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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: Mike, come here, please. ,M: I'm coming, mom. It looks like you're very busy. Is someone coming this afternoon? ,F: Yes, some of my friends are coming over this afternoon. There's still so much to get ready. ,M: Is there anything I can do to help you? ,F: Sure, I still need to get some drinks. I'd like to have coffee, water, fruit juice and some cola. ,M: I'll go and buy some fruit juice and cola and then I'll make some coffee. ,F: Do you know how to make coffee? ,M: Yes, aunt Joan taught Mary and me when we visited her last week. So I can make very nice coffee now. ,F: That's great, Mike. Don't forget to buy some sugar ,M: OK. By the way, when will your friends come? It's already 5:00 o'clock now. ,F: They'll arrive in an hour.
(A) M: Great, so they will arrive at 5:00 and we still have plenty of time to prepare. (B) M: I’m sorry, I didn’t catch that. Would you mind speaking more slowly? (C) M: I hope we can get everything ready at 6:00 to welcome your friends then. (D) M: Relax, we still have 2 more hours to prepare as your friends will come at 7:00.
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C


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F: What time is it, Steven? ,M: Uh, it's 7:30. Aren't you going to finish your breakfast? ,F: I don't have much time. I've got a lot to do downtown today. ,M: If you're coming into the city, we may have lunch together.
(A) F: Well, we are living in the center of the city, so since today we are going to the countryside, I think it will take a long time to go there. (B) F: I’m sorry, I didn’t understand. Could you repeat a little louder, please? (C) F: That's awesome, but you know we are living out of the city, so perhaps I'll be late for a few minutes fot the aerobics class. (D) F: That's great, but you know we are living out of the city, so perhaps I'll be late for a few minutes.
answer:
D


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M: When I think of giving a good gift, I think about my uncle. ,F: Why is that? I know he gave you a snow globe yesterday. Doesn't that seem like a strange gift? ,M: Well, I'll be honest, his gifts can be out of times, but they just make me laugh. ,F: I'm glad. But my family always give very practical gifts. ,M: Oh, like what? ,F: We give gift cards of our favorite stores or even just money. ,M: Emm, I guess those are useful. But they don't seem like very fun gifts to receive. ,F: That's ridiculous. Gift cards and cash are always fun to receive. ,M: Gift cards and cash are practical. But they're not very imaginative.
(A) F: I agree with you that giving a card is too realistic, and the recipient should not be full of expectations and imagination. (B) F: I am really sorry, I did not catch that. Would you slow down, please? (C) F: You don't like to give gift cards as a present to other person directly because they are not practical. (D) F: I think choosing a gift card for someone is a waste of time.
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A