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: Hello, this is Katrina Travel Agency. May I help you? ,M: Yes, this is Edgar. I'll have a holiday. And I'm thinking about traveling abroad with my parents. Can you give me some advice? ,F: Of course. May I ask how long you will plan to travel. ,M: About a week.
(A) F: It's enough for your friends to travel abroad for ten days. (B) F: Seven days is good choice. Your parents must have a happy time. (C) F: I’m sorry, I don’t understand. Could you say it again? (D) F: You are so happy that you can travel alone for five days.

SOLUTION: B

PROBLEM: F: Excuse me. I will stay in the city for a few days and I'd like to know what's on. ,M: Well, there's a teahouse at the Capital Theater. They say the play is very good. ,F: When is it on exactly? ,M: Every night except Sunday. Hold on...Yes, the show will run until the beginning of July. It begins at 8 o'clock and lasts more than 2and a half hours, finishing at 10:45. Here, take this flyer. It tells you more.
(A) F: I've never thought before that the old house is yours. (B) F: I am really sorry, I did not catch that. Would you slow down, please? (C) F: Thank you for telling me the information about the play. (D) F: The famous theater is mine, you don' t know it!

SOLUTION: C

PROBLEM: M: I have read Mark Twain's book, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. It's quite interesting and adventurous. ,F: But this book I'm reading is kind of boring. It only tells you some facts about Mark Twain. ,M: Oh, tell me something about Mark Twain, please. ,F: Well, when Mark Twain was 4, his family moved to Hannibal, a port town on the Mississippi River that gave him the idea for writing the book, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. ,M: Oh, really? Anything else? ,F: In eighteen fourty-seven, when Twain was 11 years old, his father died. The next year, he began to learn printing. When he was 18, he worked as a printer in New York City. ,M: What happened next? ,F: Then on a voyage to New Orleans, the steamboat pilot, Horace, inspired Twain to become a pilot. And Mark Twain really received his steamboat pilot license in eighteen fifty-nine, after 2 years of hard work.
(A) M: So, on the voyage to New Orleans, Mark Twain wanted to be a pilot but Hannibal gave Mark Twain the idea to write a book? (B) M: So, New Orleans gave Mark Twain the idea to write a book but when he was 18, he still worked as a printer in London? (C) M: So, as Mark Twain never received his steamboat pilot license, he finally became a writer and Hannibal gave him the idea to write a book? (D) M: Just a minute! I do not quite follow what you are saying, would you mind repeating that?

SOLUTION:
A