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"Apprenticeship traces its origin in the West to medieval Europe, when two distinct types of apprenticeship coexisted side by side. The first was a predominately instructional form. Practiced by prosperous merchants, professionals, and artisans, it placed sons in the households of prominent counterparts. Since the guild oversight and the parents protected the interests of the young, these apprenticeships generally resulted in genuine training. They were especially useful to large families, which sought to diversify the activities of their sons. Good training mattered, for it diminished guild exposure to competition from less skilled producers. At the opposite end of the social spectrum, apprenticeship took a predominately economic form. Modest artisans and small landholders apprenticed out their children primarily for financial reasons. These groups generally lacked the capacity, due to limited land or capital, to employ the labour of all their children productively. Thus, they contracted out their surplus labor to families without children or with grown ones. In turn, apprentices provided masters with needed labour at a marginal cost. In this context, however, training was a by-product of work, not the primary object of the exchange.
"1- According to the passage, instructional apprenticeship.............................
A) usually produced successful results partly because of parental protection
B) lost its popularity when modern production methods were introduced by technology
C) did not spread to the rest of the world because sons had to live with other families
D) was not favoured by rich traders, professionals or artisans
E) originated in Europe but was more widely practiced in Asia
- I said A

2- As one can understand from the passage, in the second type of apprenticeship model described as economic...........
A) the main purpose of the apprenticeship system was providing a good training
B) the cost of apprenticeship to the master was usually higher than expected
C) being an apprentice guaranteed wealth in a couple of years
D) both families and masters benefited from apprenticeship deals
E) apprentices were made to work under unbearable conditions
- I said D

3- One can infer from the passage that training...........
A) would be provided in return for a large amount of money
B) used to be the main goal of economic apprenticeship contracts
C) took longer than usual if more than one apprentice started at the same time
D) was given by female instructors who are no longer in business
E) was the primary object of instructional apprenticeship deals
- I said E
  

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