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Tham khảo tài liệu 'bí quyết trong các kì thi toeic 4', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | These two answer choices are very similar and fall into the same family of answer choices. A family of answer choices is when two or three answer choices are very similar. Often two will be opposites and one may show an equality. Example A. Plan I or Plan II can be conducted at equal cost B. Plan I would be less expensive than Plan II C. Plan II would be less expensive than Plan I D. Neither Plan I nor Plan II would be effective Note how the first three choices are all related. They all ask about a cost comparison. Beware of immediately recognizing choices B and C as opposites and choosing one of those two. Choice A is in the same family of questions and should be considered as well. However choice D is not in the same family of questions. It has nothing to do with cost and can be discounted in most cases. Hedging When asked for a conclusion that may be drawn look for critical hedge phrases such as likely may can will often sometimes etc often almost mostly usually generally rarely sometimes. Question writers insert these hedge phrases to cover every possibility. Often an answer will be wrong simply because it leaves no room for exception. Avoid answer choices that have definitive words like exactly and always . Summary of Guessing Techniques 1. Eliminate as many choices as you can by using the 5 test. Use the common guessing strategies to help in the elimination process but only eliminate choices that pass the 5 test. 2. Among the remaining choices only pick your best guess if it passes the 5 test. 3. Otherwise guess randomly by picking the first remaining choice. Copyright 2002 by MO Media. You have been licensed one copy of this document for personal use only. Any other reproduction or redistribution is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved. 9 Secret Key 3 - Practice Smarter Not Harder Many students delay the test preparation process because they dread the awful amounts of practice time they think necessary to succeed on the test. We have refined an effective