Justin was a lot more comfortable around horses than Hunter was, because 
OPTIONS:
- Justin had grown up on a farm.
- Hunter had grown up on a farm.
Justin had grown up on a farm.

My cousin preferred the treatments over the procedures because the 
OPTIONS:
- treatments were worse for your health.
- procedures were worse for your health.
procedures were worse for your health.

To increase her productivity she started writing a to-do list in a daily notebook and threw away her calendar because the 
OPTIONS:
- calendar was encouraging.
- notebook was encouraging.
notebook was encouraging.