Newspaper editorial:
In an attempt to reduce the crime rate, the governor is getting tough on criminals and making prison conditions harsher. Part of this effort has been to deny inmates the access they formerly had to college-level courses. However, this action is clearly counter to the governor’s ultimate goal, since after being released form prison, inmates who had taken such courses committed far fewer crimes overall than other inmates.
Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?
A. Not being able to take college-level courses while in prison is unlikely to deter anyone from a crime that he or she might otherwise have committed.
B. Former inmates are no more likely to commit crimes than are members of the general population.
C. The group of inmates who chose to take college-level courses were not already less likely than other inmates to commit crimes after being released.
D. Taking high school level courses in prison has less effect on an inmate’s subsequent behavior than taking college-level courses does.
E. The governor’s ultimate goal actually is to gain popularity by convincing people that something effective is being done about crime.I choose C; The answer seems to be A, sorry, I cannot remember.作者: teyvhf 时间: 2004-7-27 15:18
i will choose cC的意思是那些参加大学课程的囚犯原本并非是比别的囚犯更不容易再次犯罪的.换言之，在其它条件相同的情况下，学了课程的囚犯如果不容易犯罪，那么学课程就是有用处的。如果这个不成立，那么就是说，本来这些人就是“向善”的，很简单，学不学这个大学课程并不会影响其犯罪。那么结论“与其初衷相反”就不成立了。作者: jhiiool 时间: 2004-7-27 15:22
I choose C. 和前面WEIYU问的有个木匠手艺和建筑好坏什么的一样. 问题-->取消两个部分的差异. 其实和POWER从前给偶讲过有个题目一样, 老题, 说 vacumm cleaner和sales seminar的. 就是样本的代表性吧作者: himba 时间: 2004-7-27 15:24
