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: I can't hear a thing over the music. We can't even talk. Let's go somewhere else for dinner. ,F: But, Dennis, the food will be here any minute. Why don't we just ask the waiter to turn down the music?
(A) M: I am really sorry, I did not catch that. Would you slow down, please? (B) M: The music is so loud. I couldn't bear it any more. (C) M: The food tastes so bad. Ew! (D) M: The music is loud and the food is terrible. How can such a restaurant like this survive?

SOLUTION: B

PROBLEM: F: Mike, come here, please. ,M: I'm coming, mom. It looks like you're very busy. Is someone coming this afternoon? ,F: Yes, some of my friends are coming over this afternoon. There's still so much to get ready. ,M: Is there anything I can do to help you? ,F: Sure, I still need to get some drinks. I'd like to have coffee, water, fruit juice and some cola. ,M: I'll go and buy some fruit juice and cola and then I'll make some coffee. ,F: Do you know how to make coffee? ,M: Yes, aunt Joan taught Mary and me when we visited her last week. So I can make very nice coffee now. ,F: That's great, Mike. Don't forget to buy some sugar ,M: OK. By the way, when will your friends come? It's already 5:00 o'clock now. ,F: They'll arrive in an hour.
(A) M: Great, so they will arrive at 5:00 and we still have plenty of time to prepare. (B) M: I’m sorry, I didn’t catch that. Would you mind speaking more slowly? (C) M: I hope we can get everything ready at 6:00 to welcome your friends then. (D) M: Relax, we still have 2 more hours to prepare as your friends will come at 7:00.

SOLUTION: C

PROBLEM: F: Excuse me sir, I'm a stranger here and have lost my way. ,M: Where do you want to go? ,F: I want to return to my hotel, the New York Hotel. ,M: Go straight along this road, then go over the bridge and turn right at the book shop. You'll find your hotel. ,F: Thank you, by the way, can you direct me to the Central Park? ,M: Oh, it's so far from here, you can take the subway.
(A) F: I am sorry. You spoke so rapidly that I did not catch the meaning of what you said. Could you repeat that? (B) F: What? I can only go to the Central Park by air? Crazy! (C) F: So I need to go to the Central Park by bus, right? (D) F: Fine. I will go to the New York Hotel by subway.

SOLUTION:
A