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pinkhelicopter

Newspapereditorial:
Inan attempt to reduce the crime rate, the governor is getting tough on criminalsand making prison conditions harsher. Part of this effort has been to deny inmates the access they formerlyhad to college-level courses.  However,this action is clearly counter to the governor's ultimate goal, since afterbeing released from prison, inmates who had taken such courses committed farfewer crimes overall than other inmates.
Whichof the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?
A.Not being able to take college-level courses while in prison is unlikely todeter 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 thegeneral population.
C.The group of inmates who chose to take college-level courses were not alreadyless likely than other inmates to commit crimes after being released.
D.Taking high school level courses in prison has less effect on an inmate'ssubsequent behavior than taking college-level courses does.
E.The governor's ultimate goal actually is to gain popularity by convincingpeople that something effective is being done about crime.


答案c，求指教

running2k

政府为了降低犯罪率---让监狱条件更差对犯人更严厉---不让犯人上课
但是这样是不对的，因为研究发现上了课的人出狱之后的犯罪率相当之低

C选项 那些选择去上课的人，不是本来就更不容易再犯罪的人  （建立在这个基础上，黑体字的结论才能成立）
如果取非，变成这些上课的人本来就是不想再犯罪的人，那么结论“上了课的人出狱之后犯罪率会降低”就无法成立

pinkhelicopter

谢谢

supervivian

这个选项。。真的太绕了！！