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: F: Good morning, young man. What's your name, please? ,M: My name is Zhang Ming. I'm 12 years old now. Can you introduce your doctors? ,F: We doctors in this hospital fly to different poor places. People with eye problems can come to us. We give medicine to the poor or do operations on them free. ,M: I started to have problems with my eyes when I was 7. Now I can't see things clearly. Can you help me? ,F: Yes, of course. We'll try our best. ,M: My parents don't have enough money for the medicine or the operation. ,F: Don't worry. We get donations from all over the world. You don't have to pay.
(A) M: Really? If I don't need to pay much, I'm willing to receive treatment right now. (B) M: I'm afraid that I couldn't pay a lot of money to treat my sister's eye problem. (C) M: I didn’t hear you. Please could you tell me again? (D) M: My sister will be very happy if she know she can cure her eye for free.

SOLUTION: C

PROBLEM: M: I have noticed that a lot of people around here are very healthy and hard working. I thought all Americans just ate hamburgers and pizza and sat in front of the TV all day long. ,F: Huh... well, our culture and society has become a lot more health conscious than it was 10 years ago. ,M: I have heard a lot of people talking about organic foods and even growing their own vegetables. ,F: Yes, things are different now. I think most people are just more aware than before whether it is about themselves or the world. There is so much information out there. People are less ignorant than they were before
(A) M: I am really sorry, I did not catch that. Would you slow down, please? (B) M: American food culture is so influential in the world. Every Chinese people likes hamburgers and pizza. (C) M: Chinese people have changed their attitudes in the past 50 years. They are wiser than before. (D) M: Nowadays American people are spending more on food. They eat hamburger three times a day.

SOLUTION:
A

