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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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M: Mother's birthday is getting close. Have you thought about what to buy for her this year? ,F: Oh, I totally forgot. It's already May tenth. Her birthday is the day after tomorrow, right? ,M: Yes, I will get mom a beautiful dress. It will make her look younger. What do you want to buy? ,F: Since you will buy her a dress, I'll buy her something else. What do you think of a pair of shoes? ,M: Do you know what size she wears? It may not fit her if she doesn't try them on first. ,F: You're right. Do you have any suggestions? ,M: Well, she saw a handbag when I was shopping with her last week. She seemed to like it very much. ,F: Why didn't she buy it? ,M: She couldn't accept the price, but she really liked it. ,F: How about going downtown tomorrow morning? We can get the present for her there. ,M: OK.
(A) F: And then I'll buy the beautiful handbag for her birthday. I believe she'll love it! (B) F: Since you are going to buy the handbag for mom's birthday, I'll buy the shoes for her. (C) F: I am sorry. You spoke so rapidly that I did not catch the meaning of what you said. Could you repeat that? (D) F: Let me buy the handbag for you tomorrow as your birthday present, my son.
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A


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M: Hello, reservation desk. How can I help you? ,F: I'd like to book a room. ,M: And what kind of room would you like ma'am? And we got single rooms, double rooms, standard rooms, sweets and Delux sweets. ,F: What's the rate for a standard room? ,M: $79 a night. ,F: I'd like a standard room. ,M: What date would you check in ma'am? ,F: December twenty-third, please. ,M: How long do you plan to stay? ,F: Four days.
(A) M: So, you mean you plan to stay three days and you will check out on December 23rd? (B) M: I am afraid I did not quite catch what you were saying. Please repeat it. (C) M: So, you plan to stay 4 days and you will check out on December 27th? (D) M: Oh, I see. You would like a single room and will check out on  December 27th.
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C


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F: Good morning, Powernet Software. Can I help you? ,M: Hi, I've been trying to order some of your software from the website, but there seems to be a problem, because my order didn't go through. ,F: Oh. I'm sorry about that, Sir. There was a problem with the site this morning. That's probably why you had some difficulty. ,M: Would it be possible for me to place my order through you now? I don't want to wait until tomorrow as I'll be out seeing customers. ,F: OK, now then. What would you like to order from us? ,M: Your site had a great sale on something called Viva Voce. The price was $180.25 percent off the normal price. ,F: Well, I'm afraid that price is only available for those of our customers who order through our site, you'd pay $240. ,M: I just tried to order through your site, and as I told you, the sale wouldn't go through. Can't you give me that discount anyway? ,F: Yeah, I think that would be alright.
(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: With a discount, I still have to pay $240, right? Here is my card. (C) M: So there's no sale even on the website and I have to pay $250? (D) M: You mean I can't have a website discount? I pay the original $180.
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A