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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.
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F: Hey, Mike, you're back. How was your summer camping? ,M: Life in the great outdoors isn't exactly what I expected. ,F: What did you do everyday? ,M: First, everyone had to get up at 5:30 AM. Next, we had to make our beds before our camp adviser came to inspect the place. Then we had breakfast around 6:30 AM. After that, we had some free time, so I'd go down to the nearby stream to fish for a couple of hours. But yesterday, the only thing I caught was an old shoe and a tree branch. Then I slipped and fell in the stream and lost my fishing pole. In the afternoon, there were different activities we could choose from like swimming, horseback riding, and hiking.
(A) F: Why did you have to tidy up your sister's room? (B) F: You are so energetic for tidying up your room so early. (C) F: I am really sorry, I did not catch that. Would you slow down, please? (D) F: Are you sure you have to energy to go down the stream without breakfast?
answer:
B

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F: Mike, come here, please. ,M: I'm coming, mom. It looks like you're very busy. Is someone coming this afternoon? ,F: Yes, some of my friends are coming over this afternoon. There's still so much to get ready. ,M: Is there anything I can do to help you? ,F: Sure, I still need to get some drinks. I'd like to have coffee, water, fruit juice and some cola. ,M: I'll go and buy some fruit juice and cola and then I'll make some coffee. ,F: Do you know how to make coffee? ,M: Yes, aunt Joan taught Mary and me when we visited her last week. So I can make very nice coffee now. ,F: That's great, Mike. Don't forget to buy some sugar ,M: OK. By the way, when will your friends come? It's already 5:00 o'clock now. ,F: They'll arrive in an hour.
(A) M: Great, so they will arrive at 5:00 and we still have plenty of time to prepare. (B) M: I'm sorry, I didn't catch that. Would you mind speaking more slowly? (C) M: I hope we can get everything ready at 6:00 to welcome your friends then. (D) M: Relax, we still have 2 more hours to prepare as your friends will come at 7:00.
answer:
C

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M: I saw your advertisement about the X20 model in the morning paper. The monitor seems to be excellent. And the keyboard is not bad. But do you think the price is a bit too high? ,F: I think it's a good buy. The price includes the mouse, you know.
(A) M: The price is definitely too high. Besides, the price doesn't include the mouse. (B) M: Still, it's too expensive for me. (C) M: Everything is fine, except the monitor. (D) M: I didn't hear you. Please could you tell me again?
answer:
B