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In this task you are given a small conversation between two persons and 4 options on how the conversation should continue. Your job is to choose the most reasonable option. The conversation and the options are separated by a newline character. Each dialogue in the conversation are separated by a comma. F and M indicate female and male, respectively.
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F: Mike, come here, please. ,M: I'm coming, mom. It looks like you're very busy. Is someone coming this afternoon? ,F: Yes, some of my friends are coming over this afternoon. There's still so much to get ready. ,M: Is there anything I can do to help you? ,F: Sure, I still need to get some drinks. I'd like to have coffee, water, fruit juice and some cola. ,M: I'll go and buy some fruit juice and cola and then I'll make some coffee. ,F: Do you know how to make coffee? ,M: Yes, aunt Joan taught Mary and me when we visited her last week. So I can make very nice coffee now. ,F: That's great, Mike. Don't forget to buy some sugar ,M: OK. By the way, when will your friends come? It's already 5:00 o'clock now. ,F: They'll arrive in an hour.
(A) M: Great, so they will arrive at 5:00 and we still have plenty of time to prepare. (B) M: I’m sorry, I didn’t catch that. Would you mind speaking more slowly? (C) M: I hope we can get everything ready at 6:00 to welcome your friends then. (D) M: Relax, we still have 2 more hours to prepare as your friends will come at 7:00.
answer:
C


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M: Excuse me, can I join the library? ,F: Are you a student of our college? ,M: No, I'm not. But I hear that it's open to the public. ,F: That's right. ,M: OK. Does it cost anything to join? ,F: Well, it's free for students of our college while it is 125 pounds per year or 35 pounds per quarter for the public.
(A) M: I am really sorry, I did not catch that. Would you slow down, please? (B) M: That means if I pay by year, it will save me 15 pounds a year. Sounds good. (C) M: Wow, that will save me 25 pounds if I pay by month! That's a real bargain. (D) M: Sounds good! I just pay 35 pounds for the whole year! I'd like to join this library.
answer:
B


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M: Do you have a watch by any chance? My phone battery is dead and I think I've missed my train. ,F: Sorry, I don't. But I think there's a big clock by the boarding hall.
(A) M: I’m sorry, I don’t understand. Could you say it again? (B) M: I have a watch, I don't need other person to tell me what time is it. (C) M: Oh, I see it, it's 10:00. Thanks. (D) M: I don't want to go the boarding hall, my train just left 5 minutes ago.
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C