Read the dialogue to answer 18.
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A: Why did the teacher call off the test?
B: Looks like someone got a copy of the test and posted it.
A: No kidding! I hope this jerk doesn’t get away with it. The school loses face when something like that happens.
B: So do we... Look, if there’s no test, how about hanging around the mall?
A: Fine with me, but I’m broke, ran out of my allowance already and the month is at the beginning.
B: Then why don’t we go to my place and sniff around the test’s posting origin. We may run into some useful stuff.
A: Play virtual detective? Way to go!
While working with the text and focusing the usage situation of: call off, no kidding, jerk, get away with, loses face, hanging around, ran out of, sniff around, run into, stuff, and way to go, which micro ability of speech, part of sociolinguistic competence, is being explored?
Authentic text designing.
Grammar topic deployment.
Communication strategies use.
Appropriate record employment.