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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:
F: Tom, please go to the door. I hear the Bell. ,M: It's the mailman mother. Here's a letter from uncle George. ,F: Give it to me. How wonderful! He is coming to visit us. ,M: And when's he coming? ,F: He's coming by car on the twenty-fourth. He staying from the twenty-fourth to the twenty-sixth. ,M: And let me look at the calendar. And good, and the twenty-fourth is a Saturday, is he coming alone? ,F: No, he's coming with aunt Cynthia and the girls. ,M: Uh, mother, I don't remember the girls. How old are they? ,F: Your cousin, Fe is 15. Rosemary is older than Fe, she 17.
(A) M: Oh, yeah, I forgot that Fay is two years younger than Rosemary. (B) M: Actually.I am older than Fay but younger than my sister Rosemary. (C) M: Yeah, my sister Fay is two years younger than Rosemary. (D) M: I’m sorry, I didn’t understand. Could you repeat a little louder, please?
answer:
A


question:
M: Excuse me, Miss, is there a plane to New York? ,F: Uh, let me see. One just left half an hour ago and the next one will be in 2 hours.
(A) M: Thank you, since I want to go to Washington, I asked planes to Washington. (B) M: I’m sorry, I didn’t catch that. Would you mind speaking more slowly? (C) M: Since I asked about how to book a ticket to London, I'll take one. (D) M: Thank you. Is there anyone besides me asking about the plane to New York?
answer:
D


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M: Today we have Jane Couch with us. Good evening and welcome, Jane. ,F: Good evening. ,M: Now this is a question that everyone would like to ask you. How did you get interested in boxing? ,F: I saw a little television program about women boxing about 6 years ago. And at that moment, I said to myself, I'm going to do that. And it just changed my life. But my parents disagreed at first.
(A) M: You must have performed well in the school boxing training. Otherwise, I don't think you could gain interest from it. (B) M: So it's been ten years since you first gained interest in boxing from the TV program. (C) M: I’m sorry, I didn’t understand. Could you repeat a little louder, please? (D) M: Many people gain interest in boxing from the TV programme like you, but it's difficult to hold onto the interest.
answer:

D