More and more law firms specializing incorporate taxes are paid on a contingency-fee basis. Under this arrangement, if a case is won, the firm usually receives more than it would have received if it had been paid on the alternate hourly rate basis. If the case is lost, the firm receives nothing. Most firms are likely to make more under the contingency-fee arrangement.
Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the prediction above?


Firms that work exclusively under the hourly rate arrangement spend, on average, fewer hours on cases that are won than on cases that are lost.

Some litigation can last for years before any decision is reached, and, even then, the decision may be appealed.

Firms under the contingency-fee arrangement still pay their employees on an hourly basis.

Since the majority of firms specialize in certain kinds of cases, they are able to assess accurately their chances of winning each potential case.

Firms working under the contingency-fee arrangement take in fewer cases per year than do firms working under the hourly rate arrangement.

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情景：越来越多的律师事务所以胜诉费（contingency-fee ）为薪酬基础。在这种模式下，如果胜诉，就能拿比按小时收费更多的钱，如果败诉，就半毛钱也拿不到。大部分公司会在以胜诉费为基础的模式下挣更多。

推理：虽然题目中没有明确给出“结论”的标志词，但最后一句可以看做是整句话的结论

（因）前提：因为contingency-fee basis这种模式的特点

（果）结论：所以公司会挣更多。

选项问的是加强，其实就是选项取非后可以削弱上面的结论（即，这种模式并不会让公司挣更多）。


选项分析：

A选项：平均来说，按小时计费的公司在胜诉的case上花的时间少于在败诉的case上：我们讨论的是contingency-fee basis的特点与挣更多钱的关系，与按小时计费的模式无关

B选项：有些诉讼可能会持续数年，然后才会做出决定，即便如此，该决定也会被上诉：无关选项。

C选项：以胜诉费（contingency-fee ）为薪酬基础的公司依旧按小时付费给他们的员工：与公司如何给他们的员工付费无关。

D选项：正确。因为大部分公司接手这类型的cases，他们有能力准确评估他们胜诉的可能性：这一项解释了为什么大部分公司会在contingency-fee这种模式下挣钱，因为他们可以知道自己能不能赢（赢了=有钱挣），如果感觉赢不了就不会采用这种模式了。取非后，“他们没有能力准确评估胜诉的可能性”，那此时采用contingency-fee模式相当于在赌博，赌自己会赢，很明显这是有风险的

E选项：采用contingency-fee模式的公司每年接手更少的cases，按小时计费的公司接手更多：这无法解释为什么采用contingency-fee模式会挣更多。

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