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A Double-Booked Study Room

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Source: conversation
Difficulty: hard
Domain: library services
Published: July 16, 2026

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Student: Excuse me, another group is in the study room I reserved for two o'clock. Can you help sort it out? Librarian: Let me check the system. Hmm, it shows two reservations overlapping. That shouldn't happen — looks like a glitch when the room reopened after renovation. Student: So who gets it? Librarian: Your booking was confirmed first by a few minutes, so technically the room is yours. But the other group has a presentation to rehearse. Student: I don't want to be difficult. Is there another room open? Librarian: There's an identical room one floor up, free until four. I can move whichever group prefers it and note the glitch so it's not counted against anyone. Student: We'll take the upstairs one — it's quieter up there anyway. Librarian: Kind of you. I'll update both bookings now.

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2 questions

Question 1
Speaker attitudeCue 0:00
How does the student respond to the situation?
- AA. Angrily, demanding the other group leave
- BB. Indifferently, deciding not to study at all
- CC. Anxiously, insisting on canceling her booking
- D. Accommodatingly, agreeing to take the other room
Why D is correct
The student says she doesn't want to be difficult and takes the quieter upstairs room, which the librarian calls kind.
Why the other choices miss
A
She avoids conflict rather than demanding anything.
B
She still wants to study, just in another room.
C
She keeps a room; she doesn't cancel.
Question 2
Main idea and purposeCue 0:00
What problem are they resolving?
- AA. The student forgot to make a reservation
- B. Two groups were booked into the same study room at once
- CC. The study room was closed for renovation
- DD. The library is out of study rooms entirely
Why B is correct
The librarian finds two overlapping reservations for the same room and works to resolve it.
Why the other choices miss
A
The student did reserve the room; the system double-booked it.
C
The renovation is over; the glitch appeared when the room reopened.
D
An identical room is available upstairs, so rooms remain.

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