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PTE Academic VIP Practice Exam
PTE — The Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic), issued by Pearson Education, is a computer-based English language proficiency test scored on a 10–90 scale across three sections — Speaking & Writing, Reading, and Listening — and is accepted by thousands of universities and immigration authorities worldwide, with common score thresholds of 58–65 for academic admission and 65+ for Australian skilled migration.
29
Questions
90m
Time Limit
65.00%
To Pass
Question 1 of 29👑 VIP
Read the following passage and answer the question. "The proliferation of remote work arrangements since the early 2020s has fundamentally altered not only corporate real-estate strategies but also urban planning priorities. Cities that once anchored economic vitality to dense commercial districts are now contending with elevated vacancy rates in central business zones, prompting municipal governments to explore adaptive reuse of office towers as mixed-income residential buildings. Critics, however, argue that such conversions rarely address the underlying infrastructural deficiencies — inadequate ventilation shafts, floor-plate geometries unsuited to residential living — that make wholesale conversion prohibitively expensive." What is the main argument the passage makes about converting office buildings to residential use?
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