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: The book is so interesting. ,M: If you like, I can lend it to you. I borrowed it from the library one week ago. And there are still 2 weeks left.
(A) F: It sounds great that you can keep the book for three weeks. (B) F: Just a minute! I do not quite follow what you are saying, would you mind repeating that? (C) F: It's too short that you can only keep the book for one week. (D) F: It sounds great that you can keep the table lamp for three weeks.

SOLUTION: A

PROBLEM: M: Call your mom and tell her that we will be home later than expected. ,F: Um, we are in the tunnel now and the mobile phones' signals are dead.
(A) M: How do you know that your mom is in the area with poor signal reception? We are not in the tunnel now. (B) M: Can't you make a phone to your mom now, telling her that we will be home earlier? (C) M: Excuse me, could you repeat the question? (D) M: Do you think we should tell mom that someone is dead, even though the mobile phones' signals are good?

SOLUTION: C

PROBLEM: M: Did you grab everything from the car? We should check before we leave this area. We have a long day of hiking ahead of us. ,F: Yes, I did it already. Where should we go now? ,M: We're going up to the top part of the mountain. ,F: Is that where we get the tickets? ,M: Yeah, it's about a 20-minute walk from here. ,F: That's not so bad. ,M: Just wait till we get the tickets. It's a 3-hour hike from there to the top. ,F: How far is the lake from the top? ,M: Another 40 minutes, we can have lunch at the top or down by the water.
(A) F: 40 minutes walking is acceptable. In order to see the beautiful lake, it is worthy to walk that long. (B) F: OK, let's go 20 minutes from the top to see the lake. We get ticktes after visiting the lake, right? (C) F: I’m sorry, I don’t understand. Could you say it again? (D) F: You mean we go to the lake first, and need to walk for another 3 hours to get to the mountain top?

SOLUTION:
A