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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: How do you usually get to work in the morning? ,F: I try to ride my bike most of the time. Of course, when I'm running late, I take the subway. ,M: I always seem to be 5 or 10 minutes late for everything. I drive to work everyday. So if the traffic is bad, I have to think of a new way to apologize to my boss for being late. ,F: Does your boss yell at you if you're late? ,M: No, not really. He knows that I live far away. I stay late whenever I don't make it on time in the morning and it probably helps that I earned a fair amount of money for the company year after year. ,F: Have you ever considered moving into the city to be closer to your job?
(A) M: Just a minute! I do not quite follow what you are saying, would you mind repeating that? (B) M: I always work overtime. (C) M: Are you always work overtime. I never work over time. (D) M: I will be fined if I late all the time.
answer:
B


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M: Good evening. Do you have any rooms available at the moment? ,F: Yes, we do. How many nights do you want to stay? ,M: 4. If it's possible. ,F: OK, let me see. I'm sorry, sir. I'm afraid we can only give you a room for 2 nights. It's a very busy period right now. We're almost fully booked these days. ,M: Alright. I'll just stay for tonight then. It's too late to go to other hotels now. I'll search for another one tomorrow.
(A) F: Thanks for your understanding, I'll prepare a room for you to stay one night. (B) F: Sir, we don't have a room for 2 nights, you can only stay here for one night. (C) F: Are you sure you'll stay for only two nights? We still have many vacancies. (D) F: I’m sorry, I didn’t catch that. Would you mind speaking more slowly?
answer:
A


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F: Sam, I heard your band is going to play at the student center this Friday night. When will it begin? ,M: It begins at 7:30 and will last for an hour. It'll be my last time to play in the band, you know.
(A) F: Why only plays half an hour and ends at 8:00 pm? (B) F: Okay, I will see your performance at 9:00 pm this Sunday. (C) F: Just a minute! I do not quite follow what you are saying, would you mind repeating that? (D) F: It ends at 8:30 pm? Your last performance is too short!
answer:

D