Question

each speaker presented one side of the issue during the ______.
1 suspension
2 contract
3 debate
4 republic

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• "suspension" means a temporary stop, not related to presenting sides of an issue.
• "contract" is a legal agreement, not fitting the context of presenting issue sides.
• "debate" is a discussion where different sides of an issue are presented by speakers, which matches the sentence.
• "republic" is a form of government, irrelevant here.

Answer:

1. debate