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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.
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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.
answer:
C


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M: I'm really surprised you got an A on the test. You didn't seem to have done much reading. ,F: Now you know why I never missed the lectures.
(A) M: I am sorry. You spoke so rapidly that I did not catch the meaning of what you said. Could you repeat that? (B) M: Wow! You have reviewed all the notes? No wonder why you got an A on the test. (C) M: So you mean that you have attended every lecture and it helped you get an A on the test? (D) M: So you mean that you have attended every lecture but it didn't help you to improve your grades?
answer:
C


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F: Well, Mr.Lee, It's early and you've come a long way just for an interview. ,M: Yes, we read your advertisement in the paper and my aunt said that this is a very good firm, and since I'd like to be a lawyer someday we thought the job would give me a new start.
(A) F: So, you are being interviewed now, aren't you? (B) F: Since you got the news from your aunt, why are you late for the interview? (C) F: Although you are being interviewed now, you are late for it. (D) F: I am really sorry, I did not catch that. Would you slow down, please?
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A