Question

Read the excerpt from a high school newspaper.

Answer 1

B: Despite the short prep time, Washington team members Enzo Garcia and Nicole Marconi had no problem speaking first, explaining their support for recent actions in the Middle East.

Answer 2

Answer:

Despite the short prep time, Washington team members Enzo Garcia and Nicole Marconi had no problem speaking first, explaining their support for recent actions in the Middle East.

Explanation:

Parliamentary debate is a form of debate in academic institutions where students in the university level debate in teams. And even though the name may be titled "parliamentary", it has nothing to do with the governmental policies/ patterns.

Following the pattern of giving an extempore speech, these parliamentary debates are given impromptu. After they get the topic, they are given just 15 mins to discuss and then begin their talk. The team leading the debate are called as 'the government' while the other are conveniently called 'the opposition'.

So, considering the pattern of the parliamentary debate facts, the best sentence that shows the given excerpt is a parliamentary debate will be-

Despite the short prep time, Washington team members Enzo Garcia and Nicole Marconi had no problem speaking first, explaining their support for recent actions in the Middle East.