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 form 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.
觉得没有一个很好的答案，我选了C，就是选择上大学的人重犯倾向并不是本来就比别的囚犯少，但看到答案选A，晕

支持C
而且觉得C就是很好的答案。如果C取非，就是在监狱里上学的囚犯本身就是筛选出来的不容易犯罪的，对原文观点“不让囚犯上学会让犯罪增加，因为上了学的犯罪减少了”是削弱，因为这些犯罪率下降的囚犯不是因为上学而变好的，而是本来就是不怎么会犯罪的。

谢谢！