Detailed Instructions: In this task, you will be shown a short story with a beginning, two potential middles, and an ending. Your job is to choose the middle statement that makes the story coherent / plausible by writing "1" or "2" in the output. If both sentences are plausible, pick the one that makes most sense.
Q: Beginning: Ron hated music and thought it was all annoying noise. Middle 1: Ron heard a banjo and thought it was the greatest sound he had ever heard . Middle 2: Ron heard a guitar and thought it was the greatest sound he had ever heard . Ending: He soon learned to play the banjo quite well and now Ron is in a band.
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Show your work and conclude with the exact phrasing "Therefore, the final answer is [answer]." where [answer] is just the final number or expression that solves the problem.
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1