11. GWD-18-Q22

In each of the past five years, Barraland’s prison population has increased.  Yet, according to official government statistics, for none of those years has there been either an increase in the number of criminal cases brought to trial, or an increase in the rate at which convictions have been obtained.  Clearly, therefore, the percentage of people convicted of crimes who are being given prison sentences is on the increase.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

1. In Barraland the range of punishments that can be imposed instead of a prison sentence is wide.
2. Over the last ten years, overcrowding in the prisons of Barraland has essentially been eliminated as a result of an ambitious program of prison construction.
3. Ten years ago, Barraland reformed its criminal justice system, imposing longer minimum sentences for those crimes for which a prison sentence had long been mandatory.
4. Barraland has been supervising convicts on parole more closely in recent years, with the result that parole violations have become significantly less frequent.
5. The number of people in Barraland who feel that crime is on the increase is significantly greater now than it was five years ago.

answer:B

这道题在本区搜索不到，做题时能选出B是答案，大家能帮忙翻译一下吗？

不好意思，打错了，答案就是C

LS能帮忙翻译一下吗？

b.过去10年中，B监狱拥挤现象的消除是因为一个监狱建设的计划

c。10年前，B进行了司法改革，将之前已判罪的案件的最短服刑（坐牢）日期延长。

翻译的不好，大概就这意思吧

嗯，非常感谢

还有一道题，我再开个新贴

lucy能帮忙看下马？

俺来分析一下子：题目出现一个现象：监狱人多了。然后解释说犯罪人多了。A提到range，是和推理没有关联的概念；B比较不讲理，说监狱人少了，这种抬杠的答案直接否定前提，是不对的；C说出了另一个原因，不是犯罪人多了，而是里面的罪犯不出来；D比较离谱，巡逻-_-!!E脱离了推力主线。

不好意思问一下~~  c中的"......for which a prison sentence had long been mandatory." 怎么翻译呢？

一直以来必须宣判坐牢的犯罪行为的最短刑期延长了.C可以削弱没问题。

D说最近对假释的管理更严了，导致违例假释的频率降低了－也可以导致监狱里犯人增多啊？