PTE Listening Practice Multiple Choice Question Single Answer Sample Test 4

Multiple-choice, Choose Single Answer – Listen to the recording carefully and answer the multiple choice question by selecting only one correct response out of all.

PTE Listening Practice Multiple Choice Question Single Answer Sample Test 4

PTE LISTENING: MULTIPLE-CHOICE, CHOOSE SINGLE ANSWER

7 – Listen to the audio and answer the following question.

Question – The main point of the text is

1. to throw light on the views of AJP Taylor about the beginning of World War II
2. to highlight the generally held view about the start and end of World War II
3. to prove that World War II did not end on a particular day throughout the world
4. to discuss the varying views about the start and end of World War II

TRANSCRIPT (Only for reference, it will not be given in PTE Academic Test)

It is generally believed that the Second World War began on September 1, 1939, with the invasion of Poland by Germany. Some historians link it to the state of the Second Sino-Japanese War on July 7, 1937. See more..

According to AJP Taylor, two wars were fought simultaneously; the Sino-Japanese War is East Asia and a Second European War in Europe and her colonies. These two wars merged in 1941 resulting in a single global armed conflict that continued till 1945. There is not a single universally agreed upon date of the end of the Second World War either. it is believed that the conflict ended with the armistice of August 14, 1945, popularly known as the Victory over Japan Day (VJ Day), a few days before the formal surrender of Japan on September 2, 1945. According to some European Historians, it ended as early as on May 8, 1945, known as the Victory in Europe Day (VE Day).

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#Right Answer Explanation: (Point No: 4)

Hint: Some historians link it to…
According to AJP Taylor…
There is not a single universally agreed upon date of the end of the Second World War either. It is believed that…
According to some European Historians

8 – Listen to the audio and answer the following question.

Question – What is the main idea conveyed by the text?

1. The U.K. now allows in-vitro fertilization to create babies that match the genetic characteristics of older siblings.
2. HEFA allows designer babies that exactly match the parents’ expectations.
3. Parents of children suffering from incurable genetic diseases in the U.K. can now do a genetic selection of future for stem cell harvesting.

TRANSCRIPT (Only for reference, it will not be given in PTE Academic Test)

Parents in the U.K. with children suffering from some potentially fatal genetic disease can heave a sigh of relief. See more..

Thanks to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority or HFEA, the last hurdle to creating babies specifically to save older siblings suffering from incurable genetic diseases has been cleared. Preimplantation genetic diagnosis allows the removal of a cell from an embryo created through in-virto fertilization. The cell so removed in studied for any genetic disorders. The technique combined with tissue typing allows the parents to choose the embryo that has a perfect tissue match with the sibling suffering from the genetic disorder. Once convinced of a match, the embryo is implanted into the mother’s womb and the mother allowed to proceed to full pregnancy. The stem cells are removed from the newborn’s umbilical cord at the time of birth and transplanted to the older sibling’s ailment is the cured.

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#Correct Answer: 3

Answer explanation hint –

The opening sentence gives out the main idea: “Parents in the U.K with children suffering from some potentially fatal genetic disease can heave a sigh of relief.” The next sentence ‘creating babies specifically to save older siblings” make it clearer. This is covered adequately in option (3). Option (1) is only about matching, not about ‘why’. Option (2) has elements not covered in the text. Option (4) brings in the extraneous ‘progress’.