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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.
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M: Miss Robertson, for the past 3 weeks, I've been getting complaints about your work. ,F: Uh...What do you mean? What kind of complaints? ,M: Well, your supervisor told me you're turning your reports in 2 to 3 days late. You're often absent from staff meetings and you haven't been getting along with your colleagues. ,F: Look, Mr. Travers, I can explain.
(A) M: I am afraid I did not quite catch what you were saying. Please repeat it. (B) M: The internal medicine department is on the second floor of the hospital. Now you can start explaining. (C) M: Now you can start explaining right in our office. (D) M: We'll go back to the office later and you can explain. I don't want to listen your explain now.
answer:
C


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F: Hello, Ben. You're getting ready for tomorrow's lessons, aren't you? ,M: Yes, but I'm a little bit nervous, because I have no idea how to get along with my classmates. ,F: I understand how you're feeling. Just take it easy. You'll make a lot of new friends very soon. ,M: Thank you. I am sure that I will. By the way, what time will the first lesson begin? ,F: At 8:00 o'clock, but before that we have 10 minutes to hand in homework and then 20 minutes for morning reading. ,M: So, we must get to school before 7:30, right? ,F: Right.
(A) M: Since the first lesson begins at 8:30, we really need to arrive at school before 7:20. (B) M: Well, just remember we can't be late for the first lesson begins at 7:50, so we must arrive at school before 7:30. (C) M: Alright, just get up on time, so we could arrive scholl before 7:30. (D) M: I didn’t hear you. Please could you tell me again?
answer:
C


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M: Hi Hannah, how are you? ,F: Not too bad. The first day back is never easy, bud. ,M: Oh, of course. You're just back from holiday. I bet it was quiet in the office last week. I was in India, Martin in Mexico, you in Greece. So how was it? ,F: Fantastic. We flew to Crete.
(A) M: Why do you say it's not fantastic? You went to Greece! (B) M: I didn’t hear you. Please could you tell me again? (C) M: Really? You went to Mexico for your holiday? That's great. Actually, last week I was also in Mexico and Martin in India. (D) M: So, you mean you went to India for your holiday? Oh, last week Martin and I were also in India.
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B