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TOEFL iBT Practice Test 50

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.

Wind power is now among the cheapest sources of new electricity in many countries. Modern turb can be taller than a cathedral, and their long bla turn even in light breezes. Coastal sites are popu because winds there are strong and ste. Building turbines at sea is cos, but the electricity they gene more than repays the expense. Critics ment noise and the risk to birds, though careful plan can reduce both. The main chall remains storage, since wind does not always blow when dem is high.

Read in Daily Life

Read the text and answer the questions.

Post: Green Hills Middle School Parents Hi everyone! Our annual bake sale will take place on Friday, 9 May, in the school gym from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. All proceeds will go towards new science equipment. We still need volunteers to bring baked goods (please list any nuts in the ingredients!) and two people to help at the cash table. Comment below or message Lena Sokolov if you can help. Thanks so much!

1. What will the money from the event be spent on?

2. Why are parents asked to list nuts?

3. How can someone offer to help?

Where to find us this week: Pepper & Lime food truck Monday-Tuesday: Outside the Science Building, 11:30-2:00 Wednesday: No service (truck maintenance) Thursday-Friday: Riverside car park, 11:30-2:00 Today's tacos and a bowl are $9; add a drink for $2. Follow our page for last-minute location changes due to weather.

4. Where would you find the truck on a Thursday?

5. Why might the truck's location change at short notice?

Read an Academic Passage

Read the passage and answer the questions.

Anthropologists have long used kinship terminology as a way to compare how different societies organise family relationships and, by extension, inheritance, marriage rules, and social obligation. The nineteenth-century scholar Lewis Henry Morgan identified broad patterns still referenced today, distinguishing systems in which the same term applies to a wide category of relatives, such as calling both one's father and one's father's brothers by a single word, from systems that use distinct terms for each specific relationship, as is typical in most English-speaking societies. These differences are not merely linguistic; they often reflect and reinforce which relatives hold specific obligations toward a child, such as financial support or ritual responsibility. Descent itself is also organised differently across societies: while many Western societies trace descent bilaterally through both parents roughly equally, other societies emphasise matrilineal descent, tracing lineage and often property through the mother's line, or patrilineal descent through the father's line, arrangements that can significantly shape where a married couple lives and who holds authority over children. Anthropologists caution against assuming kinship terms map neatly onto biological relationships as understood in Western science; many systems are organised primarily around social role and obligation rather than genetic relatedness, meaning a "father" in some kinship systems may refer to a social role fulfilled by multiple men rather than strictly the biological parent.

6. According to the passage, what did Lewis Henry Morgan identify?

7. As used in the passage, "bilaterally" most nearly means

8. What can be inferred about a kinship system where "father" refers to a social role shared by multiple men?

9. Why does the author contrast matrilineal and patrilineal descent systems?

10. 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 is Ben proposing to research?

10. What does Professor Grace suggest Ben do?

11. What does Grace ask Ben to send by Friday?

Listen to an Announcement

Listen to the announcement, then answer the questions.

12. What will the visiting novelist do first?

13. What can audience members do in the lobby afterward?

Listen to an Academic Talk

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

14. What is memory consolidation?

15. What brain structure is mentioned as storing memories temporarily?

16. What does sleep deprivation research show?

17. Why does the professor say all-night cramming often backfires?

Writing

Build a Sentence

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

1. What's the plan for Saturday?

2. Why did the company lose money?

3. Tell me about your first day at work.

4. Is your brother still living abroad?

5. Are the tickets still available?

Write an Email

Write an email that responds to the situation.

You are organising a study group for your biology course. Write an email to your classmates. In your email, do the following: - Explain the purpose of the group. - Suggest a time and place for the first meeting. - Tell them what to prepare.
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Model answer: Hi everyone, As the midterm exam is only three weeks away, I thought it would be a good idea to form a study group for our biology course. By meeting regularly, we can share notes, explain difficult topics to each other, and practise with past questions. I suggest we hold our first meeting this Sunday at four o'clock in Room 12 on the second floor of the library. It is quiet, and we can book it for two hours. Please read chapters five and six beforehand and bring a list of any topics you find confusing. I'll bring some practice questions. Let me know if you can come! Best, Sofia

Write for an Academic Discussion

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

Professor Duvall: In education policy, standardized tests remain central to how schools and universities evaluate students. Do these tests fairly measure ability and potential, or do they favour students who are simply good at taking tests? Wiremu: They're useful for comparison. Without a common measure, it's very hard to compare students from different schools fairly, and results do generally correlate with future academic performance. Chiara: I think they favour a narrow skill. Some brilliant, creative students freeze under timed pressure, while some average students excel purely at memorising formats, so the test measures test-taking as much as ability. Write a post that contributes to the discussion (at least 100 words).
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Model answer: I think both are describing real, partial truths, so my view is that standardized tests are a useful but limited tool rather than either a fair measure or a meaningless one. Wiremu is right that comparing students from thousands of different schools requires some common measure, and abandoning tests entirely would leave admissions decisions relying even more heavily on subjective factors like personal connections. Chiara's concern about test-taking skill versus true ability is equally valid, though, and it's well documented that coaching and practice can raise scores without necessarily reflecting deeper understanding. I would support keeping standardized tests as one input among several, alongside coursework, projects and interviews, rather than treating a single test score as the decisive measure of a student's true potential.

Speaking

Listen and Repeat

Listen to each sentence and repeat it exactly.

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Model answer: The neighbours are having a barbecue in their garden this weekend.
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Model answer: Doctors recommend limiting screen time before bed to improve sleep quality.
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Model answer: The professor reminded us that plagiarism, even unintentional, can have serious academic consequences.
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Model answer: The negotiation lasted almost six hours before both sides finally reached an agreement.
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Model answer: The university library recently digitised thousands of rare manuscripts so researchers worldwide could access them online.

Take an Interview

Answer each interview question. Speak for about 45 seconds.

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Model answer: Yes, I shop online fairly often, mostly for books, clothes and household items. It's convenient, especially since the nearest large shopping centre is almost an hour away by bus.
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Model answer: The main advantages are convenience and the ability to compare prices easily across different sellers. I also appreciate being able to read other customers' reviews before committing to a purchase.
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Model answer: Yes, once I ordered a jacket that looked very different in person than in the photos, and the return process took almost three weeks before I finally received my refund.
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Model answer: I think it can hurt small local shops that can't compete on price or delivery speed, though some have adapted by offering their own online stores or focusing on personalised service that large websites can't easily match.
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