PrepTest 112, Section 2, Question 21
With the elimination of the apartheid system, South(478 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(11 more words not shown)
- AFollowing the elimination(29 more words not shown)
- BIf the new(30 more words not shown)
- CWhereas in the(27 more words not shown)
- DDespite the lack(39 more words not shown)
- EWhile South Africa's(34 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
We've already predicted the main point: South Africa is moving to a system that protects individual rights, but making that change work will be difficult. Judges lack suitable precedents, and many citizens distrust the law.
What we’re looking for
We need both the transition and its challenges. An answer about just one obstacle will leave out a substantial part of what we read.
Working the answers
- A
The lawyers and judges aren't described as opposing the law. They're excited about the new tools but unsure how to use them. This incorrectly gives them the opposition expressed by many citizens.
- B
Challenging government decisions on constitutional grounds is part of the new system. But learning to do that isn't the whole challenge: judges need guidance in interpreting rights, and citizens must come to trust the law.
- C
The court will assess whether parliamentary laws respect constitutional rights. We aren't told it will take over initiating laws, too. And simply describing the change in authority would miss the difficulties developed in the next two paragraphs.
- DCorrect
This matches our prediction: a transition away from parliament's final authority, with a shortage of precedents and an antagonistic public making that transition difficult. Neither obstacle replaces the broader point.
- E
This captures the precedent problem in paragraph two. It leaves out the separate problem of citizens' distrust, so it's too narrow to state the overall point.
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