Q32:

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?

1. 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.
2. Former inmates are no more likely to commit crimes than are members of the general population.
3. 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.
4. Taking high school level courses in prison has less effect on an inmate’s subsequent behavior than taking college-level courses does.
5. The governor’s ultimate goal actually is to gain popularity by convincing people that something effective is being done about crime.

I think C is the correct answer. But in keys it is A

C 的中文是:选择课程的罪犯在释放后,不会比其他罪犯 更少地犯罪.--这可以是上文中Governor的assumption. 但文中的"However",表明作者的argument不同意这样的做法.

A :在监狱里不参加课程 不会阻止 犯罪.支持原文.

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.

我觉得C的意思是说选课的罪犯本来就不比其它罪犯更少地犯罪。

对C取非，如果说选课的罪犯本来就更少犯罪的话，那么就不是这种课程使他们更少犯罪了，对原文起到削弱作用。