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enAll Politics is Local: Multiple Choice Grammar Test
When Tip O'Neill said, 'All politics is local,' he was talking about the way political issues (1)_________ by local interests. Defence policy, for example, logically (2)_________ an overview of national-security needs, yet it (3) _________ by employment levels in factories that happen to (4)_________ defence contracts and are in the district of an influential congressman. In (5) _________ cases, local interest debases the issue with a shortsighted and self-serving perspective. But there's (6) _________ kind of local politics, and it works in a way that's almost completely opposite. For instance, (7) _________ City Council of Irvine, California, recently passed legislation (8) _________ the use of chlorofluorocarbons within the city limits. This legislation will cause hardships for local businesses and (9) _________ the cost of some consumer goods for local people, and (10) _________ sacrifices will not be rewarded (11) _________ any special environmental benefits to the citizens of Irvine.
Suzannah Lessard, The New Yorker (AmE)
| A | B | C | D | |
| 1 | shaping | are shaping | shaped | are shaped |
| 2 | calls out | is called for | calls for | calling for |
| 3 | often dictated | is often dictated | is often dictated | often dictates |
| 4 | depend on | depend from | depend of | depending on |
| 5 | such | so | such a | so the |
| 6 | other | another | others | the other |
| 7 | an | _________ | a | the |
| 8 | is restricting | restriction | restricting | restricted |
| 9 | rise | raise | rose | arise |
| 10 | these | this | that | those |
| 11 | after | for | by | with |
When Tip O'Neill said, 'All politics is local,' he was talking about the way political issues
are shaped by local interests. Defence policy, for example, logically calls for an overview of national-security needs, yet it is often dictated by employment levels in factories that happen to depend on defence contracts and are in the district of an influential congressman. In such cases, local interest debases the issue with a shortsighted and self-serving perspective. But there's another kind of local politics, and it works in a way that's almost completely opposite. For instance, the City Council of Irvine, California, recently passed legislation restricting the use of chlorofluorocarbons within the city limits. This legislation will cause hardships for local businesses and raise the cost of some consumer goods for local people, and these sacrifices will not be rewarded by any special environmental benefits to the citizens of Irvine.
Suzannah Lessard, The New Yorker (AmE)
