TASK DEFINITION: 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.
PROBLEM: F: Nice to see you again, Mike. How was your trip to China? ,M: It was great. I flew to Beijing with my wife last month and I stayed there for 3 days. There were so many things to see and so many places of interest to visit in Beijing that we really couldn't decide whether to leave or stay. ,F: Have you visited other places in China? ,M: Yes, then we visited Shanghai and Nanjing, each city for 2 days. Finally we paid a visit to Guilin, where we spent 3 days. They were so beautiful that we were deeply impressed by these cities.
(A) F: Two days in Shanghai and Nanjing respectively didn't sound enough for me. (B) F: I’m sorry, I didn’t understand. Could you repeat a little louder, please? (C) F: Three days in each city, including Nanjing and Shanghai? Sounds so great. (D) F: What did you do during the four days in Nanjing? I skipped the city last time.

SOLUTION: A

PROBLEM: F: Eddie, you've got to come over and see my parrot. It's learning so many words now. ,M: Really? Last time I saw him all he could say was something that sounded like hello. ,F: Well, now, he can a sing a song too. ,M: Which song did you teach him? ,F: Calorie. You know that popular song by a group of girls right? Actually I didn't teach Goby the words. I was dancing to the song on the radio and he just picked it up. ,M: That's a pretty smart bird. I'll come over after school today. Let's take a video of him and put it on line.
(A) F: I’m sorry, I don’t understand. Could you say it again? (B) F: I will send you the link, so you can watch the video online after school today. (C) F: Come to my house after school, I will take videos of you. (D) F: My bird would be waiting for you to teach him more words after school today.

SOLUTION: A

PROBLEM: F: Dave, I'm going to pick up food and drink for Saturday's picnic. Any suggestions? ,M: Well, everyone has been talking about having a barbecue down by the river. So why don't you pick up some hamburger and hot dogs? ,F: OK, but how much hamburger meat are we going to need? And hot dogs, too. ,M: I don't know. How about 3 pounds of hamburger and a couple of packages of hot dogs? ,F: Oh, that's not going to be enough. Do you remember the last picnic in the mountains? Jim, your roommate, ate about 10 hamburgers by himself. ,M: Yeah, I remember that. Then 7 packages of hot dogs should be enough. And you'd better pick up some chicken for those who don't like hamburgers or hot dogs. ,F: OK. How about 5 or 6 bags of potato chips. ,M: Better make that 8. ,F: OK. Uh, we still need some soft drinks. How about 10 of those 2 liter bottles? ,M: Sounds fine. But be sure to buy a variety of drinks. ,F: OK. And what about dessert? ,M: Well, maybe we could ask Kathy to make a few cherry pies like she did last time.
(A) F: Let me ask Kathy to cook the same cherry pies. (B) F: OK. I'll talk to Kathy to cook some apple pies. (C) F: I’m sorry, I don’t understand. Could you say it again? (D) F: Then I'll make sure that Kathy bring some drinks.

SOLUTION:
A