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:
F: Hi jack, what did you think of the lecture you attended last night? ,M: Well, I should have stayed at home. And half of people had left before it was finished.
(A) F: Just a minute! I do not quite follow what you are saying, would you mind repeating that? (B) F: Yes, it is so moving! (C) F: Yes, the concert yesterday was really boring. (D) F: Why do you think it was boring?
answer:
D


question:
M: Was that telephone ringing? ,F: I didn't hear anything. ,M: I thought I heard it ring two or three times. ,F: Sometimes when the windows are open, you can hear our neighbors phone. ,M: Well, I'm expecting an important phone call and I don't want to miss it. ,F: Is it anything I should know about? ,M: Not really. It has something to do with work and doesn't really affect us here at home. ,F: Well, why don't you go ahead and do what you want to do outside? I'll call you if the phone rings. ,M: Thanks, I think I will. I've been waiting so long now. I'm getting nervous. I need to breathe in some fresh air.
(A) F: The phone you are waiting for will not come even you're very nervous, so just relax. (B) F: Don't be nervous about neighbor's phone, we won't hear it even with open windows. (C) F: I’m sorry, I don’t understand. Could you say it again? (D) F: It must be the phone you're waiting. We can't hear our neighbor's phone at any case.
answer:
A


question:
M: Hello Helen, you look bad. Is everything OK? ,F: Yes, I'm fine, thanks. I'm just a bit tired this morning. That's all. ,M: Why is that? Did you stay up last night? ,F: Not at all, but I had this dream and it woke me up so I didn't get much sleep. I dreamt of walking through a forest at night. I couldn't see anything. ,M: That sounds frightening. ,F: In my dream, I saw white light behind some trees. It was a strange light because it seemed to get bigger and then smaller as if it was alive. At first I just stood where I was. But then the light seemed to move toward me and I could see something in it like the face of an old man. I tried to run away, but my feet felt very heavy, and I couldn't run fast enough. That's when I woke up I was shaking all over.
(A) M: So you fell down on the ground when you tried to run away. (B) M: When you tried to run away, you couldn't run fast. (C) M: I’m sorry, I didn’t catch that. Would you mind speaking more slowly? (D) M: You didn't try to run away. So you couldn't run fast.
answer:

B