Lesson 2, HW, Reading Comp. Passage #9

[ellenb]

Dear Powerscore,

For this passage I got most of them right except question #6, please let me know, why D is wrong and why E is the right answer?

Thanks

Ellen

[Jacques Lamothe]

Hi Ellen,

(D) is incorrect because the author never claims that the U.S. and U.K. legal systems would be better off if those governments used administrative contracts. The passage describes the alternative system that those two countries use, but never argues that they are inferior.

(E) is also not the correct answer. The paragraph doesn't compare government contracts and civil contracts. If anything, by saying that government contracts are "governed by the ordinary laws of contracts," the paragraph suggest that there would not be a difference.

The correct choice is (C). The first sentence of the paragraph claims that the French system of administrative contracts is not universally accepted. The descriptions of the UK and US systems are examples that prove this claim true by illustrating that administrative contracts are not used universally.

I hope that helps!

Jacques