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Real blanks from Test 1’s 3 fixed paragraphs
The first 30 questions on every test are Complete the Words — a fixed, non-adaptive cloze format where you finish a truncated word instead of choosing an option. Here’s exactly how it works, with real blanks from Test 1.
The format: 3 paragraphs, 10 blanks each
Questions 1–30 always come from 3 academic paragraphs, 10 truncated words each — the same fixed content for every test-taker, not adaptive. Each blank shows you the start of the word; you type only the missing ending. From Test 1’s “Urban Green Spaces and Public Health” paragraph:
Public parks provide measurable benefits for physical and mental health, reducing stress levels among nearby residents.
Type “fits” for blank 1, “ical” for blank 2, and so on — just the ending, not the whole word.
Where the truncation actually falls
The blanks aren’t scattered randomly — per the platform’s own real format, truncation falls specifically in each paragraph’s 2nd and 3rd sentences. The 1st sentence, and any closing sentence, stay fully intact and untouched.
That matters strategically: the untouched opening sentence is where you’ll usually find the paragraph’s main topic, which then helps you predict the missing words in the sentences that follow it.
What counts as correct: the ending, or the whole word
The platform accepts either answer for a blank — just the missing ending, or the entire word typed out. From the “Coral Reef Bleaching” paragraph, one blank reads:
corals expel the colorful algae living within their tissues, causing the coral to turn pale or completely white.
For that second blank, typing just “tely” is marked correct — and so is typing the full word “completely.” Either one works; there’s no advantage to typing the whole word, but no penalty either.
Reading around the blank, not just the word stem
A partial word stem alone isn’t always enough — the surrounding sentence tells you what grammatical form and meaning fit. From “The History of Standardized Time Zones”:
Railway companies found this inconsistency increasingly impractical, since accurate scheduling required a shared reference point.
The stem “sched” alone could go several directions, but “accurate ___ required a shared reference point” makes “scheduling” the only sensible fit. Read the full sentence around each blank before you commit to an ending.
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