Group4

1. What does “practicality” mean for a test?

• A. A test must cost a lot of money.

• B. A test must be easy to give and score.

• C. A test must be difficult for students.

• D. A test must only check grammar.

2. Which test is NOT practical?

• A. A test that takes five hours to finish.

• B. A test that needs one teacher for each student.

• C. A test that is quick and easy to score.

• D. A test that needs a computer in a place without one.

3. Why did the administrator use the University of Michigan test?

• A. It was cheap and easy to give.

• B. It was the best test for the program.

• C. It was ready to use.

• D. It was the only test they could find.

4. What problem happened during the listening part of the test?

• A. The tape didn’t work.

• B. The students didn’t understand the directions.

• C. The wrong tape was played.

• D. The proctor forgot to play the tape.

5. What did the proctor do to fix the problem?

• A. She skipped the listening part.

• B. She gave the students a dictation to write.

• C. She replaced the test with grammar questions.

• D. She found the correct tape.

6. Why was the dictation part hard to score?

• A. The students did not do well.

• B. The dictation was too long.

• C. It was harder to score than other parts.

• D. The proctor lost the answers.

7. What did the administrators do after scoring a few dictation papers?

• A. They saw that the scoring method didn’t work.

• B. They found many mistakes in the papers.

• C. They decided to cancel the test.

• D. They asked the students to retake the test.

8. Why did students come back to the office before scoring was done?

• A. They wanted to know their results.

• B. They had problems with the test.

• C. They didn’t understand the instructions.

• D. They thought the test was too easy.

9. What caused the delay in giving the results?

• A. The answer sheets were lost.

• B. The scoring took too much time.

• C. The students didn’t follow instructions.

• D. The proctor left before scoring was finished.

10. What is the main idea of this story?

• A. Listening tests should not be used in classrooms.

• B. Time management is important for tests.

• C. Dictation is the best way to test students.

• D. Tests should always use computers.