How to practice: This is the new TOEFL 2026 Reading task Fill in the Missing Letters. One short academic paragraph has 10 incomplete words. The first half of each word is given; type the letters that are missing. Context, grammar, and word endings matter as much as spelling, so read the whole sentence before you type. Press CHECK when you are done.
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Fill in the missing letters in the paragraph.
Type the missing letters. Use Backspace to remove a letter and move back.
Farmers settle near active volcanoes despite the obvious dan. Volcanic ash contains minerals such as potassium and phosp that ordinary soils lose through eros. When ash weathers, these nutrients are rele into a form that plant roots can abs. The resulting soil holds water well and stays fert for centuries. On Java, some of the world's densest farming popula sit on the slopes of volcanoes that have erup within living memory. The gamble is deliberate: an eruption may destroy a harvest, but the depo it leaves eventually enri the land.