Directions: The following question presents a sentence, part of which or all of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

Just as the European countries of the early eighteenth century sought to exploit the resources of our continent, so too are we now attempting to extract energy and minerals from the ocean bed.

Just as the European Countries of the early eighteenth century sought to exploit the resources of our continent, so

The European countries of the early eighteenth century sought to exploit the resources of our continent, and in a similar way

Like the case of the European countries of the early eighteenth century who sought to exploit the resources of our continent, so

As in the exploitation of the resources of our continent by European countries of the early eighteenth century.

Similar to the European countries which sought in the early eighteenth century to exploit the resources of our continent