Read the following passage, an excerpt from an email newsletter: During the congressional recess, Representative Smythe
will appear at a local community center. It is our intention
to greet him with a warm welcome and invite him to the
spelling bee we will be holding outside the center. We
encourage him to participate and will offer him words we
know he can spell, like cruelty and ignorance.
What information would be necessary for a reader to understand that the
passage is meant as satire?
O A. The representative was only recently elected to Congress and
received a private-school education.
OB. The representative recently stated, "I don't see why we should fund
antipoverty programs. I can't even spell poverty, because I see so
little of it."
O C. The representative recently embarrassed himself when he failed
to correctly spell a word in a classroom he was visiting.
O D. The representative's name is often misspelled as "Smith, which he
often has to correct.

3one of the biggest impacts a building has on earth is the energy it uses. currently, most of the world’s energy comes from burning fossil fuels. these fuels are dirty and when they are burned they pollute the air and water. one way to burn fewer fossil fuels is to reduce the amount of electricity a building has to use. passive solar heating, which uses heat from the sun, reduces the amount of fossil fuel used to heat buildings. passive solar heating requires a south-facing wall made of glass. when sunlight shines through the wall, it is collected and used to warm the building. another way green buildings reduce their electricity use is to install other energy sources. for example, some green buildings use panels that turn energy from the sun into useable electricity. which is the best summary of paragraph 3? a) fossil fuels are dirty and pollute the air and water. most of the world's energy comes from these fuels. b) the biggest problem of buildings is that they use fuel that is dirty for heating. they need to do something to be more energy efficient. c) panels that turn energy from the sun into electricity and passive solar heating can stop the burning of fossil fuels which pollute air and water. d) since fossil fuels are dirty and pollute the air and water, other technologies that pollute less and produce energy have been developed like solar energy and green buildings.