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.
One example is below.
Q: M: Excuse me. How much is this suit? ,F: It's on sale today for $750. It's normally $900. ,M: Wow, that is pretty expensive! I was thinking that it might be 4 or 500. ,F: This material is imported from Italy. It's the finest in the world, and if you bought a suit made of this material at many department stores, you would pay about $2000. ,M: Uh-hah. But isn't that the point of coming to a market like this, to get a discount compared to the expensive department stores? Besides I saw a suit just like this one a few stalls down, and they were selling it for $600. I still thought that it was too expensive. ,F: It's possible that the suit you saw was the same color is this one but made of a different material. Unfortunately, our prices are final, and we think there are the lowest anywhere in the city.
(A) M: Okay, I'll buy it at the price you want. Here, it's $600. (B) M: Just a minute! I do not quite follow what you are saying, would you mind repeating that? (C) M: Although the material is imported from France, it is not worth the $750 you want. (D) M: You want $900 for the suit? It's too expensive!
A: B
Rationale: Options (A) and (B) are not corrct because the suit's price is 900. Option (C) isn't correct because the material was imported from italy.
Q: M: Hello and welcome to our program, Working Abroad. Our guest this evening is a Londoner, who lives and works in Italy. Her name's Susan Hill. Susan, welcome to the program. You live in Florence. How long have you been living there? ,F: since nineteen eighty two, but when I went there in nineteen eighty two, I plan to stay for only 6 months. ,M: Why did you change your mind? ,F: Well, soon after I arrived in Florence, I got a job with one of Italy's Top companies, Ferragamo, so I decided to stay. ,M: Oh, lucky. Do you still work for Ferragamo now? ,F: No, I left there in nineteen eighty eight. I've been a free designer since then. I've designed for some Italian companies as well as to American companies and in the last 5 years I've also been designing for the British company Burberry. ,M: What have you been designing for them? ,F: Mostly handbags and sometimes shoes and leather jackets. ,M: How's your industry changed since nineteen eighty two? ,F: It's become a lot more competitive because the quality of products from other countries has improved a lot, but Italian quality and design is still world famous. ,M: Well, thank you for talking to us, Susan.
(A) F: Thank you. I think Italian design is getting more popular, but not the quality. (B) F: I am glad that I can share my industry which has become more competitive. (C) F: I didn't hear you. Please could you tell me again? (D) F: You are welcome. Do you know Australian quality and design is still famous around the world?
A:
B