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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.
question:
M: Hello Jane, Jack asked me to have a talk with you. He is really sorry about that. ,F: I don't want to talk to him. ,M: Would you let me explain that to you, please? ,F: I'm not interested. He promised to meet me at the restaurant but he didn't show up. I don't want to see him again.
(A) M: I'm sorry, I don't understand. Could you say it again? (B) M: Don't be so nervous. Tom will show up on time. (C) M: Oh, you are so happy that he met you at the restaurant. (D) M: It's useless to be so angry. He is not sorry at all.
answer:
A

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M: Would you like some apple juice or orange juice? I made it last night. ,F: No, thank you. I prefer tea to fruit juice.
(A) M: I am sorry. You spoke so rapidly that I did not catch the meaning of what you said. Could you repeat that? (B) M: Well, I just bought some new tea. (C) M: You have a good taste, madam. This is the best tea we have. (D) M: I'm sorry, madam, but we're out of juice.
answer:
B

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F: Hi, Steve. How was the concert? ,M: Pretty good. The crowd seemed to enjoy it. ,F: And how did Andrew do? Was he nervous? This was his first concert. ,M: He seemed very calm. ,F: Did he make any mistakes? ,M: Well, sure. ,F: Oh, no. Did everyone notice? ,M: I don't think so. They were little mistakes. Someone would need to know the song very well to notice. I heard the mistakes but I don't think anyone else did. He seemed so calm that no one thought anything was wrong. ,F: I'm so glad to hear that. He's been working hard for many years to get this good on the piano. His next concert will be better.
(A) M: Why are you sad? Andrew did pretty great in his first concert. (B) M: Yes. I am also glad that Andrew was so calm in his first concert. (C) M: Why are you so glad? This wasn't Andrew's first concert. (D) M: Excuse me, could you repeat the question?
answer:
B