instruction:
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: What should we bring to the picnic on Sunday? ,F: Tom and Mary usually take plenty of drinks and fruit, so let's bring some desserts instead.
(A) M: Fine. Let's bring some desserts to the picnic. (B) M: I am sorry. You spoke so rapidly that I did not catch the meaning of what you said. Could you repeat that? (C) M: Fine. Let's bring some drinks to the picnic. (D) M: Fine. Let's bring some desserts to the theater.
answer:
A


question:
F: Oh, there is nothing better than an ice cold glass of ice water on a hot day. ,M: You know, cold water always gives me stomachaches. ,F: Really? I've never had that problem. I've been drinking ice water since I was little. ,M: When I was a small boy, my grandmother never let my mom give me anything other than warm water. ,F: Even in the summer? ,M: Yes, every once in a while my dad would take me to get some ice cream, but my grandmother was never happy about that. I think it was the sugar that she didn't like.
(A) F: Your grandmother tell you to drink only cold water on hot days? (B) F: I’m sorry, I didn’t catch that. Would you mind speaking more slowly? (C) F: Drinking warm water in summer sounds healthy, but I can't do it. (D) F: You only have something other than water in summer, like ice cream.
answer:
C


question:
F: How is your girlfriend? I am too occupied in a deadline driven assignment these days to contact her. ,M: Much better. She is off the walking stick now.
(A) F: Oh, she broke her leg. And now she is still walking in a stick. (B) F: Oh, she broke her leg. That's too bad. (C) F: She has broke up withe you? How was the things happened? (D) F: I’m sorry, I don’t understand. Could you say it again?
answer:

B