Read the following paragraph from the introduction [paragraphs 1-4]. Seventy-three percent of Americans admit to binge-watching. Ninety percent of Millennials (individuals born between 1981 and 1996) stated that they binge-watch, as did 87 percent of Generation Z (individuals born between 1995 and 2012). Around 40 percent of viewers in these age groups binge-watch an average of six episodes of television, or about five hours, in one sitting.

What is the main reason why the author includes this paragraph in the article?

A)to provide context for the debate that follows by giving readers a sense of how many Americans binge-watch

B)to illustrate how drastically binge-watching has changed the way Americans watch television

C)to compare the rates of binge-watching amongst Americans of various age groups

D)to explain one of the main worries experts have expressed about Americans' binge-watching habits

Read the excerpt from "the storyteller." the smaller girl created a diversion by beginning to recite "on the road to mandalay.” she only knew the first line, but she put her limited knowledge to the fullest possible use. she repeated the line over and over again in a dreamy but resolute and very audible voice; it seemed to the bachelor as though some one had had a bet with her that she could not repeat the line aloud two thousand times without stopping. whoever it was who had made the wager was likely to lose his bet. "come over here and listen to a story,” said the aunt, when the bachelor had looked twice at her and once at the communication cord. the children moved listlessly towards the aunt’s end of the carriage. evidently her reputation as a storyteller did not rank high in their estimation. in a low, confidential voice, interrupted at frequent intervals by loud, petulant questionings from her listeners, she began an unenterprising and deplorably uninteresting story about a little girl who was good, and made friends with every one on account of her goodness, and was finally saved from a mad bull by a number of rescuers who admired her moral character. which instances of situational irony occur in the passage? select two options. a.) “whoever it was who had made the wager was likely to lose his bet.” b.) “‘come over here and listen to a story,’ said the aunt, when the bachelor had looked twice at her and once at the communication cord.” -- c.) “the children moved listlessly towards the aunt’s end of the carriage.” d.) “evidently her reputation as a story-teller did not rank high in their estimation.” -- e.) “in a low, confidential voice, interrupted at frequent intervals by loud, petulant questionings from her listeners, she began an unenterprising and deplorably uninteresting story about a little girl who was good.”