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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: What's in your hand, Bob? ,M: It's a German textbook. I'm learning German now. ,F: But aren't you also learning French? Don't tell me you're learning them at the same time. ,M: Well, that's exactly what I'm doing now.
(A) F: Learning one language is good. Is it a Chinese textbook in your hand? (B) F: Are learning two languages namely Chinese and French? You are not learning French, right? (C) F: I didn’t hear you. Please could you tell me again? (D) F: How can you learn three languages at the same time? But you don't choose to learn French.
answer:
C


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F: Have you seen this story in The Herald? It says The Times is closing down in three months' time. ,M: Ben, that's good news. That newspaper is terrible. I won't miss it.
(A) F: Why do you feel disappointed about The Times? It is not going to close down. (B) F: Why do you feel joyful about The Times? It is closing down in two months. (C) F: You must feel joyful as The Times is going to close down in three months. (D) F: Just a minute! I do not quite follow what you are saying, would you mind repeating that?
answer:
C


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F: Glad you're back. How did the conference go, Chris? ,M: Uh, it was good. All the topic were interesting and the speakers were really good. The organization was a lot better this year, as well. I think having smaller number of people there made a big difference. You know you can make decisions a lot more quickly. ,F: Then how was the hotel? ,M: Ah, that was probably the only thing that people really complained about. The food in the restaurant wasn't very good and the service was slow. If we go back to the same hotel again, we'll have to find another restaurant.
(A) F: The location of the hotel is what people complained about. But the restaurant was good (B) F: Just a minute! I do not quite follow what you are saying, would you mind repeating that? (C) F: People complained the organizer of the conference because all the speaker were bad. (D) F: I am sorry to hear that people complained about the service of the restaurant.
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D