... passage
Reading Passages
The TOEFL iBT uses reading passages from university-level textbooks that intro-
duce a discipline or topic. The excerpts are changed as little as possible so the
TOEFL iBT can measure ... points
if there are five options presented, and up to 4 points if there are seven options
presented. Partial credit is given in this question format.
Introducing the...
... when responding to the speaking tasks. At
least one requires you to relate the information from the reading and the
listening material.
Like all the other sections of the TOEFL iBT, the Speaking ... question asks the test taker to summarize
the lecture and demonstrate an understanding
of the relationship between the examples and
the overall topic.
TOTAL 20 mi...
... height) to the
life-size proportions of 6 or 9 feet.
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TOEFL iBT Reading
8. Which of the following is mentioned
in paragraph 6 as one of the ways
the Mutoscope differed from the
Kinetoscope?
ɕ
Sound ... bigger.”
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TOEFL iBT Reading
TOEFL iBT Reading
Exhibitors, however, wanted to maximize their profits, which they could do more
readily by projecting a handful...
... often distort other people’s motives. For example, they assume that
other people mean them harm when they do not.
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TOEFL iBT Reading
8. Which of the sentences below best
expresses the essential ... capacity to outwit other species, not their aggressiveness, appears to be the
dominant factor in human survival. Another is that there is too much variation among
people to b...
... theo-
ries, but there is no way to answer the question definitively. The best answer
to this question is choice 4. It cannot be completely proved or disproved.
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TOEFL iBT Listening
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TOEFL iBT Listening
3. ... ideomotor activity, and how they are
related to thinking. The best answer is choice 3, a theory about the relation-
ship between muscle activity and thinki...
... instructing you to get ready to answer the question. Then the ques-
tion will appear on the screen and will be read aloud by the narrator.
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TOEFL iBT Speaking
The question you are asked when the conversation ... to get ready to answer the question. Then the question will
appear on the screen and be read aloud at the same time by the narrator.
6. Using po...
... consensus; it took many, many meetings to build the
agreement among group members about how they would move the project along. On
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TOEFL iBT Writing
the other hand, there were other instances ... academic topic for three minutes, and then you
will hear a short lecture related to the topic. Then you will be asked to summarize
the points in the listening passage and exp...
... copies words from the topic, rejects the topic, or is
otherwise not connected to the topic, is written in a foreign language, consists
of keystroke characters, or is blank.
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TOEFL iBT Writing
“In ... will
probably desperate them. It is accepted publically not to let the patients know the
truth. They may be able to have hope to overcome their desease without knowing...
... examples to support your preference.
b
When people move to another country, some of them decide to follow the cus-
toms of the new country. Others prefer to keep their own customs. Compare
these ... places to live. They may choose
to live in university dormitories, or they may choose to live in apartments in
the community. Compare the advantages of living in university h...
... society; the
complex dealing; the dominance of urban centers; and the loss of independence
that came with it.
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TOEFL iBT Practice Test 1
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TOEFL iBT Practice Test 1
Whigs, on the other hand, ... appealed to
planters who needed credit to finance their cotton and rice trade in the world market,
to farmers who were eager to sell their surpluses, and to workers...