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?
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. 答案给的是C，可是想来想去觉得A选项好像也可以作为assumpation？ 作者: naoyixue 时间: 2012-6-26 15:30
argument=不让监狱里读书，不会降低犯罪率 原因：who had taken such courses committed far fewer crimes overall than other inmates. （读书的人少犯罪）
C 读书有用论， 因为读书的人更有可能是禽兽， （对原因加强， 因为读书前禽兽，读书后少犯罪，那么读书降低犯罪）
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. 这里就说了不能再监狱里面读书的人不能阻止别人犯罪的情况 （和文章给的原因他们读完书自己犯罪少了，没有关系）， 且光从这里我们不能推出如果读书的人就一定能阻止犯罪。打个比方，类似说了，从这个信息：不读书的人一定不MBA,我们不能推出任何关于读书的人的结论。