新GRE小短文阅读练习题六十六
In Bassaria a group of that country’s most senior judges has criticized the uniform man-datory sentences recently introduced for certain specific crimes.The judges argue that
such sentences, by depriving them of all discretion in setting sentences, make it impossi-
ble for them to consider either aggravating or extenuating circumstances and so make it
impossible to achieve true justice---the fitting of the severity of the punishment to the gravity
of the particular crime.
Which of the following, if true, provides the strongest evidence for the claim that in
Bassaria the newly introduced mandatory sentences are not necessarily a change
for the worse with respect to achieving true justice as defined in the argument?
A Before mandatory sentencing, judges in eastern Bassaria imposed strikingly differ-
ent sentences from those in western Bassaria for equally grave instances of the
same kind of offense.
BIn Bassaria the frequency of crimes that have been made subject to mandatory
sentences is lower now than it was just prior to the introduction of mandatory
sentencing.
CThe law introducing mandatory sentences was passed in the legislature of Bassaria
by a large majority and is unlikely to be repealed in the foreseeable future.
DThere used to be a wide difference between the minimum and the maximum sen-
tences allowed by law in cases of crimes now subject to mandatory sentences.
E In Bassaria judges are appointed for life and are thus not easily influenced by politi-
cal pressure groups.
答案A
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