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TOEFL iBT Practice Test 43

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.

The printing press changed how ordinary people encountered ideas. Before Gutenberg, every book was copied by hand, so a single volume could cost as much as a house. Movable metal type made it poss to produce hund of identical pages quic. Prices fell shar, and literacy began to spr beyond monasteries and royal courts. Reformers used pamphlets to chall established authorities, while scientists could finally comp their results with those published in dist cities. Historians therefore regard the invention as a turn point in European hist.

Read in Daily Life

Read the text and answer the questions.

Sign: Last collection times Monday-Friday: 12:00 noon and 5:00 p.m. Saturday: 9:30 a.m. only No collections on Sundays or public holidays. Mail posted after the final collection is processed the next working day. For guaranteed next-day delivery, use the priority box at the counter, not this outdoor postbox.

1. When is the only collection on a Saturday?

2. What should someone do for guaranteed next-day delivery?

E-ticket: The Winter's Tale — Grand Theatre Date: Friday 12 December Doors open: 6:45 p.m. Performance starts: 7:30 p.m. Seat: Circle, Row F, Seat 14 Running time: 2 hours 40 minutes including one interval Late arrivals will not be admitted until a suitable break in the performance. Photography and recording are not permitted. Please switch off mobile phones.

3. What will happen to someone who arrives after the play has started?

4. About when does the performance end, excluding late changes?

Read an Academic Passage

Read the passage and answer the questions.

Camels are frequently described as storing water in their humps, a popular but inaccurate simplification; the hump actually stores fat, which serves as an energy reserve and, crucially, concentrating fat in one location rather than distributing it beneath the skin like most mammals helps camels avoid excess insulation that would otherwise cause dangerous overheating in desert conditions. Their genuine water-conservation adaptations lie elsewhere. Camel kidneys are exceptionally efficient at reabsorbing water, producing urine so concentrated it can appear syrupy, and their intestines extract most remaining moisture from digested food before waste is expelled, resulting in remarkably dry droppings. Unlike most mammals, camels can also tolerate significant fluctuations in body temperature and blood water content without harm; their body temperature can rise several degrees during the day, reducing the need to sweat for cooling, and their unusually shaped, oval red blood cells remain flexible and functional even when the animal has lost water equivalent to a quarter of its body weight, a level of dehydration that would be lethal for most mammals. When water does become available, camels can drink extraordinary quantities in a short period, sometimes over a hundred litres within minutes, rehydrating rapidly without the dangerous swelling of blood cells that such rapid intake would cause in other animals, a resilience attributed to those distinctively shaped red blood cells.

5. According to the passage, what does a camel's hump actually store?

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

7. What can be inferred about most other mammals losing water equal to a quarter of their body weight?

8. Why does the author mention the shape of camel red blood cells?

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 the two job offers Ben is comparing?

10. Which job pays more per hour?

11. What does Frank ultimately recommend?

Listen to an Announcement

Listen to the announcement, then answer the questions.

12. What change is being made to the booking system?

13. How far in advance can a booking be made?

Listen to an Academic Talk

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

14. What concept did Karl Popper propose?

15. According to Popper, what must a scientific theory be able to do?

16. What does the professor say about a claim that "can't fail no matter what happens"?

17. According to Popper, what does surviving repeated falsification attempts prove?

Writing

Build a Sentence

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

1. Why do museums matter?

2. Who won the debate?

3. Why do you enjoy hiking?

4. Have you booked a hotel?

5. Our flight leaves at dawn.

Write an Email

Write an email that responds to the situation.

You are going to be late paying your tuition fees because your scholarship payment has been delayed. Write an email to the finance office. In your email, do the following: - Explain the reason for the delay. - Give the date you expect to have the money. - Ask them to avoid charging a late fee.
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Model answer: Dear Finance Office, I am writing about my tuition payment for the spring term, which is due on 15 January. I will unfortunately not be able to pay by that date because my scholarship funds have not yet arrived from the funding body. They have told me there has been a delay in processing. The organisation has promised that the money will be transferred by 28 January. I can send you their email as proof. Would it be possible to extend my deadline until 31 January and to waive the late fee? I have never missed a payment before, and I want to make sure that my registration is not cancelled. Thank you for your understanding. Best regards, Ruth Abebe

Write for an Academic Discussion

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

Professor Ehrlich: In public health, we're examining advertising. Should governments ban junk food advertising aimed at children on television and social media, given rising childhood obesity rates? Give your opinion. Saoirse: Ban it completely. Children can't reliably distinguish advertising from entertainment, and companies specifically design bright characters and jingles to exploit that, which feels close to exploitation of a vulnerable audience. Nikolai: A full ban seems excessive. Parents, not the state, should decide what their children watch and eat, and a ban would only push the same content onto platforms that are even harder to regulate. Write a post that contributes to the discussion (at least 100 words).
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Model answer: I lean towards Saoirse's position, mainly because of the point about children's limited ability to recognise advertising as advertising, which is well documented in child development research and is precisely why several countries already restrict this kind of marketing. Nikolai's worry about parental responsibility is fair in principle, but in practice, parents can't monitor every advertisement their child sees across television, video platforms and social media apps simultaneously, so placing the entire burden on individual families seems unrealistic given how pervasive and targeted this advertising has become. I would support a ban specifically during children's programming and on platforms primarily used by children, while leaving general advertising for adult audiences untouched, which addresses Saoirse's concern without going as far as Nikolai fears.

Speaking

Listen and Repeat

Listen to each sentence and repeat it exactly.

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Model answer: Have you noticed how much faster the internet is lately?
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Model answer: The report highlighted several inefficiencies in how the warehouse handled returns.
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Model answer: Remote work has made it harder for some teams to communicate spontaneously.
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Model answer: Despite the setbacks, the project was completed only two weeks behind the original schedule.
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Model answer: The panel discussion explored how automation might reshape entire industries within the next twenty years.

Take an Interview

Answer each interview question. Speak for about 45 seconds.

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Model answer: I try to set fixed study hours during the week so that evenings and weekends can be reserved for friends, exercise and rest, though exam periods definitely make that balance harder to maintain.
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Model answer: Yes, during my second year I took on too many commitments at once, including a part-time job and two clubs, and ended up exhausted, which taught me to be more selective about what I take on.
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Model answer: Planning my week in advance and being honest about how much I can realistically manage have both helped a lot. I've also learned to say no to extra commitments when my schedule is already full.
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Model answer: I think without balance, burnout eventually catches up with everyone, and the quality of both your studies and your personal relationships suffers. Constant work without rest just isn't sustainable over the long term.
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