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: F: Is this Mister Brown's office? ,M: Yes, but he's gone out. Did you tell him beforehand about your coming? ,F: Yes, I found him yesterday and he told me to come here at 9:00 today, it's almost the time now. How soon will he be back? ,M: Well, maybe before 10:30. In fact, I'm waiting to see him too. When I arrived at about 8:00, only his secretary was here. She's gone to the copy shop to have a form copied.
(A) F: I’m sorry, I didn’t understand. Could you repeat a little louder, please? (B) F: What? You mean you saw his secretary went out to apply to study abroad at about 9:00? (C) F: I wonder why she went out to copy at 9:00. Don't they have a copying machine in their office? (D) F: But why did she have to go out to contact Mr. Brown? He is in his office for the whole morning.

SOLUTION: A

PROBLEM: M: Call your mom and tell her that we will be home later than expected. ,F: Um, we are in the tunnel now and the mobile phones' signals are dead.
(A) M: How do you know that your mom is in the area with poor signal reception? We are not in the tunnel now. (B) M: Can't you make a phone to your mom now, telling her that we will be home earlier? (C) M: Excuse me, could you repeat the question? (D) M: Do you think we should tell mom that someone is dead, even though the mobile phones' signals are good?

SOLUTION: C

PROBLEM: F: OK, the books are free, but the DVD costs $1 to borrow. ,M: That's fine. When do I have to return the books and the DVD? ,F: The books are due back next Monday. The DVD must be returned in 3 days. ,M: So the books must be returned in 6 days and the DVD in 3 days? ,F: Usually it's 5 days for the books, but because Sunday is a holiday. We changed the return date to Monday. ,M: OK. That means I can spend one extra day reading. I won't have to rush through then, like I normally do.
(A) F: Whether there's holiday or not, it's a must to return the books in three days. (B) F: I’m sorry, I don’t understand. Could you say it again? (C) F: You should have returned the book in five days as usual. But due to the holiday, the books must be returned in 3 days. (D) F: We usually ask people to return the books in five days.

SOLUTION:
D