- You will hear a conversation followed by 5 questions.
- Listen to each question. You will hear the question only once.
- Choose the best answer to each question.
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Correct Answer: Colleagues.
Why this is correct: The speakers discuss a work project, HR, arranging a client-pipeline meeting, and requesting permission. These details support colleagues as the work relationship.
Tips: Match the specific statement or relationship asked about, and keep reported claims and suggestions with their stated source.
Why the other options are wrong:
- Friends.: Friendship could coexist with a work relationship, but the dialogue establishes workplace collaboration rather than stating friendship.
- Doctors.: The father’s medical procedure does not establish that either speaker is a doctor.
- HR officials.: Michelle is identified as being from HR; the speakers themselves are not identified as HR officials.
Correct Answer: It was postponed.
Why this is correct: The project is explicitly described as postponed until January.
Tips: Match the specific statement or relationship asked about, and keep reported claims and suggestions with their stated source.
Why the other options are wrong:
- It was cancelled.: The speaker says the project was postponed, not cancelled.
- It was moved to March.: The revised timing mentioned is January, not March.
- It was completed.: The project is postponed; the dialogue does not say it has been completed.
Correct Answer: Christina.
Why this is correct: Christina is explicitly named when one speaker asks whether she sent the email.
Tips: Match the specific statement or relationship asked about, and keep reported claims and suggestions with their stated source.
Why the other options are wrong:
- Peter.: Peter is not the person named in the question about the earlier email.
- Michelle from HR.: Michelle from HR requested a meeting about the client pipeline, rather than being named as the sender of the postponement email.
- The receptionist.: The receptionist is not named as the expected sender.
Correct Answer: Angioplasty surgery.
Why this is correct: One speaker explicitly asks about the father’s angioplasty surgery.
Tips: Match the specific statement or relationship asked about, and keep reported claims and suggestions with their stated source.
Why the other options are wrong:
- A hip replacement.: The procedure named is angioplasty surgery, not a hip replacement.
- Cataract surgery.: Cataract surgery is not the procedure named.
- Appendix removal.: Appendix removal is not the procedure named.
Correct Answer: Read their pending emails.
Why this is correct: One speaker says they will catch up with the other once they have finished their pending emails.
Tips: Match the specific statement or relationship asked about, and keep reported claims and suggestions with their stated source.
Why the other options are wrong:
- Take a break at their desk.: The speaker says they will finish pending emails before catching up, not first take a desk break.
- Visit the hospital.: The father’s recovery is discussed, but a hospital visit is not stated as the step before catching up.
- Make a phone call.: A phone call is not the stated prerequisite.
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