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: Hello, Michelle. How are you feeling today? ,F: Hi, Doctor Frank, I am not feeling very well. That is why I made an appointment with you. ,M: I am sorry to hear that. What seems to be the trouble? ,F: My head has been hurting a lot lately. I never used to feel like this. ,M: When does it hurt the most? ,F: Usually I feel fine. It only hurts when I am in class. My head starts hurting when I try to copy notes from the board. I tried sitting near the back of the room, but it doesn't help. In fact, it gets worse.
(A) M: Yes, I know why your head hurts the most in class. Maybe you need a pair of glasses. (B) M: Excuse me, could you repeat the question? (C) M: Just stoping doing soprts for several weeks if your head gets hurt the most after that. (D) M: Your head hurts the most before you go to bed maybe because you are too tired.

SOLUTION: A

PROBLEM: M: I have read Mark Twain's book, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. It's quite interesting and adventurous. ,F: But this book I'm reading is kind of boring. It only tells you some facts about Mark Twain. ,M: Oh, tell me something about Mark Twain, please. ,F: Well, when Mark Twain was 4, his family moved to Hannibal, a port town on the Mississippi River that gave him the idea for writing the book, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. ,M: Oh, really? Anything else? ,F: In eighteen fourty-seven, when Twain was 11 years old, his father died. The next year, he began to learn printing. When he was 18, he worked as a printer in New York City. ,M: What happened next? ,F: Then on a voyage to New Orleans, the steamboat pilot, Horace, inspired Twain to become a pilot. And Mark Twain really received his steamboat pilot license in eighteen fifty-nine, after 2 years of hard work.
(A) M: So, on the voyage to New Orleans, Mark Twain wanted to be a pilot but Hannibal gave Mark Twain the idea to write a book? (B) M: So, New Orleans gave Mark Twain the idea to write a book but when he was 18, he still worked as a printer in London? (C) M: So, as Mark Twain never received his steamboat pilot license, he finally became a writer and Hannibal gave him the idea to write a book? (D) M: Just a minute! I do not quite follow what you are saying, would you mind repeating that?

SOLUTION: A

PROBLEM: F: Have you seen our waiter? ,M: Sure, he comes now! ,F: We've been sitting here for almost 10 minutes. ,M: Whoops! I guess I was wrong. That isn't our waiter. ,F: We can give him 5 more minutes and then leave.
(A) M: I'm sorry that we have waited for the manager for almost 20 minutes. (B) M: There's no need to stand it. We should order without our friends. The waiter has been here for several times. (C) M: I'm sorry, I didn't catch that. Would you mind speaking more slowly? (D) M: Uh, maybe we need to wait the waiter a little longer.

SOLUTION:
D