Question

Read these paragraphs and answer the question that follows:

Answer 1

Answer:

The sentence that begins the introduction of this article excerpt is In 2008, more than one million American students gave nearly 20 million service hours to their communities

Explanation:

This excerpt talks about how students serve to their communities, and that is the main idea which is presented in the first paragraph and supported by the detailed information that follows in the other paragraphs, the introduction must give a generalized idea of the main topic, this is always presented in the first or second sentences of the paragraph.

Answer 2

The correct answer is D. In 2008, more than one million American students gave nearly 20 million service hours to their communities.

Explanation:

In texts, including articles the introduction is commonly the first paragraph in a text that introduces or presents the general topic and the point or points that will be explained during the text. Besides this, it is common the first sentence of an introduction includes a quote, a question, a piece of statistical information or a strong statement that acts as a "hook" catching the readers attention.

Considering this, in the case of the article presented the sentence that beings the introduction is "In 2008, more than one million American students gave nearly 20 million service hours to their communities" because this is the first sentence in the text and therefore the first sentence in the introduction, besides this, the sentence presents statistical information that as a "hook" for readers and introduces or presents the main topic that is volunteer service.