TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you're given a statement and three sentences as choices. Your job is to determine which sentence can be inferred from the statement. Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or have details that are not mentioned in the statement. Indicate your answer as 1,2, or 3 corresponding to the choice number of the selected sentence.
PROBLEM: Statement: and that i couldn't watch and but you know you could tell when it was coming Choices:  1. I couldn't tell that something was coming. 2. I couldn't watch because I was scared. 3. I could have chosen to watch it.

SOLUTION: 3

PROBLEM: Statement: As Istanbul it was the seat of the Ottoman sultans, rulers of a 500-year Islamic empire that stretched from the Black Sea and the Balkans to Arabia and Algeria. Choices:  1. The Ottoman empire collapsed for a number of reasons, but its collapse is largely seen to have been an inevitability by most historians. 2. The Ottoman empire established a 500-year rule over territory that stretched from the Black Sea and the Balkans to the Arabia and Algeria. 3. The Ottoman empire established a 200-year rule over a comparably small territory.

SOLUTION: 2

PROBLEM: Statement: Krugman responded to my e-mail in his Dialogue with Galbraith (Who's the Real Economist? Choices:  1. Krugman ignored the email. 2. Krugman responded to the author's email. 3. The author had questions about economics.

SOLUTION:
2