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Hi there! I took that very same TOEFL on May 3rd (in NYC). I also got the five reading passages. I had a hard time with the first one, probably because I always start slow and build momentum as I go (not to mention that unfortunately migration and glaciation theories are not my cup of tea). I'm just hoping that my scores will be better than I expected! They do say people tend to underestimate their scores after the exam.
And about the noise, I definitely wore the headphones the whole time. And I tried to hurry up to get to the speaking sections before people near me (but then, I was one of the first people to start, so that helped). I had to hear them speaking while I was writing the essays, though, but I think that's less distracting than while trying to answer the readings.
And for the person who asked about Manhattan, there's a center two blocks from Penn station. I ended up going somewhere else, though.
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