Boris Tatarenko
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I can't do this exercise (it's not a homework).
I've been having problems with such kind of questions for my entire life and this text seems one of the hardest I've ever done. :-(
The Congress of the United States of America is an important part of the US federal government.
It's an assembly of elected representatives (A)____ but not to select the chief executive of the nation; that individual is elected by the people.
Congress is not a single organization; it's a vast an complex collection of organizations (B)____ and through which members of Congress form alliances.
(C)____, in which political parties are the only important kind of organization, parties are only one of many important units in Congress.
In fact other organizations have grown in nubmer (D) ____.
The Democrats and Republicans in the House and the Senate are organized by party leaders, (E)____ within the House and Senate, though the titles of various posts are different.
But leadership carries more power in the House than in the Senate because of the House rules. (F)____, the House must restrict debate and schedule its business with great carel thus who do the scheduling and who determine how the rules shall be applied usually have substantial influence.
1) as party influence has declined
2) against the spirit of the Constitution
3) being so large (435 members)
4) empowered to make laws
5) unlike the British Parliament
6) by which the business of Congress is carried on
7) who in turn are elected by the full party membership
(One choice is odd)
So, let's I show you my answers:
A - 7, B - 6, C - 5, D - 1, E - 3, F - 4.
I think my answers are wrong, but I really tried my best and now I give up.
I hope you will help me out with this exercise. I want to understand how to do such kind of questions.
I'm really sorry for asking this.
I've been having problems with such kind of questions for my entire life and this text seems one of the hardest I've ever done. :-(
The Congress of the United States of America is an important part of the US federal government.
It's an assembly of elected representatives (A)____ but not to select the chief executive of the nation; that individual is elected by the people.
Congress is not a single organization; it's a vast an complex collection of organizations (B)____ and through which members of Congress form alliances.
(C)____, in which political parties are the only important kind of organization, parties are only one of many important units in Congress.
In fact other organizations have grown in nubmer (D) ____.
The Democrats and Republicans in the House and the Senate are organized by party leaders, (E)____ within the House and Senate, though the titles of various posts are different.
But leadership carries more power in the House than in the Senate because of the House rules. (F)____, the House must restrict debate and schedule its business with great carel thus who do the scheduling and who determine how the rules shall be applied usually have substantial influence.
1) as party influence has declined
2) against the spirit of the Constitution
3) being so large (435 members)
4) empowered to make laws
5) unlike the British Parliament
6) by which the business of Congress is carried on
7) who in turn are elected by the full party membership
(One choice is odd)
So, let's I show you my answers:
A - 7, B - 6, C - 5, D - 1, E - 3, F - 4.
I think my answers are wrong, but I really tried my best and now I give up.
I hope you will help me out with this exercise. I want to understand how to do such kind of questions.
I'm really sorry for asking this.
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