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New TOEFL Reading: Read in Daily Life Practice #025 — Photo Day, Bin Day, Studying Together, and a Dance Class

Free practice for the new TOEFL Reading section's short daily-life texts: 4 everyday texts and 12 questions with an answer key.

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How to use this practice: Each text is something you could actually receive — an email, a notice, a memo, a post. Read it once at normal speed, then answer the three questions under it. Watch the options that reuse a word from the text: matching words are the most common trap in this part.
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Text 1 — Workplace Memo

Read the text, then answer the three questions below it.

Memo: Staff photo day

To: All staff

From: Reception

Date: 10 June

A photographer comes on Thursday 19 June for new staff photos. The photos go on the website and on your door pass.

Photos are taken in meeting room 2, from 9 AM to 4 PM. There is a list on the door; write your name next to a time.

It takes about five minutes. You do not need to book a long slot.

Please wear normal work clothes. Do not wear a white shirt, because the wall behind you is white.

If you work from home on Thursdays, come in that day if you can. If you cannot, we will use your old photo.

New staff who joined this year must have a photo. Everyone else may keep the old one if they prefer.

Q1 · Detail
How do staff choose a time?
  1. A. By writing on a list on the door
  2. B. By email to reception
  3. C. By calling the photographer
  4. D. By arriving at 9 AM
Answer
Correct: A
Q2 · Purpose
Why should staff not wear a white shirt?
  1. A. White looks dirty in photos
  2. B. The photographer asked for dark colours
  3. C. The wall behind them is white
  4. D. White is not normal work clothing
Answer
Correct: C
Q3 · Inference
Who must have a new photo taken?
  1. A. Everyone in the company
  2. B. Only people who work from home
  3. C. Only people with a door pass
  4. D. Staff who joined this year
Answer
Correct: D
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Text 2 — Notice

Read the text, then answer the three questions below it.

Notice: Bin day is changing

Elmsworth Council

From Monday 6 May, bin collection moves from Friday to Tuesday.

Put your bins out before 7 AM on Tuesday. The truck starts earlier on this new route.

Green bins (garden waste) are still collected every two weeks. The first Tuesday green collection is 13 May.

There will be no collection on Friday 3 May. Your first Tuesday collection is 6 May, so that week is three days longer than usual.

Please take your bins in by the end of the day. Bins left on the street can block the path.

If your bin is not emptied, report it online within two days. After two days we cannot send the truck back.

Q4 · Detail
What time must bins be out on Tuesday?
  1. A. Before 7 AM
  2. B. Before noon
  3. C. By the end of the day
  4. D. Two days before
Answer
Correct: A
Q5 · Inference
Why is the first week of May longer than usual?
  1. A. Green bins are collected every two weeks
  2. B. There is no collection on 3 May
  3. C. The truck starts earlier that week
  4. D. Reports take two days to process
Answer
Correct: B
Q6 · Expected Action
What should someone do if their bin is not emptied?
  1. A. Leave it out until next week
  2. B. Call the truck driver
  3. C. Report it online within two days
  4. D. Put it out again on Friday
Answer
Correct: C
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Text 3 — Message Thread

Read the text, then answer the three questions below it.

Test on Friday

Yuki (18:02): Do you want to study together for Friday's test?

Sam (18:10): Yes. The library closes at 8 though.

Yuki (18:12): We can use the study room at my building. It is free until 10 and quiet.

Sam (18:15): Great. Which chapters are on the test?

Yuki (18:17): Four to seven. The teacher said chapter 8 is not on it.

Sam (18:20): I do not have chapter 6 notes. I was ill that week.

Yuki (18:22): I will print mine. Bring the practice questions from class, I lost mine.

Sam (18:25): Deal. Wednesday at 6?

Yuki (18:26): Wednesday works. Thursday I have work.

Q7 · Detail
Where will they study?
  1. A. In the library
  2. B. At Sam's workplace
  3. C. In the classroom
  4. D. In a study room in Yuki's building
Answer
Correct: D
Q8 · Detail
Which chapter is NOT on the test?
  1. A. Chapter 4
  2. B. Chapter 6
  3. C. Chapter 7
  4. D. Chapter 8
Answer
Correct: D
Q9 · Expected Action
What will Sam bring?
  1. A. Chapter 6 notes
  2. B. The practice questions
  3. C. A printer
  4. D. Nothing
Answer
Correct: B
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Text 4 — Email

Read the text, then answer the three questions below it.

Subject: Beginners dance class - your first lesson

From: Studio Nine

To: New students, Monday 7 PM class

Welcome. Your first class is on Monday 3 February at 7 PM, in Studio B on the second floor.

Come at 6:45 for your first class only. We will show you the changing rooms and take your name.

Wear comfortable clothes and clean shoes with a soft sole. Do not bring outdoor shoes into the studio.

You do not need a partner. We change partners during the class, and most people come alone.

The first class is free. If you decide to continue, the course is $80 for eight weeks, paid at the desk.

If you cannot come on Monday, tell us by Sunday evening. Your free class can be moved once.

Q10 · Detail
Why should students arrive at 6:45?
  1. A. Because the class starts then
  2. B. Because it is the first class only
  3. C. Because the studio closes early
  4. D. Because payment is taken then
Answer
Correct: B
Q11 · Detail
What does the email say about partners?
  1. A. You must bring one
  2. B. You keep the same one all course
  3. C. You do not need one
  4. D. Partners pay half price
Answer
Correct: C
Q12 · Inference
A student cannot come on 3 February. What can they do?
  1. A. Move the free class once, telling the studio by Sunday
  2. B. Pay $80 and start in week two
  3. C. Join any class without telling the studio
  4. D. Nothing; the free class is lost
Answer
Correct: A