新GRE阅读练习题（23）
<p> 编辑点评： 新<span word="GRE">GRE</span>阅读考试考察大家的方面较多，除了大家需要拥有一定的词汇量以外，还需大家在解题的时候能够迅速了解出题者的意图，这就需要大家充分发挥自己的逻辑理解能力和推理能力，大家可以利用下文的新<span word="GRE">GRE</span>阅读短文练习进行练习。</p><p> <span word="In">In</span> <span word="Bassaria">Bassaria</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="group">group</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="s">s</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="senior">senior</span> <span word="judges">judges</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="criticized">criticized</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="uniform">uniform</span> <span word="mandatory">mandatory</span> <span word="sentences">sentences</span> <span word="recently">recently</span> <span word="introduced">introduced</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="certain">certain</span> <span word="specific">specific</span> <span word="crimes">crimes</span>.<span word="The">The</span> <span word="judges">judges</span> <span word="argue">argue</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="sentences">sentences</span>, <span word="by">by</span> <span word="depriving">depriving</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="discretion">discretion</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="setting">setting</span> <span word="sentences">sentences</span>, <span word="make">make</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="impos">impos</span>-<span word="sible">sible</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="consider">consider</span> <span word="either">either</span> <span word="aggravating">aggravating</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="exten">exten</span>-<span word="uating">uating</span> <span word="circumstances">circumstances</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="impossible">impossible</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="achieve">achieve</span> <span word="true">true</span> <span word="justice">justice</span>―<span word="the">the</span> <span word="fitting">fitting</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="severity">severity</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="punishment">punishment</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="gravity">gravity</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="particular">particular</span> <span word="crime">crime</span>.</p><p> <span word="Which">Which</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="following">following</span>, <span word="if">if</span> <span word="true">true</span>, <span word="provides">provides</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="strongest">strongest</span> <span word="evidence">evidence</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="claim">claim</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Bassaria">Bassaria</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="newly">newly</span> <span word="introduced">introduced</span> <span word="mandatory">mandatory</span> <span word="sentences">sentences</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="necessarily">necessarily</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="change">change</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="worse">worse</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="respect">respect</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="achieving">achieving</span> <span word="true">true</span> <span word="justice">justice</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="defined">defined</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="argument">argument</span>?</p><p> <span word="Before">Before</span> <span word="mandatory">mandatory</span> <span word="sentencing">sentencing</span>, <span word="judges">judges</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="eastern">eastern</span> <span word="Bassaria">Bassaria</span> <span word="imposed">imposed</span> <span word="strikingly">strikingly</span> <span word="different">different</span> <span word="sentences">sentences</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="western">western</span> <span word="Bassaria">Bassaria</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="equally">equally</span> <span word="grave">grave</span> <span word="instances">instances</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="kind">kind</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="offense">offense</span>.</p><p> <span word="In">In</span> <span word="Bassaria">Bassaria</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="frequency">frequency</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="crimes">crimes</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="subject">subject</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="mandatory">mandatory</span> <span word="sentences">sentences</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="lower">lower</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="prior">prior</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="intro">intro</span>-<span word="duction">duction</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="mandatory">mandatory</span> <span word="sentencing">sentencing</span>.</p>
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