TASK DEFINITION: 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.
PROBLEM: M: Professor White, I'd like to have your advice on my article. ,F: It's good except for some spelling mistakes. What's more, the second paragraph is about another topic. It should be crossed out.
(A) M: I am sorry. You spoke so rapidly that I did not catch the meaning of what you said. Could you repeat that? (B) M: People will have a bad first impression of you since your handwriting is so poor. (C) M: The level of a man's speech has nothing to do with his level of writing articles. (D) M: Thank you. I will take out the second paragraph that is not related to the article.

SOLUTION: D

PROBLEM: 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.

SOLUTION: A

PROBLEM: F: I notice an article in the newspaper about the problem of rapid growth of cities in America. I was wondering do you Americans carry out a birth control policy? Can Americans have as many children as they want? ,M: Yes, sir. We can have as many as we want, but most people decide to have only one or 2, and some people decide not to have any. ,F: Why do they decide not to have any? In the old days, we Chinese always wanted to have as many as possible. Some still do now.
(A) M: I am really sorry, I did not catch that. Would you slow down, please? (B) M: Well, most Americans also decide to have as many children as they can. (C) M: I have no idea. Most Americans decide not to have any children. (D) M: Well, with the birth control policy, most Americans only have one or two children.

SOLUTION:
A