.

gradually, recipient, instructions, faithful, aspect, gradation, inscriptions, gracefully

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Relief carving became common in 5th century BC Greece, and gradually most of the spectacular carved gems in the Western tradition were in relief, although the Sassanian and other traditions remained faithful to the intaglio form. Generally a relief image is more impressive than an intaglio one; in the earlier form the recipient of a document saw this in the impressed sealing wax, while in the later reliefs it was the owner of the seal who kept it for himself, probably marking the emergence of gems meant to be collected or worn as jewellery pendants in necklaces and the like, rather than used as seals – later ones are sometimes rather large to use to seal letters. However inscriptions are usually still in reverse so they only read correctly on impressions or by viewing from behind with transparent stones. This aspect also partly explains the collecting of impressions in plaster or wax from gems, which may be easier to appreciate than the original.

Question 4

Porcelain originated in China, and it took a long time to reach the modern material. Until _____ times, almost all East Asian porcelain was of the hard-paste type. There is no precise date to separate the _____ of proto-porcelain from that of porcelain. Although proto-porcelain wares exist _____ from the Shang dynasty, by the time of the Eastern Han dynasty period, glazed ceramic wares had developed into porcelain, which Chinese defined as high-fired ware. By the late Sui dynasty and early Tang dynasty the _____ Western requirements of whiteness and translucency had been achieved, in types such as Ding ware. The wares were already _____ to the Islamic world, where they were highly prized.

recent, produce, exported, deriving, dating, relative, production, additional, expedited

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Porcelain originated in China, and it took a long time to reach the modern material. Until recent times, almost all East Asian porcelain was of the hard-paste type. There is no precise date to separate the production of proto-porcelain from that of porcelain. Although proto-porcelain wares exist dating from the Shang dynasty, by the time of the Eastern Han dynasty period, glazed ceramic wares had developed into porcelain, which Chinese defined as high-fired ware. By the late Sui dynasty and early Tang dynasty the additional Western requirements of whiteness and translucency had been achieved, in types such as Ding ware. The wares were already exported to the Islamic world, where they were highly prized.

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