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TOEFL iBT Practice Test 48

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 traditional Mediterranean diet has attracted attention from nutrition researchers for decades. It is based on veget, beans, whole grains, fish, and olive oil, with only small amou of red meat. Large studies have lin this pattern of eating to lower rates of heart dise. Scientists believe the benefits come from the diet as a who rather than any single ingre. Meals are also typic shared with family, which may red stress. Nevertheless, researchers caut that lifestyle factors such as exer matter as well.

Read in Daily Life

Read the text and answer the questions.

Notice: Shuttle route change during finals week The East Campus shuttle will run every 10 minutes instead of every 20 during finals week (2-13 December) to handle extra demand at the library. The last shuttle leaves the library at 1:00 a.m. rather than the usual midnight. No service changes are planned for the West Campus route.

1. Why is the shuttle running more often?

2. What can be said about the West Campus route?

Notice: Community Garden — new plots available Six raised beds have become free at the Oak Lane Community Garden. Each bed costs $25 for the growing season, which includes water and a share of the tool shed. Gardeners are asked to give two hours a month to help maintain the shared paths and compost area. Applications are on a first-come basis; forms are in the box by the gate. Beginners are welcome, and experienced members will offer advice.

3. What are gardeners expected to do besides looking after their own bed?

4. How will the plots be given out?

Read an Academic Passage

Read the passage and answer the questions.

Mechanical clocks emerged in medieval Europe around the late thirteenth century, initially not to tell the time as we understand it but to strike bells marking canonical prayer hours in monasteries, where precise timing of daily religious observance mattered more than continuous numerical display. Early mechanisms relied on a verge-and-foliot escapement, a comparatively crude device that regulated the release of energy from a falling weight, but one prone to significant inaccuracy, often losing or gaining several minutes a day. The introduction of the pendulum clock in 1656, credited to the Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens building on Galileo's earlier observations about pendulum motion, improved accuracy dramatically, since a pendulum's swing depends on a fairly consistent physical relationship between its length and its period, allowing clocks to lose only seconds rather than minutes per day. This leap in precision had consequences well beyond convenience: as reliable, affordable clocks spread from church towers into wealthy households and eventually workplaces, they reshaped how people organised daily labour, replacing task-based schedules tied loosely to sunlight and season with the standardised hourly discipline still familiar in modern working life. The eighteenth-century development of highly accurate marine chronometers, in turn, solved the long-standing problem of determining longitude at sea, since comparing a ship's local time to a fixed reference time allowed navigators to calculate their east-west position with newfound confidence.

5. According to the passage, what was the original main purpose of early mechanical clocks?

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

7. What can be inferred about the verge-and-foliot escapement mechanism?

8. Why does the author mention marine chronometers at the end of the passage?

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 project does Grace need help with?

10. How many hours a week is the position?

11. What does Grace ask Henry to send?

Listen to an Announcement

Listen to the announcement, then answer the questions.

12. What will the speaker mainly discuss?

13. What will be available for those who miss the talk?

Listen to an Academic Talk

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

14. What does just-in-time manufacturing aim to minimize?

15. What is a major tradeoff of just-in-time manufacturing?

16. What happened during recent global supply chain disruptions?

17. What approach have many companies since shifted toward?

Writing

Build a Sentence

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

1. How was the theory received?

2. Why was the match postponed?

3. Why did the experiment need a control group?

4. What did the tour guide say?

5. Who is the woman by the window?

Write an Email

Write an email that responds to the situation.

You have been offered a place on a summer research project but cannot afford the accommodation. Write an email to the project director, Dr. Morris. In your email, do the following: - Express your gratitude. - Explain your financial situation. - Ask about possible funding.
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Model answer: Dear Dr. Morris, Thank you so much for offering me a place on this summer's research project. I am extremely excited about the opportunity to work with your team, and I would like to accept. However, I must be honest about a difficulty. I do not have a full scholarship, and my family cannot cover the cost of accommodation in the city for eight weeks. The expense is more than I can manage even with my part-time job. Could you please tell me whether any funding is available for students in my situation, or whether the university has cheaper housing options for participants? I would be very grateful for any advice. Thank you again for your support. Best wishes, Adaeze Nwosu

Write for an Academic Discussion

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

Professor Hall: In today's psychology discussion, we will consider motivation. Are people more motivated by external rewards, such as money and grades, or by internal satisfaction? Share your opinion and explain it. Priya: I think grades and rewards are what get me started. Without deadlines and marks, I would probably never finish anything. Sam: For me, it's interest. When I am curious about a subject, I work for hours without thinking about the mark. Write a post that contributes to the discussion (at least 100 words).
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Model answer: I think both play a role, but their effects are different. Like Priya, I find that external rewards are useful for getting me to begin a task, especially when it is a boring one. A deadline or a mark forces me to sit down and work. However, as Sam says, deeper motivation comes from interest. When I chose to study astronomy, I started reading books and watching lectures in my free time, without anybody asking me to. That kind of learning lasts much longer than something memorised for an exam. I therefore believe teachers should combine the two, using grades to give structure but also choosing topics and activities that spark curiosity, so students want to keep learning after the course ends.

Speaking

Listen and Repeat

Listen to each sentence and repeat it exactly.

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Model answer: Photosynthesis needs sunlight and water.
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Model answer: She lives on the third floor.
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Model answer: The meeting starts in ten minutes.
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Model answer: Our team lost the final match after a penalty shootout.
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Model answer: The tour guide explained that the castle had been rebuilt twice after fires.

Take an Interview

Answer each interview question. Speak for about 45 seconds.

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Model answer: Yes, I play video games a few evenings a week, mostly puzzle and strategy games, since I don't have huge amounts of free time to dedicate to longer titles.
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Model answer: My favourite type is puzzle games that require careful planning, since I find them satisfying without needing hours of continuous play. I like being able to stop after just twenty minutes.
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Model answer: Yes, definitely. I used to play much longer sessions in school, but now I mostly play in short bursts between study sessions, treating it more like a quick mental break than a main hobby.
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Model answer: I think some can, especially strategy or puzzle games that require planning and problem-solving. I've noticed that games requiring quick decision-making have actually improved my ability to think under time pressure.
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