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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.
question:
M: Mother, can you buy me a copy of this month's sunrise magazine? There's an article in it about how to care for fish. ,F: Sure. I'll get one for you this afternoon when I go to get a new teapot.
(A) M: Thanks. I just need a fashion magazine. (B) M: Thanks. I just need a magazine. (C) M: I am afraid I did not quite catch what you were saying. Please repeat it. (D) M: Could you please bring me a teapot?
answer:
B

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F: Hello, Mr.Smith. This is Janet Bush. ,M: Hello, Miss Bush. ,F: I'm afraid I'm going to be late for our appointment. My friend was supposed to pick me up from the airport, but she just called me and said she is stuck in traffic downtown so she won't be here right now. It's 11 now, so there is no way I'm going to the restaurant at 11:30 as we planned. I wonder if we could reschedule our appointment to sometime this afternoon
(A) M: Yes, we had planned to meet at 11:30 a.m. Since you can't make it, let's reschedule our appointment at 1:00 pm. (B) M: Have you forgot it? We had planned to meet at about 11 a.m. Since you can't make it, let's reschedule our appointment at 1:00 pm. (C) M: I am sorry. You spoke so rapidly that I did not catch the meaning of what you said. Could you repeat that? (D) M: OK, let's postpone our meeting for half an hour. Can we meet at 2 p.m?
answer:
A

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M: What part of your work earns you the most? ,F: Well, it used to be my recordings, but that side has dropped a bit. And there is never much money from the concert. I've done some TV advertisements recently and they bring in a big fortune.
(A) M: So most of your earnings are from your advertising work. (B) M: I could never imagine that you earn most from your recordings. (C) M: You mean that your magazine advertisement work gives you the most money. (D) M: I am really sorry, I did not catch that. Would you slow down, please?
answer:
A