<span>I think
that the author decided to begin passage 2 with a description of the city in
order to immerse the reader in the
environment and the conditions in which babbitts are. The writer only wants to
emphasize that a situation in which babbitts are, somehow has a connection with
the area in which they are located, that is the city.</span>
The answer is the 3rd option because after the sentence mentions the teacher it says “that was late” making the sentence seem like the teacher was the late one and not keiko’s project