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: Wow, you look like a drowned rat. Didn't you know there's a thunderstorm today? ,M: I knew there would be a rain, but I didn't expect it would rain cats and dogs today.
(A) F: I am sorry to hear that you almost drowned himself. (B) F: I didn’t hear you. Please could you tell me again? (C) F: So you got wet in the storm yesterday, right? (D) F: Why did you get so wet in the storm?

SOLUTION: D

PROBLEM: M: Researchers in America did some experiments to try to figure out why some people gain weight more than others do. ,F: Yeah, some people can eat whatever they want and they never seem to gain a pound. ,M: In this study, volunteers were given 1000 extra calories a day. About 2 pieces of cheese's worth of extra intake. ,F: This kind of study I'd like to be in.
(A) M: You prefer excise and you don't want to take 1200 extra calories so you don't like this experiment. (B) M: Just a minute! I do not quite follow what you are saying, would you mind repeating that? (C) M: Because you want to lose weight and you don't want the extra 1200 calories but you still want to join the experiment. (D) M: Because you enjoy the food.

SOLUTION: D

PROBLEM: F: Do you have anything particular on this evening? ,M: No, I've got a lot of time to kill. ,F: Well, then, won't you come over to dinner and have a game of mahjong afterwards? ,M: With pleasure. ,F: You are not so eager about majang before. ,M: That's because I didn't know the fun of playing it then. Why is majang? Such a popular game, do you know? ,F: I've got no idea. I only know that foreigners are beginning to take an interest in it, besides their old card games. ,M: That's right. Some of them are already experts. ,F: Indeed they are. But the cham about majang is once you're interested in it, you can't shut it off. ,M: Yes, once I went crazy over other hobbies such as stamp collecting and reading, but I find them very boring now. ,F: I'm sure your former hobbies are more beneficial. ,M: I can't deny that and I can't help it, either.
(A) F: That won't happen to mahjong.Once getting addicted to it, you'll always be addicted. (B) F: Mahjong is as beneficial as reading, especially as you find them both interesting now. (C) F: Haha, mahjong can be such an addiction. As you are busy tonight, see you tomorrow. (D) F: I’m sorry, I didn’t catch that. Would you mind speaking more slowly?

SOLUTION:
A