4. The passage supports which of the 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% of the ellgible workers at three different companies chose o buy shares in their companies.

　　(C) 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.

　　5. Which of the following statements is most consistent with the principle described in lines 30-32?

　　(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.

　　6. 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 Palne's prescription for business ownership.

　　(C) 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.

　　7. The quotation in line 39 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