<span>The answer is the option A. Those who perform the best. Meritocracy comes from merit and cratia (merit rules); it means that in the ideal meritocracy the individuals with greatest merits (best performance) will be rewarded with the highest positions, responsibilities and salaries.</span><span />
<span>According to ideas in Walden, I suggest you to go with this one: C) He would believe they were destructive to a person’s thinking ability. It's the closest one from options given above.</span>
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[A]: convergent — matches with — "near subduction zones" .
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[B]: divergent — matches with — "tension".
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[C]: transform — matches with — "shearing" .
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I am thinking the answer is b. C