Read the passage.
excerpt from "Here Is New York" by E.B. White
There are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New
York of the man or woman who was born here, who takes the
city for granted and accepts its size and its turbulence as
natural and inevitable. Second, there is the New York of the
commuter-the city that is devoured by locusts each day and
spat out each night. Third, there is the New York of the person
who was born somewhere else and came to New York in
quest of something. Of these three trembling cities the
greatest is the last-the city of final destination, the city that is
a goal. It is this third city that accounts for New York's high-
strung disposition, its poetical deportment, its dedication to the
arts, and its incomparable achievements. Commuters give the
city its tidal restlessness, natives give it solidity and continuity,
but settlers give it passion. And whether it is a farmer arriving
from Italy to set up a small grocery store in a slum, or a young
girl arriving from a small town in Mississippi to escape the
indignity of being observed by her neighbors, or a boy arriving
Read this sentence from the passage.
There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born
here, who takes the city for granted and accepts its size and its
turbulence as natural and inevitable.
What is the effect of the author's choice of turbulence rather
than commotion in this sentence?
It more clearly explains the overall tension in the city.
It better describes the changeable weather of the
city.
O It more closely implies the busy nature of the city
O It better suggests the constant turmoil of the city.