PrepTest 128, Section 1, Question 11
In many Western societies, modern bankruptcy laws have(424 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(16 more words not shown)
- AOnly when today's(19 more words not shown)
- BPunishment is no(17 more words not shown)
- CSince leniency serves(17 more words not shown)
- DFuture bankruptcy legislation(12 more words not shown)
- EToday's bankruptcy laws(23 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
What would fit after the ending? We've just tied modern law to continued productivity, economic recovery, and creditors' hopes of collecting. A useful next sentence should continue that theme.
What we’re looking for
There's more than one way to do that, so we don't need to invent an exact sentence in advance. But it shouldn't launch a new argument that the earlier paragraphs haven't supported.
Working the answers
- A
This predicts the condition under which legislation will return to punishment. The author doesn't make that forecast or establish that this is the only condition for such a return.
- BCorrect
This neatly restates the distinction already established: punishment isn't the primary goal, even though public records and credit reporting can still have punitive effects. It fits both the ending's economic goal and the qualification just before it.
- C
Criminal law is a new subject. Showing that this approach helps in bankruptcy doesn't establish that leniency will help there, too.
- D
The author doesn't prescribe a rule limiting future punitive measures to ones that benefit creditors. The broader standard discussed is the public good.
- E
Debtors still face asset transfers and other consequences, while creditors can benefit from reorganization. That doesn't support putting the burden squarely on creditors.
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