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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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F: Hey, dad, I have just been given this project at school. Do you think you can help me out? ,M: Sure, what's this project about? ,F: Well, I should interview someone that I admire about their jobs. ,M: Well, I am an expert when it comes to my job. Accounting is a respectable job and one that I am always happy to talk about. ,F: Dad, I know how much you love your job. It isn't that I don't admire you. But what I was hoping actually was that you could speak to Mr. Chung, your diving friend, and see if he would agree to an interview. Diving for a living sounds cool. ,M: I see. That's a great idea. You know how I really dislike talking about myself again and again for too long. Let me give David Chung a call right now and find out. ,F: Thanks, dad. I know this will be a wonderful project.
(A) M: I think you need to be confident about it, because you are going to interview a famous accountant called Mrs. Chung. (B) M: You're right. Be confident about it! (C) M: You don't need to worry about it. I'll do the project for you. You can take a break. (D) M: Just a minute! I do not quite follow what you are saying, would you mind repeating that?
answer:
B


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F: Tom, your training to be a technical advisor at digital superstore. What hours do you work? ,M: Well, I work part time on Saturdays 9:00 till 3:00 and Sundays 11 till 5. ,F: OK. So what do you do exactly? ,M: Basically I'm just here to help people with any problems so I meet customers when they come into the store and talk to them. I advise them about the best things to buy. I don't actually take the money. I just help people decide what to buy.
(A) F: So you basically offer advice to customers, right? (B) F: Why do you work seven hours a week on Saturdays when you're basically giving advice to customers? (C) F: I’m sorry, I didn’t catch that. Would you mind speaking more slowly? (D) F: You basically take money from customers, so why do you work nine hours every Saturday?
answer:
A


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M: Wow, this dance is surely cool. There are so many people here. Ah, what's your name? ,F: Susan, Susan Dors. You really don't know who I am? You sit behind me in geography class. ,M: Oh yeah, you're right. I guess I'm just used to looking at the back of your head, not your face. ,F: Are you OK? You're so nervous. ,M: I'm sorry for my strange behavior. I don't know why I pretended I didn't know who you were. I just didn't know how to start the conversation.
(A) F: It doesn't matter. You look cool. You're not nervous at all. (B) F: It doesn't matter. We haven't seen each other before, so it's normal for you to feel a little awkward. (C) F: It doesn't matter. You're as polite as ever. (D) F: Excuse me, could you repeat the question?
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D