HANOI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION

FACULTY OF ENGLISH

NATIONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROJECT

A TRAINING COURSE ON ASSESSMENT AND TESTING
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The word ‘astronauts’ is used in the passage to refer to
A. travelers in an ocean liner
B. travelers in a space-ship → Redundant words/
C. travelers in a submarine phrases in options
D. travelers in a balloon

The word ‘astronauts’ is used in the

passage to refer to travelers in
A. an ocean liner
B. a space-ship
C. a submarine
D. a balloon
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World War was:
A. The result of the failure of the League of Nations.
B. Horrible
C. Fought in Europe, Asia and Africa
D. Fought during the period of 1939-1945

→ Vague stems with

unclear requirement.
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The present tax reforms have benefited ___________ poor.

A. that B. the C. a D. an

Distractors: Each distractor should

be grammatically
correct when it stands by itself.
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You need a ____________ to enter that military airfield.

A. permutation
B. perdition
C. permit
Distractors should not be too difficult
D. perspicuity nor demand a higher proficiency in
the language than the correct option.
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Has _____________ of petrol increased?
A. The price B. Price C. A price
___________________ of petrol has actually fallen.
A. The price B. Price C. A price

Capital letters are only used

in options which occurs at
the beginning of a sentence.
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She is ___ to be given the job.
A. too inexperienced
B. so inexperienced
C. not experienced enough
D. Both A & C are correct

There is a high
probability of
choosing D
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Titanic is one of the greatest ___ of all times.
A. Songs
B. Films
C. Games
D. Programmes

→ Ungrammatical
→ Background knowledge
rather than language is tested
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If you ___ a moment, I will put you through to the manager.

A. wait
B. have waited
C. are waiting
D. will wait
Double key
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I don’t think he’s ever been there, _________?

A. do I
B. don’t I
C. is he
D. hasn’t he

No key
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In the story, we know it was raining because _______
A. the sky was dark.
B. everyone insisted on carrying an umbrella outside.
C. it was that time of year.
D. they heard thunder.

The correction option: should be

→ Inappropriate approximately the same length as
length the distractors.