instruction:
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:
F: Wow, you look like a drowned rat. Didn't you know there's a thunderstorm today? ,M: I knew there would be a rain, but I didn't expect it would rain cats and dogs today.
(A) F: I am sorry to hear that you almost drowned himself. (B) F: I didn’t hear you. Please could you tell me again? (C) F: So you got wet in the storm yesterday, right? (D) F: Why did you get so wet in the storm?
answer:
D


question:
M: Can I help you? ,F: Yes, I'm looking for how to manage your company. It was published this year. It should be very popular. ,M: Yes, it's in high demand. You have to wait for another 2 days.
(A) F: Your company has a good business. (B) F: The next class is English. (C) F: I didn’t hear you. Please could you tell me again? (D) F: Oh my god. I have to wait for another 4 days.
answer:
C


question:
F: Look, here is a copy of the Washington Post. Do you know when it was founded? ,M: I happened to have a book right here about the development of newspapers. Let me see. Oh, it was founded in December eighteen seventy-seven by Stilson Hutchens. ,F: Which newspaper is elder, the New York Times or the Washington Post? ,M: The New York Times. It was founded in September eighteen fifty-one by Henry Raymond and George Jones. ,F: How about the Los Angeles Times? ,M: It was first published in December eighteen eighty-one, under the direction of Nathan Cole Junior and Thomas Guardineer.
(A) F: Los Angeles Times was first published in December, 1881. (B) F: I am really sorry, I did not catch that. Would you slow down, please? (C) F: You mean the Los Angeles Times first published in 1851, September? (D) F: Washington Post was started in December 1881.
answer:

A


