PrepTest 139, Section 2, Question 23
In October 1999, the Law Reform Commission of(451 more words not shown)
The author's main purpose in(4 more words not shown)
- Adefend a proposed(3 more words not shown)
- Bidentify the current(12 more words not shown)
- Csupport the view(14 more words not shown)
- Dshow that a(13 more words not shown)
- Eexplain a suggested(5 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
We've already predicted the author's central response: the proposed restrictions would burden lawyers and deny useful payment options to other clients. But the author does not start with criticism alone. The first two paragraphs explain contingency fees and the commission's particular proposal so that we can understand what is being criticized.
What we’re looking for
The main purpose should include that two-part job: explain the suggested reform, then assess its problems.
Working the answers
- A
The author criticizes the proposal. This reverses the direction of the evaluation by making it a defense against someone else's criticism.
- B
The focus is the commission's proposed restrictions, not a survey of defects in the current legal system followed by a program to repair them. This changes what the author is evaluating.
- C
The author certainly supports a critical view of the recommendations. But this answer adds a before-and-after claim: that the reform would make the situation worse. The criticism is that the proposed option would be too restricted and would miss benefits available to other clients. That does not establish that introducing it would be worse than the existing situation. A reform can be criticized for not going far enough without being a step backward.
- D
The author predicts significant burdens and unfair restrictions, not that the reform would leave the system substantially unchanged.
- ECorrect
The opening explains the proposed uplift arrangements and their eligibility conditions. The rest critically evaluates those restrictions from the perspectives of lawyers and clients. This captures the actual organization and purpose without adding a stronger claim.
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