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Downloading the Electronic

Files for the Practice Tests

The test questions on these files are from actual TOEFL tests However, the screen and delivery formats are not identical to the actual test When you take the actual TOEFL test, you may notice some variations

in how the questions are presented to you on screen.

Downloading

To download the electronic files for TOEFL iBT Practice Tests 1 and 2, go to http://books.mcgraw-hill

.com/ebookdownloads/TOEFL and follow the instructions given.

Changing Regional and Language Settings

Please note: If you encounter error messages while attempting to use this program, you may need to adjust your computer’s regional and language settings Please follow the steps listed:

Select “Regional and Language Options” from Control Panel

Go to “Regional Options” tab

Select “English (United States)” as the language

Go to the “Advanced” tab

Select “English (United States)” as the language

Click on “OK”

Main Menu (“Navigation Screen”)

This screen appears as follows:

Your choice will depend on how you prefer to prac-tice for the TOEFL iBT.

b If you want to take full-length authentic TOEFL iBT practice tests on your computer, click on the

choices labeled TOEFL iBT Practice Test 1 or

TOEFL iBT Practice Test 2.

b If you want to work through the Practice Sets and

Practice Tests in the book, click on Play Audio

Tracks in Book Order.

Taking TOEFL iBT Practice Tests on Your Computer

On the Navigation screen, choose either TOEFL iBT Practice Test 1 or TOEFL iBT Practice Test 2 Then click

on the test section you wish to take: Reading, Listening, Speaking, or Writing Note that you can take each section more than once When you click on Reading, you can choose Passage 1, 2, or 3.

When you open a test section, you will first see the instructions for that section A timer visible on the screen shows how many minutes and seconds you have left for that section (You can hide the timer if you find it distracting.)

Click on Help at any time for detailed instructions You will see complete explanations for each

func-tion available during the test and how to use those funcfunc-tions to answer each quesfunc-tion type.

If you must take a break during the test, click on the Break button Your work will not be lost, and

when you resume, you will take up exactly where you left off The timer clock will stop while you are on your break and will restart immediately when you resume the test Try not to use the Break function too often because on the actual exam, the clock keeps running even if you leave the room on a break To

re-sume work on a test, click on Rere-sume.

Answering Questions

To answer the questions, click on the corresponding answer oval, or follow the instructions given Once

you select an answer, the Next button is enabled (For some questions, you will need to click on more

than one answer choice.) Click on it to move forward to the next question (On the Reading test, you can

also click on the Back button to go back to any question you skipped This function is not available on the

other tests.)

When all the questions in the section have been answered, the Finished button will be enabled Once you click on Finished, the test ends.

Playing Audio Tracks

On the Listening, Speaking, and Writing test sections, you will listen to audio tracks An Audio Control bar will appear on the screen You can use it to adjust the sound volume At the end of the track, click on

Questions to start answering questions On the Speaking and Writing tests, you will first see the

instruc-tions and the question, then you will click on Play to start the audio track.

Seeing Your Scores

On the Navigation page, click on Scoring and Review You will be able to see your results for any test

section that you have completed at least once On the question list at the lower right corner of the screen, you will see the correct answers Explanations are available for Practice Test 1 by clicking on the question numbers For Reading and Listening, a chart at the bottom left side of the screen shows how many points you earned for answering questions correctly, the percentage of questions that you answered cor-rectly, and how much of the total time available you used

Also on the Navigation page, click on Compare Test Scores You will see bar charts that plot your

scores from trial to trial for both the Reading and the Listening tests.

Working Through the Practice Sets and Practice Tests in the Book

On the Navigation screen, click on Play Audio Tracks in Book Order You will see a window listing audio

tracks in the sequence in which they appear in the book As you work through the Practice Sets and Prac-tice Tests in the book, you will be told when to play each audio track Each time you need to play a track, you will see the following symbol:

Click on the number of the track as instructed in the book Then click on Play.

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Getting Started 1

How to Use This Book/CD Package 3

All About the TOEFL iBT 4

TOEFL iBT Reading Section 7

TOEFL iBT Listening Section 12

TOEFL iBT Speaking Section 17

TOEFL iBT Writing Section 19

About Test Scores 21

General Skill-Building Tips 24

Test Preparation Tips from ETS 32

Questions Frequently Asked by Students 33

2 TOEFLl iBT Reading 37 TOEFL iBT Reading Passages 37

TOEFL iBT Reading Questions 38

Basic Information and Inferencing Questions 38

Reading to Learn Questions 50

Improving Your Performance on TOEFL iBT Reading Questions 58

Reading Practice Sets 60

Practice Set 1 60

Practice Set 2 69

Practice Set 3 79

Practice Set 4 90

Practice Set 5 101

Practice Set 6 112