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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: Hello Jane, Jack asked me to have a talk with you. He is really sorry about that. ,F: I don't want to talk to him. ,M: Would you let me explain that to you, please? ,F: I'm not interested. He promised to meet me at the restaurant but he didn't show up. I don't want to see him again.
(A) M: I’m sorry, I don’t understand. Could you say it again? (B) M: Don't be so nervous. Tom will show up on time. (C) M: Oh, you are so happy that he met you at the restaurant. (D) M: It's useless to be so angry. He is not sorry at all.
answer:
A


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M: I can't wait for my birthday party this Saturday evening. I hope it will be better this year. I'm hoping for something surprising and a lot of gifts. ,F: It will be. There will be a lot of people at your party. ,M: I know my friends are preparing to give me a big surprise these days. ,F: How do you know? ,M: I saw Tom wrapping a big box with Alice, Bob and Annie
(A) F: Oh, I am pretty surprised about that, they really did a lot things for Bob's birthday party this Saturday evening. (B) F: I am really sorry, I did not catch that. Would you slow down, please? (C) F: To tell the truth, I'm as excited as you are, I also want to know the result of the test we did yesterday. (D) F: You are so calm, don't you want to know what they have prepared for Alice's birthday party this Saturday evening?
answer:
B


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M: Miss Robertson, for the past 3 weeks, I've been getting complaints about your work. ,F: Uh...What do you mean? What kind of complaints? ,M: Well, your supervisor told me you're turning your reports in 2 to 3 days late. You're often absent from staff meetings and you haven't been getting along with your colleagues. ,F: Look, Mr. Travers, I can explain.
(A) M: I am afraid I did not quite catch what you were saying. Please repeat it. (B) M: The internal medicine department is on the second floor of the hospital. Now you can start explaining. (C) M: Now you can start explaining right in our office. (D) M: We'll go back to the office later and you can explain. I don't want to listen your explain now.
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C