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56．The word“litigants”in Paragraph l refers to＿＿＿．

［A］judges

［B］attorneys

［C］persons concerned in a lawsuit

［D］government officials

57．The word“backlog”in Paragraph 2 means＿＿＿．

［A］burden

［B］a group of pending cases that were not dealt with at the proper time

［C］litigant

［D］situation

58．The suggestions or methods of improving the judicial system in the United States mentioned in the passage include all the following except＿＿＿．

［A］to allow districts that have an overabundance of pending cases to borrow judges from other districts

［B］to establish small—claims courts

［C］to request plaintiffs to waive the fight to jury trial and the right to appeal the decision

［D］to use pretrial conferences

59．Which of the following is true？

［A］Lawsuit costs are usually quite high both for the taxpayers and the litigants．

［B］To use pretrial conferences proves to be quite feasible in maximizing the efficiency of the judicial system in us．

［C］At present，most litigants prefer small-claims courts in US because cases can be settled with considerable dispatch．

［D］It is possible to have one’s case heard by a jury if the litigant is not satisfied with the small—claims court’s 　decision．

60．The purpose of writing this article is＿＿＿．

［A］to show the inadequacies of the judicial system in the United States

［B］to compare different suggestions

［C］to find the advantages and disadvantages of the judicial system in the United States

［D］to discuss the methods of ameliorating the judicial system in the United States