America used to have a strong college education system for prison inmates (prisoners) . It was seen as a way to rehabilitate men and women in prison by helping them go straight when they got out.
Those taxpayer-supported college classes were put to an end in the 1990s. But New York Governor Andrew Cuomo would like to bring them back in the state,setting off a fierce new debate.
A number of lawmakers in New York have promised to kill Cuomo's proposal (提議) .
Cuomo says reintroducing taxpayer-funded college classes in New York's prisons is a common-sense plan that will reduce the number of inmates who commit new crimes.
“You pay $60,000 for a prison cell for a year,”Cuomo responded. “You put a guy away for 10 years,and that5 s $600,000. Right now,chances are almost half. Once he's set free,he's going to come right back."
Cuomo says helping inmates get a college education would cost about $5,000 a year per person. He argues ,“It's a small amount of money if it keeps that inmate from bouncing back into prison."
But even some members of the governor's own party hate this idea. State Assemblywoman Addie Russell,whose upstate district includes three state prisons,says taxpayers just won't stand for inmates getting a free college education,while middle-class families struggle to pay for their kids,college fees.
“That is the vast majority of feedback(反饋) that I'm also getting from my constituents (選民) she says. “You know, ‘ Where is the relief for the rest of the population who obey the law? ’ ”
“I was very disappointed that the policy had been changed,” says Gerald Gaes,who served as an expert on college programs for the Federal Bureau of Prisons in the 1990s. In 1994,President Clinton stopped federal student aid programs for inmates.
Gaes says research shows that college classes actually save taxpayers’ money over time,by reducing the number of inmates who break the law and wind up back in those expensive prison cells.
“It is cost-effective,” he says. “Designing prisons that way will have a long-term benefit for New York State."
32. The underlined word “rehabilitate” probably means “ ”. ,
A. let people know more about prisoners
B. help someone have a normal life again
C. allow prisoners to experience the world
D. encourage someone to help other people
33. What is the debate about?
A. Lawmakers,rights in New York.
B. College classes for New York's citizens.
C. Higher education in New York's prisons.
D. Punishments given to New York's criminals.
34. Cuomo does the calculations to prove .
A. almost half of prisoners are likely to come back into prison
B. college classes for inmates can save taxpayers’ money
C. the costs of running prisons in the US are on the rise
D. it is very difficult to reduce the number of inmates
35. Most of Russell's constituents believe Cuomo's proposal .
A. is unfair to middle-class families
B. will benefit citizens obeying laws
C. will be useless for improving prisons
D. is based on most taxpayers’ feedback
(社會(huì))
本文是議論文。美國紐約州正在激烈辯論足 否應(yīng)該向犯人提供高等教育的問題。
32. B.詞義猜測題。聯(lián)系全文主旨,由helping them go:) straightWhen they got out 可以推斷..,
rehabilitate應(yīng)該是“使某人重新復(fù)正常生活” 的意思。
33. C。推理判斷題。由第土至四段可知,這是一場 關(guān)于紐約州監(jiān)獄內(nèi)高等教育問題的辯論。
34. B.推理判斷題。由第五、六兩段可知,Cuomo 州長進(jìn)行這些估算是為了證明面向犯人的大學(xué) 課程能夠?yàn)榧{稅人省錢。
35. A.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第七、八兩段可知,大多數(shù) Russell的選民認(rèn)為Cuomo州長的提議對(duì)中產(chǎn)階 級(jí)家庭不公平。
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