You are revising the introduction to an explanatory report called How a Bill Becomes a Law. The current introduction is: "Laws are rules people have to follow. The government makes laws." Which revision best improves the introduction by stating the topic clearly and previewing the main parts of the explanation?
- This report explains how a bill becomes a law by tracing the steps from introduction in Congress, to committee work and voting, to the president's decision and possible veto override. (correct answer)
- This report explains how the government affects daily life, because there are many complicated rules and details about how laws work that people find confusing and hard to follow.
- This report explains how the president can sign a bill into law or veto it, and how Congress can sometimes override that veto if enough members vote to do so.
- This report explains why laws matter so much, and it will share which laws I think are the best and most important for citizens and the government to protect.
Explanation: The best introduction names the topic exactly—how a bill becomes a law—and previews the main parts in order: introduction in Congress, committee work and voting, and the president's decision with a possible veto override. This gives readers a clear roadmap of what to expect and in what sequence. The choice about the government affecting daily life stays vague; it mentions "complicated rules and details" but never says what the report will actually explain, so it gives no roadmap. The choice about the president signing or vetoing a bill focuses on only one late stage of the process instead of introducing the whole topic or previewing the full sequence of steps. The choice about which laws are best drifts into personal opinion, which does not belong in an explanatory report and never previews an organized explanation of the process. Only the first choice both states the topic clearly and previews the main parts in logical order.