TASK DEFINITION: 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".
PROBLEM: W: Hello, Jim. Where are you going? M: To the cinema. What about coming with me? W: No, thanks. I'm going home. My friend's expecting me. M: What a pity! I believe it's a very good film. W: Do you go to the cinema a lot? M: Once a week. Most nights I sit at home and watch TV. W: Oh, I see. By the way, where are you going for your holidays this year? M: I don't know yet. My wife's going to her mother's for a couple of weeks. She lives by the sea, you know. W: Oh, does she? That's convenient. M: Yes, but I want to go to the country. W: Don't you like the sea? M: Yes, very much. But I need peace and quiet when I'm on holiday., Question: Why can't the woman go with him? (A) Because she is going home to meet her friend. (B) Because she doesn't like the film. (C) Because she is very busy with her work.

SOLUTION: (A) Because she is going home to meet her friend.

PROBLEM: W: I need a picture for my ID card. Can you recommend a photographer? M: Yes, Johnson's on Main street is excellent, fast and inexpensive., Question: What does the man recommend the woman do? (A) Not go anywhere. (B) Get ten pictures. (C) Go to Johnson's.

SOLUTION: (C) Go to Johnson's.

PROBLEM: M: Do you want to go to the lecture this weekend? I heard that the guy who is going to deliver the lecture spent a year living in the rainforest. W: Great, I am doing a report on the rain forest. Maybe I can get some new information to add it., Question: What does the woman mean? (A) She knows the guy who will give the lecture. (B) She thinks the lecture might be informative. (C) She wants to add something to her lecture.

SOLUTION:
(B) She thinks the lecture might be informative.