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 1. ”Litigiousness” is the habit of unnecessarily taking to the court matters that could probably be settled fairly by other means. According to the judicial experts, the United States is rapidly becoming the most litigious country in the world. Disputes that could easily have been settled out of court in any number of ways, including binding arbitration, now clog the average court calendar in all parts of the nation. Which one of the following statements, if true, best supports the argument?
A - Litigiousness is not necessary a socially negative trait, since it may encourage shy individuals to defend their own rights.
B - Studies of litigiousness may not have taken into account the average American’s lack of sophistication about court room procedure.
C - The greater the number of unnecessary court the cases in a society, the larger the number of trial lawyers who are gainfully employed.
D - An increasing number of court cases involve employee-employer disputes which can be handled by government administrative boards.

2. Factories that want to increase productivity should pay their workers piecemeal, according to how much they produce, rather than on an hourly wage system. Workers who receive a flat rate of, say, two dollars per item will have more incentive to produce as many items as possible than will workers who know that they will receive the same salary regardless of how hard they work. The argument assumes which of the following?
A - Most factories want to increase their output whenever possible.
B - A worker who works hard will produce more items then one who does not.
C - Most factories pay their workers in hourly wages.
D - Economic reward is the only incentive that can increase productivity.

3. Advocates of foreign language study have reacted with uncritical enthusiasm to recent surveys showing increased enrollment in college-level foreign language classes. Most of the classes in question, however, employ conversational methods rather traditional exercises in grammar and rigorous analysis of literary texts. Unfortunately, by providing an easier way of meeting language requirements for bachelor’s degree, these classes will actually have the pernicious effect of decreasing the numbers of graduates who are capable of appreciating the subtleties of another culture’s means of expression. Which one of the following beliefs is necessary for the author’s conclusion to be reasonable?
A - Foreign language courses taught conversationally lack the cultural insights conversationally lack of the cultural insights provided by traditional courses oriented to grammar and literature.
B - Continued emphasis on conversation courses will eventually reduce the pool of qualified foreign language instructors.
C - A conversation course typically attracts more students than a literature course when a choice exists.
D - Most college graduates today have a reading knowledge of at least one foreign language.

4. Which one of the following, if true would provide the best foundation for a rebuttal of the argument above?
A - Families in lower income brackets often have more children and thus cannot give as much attention to each one.
B - Few parents at any socioeconomic level attempt to teach their children before the children reach the age of 5.
C - The degree of prekindergarten education that a child receives is related to its family’s socioeconomic status.
D - Children learn more readily between the ages of 5 and 10 than they do between the ages of 1 and 5.

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