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.
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Question: Statement: Fighting down that instinct of panic which urged her to turn tail and run without further delay, Tuppence returned the lady's gaze firmly and respectfully. Choices: 1. Tuppence is unable to notice when people are looking at him. 2. Tuppence wanted to run away but instead returned the lady's gaze. 3. Tuppence is afraid of social interactions with women.

Answer: 2

Question: Statement: But he was doing it, and it was already beginning to work. Choices: 1. He was doing it, and nothing seemed to be working. 2. But he going at it, and it had started to work. 3. He couldn't believe how easily he had gotten the handle on it.

Answer: 2

Question: Statement: These attract bigger audiences than do current local offerings, which seem tawdry and unoriginal after the towering creativity of giants like Kurosea and Oshima. Choices: 1. Local offerings do not draw the largest audiences and they seem to lack novelty. 2. Kurosea and Oshima did not have any amount of creativity. 3. The biggest audience was a crowd of a thousand people.

Answer:
1