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.

Statement: The Decline in U.S. Choices:  1. It has dropped in the United States. 2. The decline was caused by decreasing wages. 3. The increase in the U.S.
1

Statement: Although public attention focuses on the trust fund insolvency dates, the effect of financing Social Security and Medicare will be felt sooner as the baby boom generation begins to retire. Choices:  1. Although public attention focuses on the farming land insolvency dates, they should really be worried about tax refunds. 2. Social Security and Medicare will be insolvent by 2020. 3. We'll see the struggle in financing Medicare as soon as the baby boomers begin to come of age.
3

Statement: With handsome rooms and a very comfortable lobby, the hotel feels more intimate than its large size would indicate. Choices:  1. The rooms of the hotel aren't comfortable at all. 2. The rooms of the hotel are beautiful and intimate. 3. There are small and large rooms in the hotel.

2