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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: 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


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F: Tom, what are you going to do this weekend? ,M: I have no idea. Usually I stay at home and watch TV. Sometimes I play computer games. Do you have any good ideas? ,F: Let's go to the cinema. I haven't seen a movie for a long time. I heard Ice Age 4 is really popular. Let's go and see it. ,M: Oh, I'm not really interested in cartoons. How about playing tennis at the gym? ,F: OK. I like sports. When and where shall we meet? ,M: Let's meet at the gym at 9:00 o'clock on Saturday morning. ,F: OK. See you then. ,M: See you.
(A) F: It's been a while since the last time we play tennis. I am anticipating it very much. (B) F: Remember arrive at the gym at 10:00, don't be late. (C) F: Okay, remember show up at the cinema at 9:00 then. (D) F: I am really sorry, I did not catch that. Would you slow down, please?
answer:
A


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M: Hello, Barbara. Welcome back. You look great. ,F: Rod, it's lovely to see you again. ,M: How was your trip? ,F: Fun, but tiring. Milan was interesting. It's bigger than I expected, noisier and dirtier too. ,M: And Florence? What did you think of Florence? ,F: Well, I didn't go there. Have you been there? ,M: No, I've never been to Italy. I'd really like to go to Rome. Well, the cars in the car park. Is this all your luggage? ,F: Yes, but the suitcase is very heavy. ,M: Barbara, what's in it? Books or stones? ,F: Just 20 pairs of shoes.
(A) M: So you are taking 20 shoes to Milan now? (B) M: Why do you take so many shoes? (C) M: Why do you take stones to travel? (D) M: I’m sorry, I don’t understand. Could you say it again?
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B