C2 English certification

[Stefaol]

I have tried many times and from different organisations, pretend tests to rate my English skills. In particular looking to get a C2 certification . I have passed them all even with a few wrong answers. I never was told my mistakes though. The other day, one of the sites, with my great curiosity, gave a report of the right and wrong answers. I found it mind blowing. They say that there's only one right answer and all the others are wrong. That's not the case at all (in my modest opinion). In fact I will be presumptuous enough to say that they got a few answers wrong. I'd love to discuss it with someone that is better prepared than Just an example of what they found my answer wrong...

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[Brave]

Hi Stefaol

Firstly, I'd say that you can find many mock tests on the web but they are not all of equal quality. In fact many are very bad, so you really do need to be careful about who you choose. I'd say that quizzes and tests on this website (EnglishClub.com) are of a high standard.

6. Just because a word can be used with another word, it doesn't mean that it collocates. To collocate, a word must "be habitually juxtaposed with another (word) with a frequency greater than chance" (Apple Dictionary). Yes, you could (possibly) say "bloodshot vision" (although it isn't really idiomatic or even meaningful), but if you asked 100 native speakers they would all answer "double vision" because "double" collocates with "vision" and it's what everyone expects. So in this case your answer was wrong, as the test says.

[Stefaol]

Thanks very much for your insights.
I have a lot more to show, but I won't bother you or anyone else with them . I didn't get your point about the vision though. The eye is bloodshot not the vision. There was also BLURRED as an answer. I just thought that the word most frequently associated with vision was DOUBLE. Not really looking at it from a medical point.

[Brave]

The question asks for the word that does NOT collocate with vision.

Yes, "double" collocates and "bloodshot" does NOT collocate.

If "blurred" was another option, it also collocates, but less strongly than "double".

So the correct answer was still "bloodshot".

And agreed, the eye is bloodshot, not the vision. That's one reason why it doesn't collocate

[Stefaol]

Oooohhhhh... alright!!!
I'll go back and read it again. I always assumed they were looking for the fitting answer. My bad.

[Josef Essberger]

Based on the information we have, the correct sentences are:

Peter was admitted to hospital suffering from double vision.

The man gave Clare a piercing look.

[Brave]

Oooohhhhh... alright!!!
I'll go back and read it again. I always assumed they were looking for the fitting answer. My bad.

Trick question?

[Stefaol]

I was just too full of myself and rushed through it. I paid for my presumptuousness ( if there is such a word) Ahahahah

Thanks for your help have a good day