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: Hello, reservation desk. How can I help you? ,F: I'd like to book a room. ,M: And what kind of room would you like ma'am? And we got single rooms, double rooms, standard rooms, sweets and Delux sweets. ,F: What's the rate for a standard room? ,M: $79 a night. ,F: I'd like a standard room. ,M: What date would you check in ma'am? ,F: December twenty-third, please. ,M: How long do you plan to stay? ,F: Four days.
(A) M: So, you mean you plan to stay three days and you will check out on December 23rd? (B) M: I am afraid I did not quite catch what you were saying. Please repeat it. (C) M: So, you plan to stay 4 days and you will check out on December 27th? (D) M: Oh, I see. You would like a single room and will check out on  December 27th.

SOLUTION: C

PROBLEM: M: Hello and welcome to our program, Working Abroad. Our guest this evening is a Londoner, who lives and works in Italy. Her name's Susan Hill. Susan, welcome to the program. You live in Florence. How long have you been living there? ,F: since nineteen eighty two, but when I went there in nineteen eighty two, I plan to stay for only 6 months. ,M: Why did you change your mind? ,F: Well, soon after I arrived in Florence, I got a job with one of Italy's Top companies, Ferragamo, so I decided to stay. ,M: Oh, lucky. Do you still work for Ferragamo now? ,F: No, I left there in nineteen eighty eight. I've been a free designer since then. I've designed for some Italian companies as well as to American companies and in the last 5 years I've also been designing for the British company Burberry. ,M: What have you been designing for them? ,F: Mostly handbags and sometimes shoes and leather jackets.
(A) M: That's really cool. Most of your design are shoes. (B) M: Yeah. I can see that you designed mostly handbags for these companies. (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: Wonderful. I also bought some jackets which you designed mostly.

SOLUTION: B

PROBLEM: F: Excuse me, Sir. But could you not smoke here? I'm pregnant. ,M: Of course, I'm sorry, ma'am. I actually hate it too, but I can't quit. ,F: I know it's not easy, but many of my friends have succeeded in quitting. ,M: Really? How did they do it? ,F: They quit for their family, they decided to give up smoking after they got married. ,M: So, are you married? ,F: No, I'm only 22 years old. ,M: Then you must have started smoking at an early age. ,F: Yes, I started 5 years ago, I was copying my father. Now I know that was a mistake. But it's too late.
(A) M: Really? You were copying your father and when you started smoking, you were 17 years old? (B) M: So, you started 7 years ago and when you started smoking, you were just 15 years old? (C) M: I’m sorry, I don’t understand. Could you say it again? (D) M: So, you don't know that was a mistake now and when you started smoking, you were 19 years old?

SOLUTION:
A