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TOEFL iBT Practice Test 29

AI-generated practice paper in the style of TOEFL iBT — original material, not a reproduction of any real exam paper, following the official task types. Listening audio is read aloud by your browser's voice. For Speaking you can record yourself and compare with a model answer, and Writing tasks include a model answer — neither is scored automatically, since that needs real speech and writing evaluation this site does not offer for this exam.

Reading

Complete the Words

Type the missing letters to complete the words in the paragraph.

Game theory studies how people make decisions when the outcome depends on what others choose. A famous example is the prisoner's dilemma, in which two suspects are questioned separ. Each can stay silent or bet the other. Although both would bene from cooperating, each fears being betr, so they often conf. Economists apply similar reasoning to busin deciding whether to cut prices, and to countries negoti over shared resou. The theory does not pred every choice, but it shows why cooperation is so frag.

Read in Daily Life

Read the text and answer the questions.

Schedule: New Student Orientation Week Monday: Campus tour, 10 a.m.; welcome talk, 2 p.m. Tuesday: Department meetings (check your course email for room numbers) Wednesday: Free day — explore the city or visit the student union Thursday: Club and society fair, 12-4 p.m., Main Quad Friday: Timetables released; classes begin the following Monday.

1. How will students know where to go on Tuesday?

2. When do classes actually start?

Forum thread: Timetable clash — need a swap Post 1 (Aiden): My Tuesday lab now clashes with a work shift. Does anyone in the Thursday lab group want to swap with me? Post 2 (Maya): I could do Tuesday instead of Thursday — same module, right? Post 3 (Aiden): Yes, same module, same experiments. I'll email the lab coordinator to confirm the swap once you agree. Post 4 (Maya): Sounds good, go ahead!

3. Why does Aiden want to swap lab groups?

4. What does Aiden say he will do next?

Read an Academic Passage

Read the passage and answer the questions.

Each autumn, monarch butterflies east of the Rocky Mountains undertake a journey of up to 4,000 kilometres from southern Canada and the northern United States to a small number of oyamel fir forests in central Mexico, where they cluster by the millions on tree trunks to survive the winter. What makes this migration especially remarkable is that no single butterfly completes the full round trip. The generation that flies south in autumn lives eight or nine months, far longer than the two-to-six-week lifespan of summer generations, and after wintering in Mexico, this long-lived generation flies partway north before laying eggs and dying; it takes three or four further generations, migrating incrementally northward across the summer, to repopulate the breeding range, before a new autumn generation once again flies the entire distance south. Scientists still debate exactly how monarchs navigate to the same overwintering sites their ancestors used, since the butterflies making the southward journey have never been there themselves. Current evidence points to a combination of a time-compensated sun compass and sensitivity to Earth's magnetic field. The population has declined sharply in recent decades, a trend researchers attribute to the loss of milkweed—the only plant monarch caterpillars can eat—due to agricultural herbicide use, alongside deforestation at the Mexican overwintering sites and shifting climate patterns along the migratory route.

5. According to the passage, how many generations are typically involved in one full annual migration cycle?

6. As used in the passage, "incrementally" most nearly means

7. What can be inferred about monarchs that fly south in autumn?

8. Why does the author emphasise that no single butterfly completes the full round trip?

9. What is the main idea of the passage?

Listening

Listen and Choose a Response

Listen to each speaker, then choose the best response.

1. Choose the best response.

2. Choose the best response.

3. Choose the best response.

4. Choose the best response.

5. Choose the best response.

6. Choose the best response.

7. Choose the best response.

8. Choose the best response.

Listen to a Conversation

Listen to the conversation, then answer the questions.

9. What are Emma and Frank considering doing?

10. How many hours does the requirement need?

11. What will Emma do next?

Listen to an Announcement

Listen to the announcement, then answer the questions.

12. What changes about quiet hours starting Sunday?

13. What might happen after repeated noise complaints?

Listen to an Academic Talk

Listen to part of a lecture, then answer the questions.

14. What was the framers' main worry that led to checks and balances?

15. How can the legislature limit the executive branch, according to the lecture?

16. What downside of this system does the professor acknowledge?

17. What is the professor's overall view of this tradeoff?

Writing

Build a Sentence

Click the words and phrases to put them in the correct order.

1. What was the speaker's argument?

2. Do you want to split the bill?

3. What are you going to wear?

4. You look exhausted.

5. What does the professor expect from us?

Write an Email

Write an email that responds to the situation.

You are unhappy with a cleaning service that visits your office building. Write an email to the company's manager. In your email, do the following: - Explain what has gone wrong. - Say when the problem started. - Request a change.
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Model answer: Dear Manager, I am the office coordinator at Bright Ideas Design, and I am writing about the quality of your cleaning service. For the past three weeks, our kitchen has not been cleaned properly, the rubbish bins have been left full, and the floors are often still dirty in the morning. The problem began in early April, when your regular team was replaced by new staff. Before that, we were completely satisfied. I would like you to send a supervisor to inspect our offices this week and to make sure that the cleaners follow the agreed checklist. If things do not improve, we may need to look for another provider. I look forward to your reply. Yours sincerely, Mark Ellis

Write for an Academic Discussion

Read the discussion and write a post that contributes to it.

Dr. Nguyen: Our economics unit this week is about public spending. Should governments invest more in public transport, or in building better roads? Take a position and support it with reasons or examples. Tina: Public transport, definitely. It reduces pollution, and it is cheaper for ordinary people who cannot afford to own a car. Omar: I think roads matter more. Buses and trains don't reach rural areas, and goods are delivered by trucks, so a good road network supports the whole economy. Write a post that contributes to the discussion (at least 100 words).
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Model answer: I believe governments should give priority to public transport, although I accept Omar's point about roads. In cities, the most important problem is congestion. Building more roads often just attracts more cars, and the traffic soon becomes as bad as before. Efficient trains, trams and buses can move many more people in the same space, and they produce fewer emissions. At the same time, rural communities cannot be ignored. Perhaps the best policy would be to focus on public transport in urban areas, where the impact is greatest, and to keep improving roads elsewhere. In my hometown, a new tram line reduced travel time by half and made it easier for poorer families to reach jobs, which shows what good public investment can achieve.

Speaking

Listen and Repeat

Listen to each sentence and repeat it exactly.

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Model answer: The professor explained the theory using a simple diagram.
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Model answer: The internet connection in my dorm has been unreliable lately.
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Model answer: The new software makes it much easier to track expenses.
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Model answer: Historians still disagree about the exact causes that led to the empire's eventual collapse.
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Model answer: Students are expected to submit a literature review before beginning their own original research project.

Take an Interview

Answer each interview question. Speak for about 45 seconds.

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Model answer: Yes, during my first year of university, I struggled badly with public speaking and would avoid any class that required presentations, even though it hurt my grades in several courses.
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Model answer: I joined a small debate club specifically to force myself into low-stakes speaking practice. It was uncomfortable at first, but speaking regularly in front of a supportive group gradually built my confidence.
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Model answer: The turning point came when I gave a presentation in my second year and realised, halfway through, that I wasn't nervous anymore. It surprised me how much the regular practice had actually changed things.
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Model answer: I learned that most of my fears were based on imagining the worst possible outcome rather than reality, and that consistent, small practice is far more effective than waiting to feel naturally confident.
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