Question $2$

Read the paragraph and select the single best answer to each of the questions below.

Fans of professional baseball and football argue continually over which is America's favorite spectator sport. $2)$ Though the figures on attendance for each vary with every new season, certain arguments remain the same, spelling out both the enduring appeals of each game and something about the people who love to watch. $3)$ Football, for instance, is a quicker, more physical sport, and football fans enjoy the emotional involvement they feel while watching. $4)$ Baseball, on the other hand, seems more mental, like chess, and attracts those fans who prefer a quieter, more complicated game. $5)$ Chess is an ancient game, whereas baseball originated in modern times. $6)$ In addition, professional football teams usually play no more than fourteen games a year, providing fans with a whole week between games to work themselves up to a pitch of excitement and expectation. $7)$ Baseball teams, however, play almost every day for six months, so that the typical baseball fan is not so crushed by missing a game, knowing there will be many other chances to attend. $8)$ Finally, football fans seem to love the halftime pageantry, the marching bands, and the pretty cheerleaders, whereas baseball fans are more content to concentrate on the game's finer details and spend the breaks between innings filling out their own private scoreboards.

In the above paragraph, coherence is enhanced by

the use of organizational cues such as "for instance" and "however"

the shifting from first to third person pronouns

the placement of the topic sentence at the end of the paragraph

none of the answers is correct