Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one.

The number of unemployed people doubled between 2005 and 2009.

People from different backgrounds learn to respect one another by working together.

People from different backgrounds work together, so they can’t respect one another.

Unless people from different backgrounds work together, they learn to respect one another.

Respect is not learned when people from different backgrounds work together.

Although cultures differ in language and customs, they still share common human values.

Cultures differ in language and customs, so they don’t share common human values.

Cultures share common human values despite they differ in language and customs.

Cultures differ in language and customs because they share common human values.

The industrial production fell quickly in ten years from 1990 to 2000.

The industrial production fell steadily in ten years from 1990 to 2000.

The industrial production rose sharply in ten years from 1990 to 2000.

The industrial production rose slightly in ten years from 1990 to 2000.

Globalization connects cultures, and it also threatens cultural traditions.

Globalization neither connects cultures nor threatens cultural traditions.

Globalization connects cultures because it threatens cultural traditions.

Globalization threatens cultural traditions, but it cannot connect cultures.

The availability of seasonal produce experienced a stable period.

The availability of seasonal produce is recorded leveling off.

The availability of seasonal produce hardly moved up and down.

The availability of seasonal produce went through a period of erratic.

There was a rise by 30% in the rate of unemployment.

There was a rise of 30% in the rate of unemployment.

There was a rise to 30% in the rate of unemployment.

There was a rise up 30% in the rate of unemployment.

The students joined the cultural exchange program in order to learn more about other traditions.

The students joined the cultural exchange program because they had already learned about other traditions.

The students joined the cultural exchange program, so they refused to learn more about other traditions.

The students joined the cultural exchange program, although they wanted to learn more about other traditions.