抛砖引玉一下，这题Tricky的点是结论是第一句话，而不是最后一句话。
The contingency-fee system, which allows lawyers and their clients to agree that the lawyer will be paid only in the event of success, does not increase the number of medical malpractice lawsuits brought against doctors. As attorneys must cover the costs for their time and research, they want to be assured that any medical malpractice case they accept on a contingency-fee basis has substantial merit. Consequently, attorneys turn away many people who come to see them, for lack of a good case.
Argument的结构是:
(作者大结论 Contingency这个系统 – (案子只有赢了律师才有钱拿) – 是不会给律师多(increase)带来医生Malpractice案子的。 为什么这么说呢?-argue过程如下: ∵ 在Contingency系统下，律师需要承担所有开销，需要确定Malpractice案子有胜算才会接。
∴ (Consequently小结论 律师因为没有胜算的案子而拒绝了很多来找他们的委托人。
B. consider whether, in the absence of a contingency-fee option, even people with meritorious cases are much less likely to initiate litigation if they believe they might incur large legal fees B选项：没考虑到一种情况，什么情况呢？即，在没有Contingency选项的时候，甚至有委托人有好的案子也会选择不起诉（如果他们觉得要打官司可能要花好多钱的话）。
这句话翻译成人话就是：你没考虑到一个原因，没有Contingency的时候，有些人案子虽然好，但是他怕花钱，他就不打官司。【所以你律师malpratice的案子无法增加，但这时候跟Contingency没关系。B选项引出了他因，削弱了结论】
最后贴个OG的官方解释：
Official Explanation
Argument Evaluation
This question asks us to identify the best criticism of this argument among the given answer choices.
Based on the premise that attorneys will turn away many potential clients who are not likely to win their cases, the argument concludes that a contingency-fee system does not increase the number of medical malpractice lawsuits brought against doctors.
In order to understand the argument more fully, we would need to consider whether the alternative to a contingency-fee system—a system wherein a client pays the attorney's fees regardless of outcome—makes it less likely that a potential client would bring a medical malpractice lawsuit against a doctor.
B. Correct. This claim suggests that in the absence of a contingency-fee option, potential clients might hesitate to bring to court even lawsuits with merit. This suggests that there might actually be fewer meritorious malpractice lawsuits against doctors without the contingency-fee option. This would result in an overall reduction in the number of malpractice lawsuits against doctors, which substantially weakens the conclusion.
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