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: M: Guess what I'll be doing this summer. ,F: What? ,M: I'm going to work at the Riverside Hotel. ,F: What exactly will you be doing? ,M: Let's see. I'll be doing some small repairs inside and outside the hotel. I'll be cutting grass and taking care of the flowers. ,F: Sounds interesting. What's the pay? ,M: Well, about $15. 00 an hour, 5 hours a day and Sunday free. ,F: That's good money. What are you going to do with it? ,M: I'll pay for the textbooks for next term.
(A) F: So you want to spend your money on a gardener? But your pay is only $10 an hour. (B) F: Although you are planning to use this money to buy books for the next semester, you only work three hours a day, which is not enough. (C) F: Ha, you're going to spend the money on books next term! Good idea. (D) F: Excuse me, could you repeat the question?

SOLUTION: C

PROBLEM: F: Good morning, young man. What's your name, please? ,M: My name is Zhang Ming. I'm 12 years old now. Can you introduce your doctors? ,F: We doctors in this hospital fly to different poor places. People with eye problems can come to us. We give medicine to the poor or do operations on them free. ,M: I started to have problems with my eyes when I was 7. Now I can't see things clearly. Can you help me? ,F: Yes, of course. We'll try our best. ,M: My parents don't have enough money for the medicine or the operation. ,F: Don't worry. We get donations from all over the world. You don't have to pay.
(A) M: Really? If I don't need to pay much, I'm willing to receive treatment right now. (B) M: I'm afraid that I couldn't pay a lot of money to treat my sister's eye problem. (C) M: I didn't hear you. Please could you tell me again? (D) M: My sister will be very happy if she know she can cure her eye for free.

SOLUTION: C

PROBLEM: F: Come in, Bob. Did you have trouble getting here? ,M: No, I just followed the directions on my phone. Hey, this is a nice place. ,F: Thanks. I'm enjoying it, coffee? ,M: Sure, thanks. So are you ok, Sylvia? You look upset. ,F: Oh, I'm ok. I was up all night long working on my Chinese. ,M: That's too bad, you know, I found a new way to learn Chinese and it's fun. ,F: You did? Please tell me, I've spent months trying to learn Chinese like you. But it seems I've never made any progress. ,M: I'm learning Chinese by singing songs. ,F: How do you learn the words? ,M: I found a website 2 weeks ago that has all the words in Chinese characters, and in Pinyin, that has helped me a lot. ,F: I guess that would be a start, but can you actually speak Chinese now? ,M: No, but I'm making progress and I'm not studying all night like you, would you like to try? ,F: Sure. ,M: Yesterday, I downloaded a new song to learn, and I have the words here on my iPad.
(A) F: I am sorry. You spoke so rapidly that I did not catch the meaning of what you said. Could you repeat that? (B) F: So you discovered a new website yesterday to learn French. (C) F: So you downloaded a song yesterday to learn French. (D) F: So you bought a new iPad yesterday to learn French.

SOLUTION:
A