Câu hỏi:

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What was surprising about the students’ results after taking the 1950s-style exams?


A. Students did better than twenty-first century exams.



B. Students didn’t do as well as expected.


Đáp án chính xác


C. Students who were predicted to fail did rather well.



D. All the students found the exams difficult.


Trả lời:

verified Giải bởi Vietjack

Đáp án đúng là: B

Giải thích: Dựa vào câu: The exam results surprised a lot of people. Students predicted to do well in their real-life, twenty-first century exams often got low grades in the 1950s exams. Does this prove modern exams are too easy?

Dịch: Kết quả kỳ thi khiến rất nhiều người bất ngờ. Những học sinh được dự đoán sẽ làm tốt trong các kỳ thi thực tế của họ, ở thế kỷ XXI thường bị điểm thấp trong các kỳ thi của những năm 1950. Điều này chứng tỏ các kỳ thi hiện đại quá dễ dàng?

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