TASK DEFINITION: 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.
PROBLEM: M: Sarah I've heard that you want to move into a home stay family. Is it true? ,F: Yes, I've been staying with my aunt and now my cousin is arriving from Singapore and my aunt needs to serve a room for him.
(A) M: You are so considerate. I hope you enjoy staying in a homestay family. (B) M: You are so kind to serve a room for your aunt. She doesn't need to move into a homestay family. (C) M: I'm so glad that you don't need to move into a homestay family. Hope you enjoy your life with your cousin. (D) M: I’m sorry, I didn’t understand. Could you repeat a little louder, please?

SOLUTION: A

PROBLEM: F: I'm surprised to see you here. Jeremy told me that you were on vacation. ,M: Yeah. We were visiting some relatives in Sydney, but we return last night. ,F: Oh, I've wanted to go to Australia ever since I was little. Tell me what it was like. ,M: It was wonderful. We fed kangaroos, walkthrough rainforests and swam in the ocean. What was really great was when we took a train to Brisbane to see the Great Barrier Reef.
(A) F: I went to Australia when I was a child, but I didn't expect that the most impressive thing for you was to feed kangaroos. (B) F: Why is walking through the rainforest the most impressive thing for you? I've lived in Australia since I was a child, and I don't think the rainforests are impressive. (C) F: So visiting the Great Barrier Reef is the most impressive thing for you? (D) F: I am really sorry, I did not catch that. Would you slow down, please?

SOLUTION: C

PROBLEM: M: Did you see those robots? They were so smart. I can't believe how many different kinds there were at the technology show. They could do so many things too. Even activities that I thought could only be done by human hands. ,F: It's really amazing. ,M: I understand why they say that China's future is in robots, they will change society. ,F: That's exactly what I'm afraid of. Can we predict what the consequences will be? ,M: Well, it is hard to say. ,F: I'm worried what the average person will experience as they communicate with robots on a daily basis. We are already surrounded by technology day and night in this modern society. Will some people completely lose the ability to form relationships with other people? These are some of the questions I'll be researching for my term paper. ,M: I understand your concerns, but I think our country needs to become more competitive, with other countries that are also developing this technology. ,F: We can ask professor Smith to talk a bit more about this in his next class
(A) M: I am afraid I did not quite catch what you were saying. Please repeat it. (B) M: Other countries should become more competitive by using robots. (C) M: Yes, our country should become more competitive by using robots. (D) M: China should hire more engineers to develop new technology.

SOLUTION:
C