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: M: Professor White, I'd like to have your advice on my article. ,F: It's good except for some spelling mistakes. What's more, the second paragraph is about another topic. It should be crossed out.
(A) M: I am sorry. You spoke so rapidly that I did not catch the meaning of what you said. Could you repeat that? (B) M: People will have a bad first impression of you since your handwriting is so poor. (C) M: The level of a man's speech has nothing to do with his level of writing articles. (D) M: Thank you. I will take out the second paragraph that is not related to the article.

SOLUTION: D

PROBLEM: M: Sarah, have you had a chance to buy that new novel you wanted? ,F: Actually, I've already got it. I visited at least 5 bookstores yesterday and finally found a copy in our school library. ,M: Lucky you, I've been looking forward to reading it. ,F: It's in my study. I'll go and get it if you'd like to borrow it.
(A) M: I didn’t hear you. Please could you tell me again? (B) M: Oh, thank you very much, I never thought you could get the copy from our school library. (C) M: No, thanks, I have another copy besides the one you took from my home. (D) M: No,thanks, it's not in your study. Since you can find this book from the library, I believe I can too.

SOLUTION: B

PROBLEM: M: Are you ready for the trip to the Big Apple? ,F: The Big Apple? What are you referring to? ,M: Don't you know? The Big Apple? Is the nickname for New York City. You're going to New York with us, aren't you? ,F: Yes, I'm going. I'm really looking forward to seeing an exhibition of a modern American painter there, but I'm wondering where the nickname came from. ,M: Some musicians in the nineteen twenties gave it the name when they played a concert in New York. The musicians called it the Big Apple.
(A) F:  I still not get why the musicians gave the nikename to New York. What's the connection? (B) F: I didn’t hear you. Please could you tell me again? (C) F: Why? I didn't see any connections between L.A. and  a big apple. (D) F: Yeah, people live there know the city most, they call it the Big Pear.

SOLUTION:
A