1. The problem asks to identify the tense and point of view of the main text. 2. Tense refers to the time of the action (present or past). 3. Point of view refers to the narrator's perspective (first person uses "I" or "we"; third person uses "he", "she", "they"). 4. Since the question is about a reading quiz and the main text is described as written in a certain tense and point of view, we analyze the options: - A. present tense; first person point of view - B. present tense; third person point of view - C. past tense; first person point of view - D. past tense; third person point of view 5. Without the actual text, the best general answer for a formal article or report is usually present tense and third person point of view. Final answer: **B. present; third person**