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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.
question:
M: Ashley, will you deliver this document to Green Mama's by 3 o'clock or should I ask Rebecca? ,F: I'm sorry, Peter. I am scheduled to meet a customer at 2 o'clock and I don't know how long the meeting will last. Also, Rebecca won't be back until 4:00. ,M: What should I do? Victor just started working here yesterday. So he isn't familiar with things around here.
(A) F: Sorry Peter, My boss wants to see me at 2:00 and the meeting really matters. (B) F: I will see if my meeting with customer will end early. It is supposed to start at 2:00. (C) F: Excuse me, could you repeat the question? (D) F: Sorry Peter, I will meet the customer at 4:00 and have to drive at least one hour to get his office.
answer:
B


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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.
answer:
C


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F: I think my purse was stolen sir. ,M: Do you have any reason to believe that your purse was stolen? ,F: Oh yes, I left it on the table 20 minutes ago and then I went to the restroom. But when I came back 15 minutes ago it was gone.
(A) M: So, a quarter of an hour ago, you left her purse on the table and when you came back, you found it was broken. (B) M: Are you sure you left her purse on the chair 20 minutes ago and then you went to the restroom a quarter of an hour ago? (C) M: I’m sorry, I don’t understand. Could you say it again? (D) M: So, a quarter of an hour ago you came back from the restroom and found it was on the chair.
answer:

C