TOEFL independent writing section examines the writing skills of the candidate through an essay. Candidates are required to focus on the topic and write about their personal experiences or opinions. This TOEFL independent writing sample focuses on the causes of how people are living longer now. There are similar topics in TOEFL writing practice papers. 

TOEFL Writing Sample: In general, people are living longer now. Discuss the causes of this phenomenon. Use specific reasons and details to develop your essay.

Sample Essay:

People of all segments have seen progress in recent times and the progress in medical science and technology is beyond mention. I agree with the fact that people are living longer nowadays and I have two definite reasons to support my answer and I am going to discuss the same in the following essay.

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First of all, in the past days, people hardly had the access to such advanced quality treatment facilities. It will not be wrong to claim that diseases like cancer, asthma, and others were considered untreatable. Neither, there was medicine for such diseases nor there were the treatments like chemotherapies and others. We are really grateful to science for such brilliant treatment facilities. At present, children with born diseases are also getting cured, and that too very fast. Along with this. One more thing that deserves mention – treatment of so many diseases is now affordable. Previously, apart from the affluent people, very few ordinary people had the access to medicine and all these treatment facilities. Currently, ordinary people can afford the treatments and they are getting cured. As a result, people are living longer. My friend's uncle who is now 81 is an example of it. At 45, he was detected with heart disease, and with proper treatment and following the advice of the doctor, he is fit now.

Secondly, I feel that people are more health concerned right now. It is very common to see people of almost all ages in the joggers’ park. Plus, almost all of us are trying to avoid junk food just to stay away from any kind of disease. It is not that we do not get a disease, but we at least try to take actions to prevent it from getting a big health issue. I feel that this awareness was absent in the past days. This awareness is a probable reason behind the long lives of the people of the present time. Previously people used to live as they want and my grandfather was an example of it. He had no concern about health. As he was not much into any physical exercise, soon after his retirement, he gained a lot of weight, various diseases were found in him, and he died at the age of 71.

To conclude, I will firmly agree that people nowadays are living longer as we now have lots of treatment options and good quality medicine to cure our illness. Currently, our fitness concern is another reason behind longer lives.