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, XYZ Accounting. ,M: Hello, could I speak to Brian Robinson, please? ,F: Mister Robinson is in a meeting right now. Can I put you through to his voicemail? ,M: No thanks, I'll try back later. I just have a couple of quick questions about my tax return.
(A) F: Oh, you are calling only to pay taxes. Maybe I can help you. (B) F: I’m sorry, I didn’t understand. Could you repeat a little louder, please? (C) F: So you are calling only to get information from me, right? (D) F: Maybe I can give you the information that you need.

SOLUTION: D

PROBLEM: M: I'm hungry, do you want to go to the burger shop and get something to eat? ,F: Sure, but I need to stop at the drug store first. I need some vitamins.
(A) M: That's okay. I can wait. Please buy me soft drinks. (B) M: Excuse me, could you repeat the question? (C) M: That's okay. I can wait. Thanks for buying me some breads. I don't eat burgers any more. (D) M: That's okay. I can wait. Thanks for buying me some burgers.

SOLUTION: D

PROBLEM: M: Hello and welcome to our program, Working Abroad. Our guest this evening is a Londoner, who lives and works in Italy. Her name's Susan Hill. Susan, welcome to the program. You live in Florence. How long have you been living there? ,F: since nineteen eighty two, but when I went there in nineteen eighty two, I plan to stay for only 6 months. ,M: Why did you change your mind? ,F: Well, soon after I arrived in Florence, I got a job with one of Italy's Top companies, Ferragamo, so I decided to stay. ,M: Oh, lucky. Do you still work for Ferragamo now? ,F: No, I left there in nineteen eighty eight. I've been a free designer since then. I've designed for some Italian companies as well as to American companies and in the last 5 years I've also been designing for the British company Burberry. ,M: What have you been designing for them? ,F: Mostly handbags and sometimes shoes and leather jackets.
(A) M: That's really cool. Most of your design are shoes. (B) M: Yeah. I can see that you designed mostly handbags for these companies. (C) M: I am sorry. You spoke so rapidly that I did not catch the meaning of what you said. Could you repeat that? (D) M: Wonderful. I also bought some jackets which you designed mostly.

SOLUTION:
B