GWD 3-Q32:

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Newspaper editorial:

In an attempt to reduce the crime rate, the governor is getting tough on criminals and making prison conditions harsher残酷.  art of this effort has been to deny inmates监狱里同宿者 the access they formerly以前 had to college-level courses.  However, this action is clearly counter反对 to the governor’s ultimate goal最终目标, since after being released form prison, inmates who had taken such courses committed犯罪 far fewer crimes overall than other inmates.

Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?

C  

手段：对罪犯残忍，监狱条件更残酷（停止以前让犯人去上大学课程）

目的：减少犯罪率

这个 与政府最终目标相反，因为从监狱释放后，犯人上过大学的犯罪远远小于其他犯人

GAP:入狱前犯罪一样的人，一个在入狱后上过大学课的比没上过的，释放后犯罪要低

A.      Not being able to take college-level courses while in prison is unlikely to deter阻拦 anyone from a crime that he or she might otherwise在其他方面 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.

当时在做题的时候，感觉C的关键元素最多，就选了。但是仔细看了，把C取非后，变成选择上大学课程的罪犯比其他罪犯在释放后更少可能去犯罪，这完全是加强了原文啊，并没有削弱。该怎么理解呢？？

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