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: Is this Mister Brown's office? ,M: Yes, but he's gone out. Did you tell him beforehand about your coming? ,F: Yes, I found him yesterday and he told me to come here at 9:00 today, it's almost the time now. How soon will he be back? ,M: Well, maybe before 10:30. In fact, I'm waiting to see him too. When I arrived at about 8:00, only his secretary was here. She's gone to the copy shop to have a form copied.
(A) F: I’m sorry, I didn’t understand. Could you repeat a little louder, please? (B) F: What? You mean you saw his secretary went out to apply to study abroad at about 9:00? (C) F: I wonder why she went out to copy at 9:00. Don't they have a copying machine in their office? (D) F: But why did she have to go out to contact Mr. Brown? He is in his office for the whole morning.

SOLUTION: A

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: There is something you could help me with. ,F: Please go ahead. ,M: I ordered a 10,000 pairs of ladies shoes, but I received the same amount of Mens beyond expectation. ,F: I'm awfully sorry, sir. I was informed just now that someone in our company has made a mistake in filling your order. I would apologize to you on behalf of our company. ,M: Can you do anything about the goods mistakenly shipped? ,F: We'll manage to send you the correct goods as quickly as possible. ,M: How long should I wait for? ,F: We will try our best to make sure that we ship the goods by the end of the month. ,M: How about the wrong goods?
(A) F: We will send the corect ones no later than Friday (B) F: I am afraid I did not quite catch what you were saying. Please repeat it. (C) F: Can you wait until the end of the month? We will send the correct ones at that time. Send back (D) F: Now let's send you the right ones.

SOLUTION:
C