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: F: What are you doing? ,M: I'm working on my college application. I just started writing my personal statement, but I'm having a hard time. ,F: What does it have to be about? ,M: It's basically just an essay about why I want to go to college and what I hope to do there. It's difficult to write, because I don't know what to major in yet. I know I want to go to college. I just don't have an idea of why I want to go. ,F: Why not just tell the truth in your essay? ,M: You mean I should write about the fact that I don't know what to do with my life? ,F: Yeah. I mean, I doubt if anyone really knows what career they want to have when they first go to college. You have years to figure that out. ,M: I guess I could write about that. ,F: What else do you need to do to finish your application? ,M: I need 2 recommendation letters. I asked my English teacher and my math teacher. Mrs. Watson turned hers in, but I'm waiting on my math teacher. I wanted to ask my drama teacher, Mr. Bennett, but I've only had one class with him, so I decided not to. I already turned in my grades and my SAT score.
(A) F: So, you need 4 recommendation letters and your drama teacher, Mrs.Watson, has given the recommendation letter to you? (B) F: Just a minute! I do not quite follow what you are saying, would you mind repeating that? (C) F: So, now your math teacher, Mrs.Watson, has turned hers in but now you are waiting on your Chinese teacher? (D) F: So, you have not turned in your grades and your SAT score? And now your are waiting on your English teacher, Mrs.Watson?

SOLUTION: B

PROBLEM: M: I saw you on the news! You're a hero! Come on, tell me all the details. ,F: Well, I was watching the pool from my chair, like I always do. There was a group of kids taking diving lessons in the deep end. ,M: Go on. ,F: I guess one of the students hit their heads on the diving board, because I saw that someone was sinking to the bottom of the pool. ,M: So what did you do next? ,F: I jumped in the pool after their instructor jumped in and brought the kid back to the surface. It was a young girl, and she had swallowed a lot of water. ,M: Wow, did you give her mouth-to-mouth? ,F: Of course. Then I told one of the kids to call for an ambulance. ,M: Quick thinking. ,F: The girl coughed the water up almost immediately, and just like that, it was over. We cleaned the wound and bandaged it up, and the emergency services arrived 20 minutes later. ,M: How was she? ,F: She had no memory of the past 10 minutes. She wanted to go back in the pool. She didn't even know why her parents were crying.
(A) M: She lost her memory and didn't know what happened. (B) M: So, she lost her memory of the past 60 minutes. (C) M: Excuse me, could you repeat the question? (D) M: Oh, she couldn't help crying.

SOLUTION: A

PROBLEM: F: Hey, Robbie. You're completely wet and covered with powder. So many colors! I mean, you look like a rainbow. What happened? ,M: I've just come back from visiting my family. You know, we're from India and today is our Spring Festival Day. We call it Holly. ,F: That's all very interesting. But I still don't understand why you look like that? ,M: Well, we celebrate Holly by throwing colored powder and colored water at each other. And we light big fires, too, to show thanks to the gods.
(A) F: I'm sorry, I didn't understand. Could you repeat a little louder, please? (B) F: Why do you prepare special traditional medicines to celebrate the Christmas? (C) F: I've never heard of that. Throw colored powder and water at each other to celebrate birthday. (D) F: By throwing colored powder and colored water at each other! That' s funny!

SOLUTION:
D