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 from 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.

答案是C，但是我觉得这个答案会削弱论断。请赐教

这个题比较绕

绕来绕去的

C要说的是上课前的状态，即上大学的课前，选择上课的人比不选上课的人要不容易犯罪，即说并非是大学的课使得其犯罪减少，而是其本身就是这样的人。

如果X帮人本身比起其它人犯罪少的话，那么即使X选择了上课，也不能得出，是因为上课使得X犯罪减少。

C对这样的情况进行了排除。