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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.
question:
M: Hello Jane, Jack asked me to have a talk with you. He is really sorry about that. ,F: I don't want to talk to him. ,M: Would you let me explain that to you, please? ,F: I'm not interested. He promised to meet me at the restaurant but he didn't show up. I don't want to see him again.
(A) M: I’m sorry, I don’t understand. Could you say it again? (B) M: Don't be so nervous. Tom will show up on time. (C) M: Oh, you are so happy that he met you at the restaurant. (D) M: It's useless to be so angry. He is not sorry at all.
answer:
A


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M: Hello, Betty! It's me, Tim! Am I calling at a bad time? ,F: No, not really. ,M: I have invited some of my friends to dinner at my house this evening. I thought maybe you'd like to come too. ,F: Well, that sounds good. But I'm afraid I've got to do some reading for my English course at home. ,M: Today is Friday. You've got to relax and enjoy yourself on the weekend.Y
(A) F: Just a minute! I do not quite follow what you are saying, would you mind repeating that? (B) F: You are right. I need to take some exercise. (C) F: I don't like to have fun. (D) F: You are right. You should have fun.
answer:
C


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F: In Britain, we are often told that people are leaving the big cities to live in the countryside, but is this the same worldwide? ,M: Not at all. If you look at the biggest cities in one thousand nine hundred and fifty, 7 out of the top 10 were in the developed countries. But by the year two thousand, the developing countries will have 8 out of top 10. New York, which in one thousand nine hundred and fifty, was number one with a population of around 12,000,000 will only be the sixth the largest city in the world, but with an extra 2 million. ,F: And London? ,M: London, which was number 2, won't even be in the top ten, its population in one thousand nine hundred and fifty, by the way, was about 10,000,000. ,F: And why is this happening? Why are people moving to the big cities from the country in the developing countries? ,M: The reasons are various, but many are moving to look for work and the problems caused by this are enormous. It said the 26,000,000 people will be living in Mexico City by the year two thousand, with Sao Paulo in Brazil, not far behind.
(A) F: London had a population of 20 million in 1950, but I didn't expect that the population of London would not be in the top ten! (B) F: Wow, I didn't expect that the population of London would not be in the top ten! (C) F: I am sorry. You spoke so rapidly that I did not catch the meaning of what you said. Could you repeat that? (D) F: New York ranked 11th in 1950, but its population didn't even reach the top ten!
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B