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The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4) below, when properly sequenced, would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper sequencing of the order of the sentences and choose the correct option.

1. His wide experience of men and things is manifest in the life-likeness and mature power of his poetry.

2. Chaucer's personality stands out in his writings plainly and most delightfully.

3. It accounts in part for the broad truth of all but his earliest work, which makes it essentially poetry not of an age but for all time.

4. It must be borne in mind that, like some others of the greatest poets, he was not a poet merely, but also a man of practical affairs, in the eyes of his associates first and mainly a courtier, diplomat, and government official.

Four jumbled up sentences, related to a topic, are given below. Three of them can be put together to form a coherent paragraph. Identify the odd one out.

1. As noted by the World Federation for Mental Health, the concept of optimum mental health refers not to an absolute or ideal state but to the best possible state insofar as circumstances are alterable.

2. Mental health is regarded as a condition of the individual, relative to the capacities and social-environmental context of that person.

3. Mental hygiene includes all measures taken to promote and to preserve mental health.

4. Mental arithmetic is the invaluable maths skill of doing calculations in your head.

The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4) below, when properly sequenced, would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper sequencing of the order of the sentences and choose the correct option.

1. It is an incredibly versatile tool which is quick and easy to handle. 

2. Starting from measuring the distance between any two locations to providing directions to the drivers, bikers, walkers, and users of public transportation it helps users in a variety of ways.

3. Google Maps is one of the most widely used services nowadays. 

4. Google Maps have made out life much easy and now it's difficult to imagine a life without it.

There is a sentence that is missing in the paragraph below. Look at the paragraph and decide in which blank (option 1, 2, 3, or 4) the following sentence would best fit.

Sentence: Some of them were with older people, and still others with younger gym-goers, which makes it hard to generalise.

 (1) _______. In one meta-analysis from 2014, researchers combined the data from 14 randomised controlled trials where, for example, half the people consumed powdered whey protein, which is made from the liquid left over when milk is made into cheese, and half had a placebo drink. (2)_________They found that as long as people also did resistance exercise, then consuming protein powders did increase their lean body mass. (3)__________ But if they simply drank the drinks without exercise there was no statistically significant increase.

One of the difficulties in trying to compare studies is that some are conducted with people who are obese. (4) ______________.