Direction: Select the phrase/connector (STARTERS) from the given three options which can be used to form a single sentence from the two sentences given below, implying the same meaning as expressed in the statement sentences.

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(I) New technologies allow us to go ever faster and to communicate instantly.

(II) Trees still need the same amount of time to develop.

(i) Ever since trees…….

(ii) While new technologies…….

(iii) As though new………