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will try to follow the suggestion
thanks for the same.
2 LSAT and 1 GMAT type, i will try to post now on

btw, OAs are the same as both of you did
DAEB CEA

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my take was
DAEB BCE
was not sure abt the 2nd last Q

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Questions 84-90 refer to the passage on page 50
84. According to the passage，all of the following were benefits of privatizing state-owned industries in the United Kingdom EXCEPT：
(A) Privatized industries paid taxes to the government．
(B) The government gained revenue from selling state-owned industries．
(C) The government repaid some of its national debt．
(D) Profits from Industries that were still state-owned increased．
(E) Total borrowings and losses of state-owned industries decreased．
Supporting ideas
This question begins with the phrase according to the passage，indicating that it can be answered using facts stated in the passage．The first paragraph fists the benefits of privatization．Use the process of elimination and check the five possible answer choices against the benefits described in fines 8—12．The point that is NOT discussed in the passage is the correct answer．
A Lines 1 1-12 discuss tax revenues．
B Lines 10-1 1 discuss revenue from the sales．
C Lines 14-16 discuss debt repayment．
D Correct．Profits from state—owned industries are not discussed．
E Lines 9—10 discuss decreased borrowings and losses．
The correct answer is D．

85． According to the passage，which of the following resulted in increased productivity in companies that have been privatized?
(A) A large number of employees chose to purchase shares in their companies．
(B) Free shares were widely distributed to Individual shareholders．
(C) The government ceased to regulate major industries．
(D) Unions conducted wage negotiations for employees．
(E) Employee—owners agreed to have their wages lowered．
Supporting ideas
This question is based on information explicitly stated in the passage．The second paragraph describes the increased productivity, and the third paragraph begins by stating one reason for it：employees of privatized industries were given the opportunity to buy shares in their own companies (fines 29-31)．The paragraph also cites the high percentage of employees buying shares in three privatized companies，supporting the idea that many employees bought shares．
A Correct．Productivity increased after employees became shareholders in their companies．
B The theoretical advantages and disadvantages of free shares are discussed(fines 43-52)，but the passage does not say that any were given away．
C The passage does not examine governmental regulation．
D The passage does not analyze the relation between wages and productivity．
E Lines 39—-42 cite one example of employee-owner willingness to accept lower wages，but productivity．
The correct answer is A．

86. It can be inferred from the passage that the author considers labor disruptions to be
(A) an inevitable problem in a weak national economy
(B) a positive sign of employee concern about a company
(C) a predictor of employee reactions to a company's offer to sell shares to them
(D) a phenomenon found more often in state-owned industries than in private companies
(E) a deterrence to high performance levels in an industry
Inference
This question states that an inference is required; this inference is based on material presented in the second paragraph．To demonstrate that privatization has raised the level of performance in every area, the author gives three examples (1ines 20-27)．One example is the disappearance of labor disruptions，once common．If the absence of 1abor disruptions raises the 1evel of performance．then the author must believe that the presence of labor disruptions impedes a high level of performance．
A The author does not link labor disruptions with a weak national economy．
B The author does not interpret labor disruptions in a positive fight．
C The author does not identify labor disruptions as a predictor of employees’ responses to opportunities to buy a company’s shares．
D Labor disruptions in state-owned and private industries are not compared．
E Correct．The author implies that labor disruptions interfere with high levels of performance in industry．
The correct answer is E．

87．The passage supports which of tile following statements about employees buying shares in their own companies ?
(A) At three different companies，approximately nine out of ten of the workers were eligible to buy shares in their companies．
(B) Approximately 90 percent of the eligible workers at three different companies chose to buy shares in their companies．
© The opportunity to buy shares was discouraged by at least some labor unions．
(D) Companies that demonstrated the highest productivity were the first to allow their employees the opportunity to buy shares
(E) Eligibility to buy shares was contingent on employees’ agreeing to increased work loads．
Supporting ideas
Check each statement by comparing it to the information presented in the passage．Only one statement is supported．The third paragraph presents the percentages of the eligible employees who purchased shares in their companies：89 percent at one company,90 percent at a second，and 92 percent at a third(1ines 32-35)．Thus，it is true that roughly 90 percent of the eligible work force at three different companies bought shares in their companies once they were given the opportunity to do so．
A The passage cites the percentages of the eligible employees who bought shares，not the percentages of the total work force who were eligible．
B Correct．The passage shows that roughly 90 percent of the eligible employees at three different companies bought shares in their companies.
C The passage does not show the attitude of labor unions toward employee share buying．
D The passage offers no evidence that companies with high productivity were the first to offer shares to their employees．
E The passage does not show eligibility to be dependent on increased workload．
The correct answer is B．

88． Which of the following statements is most consistent with the principle described in lines 36-38?
(A) A democratic government that decides it is inappropriate to own a particular industry has in no way abdicated its responsibilities as guardian of the public interest．
(B) The ideal way for a government to protect employee interests is to force companies to maintain their share of a competitive market without government subsidies．
(C) The failure to harness the power of self-interest is an important reason that state-owned industries perform poorly．
(D) Governments that want to implement privatization programs must try to eliminate all resistance to the free-market system．
(E) The individual shareholder will reap only a minute share of the gains from whatever sacrifices he or she makes to achieve these gains．
Application
First identify the principle involved，and then find the statement that is most compatible with that principle．Lines 36-38 argue that having a personal stake in a business makes employees work to make it prosper．When there is no personal stake，or self-interest，involved，employees do not have the same incentive to work hard to make their industry prosper．Thus，the poor performance of state-owned industries can be ascribed in part to the 1ack of motivation employees suffer when they have no personal stake in the business．
A The principle involves a personal，rather than governmental，relationship．
B Self-interest may inspire people to do more；government coercion is not consistent with this principle．
C Correct．State-owned industries perform poorly in part because employees do not have the powerful motivation of self-interest．
D The principle has to do with the motivation of individuals, not governments．
E Lines 36-38 describe the principle of self- interest，not self-sacrifice．
The correct answer is C．

89． Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about the privatization process in the United Kingdom?
(A) It depends to a potentially dangerous degree on individual ownership of shares．
(B) It conforms in its most general outlines to Thomas Paine’s prescription for business ownership．
© It was originally conceived to include some giving away of free shares。
(D) It has been successful，even though privatization has failed in other countries．
(E) It is taking place more slowly than some economists suggest is necessary．
Inference
Answering this question requires looking at each possible inference to see if it is supported somewhere in the passage．Support for the inference about the pace of privatization is provided by the suggestion of some economists that giving away flee shares would provide a needed acceleration of the privatization process(fines44—45)．If privatization needs to be accelerated，then it must be going too slowly, at least according to these economists．
A The passage does not allude to any danger in individual ownership of shares．
B Paine is quoted only in reference to receiving flee shares as opposed to buying shares；also，the process of privatization had occurred before employees bought shares in the newly privatized companies．
C No evidence supports the distribution of free shares as part of the plan to privatize．
D The failure of privatization in other countries is not mentioned．
E Correct．The economists’ suggestion comes from what they see as the need to speed up a process that is currently taking too long．
The correct answer is E．

90. The quotation in lines 46-47 is most probably used to
(A) counter a position that the author of the passage believes is incorrect
(B) state a solution to a problem described in the previous sentence
(C) show how opponents of the viewpoint of the author of the passage have supported their arguments
(D) point out a paradox contained in a controversial viewpoint
(E) present a historical maxim to challenge the principle introduced in the third paragraph
Logical structure
Looking at the quotation’s context leads to an understanding of why the quotation was used． Paine’ s quotation offers a concise and time-honored counterargument to the view voiced in the preceding sentence．The economists suggest giving away free shares，but the author notes that these economists are forgetting that，according to Paine，people do not value what they get too cheaply．The author uses the quotation to show the basic error in the economists’ thinking．
A Correct．The author uses Paine's quotation as an apt counter to the economists’ suggestion.
B The quotation attacks the solution posed in the previous sentence．
C The author agrees with Paine，as is evident in the final 1ines of the passage．
D The author implies that a viewpoint is ill advised．but does not say it is controversial．
E Paine's maxim does not challenge the principle of self-interest．
The correct answer is A．
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