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: Hey Linda, did you get that letter about the new options for food service next year? ,F: Not yet, are there a lot of changes? ,M: There sure are, instead of paying one feet to cover all meals for the whole school year. We are now able to choose how many meals a week we want, and can contract just for that amount. We still have to pay the whole year at the beginning, but we can choose to buy 7, 10, 14 or 21 meals per week. They give you a card with a number of meals you get each week marked on it. ,F: That's a big change Tom, and a complicated system. ,M: Yeah, but it will be much better for people who don't eat 3 meals a day 7 days a week in the cafeteria, because they don't have to pay for meals they don't eat. ,F: So, what's the deal for those who do eat at school all the time? ,M: It better for them, too, because the more meals you contract for, the cheaper each one is. ,F: I see, it still sounds rather complicated. ,M: True, it took me several hours to figure it out. I decided to go with the 10 meal plan. ,F: Why is that? ,M: Well, I never eat breakfast and I often go away on weekends, so the 10 meal plan gives me lunch and dinner every weekday at a fairly low price, and I won't be paying for meals I don't usually eat.
(A) F: You are right. You will benefit from the changes next year. That is good. (B) F: That is true. You will benefit from the changes in our company. It is good. (C) F: I totally understand why you dislike the changes in our company. Do not be sad. (D) F: I am really sorry, I did not catch that. Would you slow down, please?

SOLUTION: A

PROBLEM: M: I'm really bored at the moment. ,F: Let's play a game. I'll describe someone and you try to guess who it is. OK, this man is tall and thin, he has blue eyes and curly brown hair. ,M: Does he have a mustache or a beard? ,F: Good question, yes, he has a mustache, but no beard. ,M: Sounds like Mike, doesn't it? ,F: Yes, you're right. Now, you describe someone we both know. ,M: OK, she's not very tall, but she is a little heavy, she has blonde hair. ,F: I don't think I know anyone like that. ,M: And she wears fashionable shoes, in fact, she wears fashionable clothes too. ,F: This doesn't sound like anyone I know. I give up, tell me who she is. ,M: She's your mother. ,F: Huh, that's actually a pretty good description, but it's embarrassing that I couldn't figure that out, my own mother. Do you think appearance is the most important thing about a person? ,M: No, but it's more important than a person's character in the game we're playing.
(A) F: Right, person's appearance is more vital, so we mentioned Lucy and your father, who's next we are going to talk about? (B) F: I'm sorry, I didn't understand. Could you repeat a little louder, please? (C) F: Yes, we should focus on more the character of person, for example, you should tell me more when you mentioned Mike's mother just now. (D) F: Well, a person's career is really important, so we should talk more about the person you mentioned a few minutes ago, that's Alice, right?

SOLUTION: B

PROBLEM: M: The party has begun. Helen hasn't come here yet, did you forget to invite her? ,F: I did invite her yesterday. She planned to come, but she changed her mind this morning. She had to attend a piano class.
(A) M: I'm sorry, I don't understand. Could you say it again? (B) M: I knew that Helen forgot the party time, so she didn't show up. (C) M: You forgot to invite Helen to the party! (D) M: Fine. So Helen chose to take the piano lesson and refused to come to the party.

SOLUTION:
A