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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: Hello, Mr.Smith. This is Janet Bush. ,M: Hello, Miss Bush. ,F: I'm afraid I'm going to be late for our appointment. My friend was supposed to pick me up from the airport, but she just called me and said she is stuck in traffic downtown so she won't be here right now. It's 11 now, so there is no way I'm going to the restaurant at 11:30 as we planned. I wonder if we could reschedule our appointment to sometime this afternoon
(A) M: Yes, we had planned to meet at 11:30 a.m. Since you can't make it, let's reschedule our appointment at 1:00 pm. (B) M: Have you forgot it? We had planned to meet at about 11 a.m. Since you can't make it, let's reschedule our appointment at 1:00 pm. (C) M: I am sorry. You spoke so rapidly that I did not catch the meaning of what you said. Could you repeat that? (D) M: OK, let's postpone our meeting for half an hour. Can we meet at 2 p.m?
answer:
A


question:
F: The book is so interesting. ,M: If you like, I can lend it to you. I borrowed it from the library one week ago. And there are still 2 weeks left.
(A) F: It sounds great that you can keep the book for three weeks. (B) F: Just a minute! I do not quite follow what you are saying, would you mind repeating that? (C) F: It's too short that you can only keep the book for one week. (D) F: It sounds great that you can keep the table lamp for three weeks.
answer:
A


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M: Do you have any particular views on TV programs? ,F: Generally speaking, they are educational except too much violence sometimes.
(A) M: Just a minute! I do not quite follow what you are saying, would you mind repeating that? (B) F: Although you think they are good on the whole, they are not educational at all. (C) F: So you think they are good on the whole? (D) F: Why don't you like watching TV at all? Just because TV programs are not educational at all?
answer:

C