user: In this task, you will be shown a conversation and a question. You need to answer the question and choose the correct option based on the conversation. "W" and "M" in the conversations stand for "woman" and "man".

[Q]: M: Do you want your television repaired? W: Yes, but not by the man you suggested. M: Why not? The repairmen are very good and the charges are so reasonable. W: That may be, but I couldn't find the place. M: But you couldn't miss it. I told you it is at the first right after the railroad bridge. W: I took that. I went to the end of the road. There is no such place. M: Wait a minute. Perhaps it is the second right. Yes, I think it is. W: I should have known, whenever someone says "You can't miss it", you can be sure that you won't find it., Question: Why couldn't the woman find the repair shop? (A) She missed the right turn. (B) The man gave her the wrong directions. (C) She was a bad driver.
[A]: (B) The man gave her the wrong directions.


[Q]: Apartment Manager: Well, hi Mr. Brown. How's your apartment working out for you? Tenant: Well Mr. Nelson. That's what I would like to talk to you about. (What?) Well, I want to talk to you about that noise! (Oh) You see. Would you mind talking to the tenant in 4B and ask him to keep his music down, especially after 10:00 o'clock at night? Apartment Manager: Ohhh. Who me? Tenant: Why yes. The music is blaring almost every night, and it should be your job as manager to take care of these things. Apartment Manager: Hey, I just collect the rent. Besides, the man living there is the owner's son, and he's a walking refrigerator. (Well ...) Hey, I'll see what I can do. Anything else? Tenant: Well, yes. Could you talk to the owners of the property next door about the pungent odor drifting this way. Apartment Manager: Well, the area is zoned for agricultural and livestock use, so there's nothing much I can do about that. Tenant: Well, what about the .... That, that noise. Apartment Manager: What noise? I don't hear anything. Tenant: There, there it is again. Apartment Manager: What noise? Tenant: That noise. Apartment Manager: Oh, that noise. I guess the military has resumed its exercises on the artillery range. Tenant: You have to be kidding. Can't anything be done about it? Apartment Manager: Why certainly. I've protested this activity, and these weekly (Weekly!) activities should cease ... within the next three to five years. Tenant: Hey, you never told me about these problems before I signed the rental agreement., Question: Why is the manager hesitant about carrying out this request? (A) He says the matter is the owner's responsibility, not his. (B) He is not on talking terms with his son who lives there. (C) He is afraid of what the man might say or do.
[A]: (C) He is afraid of what the man might say or do.


[Q]: Boy: Mum, have we got any fruit to take on the picnic? I thought there were some oranges and bananas. Mother: Here are the bananas. Let's take them. Oh the oranges have all gone. What about taking some grapes or apples as well? Boy: OK, let's take the grapes. That'll be enough., Question: What fruit will they take? (A) Grapes and oranges. (B) Grapes and apples. (C) Bananas and grapes.
[A]:

assistant: (C) Bananas and grapes.