Answer:Incorrect. The correct answer is A because it represents the author’s claim. B and C represent evidence that supports the author’s claim. Congress should not spend time legislating climate change because it is expensive now but will be less expensive in the future. D supports the evidence that the author uses, which is the example from the cell phone industry. This example helps support the author’s claim that Congress should not spend time now legislating this issue.

Go to question 2.

Answer: Incorrect. B is the correct answer because it reveals the claim that the author is making about how the U.S should not cut emissions before an agreement is reached. A, C and D provide evidence about why the U.S. should not cut emissions and the reasons that countries such as China must be a part of a global plan to protect the environment.

Go to question 3.

Answer: Incorrect. The correct answer is A. The author's claim is that the issue of climate change is so important that legislation will ultimately be required but Congress will be so focused on fundraising they won't be able to facilitate such legislation. B is incorrect because it is evidence of the Congress' inability to be productive at this time. C is incorrect because it focuses on the need to make legislation about the reducing greenhouse emissions but does not deal with the portion of the author's claim dealing with the ineffectiveness of Congress at this time. D is incorrect because it is evidence for the author's claim about the need for legislation but does not represent the idea of legislation directly.