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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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M: Anna Cole, I'm so glad that I find myself here with you in the training camp. I imagined the training is pretty hard. ,F: Yes, it is. ,M: Could you please talk to me about your daily training? ,F: OK. I get up about 6:45. I have a very light breakfast at 7:00 and then I get to the pool by 7:30. ,M: I see. How long do you train? ,F: All daytime? ,M: You mean you swim for about 8 hours? ,F: Oh, no. Having trained for about 4 hours. I have lunch and then do track work and body exercises in the afternoon. I suppose I train until 4:00 o'clock in the afternoon. ,M: That's a long day. ,F: It's alright. ,M: What about your free time? What do you do? ,F: Well, I usually watch TV. I like American programs and sometimes go dancing at a nearby club. ,M: Dancing? ,F: Yes, but I go to bed early at most nights.
(A) M: Yeah, so you stay up late and dance at a club every night. (B) M: Yeah, so you always stay up late and chat online every night. (C) M: I am afraid I did not quite catch what you were saying. Please repeat it. (D) M: Yeah, so you never go to bed early.
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C

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M: Mom? ,F: What are you doing here down at the beach? I thought you said you were going to buy some things for school? ,M: Uh, I did buy some things. ,F: Well, what did you buy? What do you have in your backpack? ,M: Let's see, I have 3 notebooks, 5 pencils, 2 erasers and...
(A) F: Why did you buy 2 notebooks and 5 pencils? (B) F: Why did you buy 3 notebooks ? (C) F: Why did you buy 3 notebooks and 5 pencils? (D) F: I am really sorry, I did not catch that. Would you slow down, please?
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B

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F: What are you going to do for the project? ,M: I don't know. I was hoping you could help me think of something. ,F: Well, you're such a good artist. You could talk about watercolor while you're doing one in front of the class. ,M: Maybe, but what if I make a mistake in front of everyone? ,F: Come on, you're really talented. Besides you wouldn't have to do much preparation before hand. ,M: True. ,F: Or how about this? You could bring in a photo, a pencil drawing and watercolor of the same subject. Something simple so it wouldn't take so much time to do like a flower. Then you could show the advantages and disadvantages of working with different materials. ,M: I could do that ahead of time. ,F: You could, but remember it would take a lot more time.
(A) M: I'm sorry, I don't understand. Could you say it again? (B) M: Although I know how to do this project, I will do more preparation according to your second suggestion. (C) M: According to your second suggestion, I need to work more with talented students, although I know how to do this project, right? (D) M: I'll consider your second suggestion to draw in front of the classroom, but I know how to do this project.
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A